After losing his wife and unborn child, Matt swore he'd never open his heart again. But when he meets Alex, a spirited woman from the White Mountain Chanat with a fierce streak and a heart big enough to heal his scars, his resolve starts to crumble.What begins as a reluctant friendship becomes something deeper-something worth risking everything for. But when old wounds reopen and clan politics threaten the fragile peace between shifters, Matt must decide whether to keep his distance or risk his heart one last time.For Alex, falling for Matt means challenging traditions, facing danger, and trusting a man who's already lost everything once. Together they'll discover that love-like a wolf's loyalty-runs wild and unbreakable. Melissa was born and raised in Arizona, she's spent her entire life living across the southern half of the state. She's found that, along with her husband and three children, she prefers the small towns and rural life to feeling packed into a city. She started reading at a very young age, and her love for series started early, as the first real books she remembers reading is the Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner. Through the years she's found that there's little she won't read, and her tastes vary from westerns, to romance, to sci-fi / fantasy and Horror.
