TROUBLE

She was the last person I wanted to see.

The last woman I wanted anything to do with.

Then, we got stuck on the mountain together when all hell broke loose. Something happened in those life or death moments. Something clicked between us and we worked as a well-oiled machine to get the hell out of there.

Now, she’s the one who wants nothing to do with me, and I can’t stop thinking about her.

TRINITY

John Decker was trouble from the first time I saw him when he was 18 and I was 14. Even my younger self knew it.

I wasn’t surprised when he earned his road name: Trouble.

I was even less surprised when he ran through all the women in town like they were running out and he had to test them all first.

When he pretended I hadn’t become a woman as the years passed, and I hit 18, it was par for the course. One of the women, who he spent more time with than others, had somehow convinced him that I’d betrayed him.

It took ten more years for John “Trouble” Decker to surprise me. His actions, when we were trapped on that mountain, melted a little of the ice around my heart. My reaction to him is what sent me straight back into hiding because I wasn’t looking for trouble of any kind in my life, no matter how much my heart had softened for him.

The continuation of Nika and Thorin’s story. Into the Grasslands MUST be read first!

Nika:

Thorin’s pack mates betrayed me.

Aiden kidnapped me.

I had to rescue myself from the situation these two Alpha’s created for me.

Thorin’s wolf couldn’t be trusted and Aiden’s human was worse.

When Selene gave me a choice, and explained that neither would seem like a good option at first, she hadn’t been lying.

The other shoe had well and truly dropped.

I was caught between two wolf-mad Alphas and had to hope that I chose wisely because one would mean my downfall and I had to hope that it wasn’t the one I already started to fall in love with.

Thorin:

We should have been mated.

If that dead wolf walking hadn’t stolen my mate away, we would have been.

I suffered the split in our temporary bond the further she was taken, but I had a plan to get her back.

The problem with that was the plan went awry when my wolf scented her.

He couldn’t help himself and I couldn’t pull him back.

We both had to live with the consequences and I could only hope that Nika would forgive me one day.

*No cheating by main characters. Ends with a happily ever after for the main couple.

Mirage Island Mates #1　A rejected mate, wolf-shifter, paranormal romance with bite!

This is book one of Nika and Thorins story.

Nika

I returned from college to discover that my fated mate, Aiden, had established an Alpha’s harem in my absence. Alpha harems were outlawed under his father’s rule for the devastation they caused the packs of old.

Aiden’s father never explained to his son why shipping your fated off to Mirage Island until you were ready for them was a bad choice. My fated thought I would be there waiting for him to return for me.

The true reason for the island’s existence, and my only hope at a different fate, was that the rejected were often re-fated and given a second chance pairing that would be just as strong as the original.

Thorin

An Alpha with no mate is no Alpha at all.

My father taught me that. It was why he stepped down when my mother passed into the beyond.

I had no heirs. Eventually, there would be a fight for my position that could devastate my pack. My last hope was something I didn’t want to face – the possibility of another mate.

How could I seek another when my heart was already taken by my choice mate after years of failing to find my fated?

No cheating, but there is a cliffhanger! Part two of Nika and Thorins story is Beyond the Grasslands and must be read to complete their happily ever after.

Bea:

Till death do us part

That was how it was supposed to go.

We didn't even make it that far.

The day of my wedding, I found out that Law, the man I planned to marry, didn't really love me. Maybe he did, just not enough.

Watching a petal fall from my bouquet, almost like a silent tear commemorating the end of a relationship, instead of the beginning of a blessed partnership, felt like a sign.

Then, my best friend, Ky, stepped in.

He told me that all was well and to meet him at the altar, as planned.

I took a leap of faith, and hoped that Law would be there waiting for me.

He wasn't there.

That didn't stop me from getting married though.

The difficulty came when Law realized his mistake a moment too late, the moment when I pledged myself to someone else.

KY:

Stepping in to be my best friend's replacement husband was the best decision I ever made. I'd been in love with her since we were young, and I wouldn't miss out on the opportunity to finally make her understand how I felt.

This is book 2 in the Robeson Family Novel Series. While each book focuses on a Robeson sibling, they each stand alone as their own story. There is an HEA and no cheating.

POSIE

I fell in love with the idea of Maxwell Carter when I was too young to understand just how that beautiful boy would break my heart one day.

I was never his best friend.

Never a girlfriend.

We were strangers turned pen pals.

Through those letters, we each grew more complicated feelings, especially since he never actually came home to see me in person.

Max was bad at love and I had to let the hope of ever being with him go.

I managed that, right up until a very special person in both of our lives brought us back together in an unexpected way.

MAX

Pops used to give me what he called “woman advice”.

When I was younger, I blew it all off, thinking I knew everything there was to know about the opposite sex.

Failed relationship after failed relationship proved I should have listened to the old coot before it was too late.

It wasn't until I came back to my hometown at thirty-three that I realized the most important thing he tried to convey to me. The love of a good woman – the perfect woman for me – had been in my grasp all that time, only I'd failed to see her for what she was until it was too late.

I was finally coming home, and she was free once more.

Both of us were a little worse for the wear, but Pops' lessons had finally sunk in and I wouldn't stop trying until I finally made her mine.

WALKER:

I watched her from afar, despite the fact that my MC brothers strictly prohibited me from any interaction with my ex-wife. Her life was beautiful now, the way it never could have been with me. I thought I could beat the odds, deny the truth, and hide behind my club. After Poppy, I swore I'd never do that to another woman. Then Ressa came along and couldn't leave well enough alone.

REESA

My best friend married into the Aces High MC – Sierra High Chapter.

I spent a lot of time hanging out with her and a bunch of bikers as a result.

The club had turned over a new leaf in recent years, becoming more family oriented where they had apparently failed other members before.

Members like Walker and his ex-wife, if the stories were true.

Having heard those stories, you would think I would avoid the man like the plague.

He was an unapologetic cheater from what they said. The fact that he walked around with his heartbreak clear in his actions spoke to me more than the stories did. He didn't want to get involved with me. I didn't want to give up. Something in his broken soul called to me, and mine wouldn't rest until his could too.

Note: Walker was first introduced in Redemption Weather (Aces High MC　Cedar Falls book 1) by Christine Michelle. While you dont have to read that book first, it is a good starting point to find out what happened in his past.