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PATRICIA BRIGGS
RIVER MARKED
Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there is something unique about her, and it’s not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a different breed of shapeshifter, a characteristic she inherited from her long-gone father. She’s never known any others of her kind. Until now.
An evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River—one that her father’s people may know something about. And to have any hope of surviving, Mercy and her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam, will need their help ...
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Table of Contents
Epigraph
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
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