His mum hides her grief by working all the hours God sends and Cosmo lives with his grandparents. They've been carefree days as Granddad buys him a horse called John and teaches him all he knows about horses. But the good times have to come to an end and although he doesn't want to admit it, Cosmo knows his Granddad is losing his mind. So on one of the rare occasions when Granddad seems to recognise him, Cosmo is bemused that he gives him a key to Blackbrick Abbey and urges him to go there. Cosmo shrugs it off, but gradually Blackbrick draws him in...Cosmo arrives there, scared and lonely, and is dropped off at the crumbling gates of a huge house. As he goes in, the gates close, and when he turns to look, they're rusty and padlocked as if they haven't been opened in years. Cosmo finds himself face to face with his grandfather as a young man, and questions begin to form in his mind: can Cosmo change the course of his family's future?

    But though both are from wealthy families, their social status is too far apart for their families to approve of the match. And when Arnold marries another, Adeline’s reaction is immediate and altogether unexpected, as she travels to make a new life in China. But although they are separated by thousands of miles, the consequences of their youthful passion continue to haunt them and their children – Addy’s daughter Nala and Arnold’s son, Philip. As the years pass, and the children grow, violent forces are set to bring them together, unaware of the secrets from the past that bind them.

    In Mavericks clutches and separated from her pack Rita was truly helpless. Shackled and powerless, Rita and her beast began to crave and long for the man the universe had given to her to be her mate forever. It was the burning need to be reunited with her mate that gave Rita the strength to survive Maverick's torture at all costs. Without his mate, Jayce's control disintegrated daily. In his moments of rage and helplessness, he realized how he'd taken advantage of the thought that his mate would forever be around. But now, every moment of separation from Rita amplified his craving of her. In this second installment of the Phoenix Pack series, Jayce and Rita knows that their feelings for each other beat with the power of a thousand hearts. But after this upheaval of their normal lives, nothing will be the same. Craving each other might just save both their lives; but will the mates finally be able to complete the bond and have a happy ending?