Winter of the Wolf

After years in foster care, Breanne Gallagher has the stable life she’s always wanted,living with her foster-sister, working as a chef, enjoying her comfortable routines. Thenone devastating night, a hellish creature invades her apartment and shatters her fragileexistence. Shifting between monster and man, it slaughters her foster sister and assaultsBree. Alone, wounded, her beloved home tainted by gruesome memories, Bree flees to atiny wilderness town, following her only clue to her past.Shapeshifting warriors, Zeb and Shay move from one pack to another, hunting thehellhounds which prey on their kind. Assigned to Cold Creek, they take overmanagement of a decrepit fishing lodge for their "human" cover. Their first renter is apretty human female who trembles at the sight of them—yet stands her ground. Furiousat the hurt they see in her eyes, the protective nomads are drawn into helping her.Although no shapeshifter is ever attracted to a human, her scent is oddly compelling, andher ferocious determination to conquer her fears ignites longings neither loner everexpected to face.Bree is healing, learning to shoot the biggest pistol she can find, and overcoming herfears, especially of the two deadly, disconcertingly attractive hunters. Her life is gettingback on track…until she tries to save a little girl from a hellhound and discovers thateverything she knows about herself is false.