Wolf Harbor

Someone Knows Where Shifters Came FromAlpha Abby Stafford sent Benny Garrison, a Teacher in the Hat Island pack, with her mate to the oldest pack in the world - find their stories, she commanded, wishing she could go.But Benny didn't come back, and he's not responding to the pack links. So, Abby is going after him with Cujo Brown as her backup. Because the man who holds the keys to the shifters' past might control their future as well.Book 3 in Wolf Harbor, a feminist werewolf story.

Problems, But No Solutions Alpha Abby Stafford keeps inheriting messes to clean up, and she feels like she's just scrambling to stay ahead of the crises. And every crisis seems to lead to an even bigger problem. She doesn't have all the pieces she needs to solve them either. It wasn't like her scholarly work. There was a process to that. A literature review of what was already known. Observation, interviews, data collection. A time for reflection and synthesis. And then she produced an article or a book. It might be years before she was ready to write. And even then no one expected her to solve anything. Accurate description was amazing enough. But as pack Alpha? And now Chairman of the Northwest Council of Alphas? She's forced to decide for all the wolves, and she's operating on less information than she needs. A lot less. Book 5 in Wolf Harbor, a paranormal suspense series.

They Were Promised A HomeBeta wolves. Powerful, dominant wolves banished by their birth packs because they were a threat to their pack Alphas. Cast out as lone wolves, they drifted, solitary yet belonging to a species that yearned to belong. Some found a place in the military. Some found other places. But there was always the danger of the first rule - do nothing that reveals shifters to humans. Betas who did, found an enforcer on their doorstep. And then, a pack rose up on Hat Island, home to Yui Ito, and her mate Okami Yoshida. The pack there had been killed off during World War II, all but Yui. For 80 years there had been no pack on Hat Island. And now there was. A female Alpha had called a pack into being. And the word came. Yui was calling the betas home. They were owed. There was a pack that would accept them - if they wanted one. There was nothing a beta wanted more than that - to belong to a pack, to know that there were people who had your back. Nothing. Book 6 in Wolf Harbor, a paranormal suspense series.

Some Things Haunt You Forever There is trouble in the Okanogan.Benny and Ryder Garrison grew up there, a part of their father's shifter pack. But their father has disappeared, and the pack has slowly disintegrated - and it wasn't the most stable of packs to begin with.The neighboring Penticton pack in British Columbia is causing problems - again - and the Penticton Alpha is thought to be a part of the pipeline that allowed Vancouver to amass a young shifter army. That fell apart when Hat Island Alpha Abby Stafford killed the Vancouver Alpha, but there are still all those young shifters, just waiting for a leader. The whole region is about to go up in flames - just days before the big meeting of the World Council of Alphas in Seattle. Fix it, Abby ordered. And really, Benny and Ryder are the only two who probably can. Interlopers to the region aren't welcomed in the best of times. When Jessie Nickerson insists she's coming along because there's a rumor her missing fiancé might be up there, the brothers barely muster a protest. The region's mess might be easier to face than their own demons, however - Ryder with nightmares of the Iraq war, Jessie with her search for her missing fiancé, and Benny with his fears of the Hat Island pack has done. A book in the Wolf Harbor universe, Redemption Road follows Girls School.

There exists a set of myths and prophesies known as the Wolf's Codex-the Okami Kōdekkusu, probably the only written history of the shifter species. It comes from the before times, it's said. Lost for a millennia, maybe more, most people dismiss it as a myth itself. But some things are known. In an oral culture like the shifters, stories have been passed down from storyteller to storyteller. The Codex is supposed to have predicted a third way to come for shifters. First way-Shifter warlords led troops of shifters into battle for land and resources. Women of power were forced to serve, channeling their power at the warlords command. Second way-In current times, power resides with the Alpha, and a Council of Alphas mediates disputes without warfare, making the top Alphas very powerful indeed with no one to check their abuses. And the third way. No one knows what is meant by that-neither those who fear it and are willing to destroy the Hat Island pack to stop it, nor those who want to see it come. But they all seem to think Abby Stafford might be the one to lead them there. The Okami Kōdekkusu may have some answers. And now, one man might know where it is. The race is on.

A Reckoning Long Past DueOlivia Trainer had been assaulted, raped, abused at the hands of Elliot Bastion, one of Europe's richest and most powerful men. Cujo Brown had rescued her, but Bastion had gone unpunished for what he'd done.His time has come.It's going to take more than just the two of them. Jake Lewis, pack Second of Hat Island and a retired Marine lt. colonel, has assembled a team of the pack's security forces to follow them in to Bastion's castle and fortress in Liechtenstein.Then communication from Olivia and Cujo stops. Now the mission has two goals: find them, stop Bastion.And then a third goal: Alpha Abby Stafford has had voices calling to her in her brain, voices she can't understand until there's one word - Liechtenstein. She's going with Jake. Abby, two infants, and three teenaged nannies, are headed into a battle that may engulf them all.Is it the smart thing to do? Probably not, Abby concedes. But she's certain she must go. Those voices need her - and she has an uncomfortable feeling she needs them.Book 12 in the Wolf Harbor series featuring Abby Stafford, Alpha of the Hat Island pack, and the people she loves most. L.J. Breedlove writes suspense novels of all kinds, police procedurals, historical mysteries, romantic suspense and political thrillers. And now a paranormal suspense series - Wolf Harbor.She's been a journalist, a professor, and now a fiction writer. (And a ranch hand, oceanography lab assistant, librarian assistant, cider factory line worker, and a typesetter. Oh, and worked in the laundry of an old folks home, something that inspired her to become an over-educated adult who would never be that desperate for a paycheck again.) She covered politics, among other things, taught media and politics, among other things, and writes political novels. You've been warned.

