Hayil Rufus Rose has reached thirty with a problem that threatens far more than her standing within her family: she is a werewolf who has never shifted, and her pack does not make comfortable allowances for anomalies. That private crisis sends her into the wilderness of Glacier National Park, where Secrets of the Cryptids begins widening its world in unexpected directions. 

Sharon Buchbinder brings together a cybersecurity expert facing possible exile, federal agent Will Penn and his missing brother, violence threatening the Blackfeet Nation, and a Bigfoot family whose role challenges the usual monster mythology. Underneath those elements is a question already troubling Hayil before the real danger begins—what happens when belonging depends upon becoming someone you have not yet been able to become?

Secrets of the Cryptids
Series: Cowboys and Cryptids Book 1
Author: Sharon Buchbinder
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Romantasy
Publication Date: August 3, 2026
Publisher: Sharon Buchbinder
EAN: 9798996088812

She never belonged to the pack—until fate led her to him.

Cybersecurity expert Hayil Rufus Rose has spent her life hiding one impossible truth: she’s a werewolf who has never shifted, a failure by her pack’s rules and a woman on the brink of exile. A solo hike in Glacier National Park is meant to clear her head—but instead, a chance meeting with Will Penn, a guarded federal agent with powerful instincts and secrets of his own, changes everything. 

As Hayil becomes entangled in a missing persons case involving Will’s brother, she uncovers corruption, cartel money laundering, and violence threatening the Blackfeet Nation. She forms an unexpected bond with a Bigfoot family, who are not monsters, but an ancient people who recognize her latent power. Through trauma, loyalty, and near-fatal danger, Hayil finally undergoes her full transformation, claiming her identity at last. 

Secrets of the Cryptids launches a thrilling paranormal romance series about found family, fierce hearts, and the courage it takes to become who you were always meant to be.

Hayil’s inability to shift gives the paranormal premise an unusually personal consequence. Her pack measures belonging by an ability she cannot summon, and with banishment looming, transformation is tied to family, identity, and acceptance long before it becomes part of the external adventure. Her scientific instinct adds another dimension: even while frightened about her future, she tries to reduce the mystery of her delayed transformation to facts, hormones, and inherited patterns. 

The story then reaches beyond werewolf mythology. A missing-person investigation connects Hayil and Will to corruption and cartel money laundering, while the Bigfoot family she encounters is presented as an ancient people rather than a convenient monster lurking in the wilderness. That combination of cryptid lore, romantic tension, crime, and Hayil’s struggle to claim a place in her own pack gives this series opener several mysteries to uncover at once.

Hayil had the advantage of excellent night vision—super vision compared to other humans. Plus, she possessed an almost uncanny ability to connect with most wild and domestic animals. Hayil mentally grimaced. She could also thank her grandmother for her long overdue ability to shift. What would it take to trigger her body into the lupine version of herself? Was it like a growth spurt that hadn’t hit her body yet? Or was Hayil destined to remain the one person in her pack who wasn’t able to wolf out? 

Once again, her mother’s constant refrain came back to her: “You’re a late bloomer, like your grandmother. She was older than you when she shifted. All in good time. You’ll see.” 

Sure, Mom.

Hayil knew her mother wanted the best for her, but found her cheerfulness a bit forced. Beneath her mother’s optimism, Hayil sensed an undercurrent of concern about her thirty-year-old daughter’s ability to integrate into the red wolf clan. This missing piece of Hayil’s identity called to her like a siren’s song, demanding she complete herself. Would she ever be a true part of the pack? Or would she forever be the unmated one? What then? She was an anomaly, something the pack didn’t tolerate well. Tradition dictated that if a pack member didn’t shift by the end of their third decade, they were banished. 

A chilling thought struck Hayil mid-stride.

If I don’t shift this year, will they force me out of the pack?

They were the only family she’d ever known. Her mother would fight for her to stay and would probably win. But at what cost? 

Hayil would be an outcast. She’d never be invited to pack meetings, deliberations or celebrations. Those were reserved for shifters. If she married a non-shifter, the pack would drive her out, of that she was sure. What if her offspring were able to shift? Would that make things better? Would the pack let her stay then? It wasn’t as if she could go to a genetic counselor and ask for a DNA test for werewolves. 

The thought of losing her extended family through no fault of her own made her gulp back tears. Angry at herself for allowing her thoughts to go down that dark rabbit hole, Hayil reminded herself she was a scientist. Review the facts, not the fears.

