by Lauren Dane
“Well, we’d better hope we get to him before the Rogues do,” Cade said.
“For his sake and ours. We have to find out what’s going on. Until we do, no one can be trusted, and you can’t run a Pack that way.”
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Acknowledgments
Thanks go out to Angela James and the rest of the Carina team because they do so much to make my life and my books better.
Still thanking my husband because it’s still true that he’s amazing (and patient).
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Diablo Lake: Protected
Cascadia Wolves series
Reluctant Mate
Pack Enforcer
Wolves’ Triad
Wolf Unbound
Alpha’s Challenge
Bonded Pair
Cherchez Wolf Pack series
Wolf’s Ascension
Sworn to the Wolf
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Broken Open
Back to You
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Whiskey Sharp: Unprotected
Whiskey Sharp: Jagged
Whiskey Sharp: Torn
Also watch for the next book in the Goddess with a Blade series, coming soon from Carina Press!
About the Author
The story goes like this: While on pregnancy bed rest, Lauren Dane had plenty of downtime, so her husband took her comments about “giving that writing thing a serious go” to heart and brought home a secondhand laptop. She wrote her first book on it before it gave up the ghost. Even better, she sold that book and never looked back.
Today Lauren is an award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of over sixty novels and novellas across several genres.
Find out more about Lauren’s books at www.laurendane.com.
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First published by Ellora’s Cave, 2006
This edition published by Carina Press, 2016
ISBN-13: 9781488028458
Reluctant Mate
Copyright © 2016 by Lauren Dane
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