Thus the author has set the scene for what follows, and Jesse can no longer deny his instincts - the wolf wants free to protect his family and friends. Thinking the rogue vamp may have struck, he investigates and find his childhood friend Isla slumped at the end of the alley, unconscious and bleeding from a head wound. Jesse has a bad feeling about the new vamp - he smells wrong, and Jesse's wolfy nose is still perfectly functional, no matter how much he tries to deny the wolf inside.Īs Jesse leaves the bar and walks home, he smells blood in an alley way. He's known to both Cassidy and Max and warned immediately to not feed from humans, but register with the bloodbank. The evening is interrupted when a rogue vampire named Sol enters the bar. The night before his 30th birthday, which is where the book opens, we find Jesse in the bar with friends, trying out one of Cassidy's new concoctions and generally feeling a little sorry for himself. He's the accountant for many of the business owners in town, still lives with his parents and doesn't want to take his mother's place on the town council. In this 2nd book in her new series, Sam Burns gives us Jesse Hunter, brother to Wade, childhood friend to Devon, reluctant would-be Alpha wolf, who came back to Rowan Harbor five years ago after dropping out of college for reasons not entirely clear and has been sort of drifting along aimlessly ever since. Jesse and Sean will return in book five to continue their story, so this book contains a HFN, not their HEA. It continues where the first book left off. This is the second of nine books in The Rowan Harbor Cycle, not a standalone. This novel is intended for adult audiences, and contains swearing and sex. Trigger Warning: discussion of past abuse. Sean Anderson-recently back from college and much changed from the skinny preteen Jesse once knew-is just what he never knew he needed. Now that his inner wolf is out of its cage, it’s picked the most inconvenient moment to find its mate. The wolf inside him wants to protect its people from the slick-haired, smooth-talking vampire who’s brought trouble to town, and Jesse can’t run from his instincts any longer. On the night of his thirtieth birthday party, he finds his childhood friend Isla unconscious, attacked in the middle of their peaceful hometown. A broken man, he’s been living as though the world is ending-allergic to responsibility and spending most of his nights at the local bar.īut he can’t avoid growing up forever. Blurb Five years ago, Jesse dropped out of college and came home to Rowan Harbor to find safety with his pack.
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