โ Scribed by Jennifer Ashley
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the author of Lone Wolf comes a paranormal romance about two lovers torn between ecstasy and savagery...
Jace Warden is sent to the Shiftertown in Austin to find a way to free all Shifters from their Collars. But pulling off the Collars can cause Shifters to go mad or kill them outright.
In Austin, Jace meets Deni Rowe, a wolf Shifter with troubles of her own--she was deliberately run down in the road, and while her body has healed, she still has episodes of total memory loss during which she retreats into her pure animal self.
Jace has never met anyone like Deni. Courageous and beautiful, she volunteers to help him test the Collar removal. And as Deni and Jace work together, they feel the mate bond begin. But can Jace help Deni believe she can heal enough to be anyone's true mate?
This fourteen-chapter novella includes a preview of the upcoming Shifters Unbound novel *Wild Wolf.*
Welcome back to the world of Shifters Unbound. Feral Heatis the story of Jace, a snow leopard Shifter, son of Eric from Mate Claimed, and Deni, wolf Shifter of the Austin Shiftertown, sister to Ellison from Lone Wolf.
More about the world of Shifters, including book blurbs, excerpts, what's coming next, and a "Human's Guide to Shifters" can be found at jennifersromances.com--choose "Shifters Unbound" from the right-hand menu.
Excerpt (From Chapter One)
"Want to go?" Jace asked her.
Deni nodded. She couldn't see much anymore--the fires and lanterns blurred into one whirling light, the shouts and growls blending into a mass of animal sound.
Jace tugged her away, again becoming the lifeline that drew her through the crowd. In the howling, swirling madness, Jace was a constant, his warmth pulling her onward.
He took her into the parking lot, turning her away from the lights. Once the cool night air touched her, darkness erasing the maddening lights, Deni drew a long breath. Her fur and claws receded, leaving her on her human feet, shaking.
"I shouldn't have done that," Jace was saying as they threaded their way through parked vehicles. She heard his voice but didn't pay much attention to the words. "I shouldn't have taken you in there. I didn't realize it was that bad."
"It's bad," Deni said, nodding. She wasn't concentrating on her words either. "I should have stayed home tonight, but I needed . . ." She shivered. "I don't know what I needed."
Not true. Deni had needed escape, life, not hiding in the dark. Her sons had gone to work, Ellison had taken his mate, Maria, out for dinner and probably sex, and the rest of Shiftertown had emptied to attend the fight club. Sit at home and mope or go out and be with her friends and neighbors? She'd been tired of moping, so here she was.
Deni's uncontrolled instincts were punishing her now. Jace had known to take her out of there before she did something stupid, but the wildness in her didn't calm. It needed release.
Deni's wolf needed to fight, to hunt, to kill. Robbed of that, the she-wolf in her wanted the nearest thing to it.
She swung to Jace, his scent filling her, his strength calling to her. He was solid, strong, alpha, male, and he was here with her in the dark. She couldn't have stopped herself even if she'd wanted to.
Deni slammed both hands to Jace's chest. He caught her with a strong grip but fell against the side of a pickup, carrying her back with him. He had a musky male scent, a little wild, like the woods on a moonlit night. The moon was high and full tonight, always irresistible to a wolf.
Jace's eyes were unusual, jade green, the color heightened by his tanned face and brown black hair he'd buzzed short. He was large too, but agile and athletic.
He watched her, not shoving her away, not angry. Just watching.
Another surge of sound came from the arena, human and animal crying out for blood. Deni snarled, pinned Jace against the truck, and kissed him hard on the mouth.
NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Ashley has written more than 75 novels and novellas in romance, urban fantasy, and mystery as Jennifer Ashley, Allyson James, and Ashley Gardner. See jennifersromances.com for more information on all Jennifer's books.
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