With her life growing more harried by the minute, Nat must stay cool, calm, and collected. And as Nat steps up to save her dad from a mob boss's deadly game, two men step in to play another round for her heart: her gorgeous alpha ex-boyfriend, Thorn, and her new flame, the sweetly sensitive wizard Nick. Nat's father has suddenly gone missing, captured by the Russian werewolf mafia. Yet Nat barely has time to revel in her progress before the next crisis comes howling at her door. Once an outcast, she's now eager to rejoin the ranks of her New Jersey pack, and has even gotten a handle on her obsessive urge to hoard holiday ornaments. The union of a Shaman and Alpha is anathema-but how to reconcile that belief when it is the wolfkin Goddess who forged it? Can Ghost and Kane save themselves, preserve their bond, and find a new future when the laws of the ancient past threaten to tear them apart?Ī funny and sexy new paranormal romance, perfect for fans of Charlaine Harris and Patricia Briggs, Kept features the charmingly quirky werewolf, Natalya Stravinsky, as she navigates the minefields of love and war in the Garden State.įresh from defending her pack in battle, Natalya Stravinsky, a whip-smart werewolf with a lovable neurotic streak, wants a little rest and relaxation. Usually, a sacred and treasured union that honors the pair and their clans, this soulbond is seen not as a gift, but a threat to eons of tradition and Clan Law. The soulbond between Ghost and Kane is forged by the creator and Goddess of the wolfkin. Placed on trial for violation of Law and blasphemy, Kane will have to fight to the death to preserve his bond with Ghost and keep his mate and people safe. Freed at last from guilt and pain, Kane has a new enemy to face: his own people. Kane, greater alpha and Heir to Black Pine Clan, has finally defeated the traitor and murderer that destroyed the heart of Black Pine years before. His power is greater than any seen before, dwarfing that of even the legendary Shaman Gray Shadow-and his union with Kane places him in the center of a controversy that rattles wolfkin society around the world. Back among his kind and learning what it means to be both a man and a shaman, Ghost battles the expectations of his people, his family, and the pressures of a society that is both foreign and familiar. Ghost, once known as the cub Luca, is finally home.

Wolf of the Northern Star by S.J. Himes