Jody Bates just wanted to fit in and forget his past, but you can't escape everything. Jody Bates had a hard life as a kid, but he's moved past that and is making a home for himself at the Mossy Glenn. Sometimes he smarts off, but he's young, and he's learning. What he hasn't learned yet is that you can never completely escape your past. Jody has a few blank spots, things he can't quite remember. Like a lot of kids, he did some stupid things and figures he's lucky to have come out relatively unscathed. Sure there's a scar here and there, but on the whole, he's doing just fine. But something that happens brings about an enormous change in his life. Jody finds himself with a kid he didn't know he'd fathered and memories trying to surface about the drug-filled night the child had to have been conceived. Jody, at twenty, is overwhelmed and more scared than he's ever been in his life. Noel Cuthbert needed a change. He was tired of the bar scene, tired of getting dumped. He seemed to have a six-month expiration date per relationship. The last guy almost broke him in more ways than one, and moving across the country had sounded like a brilliant idea when he'd first thought of it. Now he's in Ashville, Montana, and his Aunt Gertie is doing everything she can to talk him into staying. She needs his help, and Noel needs to be needed. And he's never seen anyone who needs him more than the young man who walks into Gertie's daycare with a screaming toddler on his hip.

Sullivan Ward thought going away to college would be exciting, but he had no idea what adventure lay ahead for him. Sully Ward was excited about going away to college. A little worried, but mostly excited. He had no idea what an adventure was awaiting him. In San Antonio, Sully would find a friend, and lose him. He'd find a mate, and lose him, too-but not for long. Bobby Baker knows he's a contrary wolf shifter. He likes things to be on his own terms, and even when good things happen, unless he's made the decision for them to happen, he can be a total ass. When he meets his mate, the connection is hot, scorchingly so. It still pisses him off, and he acts like a fool because of it. Sully won't let him go so easily-and neither will someone else. Someone is out to cause Bobby trouble, and they succeed in hurting someone Sully cares about when trying to get to Bobby. Unless they work together, they will lose the most precious thing in their world...

Sometimes what you don't want is exactly what you need. Esau Walraven is a loner in a family filled with togetherness happy people. A shifter, it has taken him years to come to terms with that aspect of himself. He used to resent being different, but now he has come to appreciate it, and even embrace it. He's still not thrilled about being around people, but when his family asks for help, Esau is there to give it. Ye-sun Warren helped his brother escape from their cruel grandfather. It didn't matter that Ye-sun had never met that particular brother, it was the right thing to do. Added to that, he has a nephew, a sweet baby boy who shouldn't be used as a pawn. Ye-sun's decision to help them costs him, with his grandfather punishing him in cruel ways he thought would kill him. Abandoned and left to die, Ye-sun is an angry, hurting Amur shifter. When Esau and Ye-sun meet, the sparks fly. Esau tries to reject the mate-bond, but when he gives in, taking the innocent man first as they are leopards, then as men, he swears to himself he will not feel anything but lust for Ye-sun. But Fate has a funny way of making sure her plans are followed...

One sexy snow leopard shifter finds his mate and more, now Gilbert Trujillo just has to convince Jihu Warren to trust his instincts and give them a chance to be an unexpected family. Gilbert Trujillo has watched his two older brothers, Tim and Isaiah, find their mates. He's not sure he's ready for such a commitment himself, even if he does kind of envy them at times. His life is about to get a lot more complicated, and if he can survive and protect the ones he loves, Gilbert just might have more than he ever dreamed possible. Jihu Warren hasn't known much in life other than that he was to be used to further his species. Amur shifters were bordering on extinction, and a breeding program had been established decades ago. Jihu's desires were of no consequence. He sees no way out, no hope, until he hears rumours of Bae, a half-brother he's never met, who escapes from the demands of the lepe. Given hope, Jihu fights for his freedom and in his search for Bae, he runs into a sexy snow leopard shifter named Gilbert Trujillo instead, and Jihu finds out there are some things, and some people, worth risking everything for. Fate throws Gilbert and Jihu together, with a twist. Jihu's senses have been altered by the injections given him while in captivity at Chung-Hee's lepe. He doesn't know who to trust, and will have to depend on himself rather than using the enhanced senses he normally has. Together, he and Gilbert, along with a new family Jihu is quickly coming to love, will have to battle the shifters who want Jihu back at almost any cost.

