Catherine Lievens

The fight is coming to Gillham.That's what Jonathan should be focusing on. Instead, he's picking up Cedric, a mouse shifter who's running from the Beasts and happens to have information on what the Beasts' next step will be.Cedric just wants to save his brother, who's still in the Beasts' hands. He knows he can't do it on his own, which is why he decides to keep the date of the attack on Gillham to himself unless they help him get Archie back. Neither of them had planned on being each other's mate. Jonathan has to choose whether he'll be there for Gillham or for his mate, while Cedric needs to decide what's more important-saving his brother's life, or saving the lives of everyone in Gillham?

Tony is hiding. He might have managed to escape from the people who were torturing him, but while his body has healed, his mind hasn't. The memories haunt him, and he can't trust anyone, not even his dearest friends.How can he trust his mate?Sam didn't expect to find his mate in the council assassins. He's always been wary of the profession, even though both his parents and his siblings have made it a family business. He can't entirely avoid them, though, just like he can't avoid his mate when he meets him.Tony has no idea how to deal with having Sam in his life when he can't even allow his mate to come close to him, but thankfully, Sam isn't easily pushed away. No matter how slow their progress is, he's not going anywhere. Will Tony be able to heal from the trauma when the people who hurt him are still out there and a threat to him and the people he considers his family? Or will he have to do something radical to make sure he and Sam have a future together?

How long can you hide from your mate?Chris is a newcomer to Green Hill. His family has settled in, even his brother, who made the mistake of trying to take the alpha position from the Green Hill pride alpha, but not Chris. He feels like he doesn't belong, and he doesn't know how to fix it.Meeting his mate might help.Drake is in love with love, but love doesn't work for him. Every time he's in a relationship, he gets dumped because of his personality-he's too needy, he talks too much or expects too much from his boyfriend. He hasn't given up, but when he meets his mate, he decides that something needs to change before he sends Chris running, too.That something is him.While Chris does his best to get to know the real Drake, Drake does his best to hide his personality from Chris. The push and pull is maddening for both of them and can't continue forever, but who will win?

Love makes people do stupid things for the right reasons.When Kyle gets kicked out of his pack, he's not surprised. Not only is he a tiger shifter living amongst wolves, but with his mother dead, the alpha has no reason to keep him. Kyle is also not surprised when his family decides to follow him. He needs to keep them safe, and he can only think of one way to do that.Take over his father's pride.Dennis's life is finally the way he wants it. With Alpha Carter gone and Gal in charge of the pride, Dennis was able to open his bakery and secure his future. He'll do pretty much anything to keep things that way.Maybe even give up on his mate.Kyle didn't expect to find another man sitting behind his father's desk, or to like that man. He certainly didn't expect Gal to let him go after he demanded the pride be handed over to him or for the alpha to try to get to know him.Dennis and Kyle will have to choose between the pride and their mate, and neither of them knows how to do so.

Fate knows better.Payne has been living with the assassins for four years, and he's finally in a place where he feels he has something to offer. He graduated from high school, and along with Greg, he's a participant in a council program that trains the future council assassins. When he meets his mate, he thinks his life is as perfect as it could be.Until his mate rejects him.Rob moved in with the assassins to help Jasper. At first, he doesn't understand what Payne means when he says they're mates-it's just not possible. Payne is young and handsome, while Rob has always been more focused on his work than his personal life. He feels there's been a mistake and that he can never be good enough for Payne.What if Payne feels the same?Payne and Rob both feel they're not good enough for the other, but they're mates, and nothing can change that. Can they get over their insecurities and find their way to each other? Or will they think they know better than fate itself?

Cam has been through hell and back. He was kidnapped and torn apart by scientists while the human government turned a blind eye, and he doesn't think he will ever recover. How could he? Even now that he's free, his pain and fear keep him captive.Rocco never thought his mate would be one of his patients, but since Cam is related to one of the assassins' mates, he's Cam's doctor first and his mate second, at least for now. He wants Cam to start living again, but he understands how hard it is, since he'd been through something similar.Cam carries his fear, while Rocco carries guilt. Neither of them is sure they'll be able to shed it and make space for love in their life. But when the warehouse where the assassins live is attacked, they'll have to face their worst fear-and hopefully, win the fight.