Fact one: Grandma had been in labor with Hayil’s mother when she’d shifted for the first time. 

Fact two: The majority of the pack members had shifted when they’d hit puberty. 

Fact three: Hormones! It had to be related to hormones! The rush of hormones at puberty and the flood of pregnancy hormones had to be related somehow. 

Hayil was long past puberty and the associated mood swings and acne, thank you very much. She was not ready to be pregnant. For starters, she would need a romantic partner in her life. She’d had zero luck on that score so far. 

“I still have time. It’s not too late. I won’t give up hope.”

Shaking her head to clear her mind, Hayil double-checked her wild animal deterrents. All in place. Then she tugged her knit cap down over her ears and pulled her hands-free headlamp into place. She zipped her fleece jacket against the breeze and adjusted her twenty-five-pound backpack. With an altitude gain of almost nineteen hundred feet, she planned to take her time, pacing herself for the strenuous four-hour hike. She grasped her lightweight hiking poles and took a last look up at the stars. Time to see that spectacular view at the top. 

As promised by the trail blog, the dirt path was well maintained. The morning air was cold and crisp, layered with the woodsy scent of damp earth and pine needles. An owl hooted, and Hayil spotted movement in the brush between the thick pines beside the trail. Her headlamp reflected in the eyes of small critters, all of whom skittered deeper into the woods. 

For three hours, all she heard was the crunch of her hiking boots on dirt and gravel, the rasp of her own breaths, the glug of water when she drank and the jingle of her bear bells. She looked at yet another incline on the trail and decided she needed a hiking song for inspiration. 

“Country roads, take me home,” she sang, belting out “Mountain Mama”—and something crashed through the bushes ahead on the trail. Something large. 

She froze.

An enormous black bear stood on its hind legs at the top of the hill. 

The animal had its back to her, but if it got her scent, it could turn and charge at her in a flash. 

Heart pounding like a jackhammer, she placed her hand on the bear spray. 

A breeze sprang up, making her eyes water with its intensity. The good news was that it meant she was downwind of the bear. The bad news was that the air smelled like a wet dog had rolled in a dead animal. The worst news was that the bear turned and looked right at her. 

Omigod. It’s not a bear. What the heck is it?

This is a natural fit for paranormal-romance readers who want their supernatural world to extend beyond a single kind of creature. Werewolf pack traditions provide Hayil’s immediate conflict, but Bigfoot mythology, a missing-person case, and Will’s work as a federal agent broaden the story into romantic suspense. Hayil may particularly appeal to readers who like heroines whose power has been present all along but does not arrive according to anyone else’s timetable. Her problem is not learning that she is extraordinary; she already knows exactly what she is supposed to be. The challenge is discovering what her delayed transformation means for the life and family she is afraid of losing.

Sharon Buchbinder is an award-winning author who has been writing stories since she could hold a pen. The paranormal romance genre is her writing home, a place where the impossible is simply the beginning, where women find their power in the most extraordinary circumstances, and where love is always worth the danger of seeking it. 

A Maryland-based author with a background in healthcare and higher education that has informed her vivid, grounded storytelling, Sharon is drawn to heroines who have been underestimated — women who carry something extraordinary inside them and spend the whole book learning to trust it. Sharon believes passionately that readers deserve stories where the heroine doesn’t just survive — she transforms. When she’s not writing, Sharon can usually be found unplugging in her garden, obsessing over cryptid mythology, and convincing her pets they are not, in fact, supernatural.

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Hayil enters Secrets of the Cryptids believing that one missing transformation may cost her the only family she has known. What waits beyond that fear is considerably larger: Will, his brother’s disappearance, a criminal investigation, and cryptids who complicate her understanding of who the real outsiders and monsters are. Her eventual transformation therefore carries more weight than gaining a supernatural ability. It answers a question about identity that has followed her for years while opening the door to the broader cryptid world promised by the Cowboys and Cryptids series. That mix of pack belonging, wilderness mystery, romance, and unconventional cryptid lore gives this first installment a distinctive foundation for what comes next.