Book four in the Leopard's Spots Series Snow leopard shifter Isaiah Trujillo isn't a doctor like his brother Tim, but he's a good guy and when he meets Bae Allen Warren, he knows he's found the one man to make his life complete.Snow leopard shifter Isaiah Trujillo wasn't the brightest guy. His brother was a doctor with more letters after his name than in it, and Isaiah was just a mechanic. But, he strived to be a good person, and that included accepting the offer to volunteer at a GLBTQ youth centre. He's nervous as hell, but Isaiah's determined to do what he can to help. Bae Allen Warren is a veterinarian with a mobile practice. It allows him more freedom than having an actual building he had to work out of. He had more baggage than any man should, thanks to his messed up shifter family. His lepe, or clan, was a source of constant stress and guilt. But the leader, his grandfather, makes demands on Bae he can't ever fulfil for moral and other reasons. When Bae and Isaiah meet, it's instant attraction. They know they're mates, but there's so many obstacles in their way, not the least of which are the stalkers who seem determined to kidnap Bae.

Aftermath "Darren Brown spent two years running from his past, but he could only run so far before he was found."

Darren Brown lost the only two people he loved just days apart. His mother first, then his best friend. Guilt over his friend's death drives Darren to wander for over a year before he winds up in the town of McKinton, Texas.

Lee Bausch served his tour in the Army then started his quest to find answers only one person could give him-except that one person had moved away. It takes him almost two years to find Darren Brown, and it turns out Darren doesn't have the answers Lee needs-he is what Lee needs. Darren is shy and so sexy Lee can't get enough of him, but he still needs answers because he can't shake the feeling someone he loved was murdered.

After a terrifying experience at the motel, Darren knows he has to tell Lee about the spirits in McKinton. And there's one spirit, scared and alone, who has the answers Lee seeks, if only the spirit knew how to tell Lee his suspicions are right. What Remains Severo and Laine thought they had it all. They had great friends, each other-and the spirits of McKinton, TX.

Until Sev gets a call from his sister asking to visit. He's been the family pariah for most of his life. This sudden offering is something Sev had never even dared to hope for. Laine is suspicious but supportive. Then their world is altered when all the spirits in McKinton vanish on the same day.

Missing spirits, a coven of Wiccans, and a sister and her family all hit McKinton at the same time. Laine doesn't know who has stolen the spirits, but he's going to find out.

Was it the well-meaning Wiccans? Or is there something more sinister at work in McKinton?

Survival of the fittest? Not when chaos rules. Rivvie does his best as beta, but he's lonely and secretly nursing a broken heart. He fell for Matthew instantly, to no avail. Matt was too busy screwing every female in sight. He didn't give one whit about Rivvie. Well, he told Rivvie he wasn't interested. Rivvie just didn't think he meant it. Matt's whole life has changed. He was the good son, the village hero, and the village stud. Now he's just a man in a pack full of exceptional men. He's a human-smaller, weaker and slower than the shifter males he lives with. External chaos has nothing on the internal crap he deals with every day. When Rivvie and Matt are paired together for a task, sparks fly. It's just possible that there's more to sex-and more to Rivvie-than Matt ever suspected. While Rivvie is dancing around an attraction to a certain human male, his brother, Valen is trying to lead his pack and take care of his own mate, Aaron. Just when he thinks he's got everything under control, that very control is yanked from him by a powerful series of natural disasters, and soon Valen's leading his pack on an exodus he'd never expected.

Love begins at the most unexpected moment... Carter Hausemann and Eddie Canales are embarking on a new romance. They know they're compatible sexually. Now it's time to find out if they're meant for each other-and a third man, because Carter has always known what he's needed. He'd just been afraid to reach for it. Eddie will do whatever it takes to make Carter happy, and since he's not the jealous type as long as he's included, he's more than willing to see if a relationship can work between three men. But first he and Carter need to concentrate on them. Dare Habrock has the microbrew everyone's talking about. He also has a secret that has kept him from having a lover in far too long. When these three meet, they begin to understand that love flourishes in the most unexpected moments. But someone is determined to destroy every bit of joy they have.