Best of
Shapeshifters

2007

Alpha & Omega


Patricia Briggs - 2007
    Now, read "Alpha and Omega," the novella that inspired the new series, and see how it all began...Anna Latham never knew werewolves existed, until the night she survived a violent attack... and became one herself. After three years at the bottom of the Chicago pack, she's learned to keep her head down and never, ever trust dominant males. But when she discovers wrongdoing in her pack, she has to go above her Alpha's head to ask for help.Charles Cornick is the son — and enforcer — of the leader of the North American werewolves. Now his father has sent him to Chicago to clean up a problem there. Charles never expected to find Anna, a rare Omega wolf — and he certainly never expected to recognize her as his mate...This novella was originally published in the anthology, On the Prowl.

A Pride Christmas in Brooklyn


Shelly Laurenston - 2007
    He is also a lion shape shifter. Mace has one thing – one woman – on his mind. Desiree “Dez” MacDermot, his childhood crush and good buddy, has been on his mind since they were both 14. He has plans for Dez when he finds her, most of them involving being naked. Unfortunately, a murder and a little war between the lions and the hyenas is in danger of getting in the way of his plans!

My Kind of Town


Shelly Laurenston - 2007
    Some may even say boring. She doesn’t mind boring. Boring is safe. Calm. Peaceful. Like beige. One doesn’t get into trouble with beige. But a wrong turn off a southern highway is about to turn Emma’s beige life into everything but boring.Kyle Treharne’s a good ol’ boy with a sheriff’s badge and a difficult population to manage. He wishes he had to worry about gangs and drugs and car-jackings. Instead, he has to worry about big cats fighting with wolves, bears fighting over honey, and hyenas fighting with everyone. And now, out of nowhere, he’s got a human outsider riling up all the locals by asking too many questions. She’s just so paranoid. And doesn’t trust Kyle a lick. These city gals. They just don’t know how to relax, do they?Of course, Kyle is a big cat. He knows how to relax and he’d be more than willing to help Emma learn how. He’d be willing to help Emma do all sorts of things if she’d just give him half a chance.But it turns out Emma coming to Smithville isn’t a simple accident. She’s been brought here and she’s bringing change and danger right along with her. Lucky for Emma, Kyle and the rest of the town like a bit of danger…Originally published in Sun, Sand, Sex

Pack Collection


Karen Whiddon - 2007
    including their lives. But can their love survive once their secret is revealed?Passion, suspense, and the paranormal await in The Pack Collection by Karen Whiddon. Includes One Eye Open, One Eye Closed, and Secrets of the Wolf.

Treaty of Desire


Cynnara Tregarth - 2007
    Adrastai must teach Tajas Fey magic. The treaty between their peoples' depends on it. And so does their personal treaty of desire. [Publisher's Note: Treaty of Desire is a re-edited, revised, and expanded version of a previous release by the same name. It contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Bondage, dubious consent, exhibitionism, male/male sexual encounters, masturbation, sex in shifted animal form.]

Bare Bones


Aline de Chevigny - 2007
    His inner wolf refuses to leave her side, yet the inner man in him wishes to keep her at arm?s length for fear that he won't be able to control his inner demons. Hearing her whispered confession of love, he reveals himself. Can he keep her safe from the pack that hunts him? Will Joanna love the beast he's become?

Slayers, Inc.


Brit Blaise - 2007
    Even more difficult to swallow is her attraction for the man in charge of Slayers Inc.--a man who would take her life in a heartbeat if he learns her secret. If she had a heartbeat... On his mission to hunt murdering vampires, slayer "Coop" Cooper didn-t expect the distraction of a knockout firebrand with a penchant for carrying assorted weaponry. Jenna's a loose cannon and he wants to get rid of her, not fall in love. Beside, he has secrets. What would she think if she discovers he's a werewolf? Jenna and Coop can't fight their attraction. Hot sex, mysterious emeralds, vampires and werewolves, together in the rain forests of Colombia where vampires are legal and lawlessness abounds. But will they survive the heat? Genres: Dark Fantasy / Vampire / Werewolf / Chick Lit / Action / Adventure / Interracial / Multicultural / Exhibitionism / Public Places

The Midnight Effect


Cassandra Curtis - 2007
    What she captures on her camera is pure myth, a dark legend brought to life–but this is one myth that could destroy her. Javier López is used to the shadows. To save his people, he must stop the one woman who can prove his kind exists. Her sweet scent and lush curves call out to him even as duty to his pack forces him to lie, cheat and steal. Cast into the role of rescuer by the hand of fate, Javier must now bring all his considerable skills and heightened senses into play if has any hope of saving Allison before the midnight effect.

Wolf Bound


Sierra Dafoe - 2007
    But why can’t love ever be as simple and magical as the stories she creates? When her latest book sells for a huge advance, Klaus, her lover, becomes threatened by her success, and strands her on a ski slope during a vacation in the Canadian Rockies.Hiking down, Jenna becomes lost in a blizzard, and wakes to find herself in a snowed-in cave, rescued from certain death by an enigmatic lone wolf. When the wolf transforms before her eyes into a naked, stunningly sexy man, Jenna finds herself in a romance hotter and more fantastic than any best seller she’s ever written!But she can’t possibly survive in Wolf’s vast, untamed world, any more than he could join her in hers. Now Jenna is faced with a bitter dilemma: if she stays, she’ll be putting his life at risk. If she leaves, it’s his heart she’ll be destroying…

Rakahnja's Haven


Nicole Austin - 2007
    Or maybe it's a tall, dark and handsome man with those same stunning eyes. At first it all just seems like a fantastic hallucination.Part man, part jaguar, Rakahnja knows he cannot keep the beautiful woman he finds injured in the mountains. Anita belongs to the human world, even though she's captured his heart. But he sees no harm with indulging the carnal instincts she stirs. At least until there's no choice left except returning his mate to the city.Anita's fight to solve the mystery of eight lost days in the mountains leads to a hunt for the jaguar-man who haunts her fractured memories. Her plan-find and seduce the lover she's certain is not a mere figment of her concussed mind. What she never anticipates is his resistance. Armed with only sheer determination and her stubborn refusal to give up, Anita finds that more than her happiness is at stake.