Two-Natured London

"I don't think it's such a good idea for you to go there," he stated authoritatively, wiping away the aftereffects of his smile. Good.Without pausing, she shot a glance at the idiot. "I'm a police detective. It's definitely a good idea to investigate people behaving erratically on a common street."When an apparent human-on-human shooting turns out to have non-human origins, vampire DI Philippa Audley is ordered to investigate. It would be easier, however, if she hadn't been ordered to work with Jasper Grayson, one of the legendary vampire warriors of the Crimson Circle. An old-fashioned relic of a bygone era with very peculiar notions of what a woman can and can't do is not an ideal partner for Philppa who has made a life's career of being the first vampire woman in everything. It doesn't help either that her late father, a Circle warrior himself, was Jasper's last partner.Jasper Grayson isn't very accustomed to vampire women, let alone a woman as unique as Philippa who is used to giving orders and being obeyed. His Hunger compells him to protect her, but how is he to protect someone who refuses to listen to very reasonable commands to stay safe? And how is he to gain her trust when he is keeping a secret from her?Black magic is afoot and a deadly enemy to vampires forces the pair to find a way to work together. But will they be able to put aside the demons of the past for a shared future?

"So how long ago was it?""You can't expect me to spill all my secrets at once," he teased her, and was rewarded with a smile that had almost no fear in it."Why not? You already told me you're going to erase my memory."That was true. "Well, I was born in 1663." He watched her take that in."Wow. That's … you're really old."A serial killer is on the loose in London and only the vampire warriors of the Crimson Circle know that renegade vampires are responsible. One night on a patrol, Jeremy Grayson saves a human woman from becoming the next victim. The chance meeting ignites his hunger, marking her as his mate. He needs to keep her safe, even if he can't really explain to her why.But in order to do that, he has to wipe her memory so she doesn't remember him.The only drama Corynn Sparks needs in her life is finding a job after she graduates from college. But then a vampire declares she is in mortal danger and puts her under his protection. He is a complication she doesn't need. She can't afford to dream of a man who will live for centuries while she grows old and dies.But it turns out she carries the vampire gene. Now she has to choose between her human life and the sunshine, and her second nature and the man she loves. But how could she trust a man who has taken her memory?Then the choice is taken from her, and she learns that there are worse things in this world than a memory loss.

When Grant Campbell, the alpha of White Lodge wolf-shifter clan, finds a lost leopard-shifter cub, he knows exactly who can help him: Verona Sullivan, the beta of Maze Hill leopards. The woman who has been occupying his thoughts recently, so much so that his wolf is ready to initiate the mating call. Unfortunately, the feeling doesn't seem to be mutual.Rona Sullivan has survived the trauma of her birth clan dying, so she's determined to make sure her adoptive clan thrives. She needs to find a leopard mate who is willing to move into her clan and give her leopard cubs. Lusting after a wolf alpha who can't give her either is a distraction she doesn't need. Not even when her leopard really seems to like him.As they try to solve the mystery of the leopard cub together, their second natures keep pressuring them for the mating bond, much to Grant's delight. No one is listening to what Rona and her clan needs. Not even herself, it seems, as she's willing to do everything in her power to give Grant and his clan everything they need. Just like a bonded mate would. Even if it means raiding a renegade laboratory developing a drug that spells bad news for shifters.Will a stubborn alpha wolf win over an even more stubborn leopard woman determined to keep him at bay, or will renegades destroy their future before they acknowledge their feelings? Two-Natured London where vampires, shifters and sentients co-exist uneasily with one-natured humans. There is Greenwood clan wolf-shifters who have an enemy that just won't give up, and the Crimson Circle, an organisation of elite vampire warriors that battle renegade vampires in the City at nights. They find romance in the most unexpected places and with unlikely people. Follow the fierce warriors softened by their need to protect, and wolf-shifters whose wolves put out a call for the best possible mates.