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Lica Frazier and his five brothers had a rough start in life. Their mother, only half wolf, and their father, human, the boys shouldn't have been able to shift. The fact that they could was a secret they kept closely guarded from their parents.Now grown, although financially poor, the Frazier boys had made a respectable name for themselves. Their current Alpha was looking to retire and wanted Lica to take over the pack as the new Alpha. Brandy Connor had a bone to pick with Lica Frazier. He'd upset one of her employees, and she needed to get to the bottom of it. Lica knew instantly that Brandy was his mate, and he wasn't happy in the least that he'd found her. She was human, and his parents were a good enough reason to dislike humans... Brandy didn't know what his problem was. She didn't care for him much, either...

Saul Tate was just ready to get home and rest. This trip had zapped all his energy, and he just wanted to crawl into his bed and sleep for a year. He was a shifter and never got sick, but he hurt all over. Was this what it felt like to get the flu? If it was, it sucked. Saul woke to the sweetest little girl, Lynn, sitting next to his bed in the hospital, staring at him. It didn't take him long to realize that her mother, Chalina, was his mate. He had found his mate, and he now had a daughter. Saul couldn't be happier. That happiness, though, was short-lived. Lynn was doing a complete 180. The sweet little girl was gone, and in her place was a rude, selfish, and vengeful nine-year-old not only fighting with him but putting her mother through hell. Saul was at his wit's end....

Fowler had no desire to take over as king of the dragons, at least not yet, anyway. His grandmother, the former queen, was pressuring him into taking a mate. He didn't need a mate, and that was that. Amy hated rich people with a passion. If she wasn't forced into going into this lunch meeting with the Walshs, she wouldn't. And she certainly wasn't going to be forced into eating a hamburger she didn't order by some handsome, arrogant prick. Enough was enough; she was out of there, and when he grabbed her arm, all bets were off...

Barton Strong thought seeing Tessa would be a good distraction. Boy, was he wrong. The woman was a slob, and all they did was fight. She had to go, and Barton was swearing off women. He was happier with his own company. Toria Davies lost her husband to cancer after only sixteen months of marriage. Her son, Sherman, was all she had left of that relationship, and the young boy had been through a lot. Kidnapped at four, he had a fear of all men who weren't immediate family. The senior Barkley Strong wanted Toria to merge their finance companies. It could be a win-win situation for both. But when a disgruntled customer threatened her mother and upset her son, Barton stepped in and calmed the boy. Shermie went straight to him. She didn't like Barton, but her son did. Now, what was she going to do?

The wedding had been the most beautiful one that he'd ever been to. Marica, the newest Archer in the family, had been a lovely bride. And the way that she looked at his brother Sherman when they were walking around the reception area made him think that there couldn't have been a couple more in love than the two of them. It sort of made him jealous when he saw them. However, Darrel didn't want the same thing for himself. Jealously was one thing. Having a wife and family wasn't for him. Not now, anyway. Caitlyn Snow wanted justice, not handouts. Her brother was brutally murdered four years ago, and his body came up missing the same day. Everyone knew her cousin Susan did it, but without a body, they couldn't make the charges stick...

Rage. An uncontrollable and insatiable rage consumed Nash Sheppard. He was being a prick, and he didn't care who he took his anger out on. Sunny Nettles was barely earning enough at the small diner to keep the lights on, much less keep food on the table. And some prick comes waltzing into the diner, spouting orders to keep her mouth shut? She had had enough...

A home invasion took Toby Hayden's family, all but her grandfather, away from her when she was seven. After the horrors she'd witnessed that day, Toby trusted no one. Sebastian Gerald had recently lost his wife and child from a mob hit meant to get his attention. He had turned down their "job" offer, and they were coming for him. Laying low was the prudent thing to do. When a man came into the bar looking for someone related to a man named Anderson, Toby knew the family, but there was no way she'd give the stranger any information. When he put his hands on her the first time, Toby warned him not to do that, but when he put his hands on her again, it was the last warning...

Murray was wrapped up in trying to solve the mess that his parents found themselves in. In essence, the town was trying to steal their home. A few minutes after speaking with Lander, a Rosie Thimble called his phone. She was taking charge of this shit storm, and heads were going to roll. When Rosie got out of the car, Murray introduced himself. The moment that he touched his hand to hers, he felt a feeling roll over him akin to his skin being set on fire. Not only his skin but where her fingers were touching his. He could feel the iciness of her anger like it was his own. Closing his eyes to the onslaught of not only her anger but every memory that she'd ever had. He could only wonder what she was getting from him...

