Alpha-to-be Cole Emerson loves his laid back life and will do anything to keep it that way; even if it means rejecting his soul mate. Livy Holden is the quiet girl who keeps her head down and tries to avoid confrontation. On Cole's eighteenth birthday both he and Livy are shocked to discover that they're mates. Rejected by Cole and replaced by her cousin, Livy flees the pack in the hopes that she can disappear from her life and be forgotten. Livy lands in New Jersey and meets Tate Peters - Alpha to an elite pack of wolves who are eager to take Livy in. But Livy's new life begins to unravel when she is forced to return back home to Oregon and back to Cole. But this time she isn't alone and Cole isn't the only one who has moved on. * This is an excerpt only as the rights to this story has been bought by Inkitt for their new reading app, Galatea! If you'd like to continue reading, you can find me on Galatea under "Abigail Lynne" or by searching for the "Wolves of the West" series!

(Previously titled: My Mate is a Criminal and a Murderer). Unwilling to accept her life. Unwilling to accept her fate. Unwilling to accept him. Emma Argent is a werewolf. She has left California to start a new life with her pack. They are heading to Cross Hill, South Carolina. On the way, she makes new friends and takes in a daughter. It is in Cross Hill where someone awaits her. Emma's mate. But he has a past, a dark past that is intertwined with hers. Will she be able to accept all of him and his mistakes? Is she willing to find love in the being chosen for her? Will they both be able to let go of their pasts?

Haven Mathie's life unexpectedly changes when she shifts into a wolf on her seventeenth birthday. Raised as a human, by humans, neither Haven nor her parents understand what's happening to her. Forced to leave her home, Haven travels across the country to Astoria to live with her Aunt. What she finds is a kind friend, an arrogant Alpha male, a pack of werewolves and a world of trouble. While Haven learns to navigate her new life, a dangerous threat and an old prophecy are revealed jeopardizing her and her pack's safety. Haven must learn to accept her mate's protection, and her own feelings, in order to overcome her enemies.