Short story of a young woman who finds herself in a place where she doesn't want to be. There's something cynical lurking.

His breath is on my neck and his shadow falls across my face as his lips brush my ear, "Now you," he whispered, "need to learn to behave." I snort with a laugh and then cry out as he brutally twists my arm tighter. "I don't know what you mean?" He roughly spins me around and glowers down at me. Shadows mask the harsh planes of his face; within darkening hallows, there is the pale glow of his eyes like frosted steel. His voice rumbled low from the depths of his throat, "I think you do". 1 year ago Kaela's parents were murdered and she found out that she's a shifter. Inhuman strength and agility, heightened senses and a temper to match the devil, Kaela is hunted down and forced to cooperate and join a renegade group of teenage shifters. While fighting to regain control of her life, the unspoken memories of her past and the nightmares in her dreams become present once more. 'I was running from my past, never wanting to look back. But you can't run forever.'

Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.

Layla has traveled all over the world as a stewardess, hoping to escape the memories she left behind in her hometown. After an accident on a flight forces her back to Geneva, Layla is forced to face the tragedy and broken family she left behind in the small upstate New York town, and realizes that sometimes emotional baggage just needs to be emptied out.

Leila lived with her pack all her life. It was until she was forced into an arranged marriage that she ran away from home. She turned into a rogue and while running away from an Alpha, she ends up kidnapped by another one. The exception for this was one: this Alpha was her mate.