by Elle Thorne
“Valencia. I want you to meet Reese. He’s…”
God, am I really going to break the news like this?
Then again, isn’t that more or less what Lézare did? Nothing formal, he simply did what made him happy, and she had to hear it from others.
Maybe we’re more alike than I thought.
She smiled at her mate. “Reese.”
He turned his attention away from Rory and took a step in her direction.
“I want you to meet my sister.” Alexa turned toward Valencia.
Except Valencia wasn’t there anymore. She was in her car and the engine had roared to life.
What the hell?
She peeled out.
“What was that all about?” Reese asked.
“I don’t have the foggiest.”
Rory stepped forward. “She’s your sister?”
Alexa nodded, ripping her cell from her pocket, she pressed Valencia’s picture.
Straight to voicemail.
She’d never have pull that shit if Lézare were here.
The front door opened, Maylene stepped out, pausing at the top of the stairs.
“I thought Valencia was here.”
“She was.”
Reese put his arm around her. She leaned her head on his shoulder.
“My family’s a hot mess.”
He placed his lips on her temple, his breath teasing the tiny wisps on her hairline. “We should go to New Orleans. Help Lézare look for Evie.”
Valencia could wait.
Though Alexa was beginning to wonder which of her sisters was more dramatic.
Epilogue
Alexa nuzzled closer to Reese while he drove. They were headed to the city to look for Evie.
New Orleans.
She wondered if there was any need. What if Evie and Mason had made up. Okay that didn’t seem likely, not with the sparks that flew between them, though their attraction was undeniable.
She tried for the fourth time to get in touch with Valencia.
One ring.
Two rings.
“Hello.”
Oh my God.
Valencia picked up.
“Hey.” Alexa tried to keep her tone casual. “What happened?”
“I had to go. I remembered something.”
“Are you sure?” She didn’t want to flat out call her sister a liar, but she’d known her all her life. She could tell when Valencia was lying.
Valencia was silent on the other side of the line.
Alexa wasn’t sure if the road noise she heard was from Valencia’s end or the fact she and Reese were in a moving car.
“Are you coming back to Arceneaux Point? We’re heading to New Orleans.”
She wasn’t sure if she should tell Valencia that Evie was missing, since it could be that there was no cause for concern anyway.
“Probably. Later.” Then, “Maybe.”
That’s no answer.
Alexa bit her tongue. It would be pointless to rant at this stage. She could tell from Valencia’s tone that she wasn’t interested in discussing the matter anymore at the moment.
“I need to go, sis.”
“Okay. Call me later?” She waited for Valencia to answer, but the phone indicated the call had ended.
Tearing his eyes from the road, Reese gave her a sideways glance. “All okay with your sister?”
Alexa shrugged. “I haven’t seen as much of her in a while. Maybe it’s been a couple of years. It’s like she’s deliberately pulling away. She didn’t stay long at Escape Weekend last year. Only came in for the ball. Actually, I didn’t see her at all during the entire ball.”
“What do you think is going on with her?”
“I don’t know, but if I can get her back to Arceneaux Point, I’m going to corner her and grill the answer out of her.”
“Do you think Lézare will be okay with you moving to Houston?”
“Are you asking me to?”
He squeezed her hand. “I’m asking you to never be away from me. Ever.”
That was one request she would honor.
Afterword
What’s next?
Combustible
Some histories should stay buried. Some are too combustible!
One glance. That’s all it took. Wolf shifter Rory Nielsen, Reese’s twin brother doesn’t get involved in affairs of the heart. He has an enterprise to grow and a territory to protect. He’s all business.
So why is he at the Arceneaux home? He’s attending the Masquerade Ball at the request of his brother, but reluctantly so because no one’s at home to manage the stronghold. He’s itching to get home. The only thing on his mind is getting back.
—Until a car pulls up and curvy redhead Valencia steps out.
The attraction is—
Combustible.
Valencia Arceneaux is Lézare’s free-spirited sister. She’s a white tigress shifter with a mind of her own, the one who always marches to a beat of her own creation, the hell with shifter society’s expectations, the hell with her brother Lézare’s.
She attracts men like sugar attracts ants. She doesn’t fall in love.
Except…
She’s late to the ball. She’s ready to face her brother’s wrath because attendance is expected.
Ha. As if expectations ever mattered to Valencia.
She gets out of her car, ready to face Lézare and instead sees this wolf shifter.
Hunky, handsome, and fierce. But they have history. A history that’s best left buried.
Her interest flares. Her tigress roars a message that resonates.
This is combustible.
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The Shifters Forever Series and Spin Offs
SHIFTERS FOREVER SERIES
Are you ready for it?
I have a whole world full of shifters to share with you. I’m listing them here, in the suggested reading order, though I’ve tried to make it so that you can pick up anywhere in the series as we all have probably done that at one point or another.