Justin wasn't planning on moving to Gillham. He doesn't have a reason, except that his best friend has just bonded with his mate and now lives there. But when Justin helps Pryderi move, he meets Pryderi's brother, Yedley-his mate.Yedley has no idea what he's doing. He has a chance at a new life, but he doesn't know where to start until Fate takes that decision away from him and puts Justin in his path. But meeting his mate doesn't solve Yedley's problems. Justin is there for him, but Yedley still needs to come out to his parents and find his way in life. He needs to let Justin become close, even though he's still trying to get over his kidnapping and the time he spent with the Beasts, and he doesn't know how to do that.The danger the Beasts represent is still looming, and Justin is glad when his transfer request to Gillham is accepted, because it means he can be close to his mate and keep him safe. It's a new start for both him and Yedley, but they'll have to find their way around each other-and around their bond.

Gabriel doesn't like his life. It's better than the one he would have if the Gillham pack hadn't rescued him from the streets, but he's working himself to the bone to make sure Alice, the woman he considers his sister, gets better opportunities than him. He realized something was eventually going to break a while ago, but he never expected that the reason for it would be his mate.Cyn is leaving behind the life he's known until now- including his parents' money, the job they'd been planning for him, and the arranged marriage they want him to enter. He doesn't know what he'll encounter when he goes to Gillham to find his cousin Noah, but it's not a cute shifter telling him they're mates. He never expected to have one, since demons don't have mates, but it's a perfect way to turn his life around.If only his mate's sister didn't hate him.

Niall doesn't have a problem with shifters, but can anyone blame him for not trusting them entirely? It has nothing to do with who they are, but rather with the fact that the pride has been in hiding for too long-okay, and maybe it's because both his best friend and his dad are dating shifters, and he's kind of jealous.Billy didn't mean to become a runaway groom. Instead of marrying his long-time boyfriend, he's back in his childhood room in Green Hill, and he has every intention of hiding there as long as he can.But Billy's mom is dating someone, and while Billy is happy for her, he wishes he could avoid the man's son, Niall. Niall is rude and doesn't let Billy forget he almost ran him over with his car-he was overwhelmed, all right? There's no ignoring that Niall is Billy's mate, though, no matter how much Billy wishes he could. Finding his mate is the last thing he needs, especially when Niall is the grumpiest man he knows. Can he ignore their bond, though? And even if he wants to give this a try, will Niall?

Tanner and his team are done helping with cleaning up Gillham, and they're looking for something more interesting, like the string of burglaries that happened recently. What Tanner was not looking for was his mate-although he wouldn't have said no to a boyfriend-but after he meets Orlando, he's ready to make space for him in his life. Meeting Tanner is the worst thing that could happen to Orlando. He wants to be with his mate, but Tanner is an enforcer, while Orlando is the cat shifter thief responsible for the recent burglaries. He's already decided to retire and settle down with his best friend and his mate, but first, he has one last job to do. When Tanner finds the thief in the mayor's house, the last thing he expects is for the cat shifter to turn into Orlando. When Orlando tells him they're mates, Tanner knows he can't give him up to the authorities, so he lets him go. But Tanner is an enforcer. No matter how much he wants to be with Orlando, he doesn't know if he can ever trust him. When there's another burglary, will Tanner be able to see through the pain of betrayal and believe Orlando has nothing to do with it? Or will they lose the fragile relationship they've managed to build?

Aaron is behaving like a brat, and he knows it. He can't help how he feels, though-at only nineteen, his life is overwhelming. He's the only harpy-Krsnik hybrid of his age, and it makes him feel like a freak. The fact that he has no idea what to do with his life doesn't help. His dads won't let him become a vampire hunter, but Aaron is old enough to make these decisions for himself.Right?James is working as an apprentice baker, and he loves it. His life is entrenched in Gillham, and he's not planning on ever moving. He's jealous of his brother, who at twenty, is already living with his mate, but he's not in a rush.Then James meets his mate, and Aaron flies away-talk about being rejected. James has no intention of begging Aaron to accept him, even though he doesn't want to give up this opportunity. Will Aaron finally grow up, at least enough to see his life is not the disaster he feels it is? And will James have the patience to wait for him?