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Egyptian Lovers gathers three connected novellas in which desire reaches across death, reincarnation, and the supernatural histories buried beneath Egypt’s desert sands. Isabella Jordan links each romance to a different mystery—an archaeologist reunited with an immortal lover, a descendant investigating an eighty-year-old disappearance, and a reluctant traveler summoned by a sphinx through her dreams. The featured excerpt returns to Abydos in 1926, where an expedition leader’s sudden death and a strangely intimate desert wind signal that Emma Bonham has entered a story far older and more dangerous than the excavation she expected.

Dark Paranormal Romance

Date Published: July 31, 2026

Publisher: Changeling Press

Series: Egyptian Lover, Book 4

Format: Box Set

Edition: Second Edition

In the desert sands of Egypt, three lovers battle a maniacal curse. Only their love can save them.

Half vampire, half sphinx, Kahma roams the deserts of Egypt, praying for death -- until his lost love returns, reincarnated as archeologist Emma Bonham. But to fulfill the passion Kahma offers, Emma must part with her life.

Fascinated by the tale of Emma Bonham’s disappearance some eighty years ago, Carson Bonham comes to Egypt to unravel the mystery. But the bloody carnage of Karnak’s history has a way of repeating itself. The struggle to keep Carson alive will be a death defying act for the powerful vampire Sopdet.

Alexis Peters has no intention of returning to Egypt, until a mysterious dream lover promises endless pleasure if she will just return to him. Little does Alexis know she’s bound to her Egyptian savior, the legendary sphinx, Amenhotep…

Publisher's Note: Egyptian Lovers Box Set contains the previously released novellas Kahma, Sopdet, and Ardeth & Amenhotep.

Egyptian Lovers offers more than a single supernatural pairing. Its three-novella structure lets the central curse unfold across separate relationships, time periods, and forms of otherworldly connection. Reincarnation drives Kahma and Emma’s reunion, a family mystery draws Carson into Sopdet’s violent past, and a dream summons Alexis back toward Amenhotep. That changing perspective gives the collection room to examine how an ancient bond can appear as memory, investigation, temptation, or fate.

The historical setting also matters. The excerpt from Kahma opens at an Abydos expedition in November 1926, placing Emma’s first encounter with the supernatural amid archaeological ambition, isolation, and the practical dangers of desert travel. The result is an explicitly adult paranormal romance in which erotic attraction, expedition suspense, vampires, sphinx mythology, and a recurring threat are tightly intertwined.

This collection is best suited to adult romance readers who prefer supernatural relationships shaped by danger, sacrifice, and long histories rather than lighthearted courtship. The combination of vampires, sphinx mythology, reincarnated lovers, archaeological settings, multiple-partner themes, and explicit intimacy gives the series a distinct identity.

It may also appeal to those who enjoy connected novellas that can shift protagonists while continuing a larger mystery. The three stories approach the Egyptian Lover world from different angles, making the box set especially relevant to readers who like seeing one curse—and its consequences—develop across several romances.

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Egyptian Lovers is built around love that refuses to remain buried. Its immortals do not offer simple escape from death; their bonds demand return, recognition, and, in Kahma’s case, a devastating choice. By collecting the three previously released novellas in one volume, this edition allows the curse, mythology, and repeated collisions between past and present to be read as a continuous design.

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Ethan’s immortality begins not with power, but with the moment he realizes that returning home could destroy the woman he loves. That conflict between devotion and danger shapes Eileen Sheehan’s Night Times Trilogy, where a centuries-old loss resurfaces through Arabella, a woman whose memories may expose secrets capable of threatening the entire vampire world. Across three books, reunion gives way to pursuit, obsession, transformation, and revenge as Ethan and Arabella discover that surviving death does not erase its consequences.

The darkest hour is only the beginning in the world of shadows.

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For two hundred years, Ethan has haunted the shadows, carrying the heartbreak of losing Judith, the wife he loved before he was unwillingly turned into a vampire.

When he meets Arabella at a costume party, he's stunned by the similarities she shares with Judith. As their connection deepens, Ethan becomes convinced that Arabella is Judith reborn. But with her returning memories come dangerous secrets—knowledge from a centuries-old vampire-hunting society that could threaten the existence of every vampire alive.

Now, hunted by both a ruthless Vampire League and relentless vampire hunters, Ethan and Arabella find themselves caught in a deadly struggle between love, loyalty, and survival. As enemies close in and the past refuses to stay buried, Ethan must choose between losing Arabella forever or offering her the immortality that was forced upon him.

