Shifter Chronicles (Grimm)

Animal Control Officer Derek Williams is a wolf shifter and not one inclined to long-lasting relationships. Not only does he take animal abuse personally, he has a temper and isn't afraid to show it. However, he changes his tune when the newest veterinarian starts working for the Animal Services Center.Recovering from an abusive relationship and hiding supernatural abilities of his own, Brian O'Donogue wants a fresh start and a new place to call home. Quickly dubbed the "animal shrink" by co-workers, Brian doesn't know what to make of Derek at first. Then he manages to confront Derek during one of his rages, and they both see each other in a new light.Eventually they take a chance on their feelings and the ensuing relationship is better than either of them could have hoped-until a rogue wolf shifter attacks Brian. The abrupt attack forces Derek and Brian to confront their secrets and whether their relationship can weather the storm heading their way.The rogue shifter is out there, and he's hunting them.BONUS STORY: Celtic Warrior and Wolf SpiritDerek and Brian are celebrating their first Christmas together, and Brian is determined to show Derek a Christmas like those he shared with his family back east. A wolf shifter, Derek has never celebrated a traditional Christmas before-his pack would usually shift on Yule and hunt down prey. But the unexpected appearance of Brian's abusive ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve threatens not only Brian's holiday plans but his future with Derek.Can be read as a standaloneSecond Editions with updated and revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

As a bull shifter, Ryan has no idea what it is to be human. When he's purchased and brought to the home of Caleb O'Connell, he's determined to show the young man who's boss. However, Caleb won't cooperate, and instead of fearing Ryan, Caleb takes a liking to the new bull he soon dubs Whirlwind.Caleb adores the feisty Whirlwind, convinced the bovine will be the best bucking bull in the Professional Bull Riding Circuit. Then one night his entire life changes when he learns Whirlwind's secret-the secret of shapeshifters.Ryan and Caleb become the best of friends, and Caleb attempts to teach Ryan, as best he can, how to be a human. Their time together leads to deeper feelings... and eventually they decide to give a relationship a chance. Unfortunately, Ryan is kidnapped, and Caleb has to call in the Agency-an organization that protects shifters-or their new life together will end before it ever starts.Can be read as a standaloneSecond Edition with updated and revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

(A Shifter Chronicles story, sequel to Blind Devotion)Wolf shifter Sheriff Jack Ulger and cougar shifter Travis Kuger protect the shifters and their human allies living in Haven, Montana. They have known each other for almost two decades but weren't always friends. One Halloween night, as teenagers, that changed when Travis saved them both from an abandoned mill and the ghosts haunting it.Years later, it's Halloween again, and Travis never shared the ghostly experience with anyone, least of all the skeptic Jack. But he soon regrets the omission when Jack becomes trapped in the same abandoned mill while trying to find two lost kids. Jack must now protect the children, fight off a spiritual attack, and find a way to freedom. Travis knows something is wrong and enlists the help of their friends, and he can only hope they'll be in time to save Jack from the dark entities.Should be read after "Blind Devotion"Second Edition with revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process.

Orphan Hunter Landon craves a family who will love him unconditionally. When he's adopted by the Knights, an organization dedicated to destroying shifters, Hunter is grateful, but their ideology never sits right. Finally, on a rite of passage during which he's supposed to kill his first shifter, Hunter discovers the truth: he meets Glenn Lightfoot, a deer shifter, and asks a lot of questions.Glenn hates the Knights and worries about the safety of his herd with one in their midst. After all, the Knights have hurt his family before. On the other hand, this is his chance to convert an enemy, and instinct tells him Hunter won't betray him.When Hunter sees the Knights for the monsters they are, he knows he must leave the herd and protect Glenn. But Glenn is determined not to lose the man he has come to love and respect to the Knights' cruel campaign.Can be read as a stand-aloneSecond Edition with updated and revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

In eighteenth-century Egypt, falcon shifter Con's parents died attempting to keep powerful, ancient scrolls out of the hands of a monster. Now it falls to Con to keep the scrolls hidden and lead the hunter away so their sacrifice isn't for nothing. But he isn't quite fast enough, and he finds himself helpless in an unfamiliar English countryside village. That is, until an intriguing man with a limp carries Con to his manor to tend to his wounds.As an alpha wolf, Quincy's compassion embarrasses his pack, which leads him to nurse the falcon in secret. A bond quickly forms between Quincy and the mysterious raptor, so he's concerned at Con's reaction to the arrival of another visitor, the Countess Devonshire.Now Con and Quincy are torn between duty and desire, and the consequences of their decisions could be the difference between life or death.Can be read as a standaloneSecond Edition with revised text M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

In the year 1866, Sheriff Tobias Goldstein guards a small mining town in the Colorado territory with a cold and merciless hand. A rare rattlesnake shifter, he lives by a code and expecting others to do the same has kept the peace- until a nameless stranger wanders into town. Intrigued by the lone man, Tobias names him Angel Smith, and sensing he's trustworthy, he deputizes Angel.A guardian at heart, golden eagle shifter Angel protects the townspeople, but his dedication is to an ancient scroll capable of great destruction. For generations, Angel's family protected the artifact with their lives. Now something has returned to hunt down the scroll. Forced to leave his tribe, Angel enjoys the quiet he's found with Tobias, who hides a warm heart under his aloof exterior. Angel knows the quiet will not last and fears the battle on the horizon. But with Tobias at his back, Angel might stand a chance against his enemies.Can be read as a standaloneSecond Edition with revised and expanded text M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

