Ryder Holt Novels & Stories

Annalise is 21 and in college with her two best friends and her sister. She is starting her last year off on a good start. She is one grade ahead of her average age. She is studying art and wants to be the best she can be. She is assigned a partner for her last big assignment, Theo Hyde. He is the guy she has had a crush on for years, but he is also her best friend's ex-boyfriend. She tries to focus on the project, but her feelings keep getting in the way.

Honestly, between getting caught by him again or being dragged away by these rogue wolves, I’d take the latter. Suddenly, Ryder reached out his hand toward me. "We haven’t introduced ourselves yet. I’m Ryder Black!" I didn’t shake his hand, just stared at it coldly. "Ryder? What are you, a motorcyclist or something? Oh wait, I know—you’re a bandit!"

he says coming in looking between Blake and me and handing a paper to Blake. He reads it, and something tells me it's bad as I hear his wolf Xander growling, making his eyes dark. "What's going on?" I demand to know, taking the paper from his hand. My heart drops as I read the note. "Tyler Slate, we have your mate. If you want her back alive, bring Hope to the following address. Anything happens to her, we'll kill her." my heart dropped, and Asher immediately fought for dominance as he hears that our mate's life has been threatened.

Remembering how the walk into town had been annoying as hell. “That would probably be Everett right?” The man next to him answered, looking at Scott. He nodded. “Yeah, but it’s four hours by car at least. This is Eli by the way. He’s taken up the Gamma spot recently since Ricky is…” I nodded. “Nice to meet you. I’m glad they filled the spot. Scott looked like he was going to go grey there for a while.” Eli laughed and patted Scott on the back. “I’m pretty sure Alpha will still make him go grey at the rate he is going. You wouldn’t think he was forty with the warpath he’s been making.”

His face had a very nice smile on it, while his eyes glittered with warmth. “Good morning, good morning, ” he said, and his voice thundered through the room. “I’m Ryder Jackson; I own the Grand Plaza Hotel and other hotel chains around the country. Sara was startled and felt herself flutter in the chest flutter. She had heard of Ryder Jackson, had she not? Who hadn’t? He was a legendary businessman who was capable of ruthless business actions and had impeccable taste. Austin got up on his feet, grinning, and outstretched his hand. "Ryder, good to meet you," he said, his voice smooth and confident.

Humpton was just the beginning, but Ryder… Ryder is a different kind of problem altogether. One that I'm not sure I could solve as easily.

" Okay, but what about my payment?" I nodded. Finding no other way to kill my time here. He guides me to the bar and steadies the revolving bar chair for me to sit. I felt strange again. No man has treated me with so much respect before. He seemed like a nice guy. We started chit-chatting, but my eyes were fixed on my brother's back. Ryder was telling me that he was the head warrior in the second-biggest pack in the world. He attended mid-semester to finish his studies.

Ryder nodded. "All I’m saying is you don’t have to worry; no one’s gonna get killed..." He paused. "If anyone is, it’s definitely not me..." He gave him a weird look. "Or you." He looked away and muttered under his breath, "I promised Hara..." He turned around to leave. Ryder watched him with a smile on his face as he walked away. Ghost snuck into the house through the back door, opting

“Name’s Travis Holt. Lives on the east side, runs with the Grey Pines crew. Drives a beat-up green pickup. I don’t know who he’s with, I don’t…” I cut him off with a nod to Henry. “Get it down. Every word.” Then I leaned in close enough for him to smell the silver. “You bought yourself a little time tonight. But if another call comes to my mate, if I even think Ryder’s shadow touches my land again…” I let the chain drop, the sound of it hitting the floor louder than my voice. “…you won’t get a second warning.” and damn, I wasn't playing.

Ryker looked between everyone that was gathered before continuing. “Sara and Leo will team up. Being the two of you are related, you both have a greater bond with each other. The same goes for Julian and Ryan.” He said then stopped talking again as he looked between the others. Ryan Drake, Julian’s twin brother. This was the first time seeing Ryan, other than the picture of him in the folder I had on him. Seeing them stand side by side, it was hard to tell them apart, other than the noticeable scar above Ryan’s left eye.