Night Times (Book One) begins a captivating vampire romance thriller trilogy that is filled with, forbidden love, deadly secrets, and a passion that defies time itself.

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“For fans of supernatural thrillers involving vampires, Night Times has got everything they crave... Sheehan has created yet another immersive fantastical world full of vampires, witches, and monster hunters. The book is fast-paced, and since I was enjoying it so much, the pages just flew by….You're going to love this!”

“… Sheehan doesn’t just focus on romance. She digs into what love and trust really mean when everything’s on the line. There’s also a raw look at what it means for a vampire to lose their humanity—how turning immortal tears you away from who you used to be, and from people you once knew. Immortality in this story isn’t just sparkling and forever-young; it comes with a price: isolation, loss, and sometimes the fading of your own sense of self. Still, there’s a flip side—it can mean never-ending love and the fierce desire to protect…… If you’re in the mood for a supernatural drama that goes beyond the usual tropes—one that really leans into the pain, the memories, and the kind of love that won’t quit—this book is definitely worth your time.”

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Arabella was supposed to be dead.

After faking her death to escape the vampires who want her gone, Arabella and Ethan disappear into Las Vegas, hoping to build a life free from fear, secrets, and bloodshed.

For six months, they succeed.

Then Olive discovers the truth.

Obsessed with Ethan and unwilling to accept his love for another woman, Olive sets out to destroy everything they've built. As jealousy turns to vengeance, Ethan and Arabella are thrust into a nightmare that will change them forever.

Filled with danger, betrayal, suspense, and immortal love, Night Times: Book Two is a gripping paranormal romance about how far people will go for love—and how deadly obsession can become.

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Arabella survived death, but immortality comes with a price.

As she learns to embrace life as a vampire under Ethan's guidance, the memories of her torture and murder refuse to fade. While vampire society struggles to accept her return, Arabella secretly plots revenge against the vampires responsible for her suffering—including the woman who wanted her dead.

One by one, her enemies begin to disappear.

As fear spreads through the vampire community and suspicion grows, Arabella must balance her thirst for vengeance with the future she's building alongside Ethan. But some wounds can only heal in darkness, and some debts can only be paid in blood.

Night Times: Book Three is a dark paranormal romance filled with vengeance, passion, secrets, and a love strong enough to survive death.

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The trilogy treats immortality as a continuing emotional cost rather than a romantic reward. Ethan’s first crisis is not whether he can survive becoming a vampire, but whether he can protect Judith from the hunger that now places her in danger. Arabella’s arrival two centuries later forces him to confront the possibility that the life he abandoned has returned carrying memories of its own.

That reincarnation mystery expands into a conflict involving a vampire-hunting society, the Vampire League, and enemies within the supernatural community. Each installment changes the pressure on Ethan and Arabella: the first centers on recognition and pursuit, the second turns jealousy into a targeted campaign of destruction, and the third places Arabella’s trauma and calculated revenge at the center of the story. The result is a connected narrative in which love survives, but never without difficult choices or lasting consequences.

This trilogy is suited to adult paranormal romance readers who prefer their central relationship surrounded by danger, political conflict, and moral complications. The reincarnation thread will particularly interest those drawn to stories in which memory links two lives, while the continuing conflict with hunters and the Vampire League gives the romance a broader supernatural threat.

It should also appeal to readers who enjoy following one couple through several distinct stages rather than ending at their first reunion. Ethan and Arabella must contend with a jealous rival, a concealed survival, forced transformation, resistance from vampire society, and a revenge campaign driven by trauma. Readers who appreciate vampires portrayed as isolated, hungry, and capable of losing their humanity will find that darker interpretation central to the series.

Eileen Sheehan is an Internationally published, Best Selling and Award-Winning author of paranormal romance thrillers & horror for the mature adult. A professional and full-time spiritual advisor and holistic practitioner for over 30 years, the majority of her 76+ novels feature the paranormal, but some are novels about people in love, and a very few are self-help. Eileen incorporates experiences through the years along with her imagination to provide the best believable and entertaining read possible. As the years progressed, so has her writing style. Although she still includes romance and strives for a happily ever after ending, her stories tend to have more mystery, thrills, and a touch of horror in them.

A former busy working mother (who is now a laid-back grandmother), Eileen understands the value of time. She makes it a point to write novels that are able to be enjoyed in one or two evenings.

