Under a Mating Moon
Black Hills Wolves
Book 27
Celia Breslin
Genre: Paranormal
Romance
Publisher: Decadent
Publishing
Date of Publication:
September 18, 2015
ISBN: 9781613338940
ASIN: B0148W4RHW
Number of pages: 114
Word Count: 32,200
Cover Artist: Fiona
Jayde
Book Description:
British Alpha wolf Jake
Marsden spends his days among humans, pursuing a lucrative music
career and avoiding his pack’s politics. When his current DJ tour
takes him to the US, he stops in Los Lobos to visit family, and runs
into the one Wolf he never wants to see again—the mate who rejected
his claim.
While visiting her brother
in Los Lobos, free-spirited Lexi Luparell is shocked to encounter the
Wolf she’d denied when they were teens. Now she must face her guilt
for the cruel way she spurned him all those years ago, make amends,
and admit the truth. Jake was right all along—they’re meant to
mate.
Lexi would love to explore
the mate concept and her overwhelming attraction to virile, alpha
Wolf Jake, but he wants nothing to do with her. How can she break
down his defenses when she’s the reason he built them in the first
place?
Jake dates only human
women now. Lexi had her shot at being his mate, and she threw it
away. But when her life is threatened, he may have to rethink his
position and do whatever it takes to claim his one true mate.
Excerpt:
A billion butterflies
battered Lexi's stomach. She shifted her attention from Ross to the
piano. Sure enough, the music had stopped, and Jake faced her from
his seat on the bench. Man oh man, the heavy stare from those sky
blue eyes sent shivers skittering down her spine. His gaze held the
same intensity she remembered from him as a kid, as if he saw into
the heart of people, exposing their deepest secrets. It had driven
her crazy back then, and she'd spent much time teasing him, pulling
his hair, trying to distract him from being so serious all of the
damn time. They were teenagers—partying was supposed to be their
sole focus.
With his ice-blue stare
locked on her, Jake rose to his feet, all taut muscle and predatory
power. His energy swept over her like a tsunami, forcing all of the
moisture to abandon her mouth while parts much lower wept with want.
Her inner Wolf howled, answering the call of this Alpha, the first
Dominant male ever to make her sit up and take notice. Holy crap. Her
muscles shook with the need to bound over to him, jump in his arms,
wrap her legs around his torso and writhe against his hard, hot,
tattooed body.
Jake said something to his
uncle then stalked straight at her, cutting a path right through the
middle of the tables and the many, too-curious patrons.
A whimper escaped her
throat.
Surprise sparked in her
brother’s brown eyes. "You're kidding me. Him?" He burst
out laughing. "Wow, sis, that's some major, big-time irony right
there."
Darci’s expression
conveyed her bewilderment. "Now what are you two talking about?"
Her annoying brother
grinned. "See that angry Alpha headed our way? My sister here
rejected him when they were teens and he's apparently her—"
Lexi socked her brother in
the ribs. "Shut it, Ross."
"Ouch." Ross
rubbed his side and chuckled at her plight. The jerk. "Come on,
Lexi, you have to admit the hilarity of the situation."
No, she did not. Nor did
she have to admit that J-Bird was right all those years ago. He was
her mate. O to the M to the G…. They were mates.
Even so, he didn't look
happy to see her at all. In fact, he looked positively enraged. Shit,
shit and triple shit. What a mess she'd made eight years ago. Well,
she was woman enough to pull on her big-girl panties and fix it. She
straightened her spine and lifted her chin in challenge, meeting
Jake's stormy stare. He halted before her.
I can do this. "Hey
J-Bird. Nice to see you." Lovely. Her voice sounded like she'd
eaten the gravel from the lot in front of Gee's bar. Embarrassment
heated her cheeks.
One breath, two breaths,
three…. J-Bird glared. Tension coiled between them in the silence.
Lexi bit the inside of her cheek to avoid babbling at him. She'd said
hello. It was his turn. Damn it, J-Bird, say something. He wasn't
making this easy.
"Alexina." His
arctic tone dismissed her and slapped her in the face at the same
time, leaving her disappointed and confused. No one called her by her
full name. No one except her parents when she'd done something wrong
as a kid. He might as well have said, "Screw you," while
slamming a door in her face.
His focus shifted to her
brother. "Hello, Ross. Been a while." His hand shot out to
grasp her brother's in a cordial shake.
"Good to see you,
Jake. Join us for lunch? My treat. We can catch up on old times."
"No, thank you. I'm
done. Nice to see you again, Ross." Jake nodded at Darci.
"Miss." He brushed past them and out the door.
"What. Just.
Happened?" The, “I'm done,” he uttered in his delicious
British accent seemed aimed more at her than at her brother's offer.
And the fact he hadn't even looked at her before stalking out all
sexy in his gloom and doom? Yeah, that hurt.
"I think you know,
sis." The amusement left her brother's face and sympathy
glimmered in his gaze. "Question is, what are you going to do
about it?"
She'd never run from a
fight in her life. She wouldn't start now. "Grab a table. I'll
be back in a second. Or not." She ignored her brother's knowing
grin and hurried out the door.
About the Author:
Celia lives in California
with her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban
fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for
werewolves, vampires, and the Fae. Her award-winning vampire series -
The Tranquilli Bloodline - is available from Champagne Books. Under
A Mating Moon is her second werewolf story for Decadent Publishing’s
multi-author, shifter line: Black Hills Wolves.
When not writing, you’ll
find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging with her family,
or indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.
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