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Dominic has lived more centuries than he cares to count. He's seen empires rise and fall, watched humanity grow and evolve and explode into war time and time again. He's seen the best and the worst that the world has to give, but the past century has been the hardest.Faced with an unknown illness, Dominic is running out of time to reconcile with his sentinels—the werewolves he considers his sons—but getting sidetracked by his deliciously sexy neighbor for a few years won't hurt. He believes that excuse right up to the moment his empathic link to one of his sentinels goes haywire.Pierce didn't mean to fall for the sweet, much younger man across the hall, but he sure isn't going to say no to their developing relationship when Dominic is the one seducing him.Yet when the young man disappears, tracking Dominic by his cellphone might just be the weirdest experience of Pierce's life. Can a human with an adult daughter, a responsible job, and a secret kink for biting really be dating a vampire? Surely Dominic's belief in the supernatural is simply a personality quirk…because there's absolutely no way vampires and werewolves can exist. Right?
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Alec Grison is more than happy with his current identity as an inner-city cop. He doesn’t need or want to remember the past, the betrayal, or the resentment he still carries two hundred years later. But when one of the men on his team is arrested, Alec can only wonder at the irony as his actions to protect the arresting officer bring his own family back into his life.
Angelo Hansen is a gay man fighting for his place in a straight man's world. He's a cop, and a damn good one, but getting some of his coworkers to remember that fact is a daily irritation. Arresting someone while off duty is not unusual, but when that someone turns out to be a fellow cop there's no way it's going to be good for Angelo's career.
He's very surprised, and more than a little suspicious, when Alec Grison—experienced swat team leader and direct supervisor to the man Angelo arrested—steps in to support Angelo against the rest of the department.
But when unusual things start happening and secrets he never wanted to know are accidentally revealed, can Angelo trust Alec Grison is telling the truth when he can't even trust his own eyes? 


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Despite leaving his pack at a young age, Andrew Hilliard has managed to build a fairly decent life for himself and the people he cares for. Sure, he misses the good bits of being part of a large pack. That's why Christmas is usually his favorite time of year. The celebration, the feeling of family, the pack-like atmosphere of togetherness and goodwill all remind him of what it's like to be a part of something bigger. But this December is not turning out the way he expected. Manufacturing issues, export troubles, and distribution problems plague him at every step. It's definitely the wrong time of the year for a toy company to be making a loss. The only bright spark is the temp his PA hired. Joel is hardworking and sweet, and sexy as hell, but his competence at his job is even more welcome right now. With Joel's help maybe, just maybe, Andrew can figure out what the hell is going on. But when the truth comes to light, can Andrew find a solution while he's still holding onto his sanity and his Christmas spirit?
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** Calvin **
No, I'm not the town crazy.
I'm just the son of the guy who opened a specialized comic book shop in a community barely big enough to warrant a supermarket. Of course my dad lost interest within a month—as usual—and handed the whole disaster over to me, so now I'm stuck in the last place I wanted to be.
My home town.

*** Toby ***
I love everything about my life in Wolden Valley. I'm surrounded by my family, my pack, and a handful of close friends who honestly care for me. My job as a pack beta is incredibly rewarding. It has its low days, of course, but for the most part it's exactly what I love doing the most—protecting the people around me.
But when the unthinkable happens and everything I thought I knew is turned upside down, the only person I want with me is the one I can't have.
My mate.

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Trusting His Mate


Mason is a small town guy with small town ambitions and the dead-end job to prove it. Yeah, he's dreamed of having more, of meeting someone special and maybe leaving his hometown far behind, but he has people who need him to stay right where he is. He's happy to live a quiet, boring life…most of the time.
Zayne loves the city. He's never even considered moving to a small town or stepping away from his chosen career, so when a camping trip goes horribly wrong he's very glad to put the disturbing experience behind him.
There's only one problem.
Being bitten by a "wild animal" is about to change everything.


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**Reid** I gave up waiting for my mate a long time ago. Hell, I'm a forty-three-year-old, socially awkward author who hates crowds. I spend more time alone than any other werewolf I know, so it's not really a surprise that I'm still single. I'm okay with it, mostly.
But when I follow the delicious scent of my mate in a city far from home, I'm honestly not sure I want my life to change that much. I really wasn't expecting to find a human male dressed in a multicolored jumpsuit, wildly colored hair, extra big shoes, and a bright red nose that blinks.

**Aaron** I love being a clown. It's the best part of my job with the circus and I wouldn't change it for the world. I laugh, I joke, I clownaround, and late at night I find a seriously sexy guy and… Well, okay, it's been a while and I'm going through a bit of a slump but I have high hopes. My life's not perfect, sometimes it's not even fun, but it's the best I can hope for right now, especially since my ex left me with a mountain of debt.
Besides, I don't need a relationship. I have people who need me, seven-year-old twin girls who trust me to look after them, and a circus family ready to help. I'm right where I need to be, so I have no complaints.
At least I thought everything was fine until I share a meal with a shy, deliciously sexy, adorable man who notices something about my kids that is guaranteed to turn both our lives upside down.