From the moment Amy found out her brother was running for the presidency of the United States, she moved out of the family home and changed her last name. She loved her brother, but she didn't love the limelight. All she wanted was freedom. The freedom to live her life the way she wanted without being in the shadow of the Secret Service all the time. Taking pictures was her passion, and that's what she would do, and no one would stand in her way. Amy had taken a lot of great shots of the animals at the zoo, but if one more person asked her if she had permission to be there, she would scream. She just about had her camera in focus when another zoo employee approached her. He introduced himself as Dr. Dallas Dixon, and instead of being upset with her, he wanted her to take some pictures of a gorilla who had just given birth, but the baby wouldn't live. It didn't take long for Amy to realize that Dallas was a shifter and silverback to his troop. "You're the silverback. The leader to her. I don't know how that works, but you're a shifter. Gorilla shifter and leader. That's why that other man said that you could order her to do-Christ, oh mighty. Oh fucking no." She turned her entire body and looked at the man sitting not ten feet from her. "You are not telling me that you have it in your impossibly small mind that I'm whatever they call a silverback's mate, are you? No. Don't answer that. I don't need to, nor do I want to know."

Shiloh Golden and his five brothers were the first of their kind. Born leopards, they were blessed with the magic of being the first leopard shifters. Morgan, their mother by proxy, raised them to blend in with humans and to be good men. Blessed with immortality, they all lived together on Morgan's Leap, a sanctuary for all nature. As a warrior fae who had been around for ages, Rocky never thought she'd have a mate again. She didn't quite know what to expect from Shiloh. She never loved her first mate, but somehow this time would be different....

Maddy was on the run. She was a single mother raising a set of beautiful triplets-very gifted triplets. Her brother wanted the kids for their talents and would kill her to get them. Gibb Cross fell in love with the kids even before he met their mother. He wanted to love her, too, but Maddy was having none of it. It took a lot to make Gibb angry, but Maddy seemed to know which buttons to push....

Perry's Nest Series1. Hamish2. Warren3. Calhoun4. Murray5. Brad6. MarshallRuby Thimble didn't have anything left to lose. She had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and now her days were numbered. She sold everything and decided she wanted to spend what time she had left with her sister, Rosie.Rosie struggled with dark thoughts. Ending her days here on Earth remained forefront in her mind. But when her sister just suddenly showed up on her doorstep and her days were numbered by no choice of her own, Rosie wasn't having it. She had to do something. She knew a bear shifter and knew he could help. She'd get down on her knees and beg if she had to.Calhoun Meyer didn't know what he could do to help, but he and Rosie were supposed to be leaving to work for Hamish in a few days, so he said he'd help her sister if he could. When he arrived at the camper to see what he could do, if anything, it hit him that Ruby was his mate....

Clare Macintosh didn't know what was going on. Her brother, Conrad, had been called in for a meeting and they'd already been waiting over an hour. They were leaving, they had waited long enough.Owen Winchester had called for the meeting with Conrad. He had no idea the young man was handicapped, but what he had to show him would make his life easier, or at least he hoped so. The trunks Owen had found in the barn of his new home belonged to him. Conrad was the only living relative he could find of the previous owner. Owen was a bit surprised to find Conrad had a sister and she was his mate to boot.All Clare wanted to do was take her brother and hide. Her parents, Con and Ava Macintosh, weren't nice people, and neither were the people they stole from. Even though Clare had distanced herself from them, it wouldn't stop their associates from seeking revenge. She didn't need the handsome stranger pushing his way into her life.

Henry Myers never kept his gender preferences a secret. His mother supported his choices and stood by his side even when his acting career tanked because of it. Now she was gone, and so was his career. Henry was at a loss.Patrick Garrett, Paddy, was now in a bad place. He had worked at the precinct since he was in his early twenties, and now he could trust no one. Not his captain nor his partner it seemed. He was shot and bleeding, and it seemed the whole precinct was on the take.Henry had been able to talk to ghosts since a near death experience he had as a child. They had been following him around ever since. Now it seemed Paddy could see them as well. But when Wally, Henry's ghostly companion referred to Paddy as Henry's mate. Neither man was sure how to take that news.Henry couldn't deny the attraction to the rugged cop, and if the man didn't put back on his shirt, he wasn't so sure he'd be able to control himself.

Vance had always felt like an outsider to the family, disconnected, a part of them, but not. He had been content to see his brothers mated and happy but knew in his heart that happiness wasn't meant for him. He was cut out to be a soldier and made the Army his life. He was good at it, a little too good. Until recently the government had been good to him, now the powers that be were targeting him.Micky, a fae warrior, was a secret weapon of sorts for the government, that was until recently. Now, those in the White House were corrupt and wanted to see her dead.They found each other out of necessity, but together Vance and Micky were a force to be reckoned with-unstoppable and lethal.Now that Vance had found his mate and the final piece of jewelry was in place, the prophecy and the final battle with Butler was at hand. When Vance placed the final piece of jewelry, the necklace, around Micky's neck as a wedding gift, the entire family felt the magic, but Vance's dragon was nowhere to be found. For the first time in his life, Vance was worried that he wouldn't be good enough to defeat his opponent. Were they all domed to die and start the McCade life cycle over again? Find out in the final installment of The McCade Dragon-Vance