I came to Penfell Heights to escape my cruel alpha—not to find a new one. But fate has other plans for my wolf and I.After years in a forced marriage to the alpha of the Moon Falls pack, I escaped with my life—but barely. Now I'm broke, on the run, and being hunted, but at least I'm free. I need a job, a place to live, and time to heal—and when I end up in Penfell Heights, a tiny fishing town with suspicious townsfolk and protected by a motorcycle club

BladeThe only woman I want is the only one who doesn't want me in return.The Brotherhood is my life, and I've always been satisfied with that. But now, seeing our president and enforcer loved up with bonds they never saw coming, I'm starting to crave one of my own. Unfortunately, the only one I want to come home to at night is the only woman who rides with us during the day.I know Roxy wants no part of the bond. Even if she felt it,...

A wolf and a witch? Impossible.Shifters and witches don't mix, not even here in Bayton Heights. We're feared by them, our connection to nature and the history of our kind and theirs ensuring that they believe the worst of us.They believe we manipulate them. Control them. And some would—some do. But not me.When I meet Bronx, all I want is to dispel every myth that I know he must believe about me—if he knew what I was. He's gorgeous,...

I've never felt a sense of purpose like this before… Until I met her.I've caused my fair share of trouble for the Brotherhood, raising hell and stirring up chaos almost every day of the week. It took one reckless decision that endangered someone completely innocent for me to change my ways.For the last few months, I've kept my nose clean- I've been going to my classes at the local community college, I've taken on extra work around town and ...

GunnerA man's nothing to his club if he can't ride. So what could she ever see in me?Since the fight with the Street Wolves that left me injured, our alpha's mate Layla has been doing her best to heal me. Her magic is strong—but my wounds stubbornly refuse to heal all the way, leaving me pained and unable to ride or fight for long. Which means desk duty—or rather our version of it, helping Jade out at the new Paradise strip club.It ...

SlashMy loyalty is to my clan and my alpha. That means his ex-fiancée? Off-limits. Or at least she should be.Flint and Layla are loved-up in their happily-ever-after, as strange as it might seem to the rest of us that our alpha bear and a lost she-wolf turned out to be mates. But not everyone in Penfell Heights is as thrilled as they are.I thought Flint was a fool to let Marilyn go. He never wanted her—but I always have. The problem...

In multilevel governance systems, member states work together to address cross-border problems, yet people still lack a clear understanding of how and why their policies differ or converge. Existing research offers many explanations but often treats them separately or overstates the EU's independent influence. This Element brings these perspectives together in a single framework of policy dynamics. It distinguishes policy areas shaped mainly by EU institutions or member states, or by their...

TiberiusWitches aren't just a threat to the Brotherhood; they're a threat to all shifters. So how the hell did I get mixed up with one?It's a spell. It has to be. She's a witch after all. They have the power to manipulate nature and all things in it, including animals - like me. They cast spells on defenseless creatures, controlling them into doing their bidding.They do so with no remorse, no regards for the lives they're playing ar...

He had no idea what it meant to be a hero.Stopping at a roadside diner usually means bad chili, not a hostage situation. But Smithson Group operative Harry van Zandt finds himself in the middle of just that when armed men burst through the door. They're after the woman in the nearby booth, and their message is clear:She's got seventy-two hours to come up with a valuable document or her brother dies. Harry, too, if he doesn't see that she delivers. Harry's on his ow...