If This Exists

While groups like the Shifter Council work openly to promote peace, hatred still exists beneath the surface. Some choose a different path, like Clint Stone, who helps abused and hunted shifters escape and find safety. Marcia has spent most of her life believing she is weak and unimportant. That begins to change when she meets Cain, a quiet wildlife protector who gives her shelter and the chance to heal. When Cain disappears, his brother Marcus arrives with terrible news. Cain is dead, and Marcia must leave with him. On their journey, Marcus reveals the truth about shifters and shows her that she has unknowingly lived among them for over a year. When they reach Marcus’s home, everything Marcia thought she knew about herself changes. She learns she is a Lycan princess long believed dead. As soon as she is named the future Luna, danger follows. After surviving an attempt on her life from within her own pack, Marcia refuses to hide. She works with the women of the pack to challenge old beliefs. As Marcus brings proof of corrupt packs to the Shifter Council, the Lycan King learns of Marcia’s existence and tries to take her. Marcus is badly injured protecting her, and Marcia discovers her first true power. Betrayal soon comes from within the pack. Marcia is kidnapped by someone she trusted and given to a former Beta who believes only the strong deserve to live. When Marcus and the others learn she is missing and pregnant, they gather allies to find her. Marcia escapes on her own and makes her way back home, but the fight is not over. Together, shifters from many packs and backgrounds unite to stop the extremist threat and begin a new chapter with the birth of her son.

“You’re mine now,” Nero’s voice was low, rough velvet that sent chills down her spine. “No one touches what’s mine. No one even thinks about touching what he can't afford- his life.” A flicker of heat curled through Amara’s body despite herself. “Don’t kid yourself ” she shot back. “This marriage exists only because of our children.” He gave a short, dangerous laugh. “Is that what you tell yourself to sleep at night whenever I hear you orgasm at the thought of me every night?” ~~~~~~~~~` Two years earlier, Amara had spent a single reckless night with Nero De Santoro — the man whispered about as the most ruthless crime lord in Italy. That night left her with more than regret; it left her with his twins Determined to keep her children safe from his violent world, she vanished without a trace, raising her daughter in the shadows. But when her children fell dangerously ill, Amara’s desperate search for help forced her to face the one man she swore she’d never see again. Nero was stunned to learn he had a daughter — and cruelly clear about his terms. If Amara wanted his support, she would have to marry him. What began as a cold-blooded arrangement soon twisted into something neither could control. Amara expected to despise him, but behind the walls of his power, she glimpsed pieces of a man she didn’t recognize — protective, haunted, almost tender. Every argument, every stolen glance, every night they shared blurred the line between hate and hunger. Until Amara uncovered a devastating secret — a connection between Nero De Santoro, her husband, and the tragedy that had destroyed her family years ago. A tragedy that had made her turn her back on her Mafia bloodline..........