Jacob Hunter needed a break. He was so exhausted he could hardly see straight. So he told his brother, Matt, he was taking a few days off. Vacation was hard to do when you killed monsters for a living. But a guy had to try, right? So he got in his car and drove - and he somehow ended up in Broken Branch, Colorado Then he ended up in a bar, where he met a girl. And try as he might, he couldn't resist her. Her name was Maggie and she was nowhere even near his type. And there was something about this town that made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up - but he was compelled to stick around and see if there was more to this Maggie - and this town - to figure out.
Maggie West needed a break. She was so exhausted she could hardly see straight. But she never took a vacation -- because she never leave Broken Branch. If she left, they would be vulnerable - they would be in danger - and she couldn't let that happen. So she spent every single day on watch and on edge. Then Jacob Hunter blew into town and brought chaos in his wake. She knew who he was - who his family was - and they had quite the reputation. And it was her job to get him back out of town before all hell, literally, broke loose. But man, he was a tough one to resist. Would it really hurt to have herself a little "stay-cation" before he was gone?
Welcome to Broken Branch, Colorado. You couldn't find it on a map, if you tried. And no one is quite what they seem. But enjoy your stay! If you dare...
With a new name and new life, Nathan must learn to fit in at an Academy of the Feral Investigation Bureau, or risk being sent back to prison.
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Escaping prison was only the beginning for inmate C41. Now on the run and going by Nathan, he's enrolled in an American Academy for training agents and joins the Feral Investigation Bureau, charged with hunting down criminals and sending them to the same place he just escaped. But after learning how blurred the distinction is between feral and non-feral, Nathan is forced to flee with his sister and his boyfriend, only to discover their safe house hides a secret that might cost Nathan his freedom.
Content and/or Trigger Warning: sex and violence. [Note: failed suicide attempt]
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