Josiah knew that given her choice Angel never would have married him. They decided to try to make things work, despite his being moved halfway across the country. He followed orders like a good soldier but how was he going to face her again when he had become a monster?
Angel felt stifled in Boston. She knew she had agreed to wait for for Josiah to send for her but it had been two years and his letters had stopped. With her father's death there was nothing to keep her in Boston anymore so she headed west, hoping that perhaps her love would be waiting for her. What she found was nothing that she had expected. Could she accept the beast that now lived within her love as well as her older brother?
Cody knew his unit was in trouble. He had hoped to protect his brother-in-law and by proxy his sister from the reality of what had happened. As he learned that his sister Angel was not in Boston as thought and his brother-in-law, Josiah, hadn’t escaped the witch how was he going to help them, his unit, and himself as the curse of the tooth and claw made itself known. Especially since a vision of loveliness with sky blue eyes seemed intent on making him hers.
Corporal Boudreaux had a pretty good life. He enjoyed being part of his unit and was frequently placed in charge of the horses, who he tended to prefer to humans. His life took a turn though when she walked onto post. Her long blonde hair and hazel eyes that would shift from green to brown to hazel knocked his feet out from under him. The problem, she was married. The attraction he felt was almost more than he could handle, especially when he found out her husband's secret.
Rhiannon was tired of her husband's abuse. For years he had treated her as nothing but a possession that he could use and abuse however he wanted. The voices in her head kept saying that a man was coming to save her, but with the years passing she was loosing hope. When they were transfered to the small post at Backwater she hoped that things were going to be different, that perhaps her husband would change. He didn't, in fact things got worse. When Coporal Boudreaux offered to help her she couldn't believe he was serious. The voices were speaking louder now and shadows seemed to cling to her. Could this gentle man really be the one promised?
Life had resolved into normal post duties. Patrols were sent out to monitor the roads and forests around the post. Boudreaux and Rhiannon's wedding was planned. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the night of the wedding. Rhiannon's father decided to show up and cause issues. On top of it an old foe, one that was thought to have been dealt with, rears its ugly head. Will the help from the hunters Johnny and Fox be enough to get everyone home? Can Marcus and Rhiannon survive the assaults from two fronts? Will Captain Halloway be able to keep his unit safe and bring everyone one home alive?
Corporal Gabriel Pierce loved his life. He was in charge of training new trackers and scouts, he was part of an effective unit that patrolled an area in the mountains to keep the locals safe, and best of all his commanding officers allowed him to hunt. Born to a hunter family, the hunting was his favorite part. Tracking the quarry and finding their hiding placed not only appealed to the man, but the wolf spirit that lived within him as well. He and his wolf worked well together, most of the time. The man loved the thrill of the hunt but his wolf would take things too far and succumb to the blood lust. He struggled to keep control of his best and rarely let it out, terrified that he would loose control to his beast.
Isabel Stranton was done with her parents. After the death of her fiancee during the troubles, she had not found any of the prospects her parents threw at her to be worthy of her time. On top of everything her parents were stifling and controlling, treating her more like a trained dog than a daughter. Learning to escape and hide from her parents Isabel just wanted time to herself when a hunter she couldn't ignore crossed her trail. Seemingly unable to hide her person from this hunter Isabel wasn't going to give her heart or freedom over easily, he was going to have to work for it.
Children of the Cursed Unit
It has been more than ten years since Backwater Fort was closed. Although the unit miss their old home they are enjoying their lives post military. Their children and running the expansive ranch have kept the seven families busy for the past few years. When the old fort and lands came available for purchase Isabel Pierce concocted an idea, turn the area into a travel destination. It took some convincing but the seven families decided to give her idea a chance.
Mary McCullach was hoping for something more than just the potential of working at something different than teaching the younger children or helping on the ranch. She is hoping that she might have the opportunity to meet a mate. As the second eldest and well past twenty Mary is starting to feel that she will never find that one special person, special love like her parents. She looks at every wrangler, every visitor to the ranch and yet none have sparked an interest. With taking over the fort Mary is hoping that her mate might arrive there, especially since the horse masters have decided to send all of the new herds there instead of bringing them to the ranch.
Michael O'Henry has only a partial understanding of his family and the so called illness they carry. His father wasn't exactly forth coming about the illness. He knew that his family was from near the fort they were running the current herd of horses to but not exactly where. As he meets the unit, a group of retired military men and hears the warnings about staying away from the women he get nervous. The full moon is coming and he isn't certain he will be able to escape the watchful eyes of the men.
What will happen when a over protected young woman from an overly large extended cursed family starts to stalk a naive young wrangler who only partially understands his own family's curse? Will he survive the attentions of the father?
It had been six months since John's sight had shown him an image of his mate, six months of waiting impatiently for her to arrive and his injured leg to fully heal. John knew he needed his mate to arrive soon, she was going to help to anchor him to the real world. His visions had been getting stronger, more real than his physical body. Fear traveled through the extended family on the ranch, fear that one day John wouldn't come back from the otherworld. Then she finally arrived. John was excited, until he met her. She was not what he wanted nor needed, arrogant and promiscuous she was the opposite of the woman in his vision. John hated her and wanted nothing to do with her.
Sarah didn't know what to expect when her family visited the decommissioned fort. She knew that many of the soldiers in her father's unit had trained at the fort and the new owners had been the commanding officers. The men of the fort had a reputation, one of extreme attractiveness as well as an aura of danger. Her mother was more interested in their wealth and potential influence. Despite her reluctance, Sarah knew she would at least attempt to follow her mother's orders, her father's potential promotions depended on it. The number of handsome young men were hard to resist though, especially the ranch hand and the twins. There was another equally handsome young man, blonde with interesting eyes, but he was a cripple and kept insulting her. Sarah had no interest in cripples and yet, there was something about him.
Computer Planet
Celina had no idea where her ship crashed. If she was honest with herself she didn't even remember getting on the ship. There was only one thing she knew for certain, she needed to escape, to get back to her own world and life and away from the insanity of Agrippa. The treatment of the citizens as well as the depravity she witnessed was beyond anything she could understand or condone. Learning that she was also the only cyborg on the planet created a new set of issues. She was an anomaly, an unknown and unique not only on the planet but evidently in the known universe. Celina struggled with the fact that not only did she seem to have the head of the science department obsessing over her but had garnered the attention of the planet's ruling AI, Father. Rejecting the idea that Father had chosen her as his personal "pet" but also the idea that a young man from the slums could pull out the feelings for her lost love she thought buried long ago, Celina works to make the changes needed to create the utopia that humanity had attempted to create thousands of years before.