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Please note: This is the second edition of this story and has been extensively reworked from the 12,100 word version first published October 2016.
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ALMOST TOTALLY CLUELESS - Wolden Valley 2
** Leon **
I never really considered the idea that I might have a mate. No, actually that's not true. I never considered my personal life at all. I was a child prodigy. The type that finished high school before puberty even began; the kid at college who pretty much ignored the far older people around him; the computer geek who was way more interested in code and chips and connection speed and four hundred million other things that didn't involve people. That was me. In a world of my own, really.
Oh, did I mention that I am also a werewolf who was taken from my pack and surrounded most of my life by humans?
So when it came to my own instincts, my own sexuality, hell, my own sense of self, I was almost totally clueless. At least I was until I got an unexpected visitor…

*** Hunter ***
It's been three years since the day I met Leon and I still don't know what went wrong. But I don't care. I don't need rejection spelled out. I'm moving forward with my life. I'm making plans for the future. I'm working…all of the time. Okay, yeah, moving forward is still a work in progress, but at least I'm trying.
But when a threat is made against a member of our pack, it's my job to investigate, even when that packmate is the one I've been avoiding. Confronting Leon is one of the hardest things I will ever have to do, but nothing goes the way I expected, none of it makes sense.
Maybe I really do need to know what went wrong three years ago.

Please note: This is the second edition of this story and has been extensively reworked from the 12,100 word version first published October 2016.
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ALMOST TOTALLY CLUELESS - Wolden Valley 2
** Leon **
I never really considered the idea that I might have a mate. No, actually that's not true. I never considered my personal life at all. I was a child prodigy. The type that finished high school before puberty even began; the kid at college who pretty much ignored the far older people around him; the computer geek who was way more interested in code and chips and connection speed and four hundred million other things that didn't involve people. That was me. In a world of my own, really.
Oh, did I mention that I am also a werewolf who was taken from my pack and surrounded most of my life by humans?
So when it came to my own instincts, my own sexuality, hell, my own sense of self, I was almost totally clueless. At least I was until I got an unexpected visitor…

*** Hunter ***
It's been three years since the day I met Leon and I still don't know what went wrong. But I don't care. I don't need rejection spelled out. I'm moving forward with my life. I'm making plans for the future. I'm working…all of the time. Okay, yeah, moving forward is still a work in progress, but at least I'm trying.
But when a threat is made against a member of our pack, it's my job to investigate, even when that packmate is the one I've been avoiding. Confronting Leon is one of the hardest things I will ever have to do, but nothing goes the way I expected, none of it makes sense.
Maybe I really do need to know what went wrong three years ago.

*** Darrick ***
I'm the alpha of the Wolden Valley werewolf pack. We used to live in harmony with humans, but twenty years ago they learned we walk among them and they were not happy. We've spent every day since then attending rallies and protests and fighting to regain the rights we lost in those first chaotic months after being discovered. I've grown used to putting my pack first, to prioritizing our prosperity and safety over everything else. I'm okay being alone. I have my pack. I have my friends. I have enough.
That is... until I find my mate on the opposite side of a protest rally.

** John **
I'm not surprised to learn that my old high school boyfriend is a werewolf. I've long suspected the small town where I lived my first fifteen years was controlled by a werewolf pack. I'm not even shocked to discover that Darrick is now their leader. But it doesn't change anything. It doesn't erase the way my family was ostracized from our home town twenty-two years ago. Besides, it's ancient history. It's over and done with. I don't even care if there's an explanation for why any of it happened. I have a new life and a great career. I have good friends. I'm content right where I am.
I just need to walk away from Darrick without looking back, so why isn't that as easy as it sounds?



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*** Darrick ***
I'm the alpha of the Wolden Valley werewolf pack. We used to live in harmony with humans, but twenty years ago they learned we walk among them and they were not happy. We've spent every day since then attending rallies and protests and fighting to regain the rights we lost in those first chaotic months after being discovered. I've grown used to putting my pack first, to prioritizing our prosperity and safety over everything else. I'm okay being alone. I have my pack. I have my friends. I have enough.
That is... until I find my mate on the opposite side of a protest rally.

** John **
I'm not surprised to learn that my old high school boyfriend is a werewolf. I've long suspected the small town where I lived my first fifteen years was controlled by a werewolf pack. I'm not even shocked to discover that Darrick is now their leader. But it doesn't change anything. It doesn't erase the way my family was ostracized from our home town twenty-two years ago. Besides, it's ancient history. It's over and done with. I don't even care if there's an explanation for why any of it happened. I have a new life and a great career. I have good friends. I'm content right where I am.
I just need to walk away from Darrick without looking back, so why isn't that as easy as it sounds?



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