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The opening image of Ethan standing outside his own home establishes the trilogy’s defining tension: the person he most wants to approach is also the person he must leave to keep safe. Two centuries later, Arabella’s resemblance to Judith offers him another chance, but her returning memories bring hunters, vampire politics, and old secrets with her.

What begins as a reunion shaped by grief develops into a study of what prolonged survival can do to love, loyalty, and identity. Arabella is not left unchanged by what happens to her, and the final installment allows her anger to become as consequential as Ethan’s long-held sorrow. For readers who prefer a vampire romance that follows its central relationship beyond attraction and into obsession, trauma, vengeance, and the burden of immortality, the complete trilogy offers the full progression in one connected story.

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Today, we have a paranormal romance novel to share. Learn about So Passes the Night and author Cassidy McKay! 

Paranormal Sea Adventure Romance

Date Published: July 17, 2026

First Mate Cade Talbot disobeyed a direct order, sacrificing himself to save his best friend. Since then, Captain Grant Rowen rules his ship with an iron fist, demanding strict compliance from all aboard.

Coffers are low, and when a lone woman requests passage to St. Thomas, Captain Rowen accepts her payment. But the stormy sea crossing holds more than just nature's surprises. 

Aurora Journade reveals that she not only speaks to spirits, she makes love to them --and she doesn't follow orders. With Aurora's help, Cade has one last chance to reach out to his captain. Not even death can keep them from seeking passion's redemption. 

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Cassidy lives in the beautiful state of Washington and is surrounded by mysterious rain forests, tempestuous oceans and enough gorgeous scenery to inspire stories for at least another two hundred years.

She's been reading romances since she was thirteen, and writing them since she was fifteen. However, the serious writing bug didn't bite until much later in life, inspired by her talented husband (who is also a writer!).

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Some places never really let you go—no matter how far you run.

In Cat Came Back, a return to a quiet mountain town stirs up more than old memories. Secrets linger in the shadows, danger prowls the wilderness, and unfinished feelings refuse to stay buried. When the past collides with the present, one woman discovers that coming home might be the most dangerous—and most necessary—choice she could make.

Blending second-chance romance with paranormal suspense, Anne Kane delivers a story where instincts run wild, loyalties are tested, and the line between hunter and hunted can shift in an instant. If you enjoy shifter stories with a touch of mystery and a rekindled connection that refuses to fade, this one promises plenty of tension along the way.

2nd Chance Romance, Paranormal Suspense

Date Published: March 13, 2026

Cat’s come back to town. Jacob plans to keep her here.

When Catherine’s aunt dies in a suspicious accident, she comes back to her hometown to settle the estate. She expects it to be an easy job, but she doesn’t count on being chased by a pack of wild wolves, and an unknown enemy who sprays graffiti on the house and throws bricks through her windows. When the local police force proves less than helpful, it’s up to Cat to find out what’s going on with the help of her all too human lover, Jacob. 

Known as the Mad Trapper, Jacob has been in love with Cat since high school. Now that she’s back in town he intends to show her that a human-shifter relationship can be just what a were-cat needs to keep her out of trouble.

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Cat could hear them behind her, howling in triumph as she streaked across the hard-crusted snow in the direction of town. Her breath was labored, coming in ragged gasps. There was only one place she could think of where she'd be safe, where the pack would be too afraid to follow her. Unfortunately, she wasn't sure she'd be any safer there than she was with the pack breathing down her neck.

She'd been away from Hunter's Canyon, her hometown in the frozen heights of the Rocky Mountain wilderness, for far too long. When she was barely more than a kitten halfway through high school, she'd migrated to the southern states where the temperatures were warm and life was easy. She'd forgotten how deadly the wolf packs could be when they found a bobcat wandering in the bush, alone. She prayed to any deity who'd listen that her latest mistake wouldn't prove to be fatal.

Up ahead, the lights of town twinkled invitingly. She could hear the music of the Dance Hall beckoning her with its cheerful lilt, but she veered away from it toward a log cabin at the closer edge of town. She squelched the arrow of fear that lanced through her, threatening to freeze her in her tracks.

The Mad Trapper lived in that cabin. They didn't call him Mad for nothing. The man defied all social norms, doing what he wanted when he wanted and be damned to all the gossips in town who thought he should behave himself. He'd been a gangly teenager the last time Cat had seen him, but she still remembered the surprising strength in his hands when he'd wrenched open the jaws of the trap. She'd been careless that day too, and back then the iron leg hold traps had been in common use. He'd rescued her from sure death, but then kept her locked in one of those damn dog carriers for days while he smeared smelly goop on the wound. She wasn't sure what was in the goop -- but it hurt like the devil.

