Hungry Like a Wolf (Claws Clause Book 1)
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“Well, that’s where it gets a little bit weird. You see—” She shrugged apologetically. “I think we might be mates.”
While Evangeline let out an adorable snort mixed with laughter behind him, Maddox blinked. Once. Twice. His wolf tilted its head quizzically to the side. The man had no answers for it. He closed his eyes and, echoing Shea from before, he cursed under his breath.
Shit.
Author’s Note
Thank you for reading Hungry Like a Wolf!
Wow. So, I started this book as a NaNoWriMo project in 2015. I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do with it when I hit the 50k word goal that year, but I’ve always been a fan of paranormal romances, magic, ghosts and witches, and everything like that. While my Mirrorside series is full of fantasy, I’m limited to Greek mythology (which I also adore). My Hamlet series is a contemporary series full of mystery, murder, romance, and secrets. With the Claws Clause series, I wanted to create a world that would actually kind of fit seamlessly with ours today. I got the idea of the D.P.R. from a visit at the D.M.V. and the rest is history.
Because of the way this book was designed—with Maddox and Evangeline essentially having a second-chance romance in the confines of the fated mate trope—I reference to their backstory a lot. In case you didn’t know, I already wrote that story: Mates, a 20k prequel novella that tells you all about their relationship before the fateful crash.
I hope you like seeing them get back together, even if it was touch and go sometimes. I already have started the next book in this series—which I hope to have out before the end of this year—and there are at least two more that I’m working on the outlines for. Hopefully you guys like this series, because I would like to start focusing on this new world, especially since the Hamlet series is beginning to wind down.
If you did like this book, or just want to leave you honest opinion, please know that I treasure everyone who takes the time to leave a comment or review. And make sure to turn the page to get a sneak peek at the next book’s cover and blurb!
xoxo,
Jessica
Coming Soon
Season of the Witch
I Won’t—
Colton Wolfe has never liked witches.
There’s something about their magic. With a snap of a finger, a witch can cancel out his brute strength, razor-sharp claws, and inch-long fangs. It just isn’t natural. The Para-proof wards constructed by witches always made his fur itch, and it has bothered him for years how they betrayed all paranormals by selling their services to the highest bidders.
Then a witch nearly killed him and his dislike turned into full-blown hate.
His brother thinks his anger is unhealthy. Following his brush with near-death, Colt refuses to even talk to any packmates. Dodge, his best friend and a ghost, can’t even get through to him. Colt keeps himself confined to his workshop, shutting every one out. His wolf is just about rabid and he keeps his beast locked up tight.
His wolf wants its mate. Colt won’t admit it, but he does, too.
Only Shea is a witch.
And Colt hates all witches—
Doesn’t he?
I Can’t—
Shea Moonshadow is a healer first, a witch second. Considering her magic has a way of backfiring on her whenever she tries the simplest of spells, she sticks with what she knows will work. Her herbs and her poultices have never failed her before.
Now if she could only say the same about her brother.
Hudson is a Donor, a blood junkie who gives blood to vampires in exchange for a high only a dangerous Nightwalker can give. When he gets in over his head, he does what he’s always done: runs to Shea for help.
She can’t say no. She’s never been able to say no.
Not to Hudson.
Not to anyone.
And that’s how she finds herself pledged to a blood-bonding with an obsessed vampire.
When a dangerous group of Paras move in on Colt’s territory, going after humans and paranormals alike, the Grayson Police Department recruit him to take on the vicious Nightwalkers. If it’s bad enough that Colt gets saddled with an old enemy, it’s even worse when he discovers that his almost-mate is in it up to her adorable purple eyes.
He might’ve put off claiming his mate. But no way in hell is Colt—or his wolf—going to let some Nightwalker scum take Shea away from him.
* Season of the Witch is the second full-length novel in the Claws Clause series. It’s the story of a grumpy wolf shifter hero and the sassy witch who has cast a spell over him. With danger, intrigue, and heart, watch as Colton submits to the one woman meant for him.
Coming soon!
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Here Comes the Bride (Hamlet, #6)
The Fae are real.
Riley Thorne used to know all about the Fae.
Abandoned by her mother as a toddler, she bounced from foster home to foster home, never really fitting in. Her only friend was a secret: an immortal Shadow Man called Nine who visited her at night, telling her about an Otherworld full of faeries and magic, wishes and tricksters, and the undeniable power in a single touch.
When she was a child, she listened to his tales—until the day Nine disappeared and Riley forgot all about the magical race. Blissfully unaware that the Fae Queen was searching for her, she unprepared for the beautiful man with the glowing, golden eyes who visited her in her dreams and cajoled her to dance.
One dance.
One touch.
That's all it took.
Against every single one of Nine's warnings, Riley gave Rhys her hand—only to wake to discover that her foster sister had died in a fire that Riley seemed to have started.
With stories of Shadow Men and golden-eyed demons, Riley finds herself in the juvenile ward of the Black Pine Psychiatric Hospital. Now, on the cusp of her twenty-first birthday, she's convinced they were nothing but bad dreams.
Weeks away from her scheduled release from Black Pine, Nine appears for the first time in years. He's as dark as Rhys is light, and he comes with another set of warnings.
The Fae are real. Rhys is real. He's searching for her. And this time? He wants more than just a dance.
Despite the Fae Queen's orders to track down the wayward halfling, Rhys wants Riley.
The biggest shock for Riley isn't that the Fae exist, that she's half-Fae, or even that she's being hunted by a Fae soldier who is fixated on her.
No.
It's that the Shadow Man who guarded her her entire life is a Dark Fae—and that he's her fated mate.
Trapped is the first in a planned trilogy (three books plus a short prequel) that features a spunky half-Fae heroine, the Dark Fae who has shadowed her her entire life, and her quest to learn about who she is really is and why the powerful Fae Queen wants her dead.
Coming October 4, 2019
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About the Author
Jessica lives in New Jersey with her family, including enough pets to cement her status as the neighborhood’s future Cat Lady. She spends her days working in retail, and her nights lost in whatever world the current novel she is reading or working on is set in. After writing for fun for more than a decade, she has finally decided to take some of the stories out of her head and put them out there for others who might also enjoy them!
Also by Jessica Lynch
Welcome to Hamlet
Obsession*
Devotion*
Don’t Trust Me
Ophelia
Let Nothing You Di
smay
I’ll Never Stop
Wherever You Go
Here Comes the Bride
Gloria
Welcome to Hamlet: I-III
(incl. the first three books, plus Execution)
Mirrorside
Tame the Spark*
Stalk the Moon
Hunt the Stars
The Witch in the Woods
Hide from the Heart
Chase the Beauty
The Claws Clause
Mates*
Hungry Like a Wolf
Season of the Witch
Touched By the Fae
Repaid*
Trapped
Touch
* prequel story