After a year together, wolf shifter Derek Williams and vet Brian O'Donogue decide to marry. All Brian wants is to be legally part of Derek's family, after his own disowned him for being gay. As far as Derek is concerned, he already belongs to his mate, heart, body, and soul. But their plans are put on hold when Derek discovers an injured young shifter, Tommy, one night while running as a wolf.When they learn the truth behind Tommy's presence in Washington, they are quickly drawn into a war that has waged in the shadows for decades. Brian, Derek, and their allies must fight against the Knights and their leader, Arcas, to prevent them from attaining an ancient scroll, one piece of a weapon that can destroy all shifters.When worlds collide, no one will be spared.Second Edition with revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

Agent Pan has spent most of his adult life protecting shapeshifters from the Knights-an organization bent on their annihilation-and keeping the secret war in the shadows where it belongs. But the Knights are growing bolder, and a new threat has resurfaced after being buried in the ocean for centuries.An ancient scroll, a key to a devastating weapon, is now in the hands of a recalcitrant Russian hawk shifter named Viktor. As a bird shifter, he knows his duty is to protect the scroll, but he wants nothing to do with the war. He leads a quiet life and wants to keep it that way. But when agents come knocking on his door, he finds it difficult to resist the charms of Agent Pan, especially since this isn't their first meeting.Three years earlier they spent a passionate weekend together, neither aware of the other's true identity. Viktor never really got over Pan. Now with sexual tension at its peak, they must learn to trust each other and work as a team to protect not only their loved ones, but every shifter in the world.Can be read as a standaloneSecond Edition with revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

Agent Poe loves being part of the Agency-an organization devoted to protecting shapeshifters-and he especially loves his mate of only a couple of months, Nordik, the nigh immortal master bear shifter. He has the best of both worlds-the man he loves and the job he loves. But when Nordik reveals he's ready to rejoin society and accompany Poe on his missions, Poe must take the next step and make them a full partnership.After the Agency intercepts a message from Arcas, the leader of the Knights of the Dawn-a cult bent on the annihilation of shifters-meant for his followers, their job gets a whole lot harder. The Knights don't bother keeping their activities hidden anymore, stretching the Agency's resources thinner than ever.After a near-fatal mission almost costs Poe his life, Nordik insists on a break for both of them. They visit Poe's family in Ireland and learn that true danger lies not without, but within. There's no greater betrayal than that of a loved one.Second Edition with revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

Can a loyal and sensual owl shifter couple woo a human mate who's convinced he's an ugly duckling?When socially awkward Dexter Fortis rescues an elf owl blown off course by a storm, he has no idea the bird is a shifter named Orion. Or that his life is about to change.Orion falls in love with the kind custodian, but he must convince his long-term partner, Talon, that Dexter is just who they've been searching for to establish a permanent ménage. Even if they can gently break down Dexter's walls, they'll have to contend with a dangerous cult rising in the shifter community and a hidden enemy determined to keep Dexter from them.Can be read as a standaloneSecond Edition with revised text. M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.

Diego is a coyote shifter living in Mexico City. He co-owns a tourist business with his best friend and enjoys his independence. Unfortunately, his parents are unable to look beyond his deafness and are convinced he is in need of care, regardless of his many achievements. And when his pack receives a special assignment from their master shifter, one concerning the Knights of the Dawn-an organization bent on the eradication of shifters-he's determined to stand on his own and help, rather than let his parents hide him away.Jay is an army veteran, and after reacclimating to civilian life, he takes his family's advice and travels for a vacation. Hoping to hook up with someone to break his celibacy, he meets a beautiful man in a bar named Diego. Having two deaf sisters makes communication between them easy since Diego also knows ASL. Their chemistry is explosive, and Jay can't believe his luck.But their mutual bliss is shattered when Jay is hunted and attacked by knights. They don't appear to want to kill him… they just want his blood. Diego must put everything on the line to keep Jay, and his pack, safe, and hope that their burgeoning relationship can hold strong in the face of the coming storm.Can be read as a standalone M.D. Grimm has wanted to write stories since second grade (kind of young to make life decisions, but whatever) and nothing has changed since then (well, plenty of things actually, but not that!). Thankfully, she has indulgent parents who let her dream, but also made sure she understood she'd need a steady job to pay the bills (they never let her forget it!). After graduating from the University of Oregon and majoring in English, (let's be honest: useless degree, what else was she going to do with it?) she started on her writing career and couldn't be happier. Working by day and writing by night (or any spare time she can carve out), she enjoys embarking on romantic quests and daring adventures (living vicariously, you could say) and creating characters that always triumph against the villain, (or else what's the point?) finding their soul mate in the process. Timeless love against an ageless enemy... who will rise victorious? Join a menagerie of shifters and their allies as they fight for love and their lives against a relentless enemy, bent on their eradication.