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The Northwoods Pack #2
WolfStruck
The wolves, witches, and vampires from Witchbound are back in WolfStruck, book two in The Northwoods Pack series! The quest to unite the three sides continues with Ziri, the hot twenty-three-year-old Northwoods Pack empath in charge of the pack’s wolf sanctuary.
When a mysterious wolf arrives at the wolf sanctuary, neither Ziri nor his Alphas are prepared for the series of events the wolf’s arrival brings about, the divide his actions cause in the pack, or the decisions they will force Ziri to make when he meets his mate, Niko, a centuries-old dreamwalker from an Alaskan pack.
Niko is everything Ziri could have dreamed up in a mate. He’s insanely hot, with black, moon-dust flecked eyes, a feral vibe, and the sinewy body of a warrior. But Ziri can tell from their first encounter he’s holding something back, and as the two of them are drawn into a conflict that threatens to divide the Northwoods Pack, Ziri must decide if he is ready to risk his heart for his mate and step out from under his over-protective brother Aksil’s shadow.
“Are you even listening to me, Ziri?” My best friend Jack’s bright blue eyes narrowed in obvious annoyance as he peered at me from under the Drop Kick Murphys ballcap pulled low over his mop of ginger hair.
I nodded, wincing guiltily as we stepped onto the pine-needle covered path and headed into the shadowy forest toward my pack lodge. Jack had driven eight hours from his coven in Brooklyn to come to my pack dinner in the Northwoods of Maine, and I’d barely registered his presence since he’d arrived.
“Really?” The fading sun setting over the lake behind us glinted off the tiny silver hoops in Jack’s ears as he cocked his head to the side. “So, what was I just talking about then?”
"Um…” I ran a hand over my short springy dark locs, wishing I was a mind reader instead of an empath. Jack was pissed at me for ignoring him, that was for sure. I didn’t need empath intuition to pick up on that.
I searched his energy for a clue to whatever he’d been talking about, and when an underlying current of self-doubt and worry rippled through his annoyance, I knew what I’d missed.
“I’m sorry.” I looped an arm around Jack’s shoulders as we continued down the path. “You were talking about your witch apprenticeship rejections, and I was lost in my own thoughts.”
“Your Alphas are running you into the ground.” Jack shook his head. “You’ve been working nonstop at the wolf sanctuary for the last two years, and now that Finn’s handed it over to you, it’s even worse.”
“I’m fine.” I kicked at the pebbles and mini pinecones underfoot, lodging a stone in the bed of my purple suede Birkenstock.
My work at my pack’s sanctuary was emotionally draining. I shared energy with wounded wolves, guided them back to themselves. But it was also rewarding, helping wolves overcome their trauma, lightening the weight on their soul. The real culprit robbing me of sleep these last two weeks was the mysterious amber wolf visiting me in my dreams every night. But since I had no idea why I was waking up restless, wrung out, and filled with a soul-deep yearning every morning, I was keeping that info to myself for now.
“When’s the last time you went out, got laid?” Jack asked, sex, his answer to everything.
"A while.” I ran my hand over the rough, moss-covered ridges of an ancient pine. “But I don’t really care.”
“You don’t care?” Jack echoed with a look of horror, stopping short on the path.
When a mysterious wolf arrives at the wolf sanctuary, neither Ziri nor his Alphas are prepared for the series of events the wolf’s arrival brings about, the divide his actions cause in the pack, or the decisions they will force Ziri to make when he meets his mate, Niko, a centuries-old dreamwalker from an Alaskan pack.
Niko is everything Ziri could have dreamed up in a mate. He’s insanely hot, with black, moon-dust flecked eyes, a feral vibe, and the sinewy body of a warrior. But Ziri can tell from their first encounter he’s holding something back, and as the two of them are drawn into a conflict that threatens to divide the Northwoods Pack, Ziri must decide if he is ready to risk his heart for his mate and step out from under his over-protective brother Aksil’s shadow.
“Are you even listening to me, Ziri?” My best friend Jack’s bright blue eyes narrowed in obvious annoyance as he peered at me from under the Drop Kick Murphys ballcap pulled low over his mop of ginger hair.
I nodded, wincing guiltily as we stepped onto the pine-needle covered path and headed into the shadowy forest toward my pack lodge. Jack had driven eight hours from his coven in Brooklyn to come to my pack dinner in the Northwoods of Maine, and I’d barely registered his presence since he’d arrived.
“Really?” The fading sun setting over the lake behind us glinted off the tiny silver hoops in Jack’s ears as he cocked his head to the side. “So, what was I just talking about then?”
"Um…” I ran a hand over my short springy dark locs, wishing I was a mind reader instead of an empath. Jack was pissed at me for ignoring him, that was for sure. I didn’t need empath intuition to pick up on that.
I searched his energy for a clue to whatever he’d been talking about, and when an underlying current of self-doubt and worry rippled through his annoyance, I knew what I’d missed.
“I’m sorry.” I looped an arm around Jack’s shoulders as we continued down the path. “You were talking about your witch apprenticeship rejections, and I was lost in my own thoughts.”
“Your Alphas are running you into the ground.” Jack shook his head. “You’ve been working nonstop at the wolf sanctuary for the last two years, and now that Finn’s handed it over to you, it’s even worse.”
“I’m fine.” I kicked at the pebbles and mini pinecones underfoot, lodging a stone in the bed of my purple suede Birkenstock.
My work at my pack’s sanctuary was emotionally draining. I shared energy with wounded wolves, guided them back to themselves. But it was also rewarding, helping wolves overcome their trauma, lightening the weight on their soul. The real culprit robbing me of sleep these last two weeks was the mysterious amber wolf visiting me in my dreams every night. But since I had no idea why I was waking up restless, wrung out, and filled with a soul-deep yearning every morning, I was keeping that info to myself for now.
“When’s the last time you went out, got laid?” Jack asked, sex, his answer to everything.
"A while.” I ran my hand over the rough, moss-covered ridges of an ancient pine. “But I don’t really care.”
“You don’t care?” Jack echoed with a look of horror, stopping short on the path.
347 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2024
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About the author
Ariel Ellman
6 books34 followersAriel Ellman is the author of The Northwoods Pack Series, a paranormal m/m romance series set in present day Maine, The Boston Harbor Romance Series, and multiple essays for NBC THINK.
She fell in love with romance at eleven years old after reading her first historical and has been writing romance stories ever since!
A native New Yorker, she lives in New Jersey with her husband and five children.
She loves to hear from readers and deeply appreciates reviews!
WitchBound is the first book in her new paranormal series and WolfStruck, the second will be released soon!
She fell in love with romance at eleven years old after reading her first historical and has been writing romance stories ever since!
A native New Yorker, she lives in New Jersey with her husband and five children.
She loves to hear from readers and deeply appreciates reviews!
WitchBound is the first book in her new paranormal series and WolfStruck, the second will be released soon!
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May 4, 2024
So excited to release the second book in my Northwoods Pack series, introducing new characters and bringing back old favorites. You met Ziri, Aksil and Anya's younger brother, briefly in WitchBound, but you'll fall in love with him and his mate Niko when you dive into their love story in WolfStruck. This book is filled with all the trademark characteristics of the series, humor, adventure, high heat, and a sizzling romance set against the backdrop of werewolves, witches, and vampires living their lives in present day Maine. You can read this as a stand alone romance, but it will be a much richer more dynamic read if you've read the first book, because it continues the quest to unite the wolf, witch and vampire worlds and shakes things up with Finn, Griffin, and Aksil from book 1! There is a also a sneak peek of book 3, WolfBlocked at the end of WolfStruck.
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