Part of Shifters Unbound
First published 2011
Andrea Gray has one option: find a Shifter in Austin willing to claim her as his mate before she can relocate there. Without that claim, she stays trapped near the male who abused her. Sean Morrissey takes the deal without ever laying eyes on her. He is the Guardian of Austin Shiftertown, the one Shifter charged with sending the souls of the dead onward, and he has carried that weight alone for a long time. The moment he sees Andrea, dark-haired and gray-eyed, something in him shifts hard. The mating frenzy hits, and it does not let go. The claim between them is not yet finalized, not yet blessed, not yet official in any way that counts to Shiftertown law. None of that slows Sean down. He wants Andrea in his life and intends to keep her there. Andrea, still raw from what she fled, has to decide whether a male who volunteered for her sight unseen is someone she can trust with something permanent. The push and pull between a Guardian who is suddenly desperate and a woman who has every reason to be careful sits at the center of this second Shifters Unbound novel.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult, adult-fiction, fantasy-romance, paranormal-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intense, intimate, steamy
Tropes: fated-mates, forced-proximity, protective-hero, second-chance-at-love
Setting: Austin, Shiftertown
298 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Berkley Sensation
Content warnings: abuse, emotional-abuse