Wolf Ranch

Pack Rule #1: Never reveal to a human. I broke that rule the day I met the beautiful doctor. I might be a rodeo champ, but one look at her, and I lost my concentration. The bull tossed and gored me, and now the sweet female is on to me. When I healed within hours, she knew something wasn't right. My alpha told me to watch her. Not a problem. I'll watch her all right. Real close. I'll stick to her like superglue. And those human men who want to date her? They'd better step back. Because the doctor is all mine. Whether she knows it yet or not.

Pack Rule #2: Always protect your mate I protected my country. Protected my platoon. Now all I wanted to protect was her. Too bad that wasn't an option. I couldn't fall for the beautiful slip of a female. The baby sister of my brother's new mate. She was way too young. Way too human. Still in college. And too bright a force of nature. She had her whole life ahead of her. And I had the Green Berets begging me to reenlist. My wolf... he wanted her. But if I let her go without claiming her, I might not survive the moon madness.

Pack Rule #3: The alpha must mate. The stronger the alpha, the greater the danger. Moon madness could claim me any time now. I've looked all over the continent, gone to mating games, but I still haven't found the she-wolf meant to be mine. I've already become too feral in bed. I'm not safe-not for random females. Especially not the one who just moved into the ranch next door. She's way too tempting. And I'm way too dangerous. I have to stay away. I don't dare get near her. Because I would die before I ever let anything harm the little human. Including me.

Pack Rule #4: Guard your pups with your life. We hooked up one night at Cody's Saloon. The beautiful nurse wanted a ride, and I'd given it to her. Made her scream and sent her home happy. She didn't tell me there'd been consequences. She'd kept her secret close. For months. But what she didn't know could change everything. That baby she carried wasn't human. And this wolf would never walk away from his pup. She may not have wanted me in her life, but that was too bad. I was moving in-watching over her and providing for my family. She was under my protection now. Whether she wanted it or not. Whether she wanted me or not.

PACK RULE #5: HAPPY MATE, HAPPY FATE. Fate has it in for me. She's sent a human vet to stay in the bunkhouse. With me. I might not have the wolf scent, but I have the hearing. I learn she's a virgin. I offer her two weeks. Two weeks where I'll show her a large animal. One she can't resist. Or at least one who can't resist her. I'll prove she doesn't know everything about four-legged beasts. Especially not the fiercest ones who stalk their prey in the night. Especially not one determined to prey on her. Me.

Pack rule #6: Keep humans away from pack land. My alpha told me to get rid of her. Make nice and find out if she'll sell her property. Keep her from bringing more humans close to our land. But before I even met her, I caught her scent. The moon's full, and I had to follow it. I couldn't stop myself. I ran straight into human territory, onto her property. Found her bathing naked in the moonlight and showed her my wolf. Now all bets are off. My alpha may want her gone, but I need her to stay. In fact, I'll do anything to make sure she never, ever leaves.

PACK RULE #7: PACK SECRETS MUST BE KEPTI'm supposed to erase her memory, not claim her.My son's date knows too much. The most important rule of the pack has been broken: She's seen him shift. The alpha orders me to make her forget, but one hint of her scent and I know the truth-this human is MINE.Riley's half my age. She has her whole life in front of her. If I claim her, I lock her into a fate she never even imagined. Besides, she thinks I'm a player–only out for one thing.I should stay away. Should let her go. But Riley is too sweet, too beautiful, and far too mine.Now she's caught between our two worlds-one side thinks we should steer clear of each other. The other wants a forever bond…either way, she'll suffer the consequences.She doesn't understand the bond between us, but I can't protect her without it. When danger comes for her, she has to trust me to keep her safe-the wolf who was born to be hers.

PACK RULE #8: NEVER LIE TO YOUR MATE.I broke that rule the day I showed up on her doorstep.I'm sworn to protect my kind from any kind of threat. As a human, she thought I was there on friendly business.Didn't know I meant to take down her shifter boss.I didn't know she'd flip my world upside down. One whiff of her scent, and I was lost. No–found.I couldn't leave without her. So, I spent the night. Made her fall for me. But she doesn't know what I am. What I've done.I'm not just a ranch hand–I'm a shifter enforcer.The clock is ticking before I have to finish the job. I must win my mate's heart and claim her before the lies catch up to me.Before she finds out what I am and what I have done.Or what I will do to keep her safe.And mine.

PACK RULE #9: FATE COMES SECOND FOR A SINGLE DADI didn't move to Cooper Valley for love.I'm here to raise my daughter in peace, work at Wolf Ranch, and keep my wolf on a tight leash.Because I don't have time for distractions. Or complications. And definitely not both in the form of a female.Joy is my new next-door neighbor-sweet, sexy, and entirely off-limits.She always has a messy bun and a laugh that melts steel.She makes my little girl giggle like I've never seen before.She makes me burn with need.She's sunshine. I'm thunderclouds.I tell myself I'm too gruff, too brooding, too busy being a father to want her.But my wolf doesn't care about rules. He thinks she belongs to him.He knows she smells like fate… and tastes even better.How can I stay away? In the end, it seems fate will decide for me.