Last to Love
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She rolls her violet eyes and stands from the grass. We’d been fooling around in the gardens near Lethe – again. It was my idea, even knowing Hades hates it when we linger here, on account of the dangers of the river.
And, given I’m his long-standing guest, I really should pay more attention to his instructions. It’s not like he’s a control freak – much. Still, something about the silver river calls to me, and not in order to drink from it. It’s just...pretty.
“Constanza!” He calls again, this time closer.
Persephone flicks a lock of her dark brown hair and winks at me. “I’ll take care of this. But, umm, maybe go for a long walk, yeah?”
With a grin and an air-blown kiss, I take off under some bushes. Hades’ voice echoes behind me, followed by Persephone’s softer murmur as she calms him down. She knows he’s afraid of losing her to the depths of the Underworld, that is all. Which, in a way, is super romantic – the fact he loves her enough not to let go, not the other part.
I wish I had someone like that.
The thought lingers, not unlike previous times. It’s becoming more frequent lately. Mom and Dad leave me be, I mean after all I’m immortal and have the rest of eternity ahead of me to find someone.
But a girl has needs... And it’s getting bad enough that I’m starting to have dreams. Sexy, sexy dreams of a dark blond god with eyes of molten gold. I lick my lips at the reminder, and suddenly, I’m feeling like it’s time for a nap.
Maybe I’ll see him again. There’s no harm in dreaming, right?
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Alexa Whitewolf was born in Romania a little after the fall of Communism, 1992 to be exact. Growing up in the Transylvania region surrounded by epic mountains and a never ending stream of legends and stories was bound to create an overactive imagination. From a young age, she started rescuing pets–abandoned dogs in warehouses, kittens about to be drowned–and spent her childhood talking to animals. This devotion to the furry creatures shows up in her writing, as most of her series will have one–or more–pets involved (think Alistair if you read The Avalon Chronicles, Tyr in The Sage's Legacy).
The move to Canada in her teens was a sometimes rough adjustment, and Alexa overcame it by burying herself in books–both reading and writing. She started her young adult series at that time, and continued with the fantasy of Avalon in university. Nowadays? She's working on a few other upcoming series, among which a werewolf paranormal romance.
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Also by the Author
The Avalon Chronicles series
Avalon Dreams
Avalon Wishes
Avalon Nightmares
Atrox – An Avalon Chronicles Novella
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The Sage’s Legacy – YA series
The Dragon Medallion
The Dragon Manuscript
Relics of the Underworld
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Moonlight Rogues series
First to Fall
Second to Surrender
Third to Tumble
Last to Love
Moonlight Rogues: Origins
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Flaming Rogues series
Fanning the Flames (Spring 2020)
Igniting the Ice (Fall 2020)
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Blood Ties, Love Binds
Unconditional Love
Blazing Ashes (Coming Soon)
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Synopsis of Last to Love
He’s the last one standing....
Lucas Bianchi. Luciano Conti. Two sides of the same coin, two facets of the same man. Only one will come out winner, but which?
Years ago, Lucas was groomed to take over his father’s famiglia empire, and lead the wolves of the pack in true lupo mannaro fashion. Then one fateful night, tragedy struck and he lost his younger brother and mother.
Casting aside family and past, Lucas has rebuilt himself a life in Rockland Creek, starting with a pack of his own. But with each wolf falling in love, the pack has grown, and now fate is determined to show him love can be healing...and family cannot be forgotten.
... and they sent the best to get him.
Monica Delucci doesn’t belong - in Rockland Creek, in her pack, or under Alessandro Conti’s thumb. And yet, here she is doing his bidding, trying to use her feminine guiles to seduce Lucas, and bring him back to the family.
The only problem? Lucas isn’t fooled, and love and lust are things he has no time for. Not when rogue Reapers are destroying his town, and his attempts at clean up are foiled time and time again by issues within his own pack. Yet not even this badass alpha can deny there’s something alluring about Monica, something that if he lets it, may just prove him wrong.
One war won, another begun...
And then there’s the matter of the strange dreams populating his nights, and his mother’s voice calling out to him. Is he losing his mind? Is that what the anger in his gut is all about? Or is there more to it.... Perhaps a gift he never truly understood, passed down through generations.
Alliances are tested and bonds are broken as the hurt of the past infringes on his present and makes everything come full circle. And amid all the drama, Alessandro Conti stands indomitable, unbreakable, a force of nature determined to get what is his.
... but will this alpha come out victorious?
As Lucas and Monica battle in and out of the bedroom, and his father’s trap closes tightly around them, more than the fate of one man is at stake. Because within him, Lucas has power he does not understand... And it may take getting to the gates of the Underworld itself for him to clue in.
***Book IV in a paranormal shifter series filled with werewolves of all kinds, feisty females who stand up to them, and enough suspense to make it interesting. Can be read as standalone for the romance, but reading the series offers a better experience altogether.***
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Alexa Whitewolf, Last to Love