Line Without a Hook

Alpha Sarah Taylor was perfect. She had to be. Her brother Darius was the one who earned the Alpha position at Mountain Springs. She had filled in as his pair because when he earned it, he was unmated, and even though it was technically hers to keep since his mate Kat didn't want it, it didn't stop other members of the pack from scrutinizing everything she did in a way that they didn't with Darius.

So, Sarah was perfect. Perfectly professional, perfectly capable, perfectly composed... and perfectly lying out of her ass about all of it. Because the truth of it was that Sarah was a mess. She was a workaholic who had grown up too fast and resigned herself to a life alone because no mate would want her once they see past her perfect facade. Life had already proven that, more than once. The best she would get were stolen trips to a coffee shop where she was just Sarah, not Alpha Taylor. And she was fine with that.

Jasmine Montano Cortez tried to be perfect. With her rebellious younger sister Val being proudly (and loudly) out as bi, the pressure from their parents had only grown more intense as they gave up on Val and focused all of their attention on Jaz. Now that she was closing in on 30, her lies and deflection for why she hadn't found a nice, appropriate mate were sounding less and less convincing.

So, Jaz tried to be perfect. Not only because of the pressure she faced at home, but also because Jaz had a secret that would ruin everything unless she handled it perfectly. And if she wanted the attention of the perfect person who had captured her heart, then she had to be perfect, too.