In retrospect he'd probably saved her leg, but at the time she was sure he'd hurt her on purpose. The first time he'd left the door of the carrier unlatched, she'd escaped and fled out an open window. Soon after, her family had moved south and she'd barely given the awkward teen another thought. Now here she was heading for his doorstep, hoping he would save her. Again. Some things never change.

He'd expanded the cabin since she'd been away. The rickety front porch she remembered had been replaced with a deck that ran the full length of the house and wrapped around the side. Streaking up the wooden stairs, she plastered herself against the front door and turned to face her attackers.

For as long as she could remember, there had been a werewolf pack in town and at first, she had assumed it was them. She'd gone to grade school with Jack, the alpha. While he wasn't what she'd call a social butterfly, he was a nice enough guy for a werewolf. He'd have no compunctions about letting his pack chase her for a little fun and excitement, but he'd draw the line at actually hurting her.

When one of the mutts had managed to get close enough to rake his fangs down her hindquarters, she'd realized she was in trouble. These were real wolves, with a real desire to maim and kill. They were bigger than she was, and could probably outlast her in a flat out run. She just hoped their instinct for self-preservation would keep them away from the Mad Trapper's cabin.

So far, so good. The entire pack came to a halt a good ten feet from the deck, milling around on the front lawn in a seething pile of fur. The mutt who'd gotten his fangs on her seemed to be the ringleader, growling softly and trying in vain to urge the others forward. The rest of the pack didn't seem to be inclined to take his advice. A smaller bitch, with gray streaking her muzzle, snapped at him in annoyance when he tried to herd her forward. The mutt snarled softly and turned toward the deck. He made a quick rush that halted just shy of the stairway, his teeth glinting sharply in the bright light of the full moon.

Yeah, a full moon. She'd been dumb enough to decide to go for a run all by her lonesome on the night of a full moon. She arched her back, fluffing her fur up to make herself look larger than she really was while she hissed and spat at the wolf. If he decided to attack alone, she just might stand a chance of fighting him off. At least she hoped she did. Bobcats were no slouches in a fight. So long as his buddies didn't rush in to back him up, she could handle a wolf one on one.

Her side ached, and she could feel the muscles starting to stiffen. Great. It would probably scar too. She turned her head to swipe her tongue at the dripping blood. The wound was worse than she'd thought.

One of the pack, an older male, sat on his haunches and lifted his muzzle toward the moon. He began to howl, the sound wild and plaintive. One by one, the rest of the pack joined in.

Her attacker seemed torn, glancing between his intended prey and his brethren singing to the moon. If she could have, she would have crossed her fingers and wished for him to go back to his pack. Her head started to throb in time to the pain in her side, and she had to concentrate to stay on her feet. Shit! How much blood had she lost?

The rest of the wolves lost interest in her, turning their attention to the pack howl fest. Unfortunately, her attacker was too stubborn to give up just yet. Turning back to face her, he lifted his lips in a silent snarl and began to edge forward, slinking up the stairs.

"Well now. What do we have here?" The soft glow of firelight spilled out onto the deck as the door to the cabin swung open. "Ahh. So the cat really did come back. I heard you were back in town. Grown into a real nice kitty, I see. You might as well come in and let me put some salve on that scrape of yours."

Cat whirled to stare at the trapper in amazement. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the wolf pack melt silently into the night, the big mutt that had attacked her going with them. Her gamble had paid off. So far.

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Anne Kane lives in the beautiful Okanagan Valley with a bouncy little rescue dog whose breed defies description, a cantankerous Himalayan cat, and too many fish to count. She spent many years trying to fit in and act normal, but finally gave up the effort. She started writing romance in 2008, and her fate was sealed when she won a publishing contract with Red Sage Publishing and just a month later Changeling Press accepted her first submission. Since then she has published more than thirty stories in a variety of sub-genres, all with a happily ever after.

She has two handsome sons and six adorable grandchildren and enjoys spending time with them whenever she can. Her hobbies, when she’s not playing with the characters in her head, include kayaking, hiking, swimming, playing guitar, singing and of course, reading.

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