Sam Haze was only 16 when she got rejected, she ran away without telling anyone anything, leaving her past in her dust. It's been three years since the Ice Fire Pack last saw Samantha, they have been searching everywhere for her, but just can't find her. Sam isn't ready to face her past, nor will she ever be, but as the best wolf fighter in the world, she has been sent on a mission to train every wolf in a pack, her old pack. She vowed she would act like this was any other mission, but that breaks when she arrives. She didn't want to get hurt, she didn't need to get hurt after her rejection. But her sudden sexiness attracts all the mateless males of the Ices Fire Pack, creating a rather jealous Alpha Jason. Will Sam be able to keep her wall up, or will it crumble down as she gets involved in a rather dramatic relationship? How will Jason react when he finds out the one he rejected became the most dangerous, attractive, badass? Will Sam be able to complete her mission and carry on, or will forming feelings hold her back? Oh yeah, one more thing, Sam's the only electric blue wolf left in the world.
When a murder shakes her tiny village, Alera will discover a horrifying link between the scars on her arms and the werewolves and vampires that stalk her home.
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Nineteen-year-old Alera has grown up in the village of Adaymos, listening to stories about the monsters that live in the forest that surround her home. Labelled an outcast because of the scars on her arm, she's an easy scapegoat after one of the villagers is found murdered, but when newcomer Will is framed instead she's forced to question everything she knows about the mysterious outsider. Could he really be the killer? Or is he hiding more about the werewolves and vampires that live in the forest -- and the truth behind Alera's scars -- than he lets on?
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