Stubborn vs. Arrogant.
Snarky vs. Egotistical.
Smartass vs. Dangerous.
In other words,
Kira Harriman vs. Chase Brandt.
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Kira Harriman is the Alpha of the Shadow pack. Yup, you heard right. Alpha. She's the badass, protective nerd who doesn't give a flip unless you are in her pack. But her pack members aren't called the Shadows for nothing. They are some of the deadliest wolves on the world map. But don't worry, they're nice... usually. Kira has only 3 priorities in her life. Her family, her friends, and her pack. That's exactly why she doesn't need a mate. He would just get in the way of her duties to the pack, and would be a great weakness for enemies to exploit. So when stupid, conceited, player and long time enemy Chase Brandt, also the Alpha of the Moontide pack, turns out to be her mate, Kira naturally freaks out. And he didn't reject her like she thought! What's a girl Alpha to do?!
Chase Brandt is one of the most feared Alphas in the world. Yeah, he's a player, but hey, it isn't his fault that the girls think his face and body were hand-crafted by the Moon Goddess herself. He's a guy with needs and he hasn't found his mate yet. Speaking of mate, he doesn't really want one. If he happens to find her, then he'll keep her if she is pretty enough and lets him mess around. If she is not, then there's always rejection. When he finds that temperamental, nerdy Kira Harriman, Alpha of the Shadow pack (and the only girl in the entire world who HATES him), is his oh-so-precious mate, he takes that as a personal challenge from the Moon Goddess. But how do you woo a girl who can kill you in 23 humanly possible ways (and 17 ways supernaturally)?!
Oh and did I mention that there is a 328 year-old feud between the two packs?!
A genetically unique but emotionally lost teenager must figure out who she is within her mixed-up, warring world of Shifters and Wolfstalkers.
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It wasn't Maddie's choice to be born a half-breed, half Shifter, half Wolfstalker -- a hunter of Shifters -- and it wasn't her choice to keep her identity a secret. But after trying to attend high school like any normal sixteen-year-old, things quickly spiral south when her Stalker uncle finds out about her and catapults her out of anonymity and into the awareness--or possibly the crosshairs--of The Order of the Wolfstalker. Maddie must think fast and figure out a way to keep herself and her family safe, or risk losing everything. Including her life.
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