Part of Shifters Unbound
First published 2013
Ellison Rowe has appointed himself Maria's protector. She survived captivity at the hands of feral Shifters, and now that she is free, the male Shifters of Shiftertown are circling, looking for mates. Ellison sees them off one by one. He is a Lupine Shifter, big and capable, and keeping Maria safe is a job he has taken on without being asked. Maria is not easy to protect. She has fire in her, a stubbornness that survived whatever the ferals did to her, and Ellison finds himself drawn to more than just her safety. He wants to help her heal. She resists. She has reasons to resist. Then something worse arrives. Someone is targeting the cubs of Shiftertown, and the threat is cold and calculated, nothing like the wild violence of ferals. Maria and Ellison stop circling each other and start working together. Hunting a criminal pulls them close in ways that standing guard never did. Ellison wants to give Maria back something the ferals took. Whether she can accept it is the question at the center of this book.
Genres: romance, suspense, fantasy, adult, adult-fiction, fantasy-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intense, protective, suspenseful
Tropes: forced-proximity, protector-romance, slow-burn, trauma-bonding
Setting: Shiftertown
196 pages · Paperback · Ja / AG Publishing
Content warnings: abuse, violence