Code Wolf
A Were’s forbidden desire tests the limits of loyalty. When Seattle detective and alpha werewolf Derek Miller meets Riley Price, the bond is instant. Feral. Their connection entails enormous risk, for he must keep the existence of his kind secret at all costs. But the forces of darkness have Riley in their sights.Now Derek must choose between the Were code of silence and saving the woman who’s ignited his desire…
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A Wereâs forbidden desire tests the limits of loyalty
When Seattle detective and alpha werewolf Derek Miller meets Riley Price, the bond is instant. Feral. Their connection entails enormous risk, for he must keep the existence of his kind secret at all costs. But the forces of darkness have Riley in their sights. Now Derek must choose between the Were code of silence and saving the woman whoâs set him on fire.
LINDA THOMAS-SUNDSTROM writes contemporary and paranormal romance novels for Mills & Boon. A teacher by day and a writer by night, Linda lives in the West, juggling teaching, writing, family and caring for a big stretch of land. She swears she has a resident muse who sings so loudly, she often wears earplugs in order to get anything else done. But she has big plans to eventually get to all those ideas. Visit Linda at lindathomas-sundstrom.com or on Facebook.
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Seduced by the Moon
Immortal Redeemed
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08219-8
CODE WOLF
© 2018 Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
Published in Great Britain 2018
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To my family, those here and those gone,
who always believed I had a story to tell.
Contents
Detective Derek Miller howled at the moon...
And that call was answered.
He sprinted down a side street, careful to avoid the stares heâd have received if any of Seattleâs human population saw him all wolfed up. Humans werenât in on the secrets of his kind, and it was best to keep things that way.
His lethal claws made driving as impossible as ignoring the moon would have been. That big, bright, full moon over his head. Thing was, the claws came in handy on nights like this, when bullets and the usual paraphernalia tied to the justice system wouldnât take down a supernatural enemy. And there were plenty of enemies like that around.
The air he breathed was pressurized and heavy with the odor of trouble. The enhanced capacities that came with being a werewolf made it all the more intense, when his preference would have been to avoid that smell altogether.
No such luck, though.
Full moons brought out the worst in everyone, no matter what species they belonged to. Who the hell knew the actual reason for that?
The moonlight that ruled Were shapes always made his job tougherâthe job he was doing in order to get a jump on bad stuff before it happened. He took to the streets most nights around the moonâs full phases, when the crazies came out to play, even though big moons made keeping his werewolf identity to himself in a city Seattleâs size damn near unmanageable.
When the moon called, Weres obeyed.
Besides the obvious risks of being outed as an