You don't always have to fight alone.Julian is on the run. He doesn't know who's after him, but he knows he'll have to do something about it. The fact that he's just met his mate makes everything more complicated, especially since Tali has known for much longer than he has and hasn't told him.Tali doesn't want to have to choose between Julian and the council assassins. One is his mate, the other his family. Since Julian's on the run, Tali knows he'll end up leaving, and Tali won't be able to go with him.But maybe Julian doesn't have to go. Maybe he can accept the assassins' help and work with them to find out who's hunting him and do something about it.It's either that or be killed, and Julian isn't about to allow that to happen.

Sky was human once. Now he's part demon, and he can't stop himself from catching fire every time he feels strongly about something. Any emotion will do-fear, shock, arousal. Being freed from the lab he'd spent almost a year in would be a good thing if he could control his new ability, but as it is, he risks setting the warehouse and the council assassins on fire, including his mate.Ulric can't say he's happy about his mate's ability to control fire, but that's mostly because Sky can't control it right now. Even though Sky pushes Ulric away, he has help and people who can teach him what to do. The problem is that when it comes to Ulric, Sky doesn't seem to be able to keep his emotions in check, and that might mean they can never be together.Ulric is ready to do everything he can to help Sky, even if it means getting burned here and there. Sky doesn't share that opinion, though, and he knows he has to learn control-or let Ulric go.

Thor needs to find someone who can grant Isaac, his best friend's boyfriend and a human, immortality. It's not something he's had to worry about before, but he wants to do this for Tryg.Cecil is running from his brother. He's been running for decades, and he's relieved to have an opportunity to stop for a while when Thor contacts him. He meets Thor and his friends in Brussels-and so does Fabrice, his brother.Cecil is used to being on the run, but he's usually alone.Not anymore.He's made Isaac immortal, and Thor and Tryg want to thank him by helping him to get rid of his brother. Fabrice is powerful, though, and none of them know exactly how much, not even Cecil.But they're going to find out.

Pryderi has known Nate was his mate for weeks-way too long not to tell him. But Pryderi grew up with rejection, and he isn't sure he has the courage to possibly face it again, especially coming from the man he's been falling in love with from afar and who represents his future. He's not going to gain anything by watching Nate from afar, though.Nate's world gets upended over just a few days. First Pryderi, the cute Nix he's noticed more than he likes to admit, tells him they're mates, then the brother he thought was dead for the past ten years suddenly comes back with the Beasts after him. Nate isn't sure how to deal with any of them, but Calvin has always been the center of his world, and that hasn't changed.Pryderi has a hard time getting through to Nate, who's terrified of losing him like he thought he'd lost his brother. The fact that Pryderi is working undercover in Nate's bar to try to find the last members of the Beasts still in town is making things both worse and better-and more than a little complicated.

Oscar hates his life, but he's too frightened to do anything about it. The last time he did the right thing-when he freed James, the bitten werewolf accused of killing the pack's alpha-his father whipped him, and he's still recovering from that. He knows he won't be able to go through that again, but when one of the conclave enforcers comes back to ask a few more questions after they arrest James, he knows he can't keep the truth to himself, no matter how fearful he is of the consequences.Ignatius wasn't sure his friend Fyfe was right when he called and asked him to make sure James really was guilty of murder, but now that he's been back with the pack interrogating witnesses again, he knows something is wrong. He gets the proof he needs when Oscar, the new alpha's son, tells him his father is behind everything. Ignatius is alone, though, so there's not much he can do. Alpha Becket won't let Oscar go, but Ignatius won't leave him behind.He'll never forgive himself if he does, conclave rules be damned.

Lawrence is one of the council assassins, perhaps the one who ended up with the worst ability-he's a snake shifter, and he secretes his venom even in his human form. He's never been able to eliminate it entirely from his saliva and bloodstream, and that means he's made sure to stay away from sex and hookups as much as possible-until now. When he's sent to kidnap the son of Gavin White, the man experimenting on shifters, he discovers Griffith is his mate.Griffith is a geneticist. He works for a shifter-owned company that tries to help the shifters and humans who were experimented on by the Glass Research Company. When he's kidnapped by a cute blond who tells him his father is doing the opposite-experimenting on shifters to turn them into war machines-he's horrified, and he wants to help.Lawrence has no idea what to do with the knowledge that Griffith is his mate. They can't bond, not with the venom in Lawrence's saliva, so he decides not to tell Griffith about it. He hasn't counted on Griffith's stubbornness, though, and when he has to rush to help his mate, he knows he won't be able to stay away, even though it would be the right thing to do.