THE WOLF I FORGED TO LOVE ME
Danielle Reyes-Callahan had one great love — and his name was Dante.
From the moment he crossed a crowded fire to bring her a drink she hadn't asked for, she knew he was irreplaceable. They built a life together in the forests of the Pacific Northwest — a house, a future, dreams of children — until a violent November storm stole him in twenty minutes. He went out to protect their home and never came back.
Fourteen months of grief nearly destroyed her.
So she did the unthinkable. At an ancient forbidden ritual pool deep in the forest, Danielle performed the forging — pouring his wedding necklace, a strand of his hair, and every broken piece of her longing into the dark water.
Something answered.
What rose wore Dante's face perfectly. His voice. His smile. His memories. But it was not him. What she had forged was obsession wearing love's face — possessive, isolating, and darkening dangerously by the day. It threatened her family. It harmed the people she loved. And when it put its hands around Elena's wrist and looked at Danielle like she was something it owned rather than someone it loved — she finally faced the truth.
She had not brought Dante home.
She had built a monster.
Now she must destroy it — surviving its attempt to kill her with her husband's own hands around her throat — and find the courage to finally let go.
She kills it.
And in the silence after, she begins — for the first time — to truly heal.
Genre: Dark Paranormal Romance
Setting: Contemporary Pacific Northwest — shifter pack community
Tone: Twilight-inspired urban shifter world meets dark psychological romance
Heat level: High — intense, possessive, emotionally charged