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Where’s the best to start? Well, probably with Shifters Forever.
Shifters Forever takes place in the mountains of Bear Canyon Valley. Here we find the happy-ever-afters of a set of grizzly bears and their fated mates.
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•Protection
•Seduction
•Persuasion
•Invitation
•Temptation
•Attraction
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Always After Dark is a spinoff with the white tiger from Shifters Forever: Vax, born Vittorio Tiero. He’s the one that helped Kane out during a shifter battle. Always After Dark takes place in Dallas, Texas. The Tiero family, a group of white tiger shifters is bringing some of its business interests from Europe into the United States.
•Controversy
•Territory
•Adversary
•Sanctuary
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Never After Dark is another spinoff that takes place in Europe. Here we visit cities along the Mediterranean and meet the old school Tiero white tiger shifters who are resistant to change. The Vax’s sexy half-brother Rafe is slated to be the next CEO of the Tiero Empire, but he seems to have the same liberal ideas as his brother Vax. Fur flies.
Sophie returns to Europe from Dallas. This is also the home of Anya, Astra’s white tiger friend. Maia the leopard from the underground fighting ring finds her home in Europe.
•Forbidden
•Forsaken
•Forgotten
•Foreplay
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Only After Dark takes place in New Orleans. The Arceneaux shifters, led by Lézare, Vax’s white tiger cousin—on his mother’s side. The Arceneaux are the black sheep of the family. Lézare doesn’t
cave to public opinion. He dictates policy in the area he rules and he shuns old school European rules and regimes.
•Desirable
•Insatiable
•Combustible
•Undeniable
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Forever After Dark introduces us to group of panthers that are related to Gavin’s Irish mother’s side. The panthers are related to elemental types like Mae and Astra. This is the stronghold of Mae’s cousins: Marco, the panther and Circe the powerful elemental who leads the OE (the Order of Elementals). The group that Mae shunned long ago.
•Notorious
•Scandalous
•Delicious
•Perilous
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Shifters Forever After follows a group of polar bears in New York. Russian and rumored to be mobbed up, they are a powerhouse of shifters, determining the fate of many on the East Coast. Mikhail Romanoff, Layla’s father, runs this outfit with an iron fist. Layla’s sexy cousin Malachi features prominently in this series.
•Complication
•Fascination
•Motivation
•Flirtation
•Captivation
•Infatuation
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Shifters Forever More is another group of grizzlies spun off from our favorite bunch in Bear Canyon Valley. Tempers and passions flare when the bears have to face a set of old enemies of Sara’s. Crossroads.
•Illusion
•Confusion
•Decision
•Possession
•Impression
•Passion
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SHIFTERS FOREVER SERIES
Are you ready for it?
I have a whole world full of shifters to share with you. I’m listing them here, in the suggested reading order, though I’ve tried to make it so that you can pick up anywhere in the series as we all have probably done that at one point or another.
* * *
Where’s the best to start? Well, probably with Shifters Forever.
Shifters Forever
Protection
Seduction
Persuasion
Invitation
Attraction
Temptation
Shifters Forever: The Boxed Set
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Always After Dark
Controversy
Territory
Adversary
Sanctuary
Always After Dark: The Boxed Set
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Never After Dark
Forbidden
Forgotten
Forsaken
Foreplay
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Only After Dark
Desirable
Insatiable
Combustible
Undeniable
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Shifters Forever After
Complication
Fascination
Motivation
Captivation
Flirtation
Infatuation
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Shifters Forever More
Confusion
Passion
Impression
Possession
Illusion
Decision
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Contemporary and New Adult Romances
The Pleasure of Discretion Series
Jessica’s Dilemma
Jessica Released
Breaking Jessica’s Rules
Miranda’s Unfinished Business
Paying Jessica’s Price
Miranda Unlocked
The Pleasure of Discretion Boxed Set: Books 1-6
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Sci-Fi Romances
Ultimate Passage Series
Her Alien Savior
His Human Hellion
Midland Refugee
Ultimate Passage Three Book Omnibus Edition Books 1-3
Runaway Renegade
Farlands Prodigal
Alien Deceiver
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Cosmic Forces Series
Torrent
Vector
Torch
Control
Throttle
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About Elle Thorne
Elle Thorne spent almost as much time denying that she wrote romance as she has writing it. It took her a few years to stop being a closet romantic.
Originally from Europe, she wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else but Texas. Unless it was another southern—translation: warm!—state. A southern European by birth, she wants to be near the water and the Mediterranean temperatures if possible.
Where does she like to hang out? Near a lake, a beach, preferably with a latte—extra shot of espresso, please! She’s inspired by the everyday men who make dreams come true. She loves a roughneck, especially one with a callous or two on his hands. A man who knows how to fix a car, please a woman, and protect what’s his. Nothing less will do.
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