Wolf's Secret (Alpha's Hunger Book 2)
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When I nodded he reached for the velvet box, pulled out the ring and slipped it onto my finger. It was more beautiful, more exquisite than anything I’d ever touched in my life.
“Of course I’ll marry you,” I told him. “I’d marry you every day if I could.” I didn’t care if mascara was coursing down my cheeks. All I cared about was the man who was sitting in front of me.
Tristan rose to his feet, moved over to me, knelt down and pulled me close, wrapping me up in a hard embrace that reminded me just how strong he really was. I pushed away the memories of his dark past, of the woman who’d once stolen his heart. That was another life, another world. He was a new man now, an even better man.
He was finally mine for good.
The only problem was that I wanted him to stay that way for far more years than I had left on this earth.
As Tristan held me tight, my mind couldn’t help but return to what Trick had said to me a few weeks earlier, as I’d sat helpless in Tristan’s childhood home.
If he’s not allowed to be with a mortal…
then maybe you need to see to it that you never die.
Did you find the hidden Treat?
…Or maybe a Trick?
A special message from Carina Wilder:
You may have noticed a special link inside this book. Well…
The question I was asked the most after Wolf’s Hunger (Alpha’s Hunger, Book One) came out was “When can I read the next one?”
I wish I could write a novel every day, but of course it takes time to plot, write, and edit 60,000 words! So while you’re waiting for Book Three (Wolf’s Choice) to come out, I thought it would be fun to give you a little treat.
Remember Trick, the gator-snatching shifter Ariana met? Well, he has his own love story to tell. It fits neatly in between the cracks of Wolf’s Secret and Wolf’s Choice, so I thought I’d give it to you in weekly instalments, in a four-part serial called Southern Alpha.
Part One is available now for pre-order, for 99 pennies, and it will be available on Kindle Unlimited when it comes out on October 8th! (Be warned that these are NOT full-length novels! If you’d rather wait for the entire 4-part novel to come out in November, you can do that too!)
Once you have Part One in your hands, you’ll find the link to the second instalment, which will come out about a week later.
Preview of Southern Alpha:
His hair, light brown with blond streaks, was on the long side. It fell around his face, slightly unkempt but wholly tempting.
I want so badly to touch you, I thought, my mouth agape. Let me run my fingers through your mane, wild man.
Wait. Why was I thinking about putting my hands on the giant scary man?
“She’s not one of us, Trick,” the bouncer protested while I stood there, struck mute by my attraction to the larger-than-life stranger. “You know as well as I do that she doesn’t belong in the Undercroft.”
The sexy giant smiled, eyeing me up and down as if assessing me for worthiness. He looked oddly pleased with the results of his scrutiny. “No,” he said, “she isn’t one of us, is she?”
“One of you?” I asked when I could muster the words. “I’m sorry, was I supposed to buy some enormous muscles before I came here tonight?” Immediately I regretted the question when the man with the strange name stepped toward me, his expression altering to something a little off-putting. Okay, apparently my mouthing off had angered him.
Still, I stood my ground, trying desperately to keep my body from shaking.
But as he drew closer, a wholly erotic, intoxicating scent flitted its way through the air around me. All of a sudden I didn’t just want to touch him anymore. Now all I could think about was getting him naked, ripping off my dress, and asking him to push me up against a wall, part my thighs and have his way with me for hours on end.
Devilish beast-man, turning me on like it was a game.
“What’s your name?” he asked.
“Sierra,” I replied, my throat almost too dry to get the syllables out.
“Sierra,” he repeated like he was sampling the letters on his tongue. “Nice name, blondie.”
I raked my fingers through my hair, suddenly self-conscious about my long golden waves. Everything felt inadequate; my body, my clothing, my face. There was no way this walking god could possibly find me interesting, yet all I wanted in the entire world was to feel as sexy as he looked.
“Let her in, Karl,” he said, turning to the bouncer. “She belongs here as much as anyone does.”
“But…” the other man began to protest.
Trick shot him a glare that seemed to say I’ll fucking kill you if you dare say but to me again, asshole. He towered over Karl, who now looked like a freaked-out mouse in comparison.
“Are you seriously going to tell me you have a problem with what I just said?” Trick snarled in a voice that made me quake in my sandals.
Karl lowered his head and shook it. He was shiny with sweat now, his hands shaking. Clearly he was terrified of the big guy, and I couldn’t exactly blame him for it.
“Good,” said Trick, holding out a hand to me. “Come on, Sierra. You’re my guest, at least until we get downstairs. After that, you’re on your own.”
When I slipped my hand into his, what should have been an innocent gesture shot a sharp pulse of sensual pleasure straight through my body, hitting me in every erogenous zone at once. For a second I wondered if he could make me come just by touching my fingers.
Trick was turning out to be a highly appropriate name for a man who played with me like I was a nothing more than a deck of cards in his hands.
If New Orleans was a city of magic, this man was the magician at its very epicenter.
Southern Alpha is available for pre-order today!
Coming in November!
Wolf’s Choice is the third book in the Alpha’s Hunger Series.
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Carina Wilder’s Books:
Alpha’s Hunger Series:
Wolf’s Hunger
Wolf’s Secret
Wolf’s Choice
The Dragon Guild Chronicles:
Dragon Guild Chronicles Box Set (Books 1-3)
Individual books:
Dragon Hunter
Dragon Seeker
Dragon’s Lover
Dragon’s Curse
Dragon’s Bane
Dragon’s Kiss (A Prequel Novella)
Alpha’s Mate (Dire Wolves of London)
Dire Wolves of London (Dire Wolves Book 2)
Wolf’s Bane (Dire Wolves Book 3)
The Alpha Seekers Series:
Sought by the Alphas
Seeking Her Mates
Illusions
Sorceress
The Plenty of Shift Choose Your Own Sequel Shifter Dating Series begins here:
Miri: Plenty of Shift, Book One
Naomi and Tyler, Book Two
Naomi and Quinn, Book Three
The Wolf Rock Shifters Series (these are complete stories and can be read out of order):
Wolf Rock Shifter Box Set
Winning the Alpha
Bearing Up In Wolf Rock
The Right to a Bear's Arms
To Lie With Lions
Alpha’s Hunt
The Single Ladies’ Travel Agency (Contemporary Romance)
Single Ladies’ Travel Agency Box Set
Gettin’ Hard
Going Hard
Loving Hard
The Billionaires and Curves Serial:
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bsp; Billionaires and Curves (Taken With You) Trilogy
Taken With You
Crazy About You
The Way to You
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