Maria Mercurio – författare

In a much-regretted fit of rage, Chloe lost her dream job. Still needing to pay the bills, she resorts to tending bar. Embarrassment about the mishap forces her to take a job twenty-four miles from her home in a dive bar located in small town nowhere. Into this disreputable bar, walks Raff and his intimidating crew.Chloe's role in relationships has been the queen. She's worshipped and adored, while maintaining tight control over what happens. Eventually she loses interest and moves on to the next conquest. Raff is everything she stays away from. He's cocky about the effects he has on her, arrogant about his own importance, and calls her out on any of her bull. Despite all the warning bells, Chloe cannot help the unexplainable lust she feels around him.After being drugged, abducted from her home, and dragged to the middle of nowhere, she realizes Raff and his crew are living two stops past crazy town. They are convinced she isn't human and have a plan to prove it.

Miles is the villain in everyone's story. Raised by the most hated pack in the States and accused of abandoning his baby brother and leaving him to die, his reputation as a man to avoid has been firmly cemented. Miles could care less about his crafted bad boy persona—social niceties aren't his thing. His mate constantly rejecting him? Now that's not just a sore spot, it's a festering wound. He could try the good guy routine to win Akela over, but the clock ran out on that option. Since nice guys finish last, he fully expects to win.

Kate is perfect. She is the perfect wife, the ideal mother, an entrepreneur. At least that's what everyone sees on the outside. Truth? Her marriage is a sham, her business is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, and she struggles with motherhood as she must tackle it on her own.After she discovers her sister is missing and sets out to track her down, she stumbles on a truth that shatters her reality. When Kate learns about shifters and meets Chloe's pack she is intrigued. She meets Caius and Luke at a pack event and her world view pivots again. Caius is a known liar and womanizer. Luke is the silent brooding type. They both tell her she's their fated mate, but one or both must be wrong. How can she maintain her perfect image yet secretly desire both men? Is the risk of choosing worth the reward? Or should she not bother to choose at all?