How does a Vegas pole dancer end up running a tech security firm in San Mateo?One change at a time, Synde Bell says. And that wasn't even the biggest change she's made - how does a good Midwestern girl become a West Coast werewolf?One change at a time.Syn snickers. But really, she's running the company because she can make the techies play well with the security specialists - no mean feat with cranky shifters - and their human customers like her.Mostly.They're in desperate need of a computer wizard, however. They've 'inherited' a cutting-edge AI, and what the hell does a bunch of shifters know about AI? They need Carlos Mendoza, the techies say.Synde shrugs. She knows Carlos. Nice young man, and he's more than willing to come to San Mateo - beats the hell out of the middle of nowhere in Washington state. But there's one hitch: He says Kate Lebenev has to come with him.Synde shrugs. They could use another female shifter to help run things. Sure, she says. Bring her along. No problem at all.Right?A Wolf Harbor book. This is the sequel to Someone to Live for, the first in Synde Bell's sub-series, Wolf Harbor Diaspora. L.J. Breedlove is a former journalist writing mysteries and thrillers about what she knows: complicated people, small towns, big cities, cops, reporters, politicians, assorted bad guys. "I write about religion and politics. About race and gender. I believe in the journalism axiom: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. To which the labor organizer Mother Jones was supposed to have added: And in general raise hell. That works for me." L.J. grew up on a cattle ranch and then went to college to be an oceanographer. She decided getting seasick was not a good trait for an oceanographer to have, and discovered journalism instead - a field that liked people who asked questions! As a reporter and editor, she worked in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Washington, D. C. Then she got homesick for the Pacific Northwest and came home to work with college newspapers and teach journalism. She is an over-educated, bleeding heart liberal with a penchant for heroes such as Jack Reacher. She isn't particularly bothered by the inconsistency. You can follow her on Twitter @ljbreedlove for her political stuff, or on Facebook ljbreedlove for her writing life. Best place to find her -- besides a local coffee shop -- is at ljbreedlove.com. You can sign up for her email newsletter there. Or read her blog, snark included, and check out all her books. When Abby Stafford said yes to a summer at a fitness spa, she had no idea what she was in for. Be a subject in research on a supplement to help you lose, weight, feel better, look younger? Why not? She even read the fine print.They may have left out a few side effects....A paranormal action and adventure series.

Mei Tanaka can't remember what she didMei walks through the new village of Daak, Alaska, and ignores the whispers. The whispers are respectful enough. They call her the Mediator here. She's the one you bring problems to. And a village of shifters and humans are bound to have problems.She likes being the Mediator, just fine.But there are other whispers when they think she can't hear. They call her La Loba, Mu Lang, Mesu Okami - just words for a she wolf in Spanish, Mandarin and Japanese. Sometimes she hears bruja - witch. But the names seem to mean something more than just descriptive. They're names, it feels like. Names of something they fear.What did she do?Book 14 in the Wolf Harbor series. L.J. Breedlove is a former journalist writing mysteries and thrillers about what she knows: complicated people, small towns, big cities, cops, reporters, politicians, assorted bad guys. "I write about religion and politics. About race and gender. I believe in the journalism axiom: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. To which the labor organizer Mother Jones was supposed to have added: And in general raise hell. That works for me." L.J. grew up on a cattle ranch and then went to college to be an oceanographer. She decided getting seasick was not a good trait for an oceanographer to have, and discovered journalism instead - a field that liked people who asked questions! As a reporter and editor, she worked in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Washington, D. C. Then she got homesick for the Pacific Northwest and came home to work with college newspapers and teach journalism. She is an over-educated, bleeding heart liberal with a penchant for heroes such as Jack Reacher. She isn't particularly bothered by the inconsistency. You can follow her on Twitter @ljbreedlove for her political stuff, or on Facebook ljbreedlove for her writing life. Best place to find her -- besides a local coffee shop -- is at ljbreedlove.com. You can sign up for her email newsletter there. Or read her blog, snark included, and check out all her books. When Abby Stafford said yes to a summer at a fitness spa, she had no idea what she was in for. Be a subject in research on a supplement to help you lose, weight, feel better, look younger? Why not? She even read the fine print.They may have left out a few side effects....A paranormal action and adventure series.

Torn Between Two Lovers, Feeling Like A FoolAbby Stafford, new Alpha of the Hat Island Pack, has a lot to deal with. The serum the Hat Island Pack has developed will save the lives of shifter girls everywhere - and change the world forever - if the Pack can survive long enough to get it into production. And she's been a wolf for all of a month. She's in love with her Second in command. And they're scrambling to make a real shifter community on Hat Island, hopefully with some income-producing businesses. Income would be good. Really good.But someone is gunning for the pack - trying to stop the serum, trying to prevent Abby from being Alpha. In the last month there have been seven attempts on her life.Then someone makes a run at the Tanaka pack Alpha in Seattle - and the only way to save his life is through a mate bond. Abby knows realistically that Hat Island won't last two weeks with Akihiro Tanaka's support and backing. And she's aware of her own growing feelings for the man. Why wouldn't she want him? He was urbane, polished, intelligent....But she loves Jake, her Second. Jake says she doesn't have to choose. She can have both.She doubts it's as simple as that, but there's not much time, and very little choice. So another new thing in the shifter world: two alphas mated. She hopes they all survive it.Book 2 in the new urban adventure series, Wolf Harbor, a feminist werewolf story.

A Fitness Spa Like You've Never Experienced BeforeProfessor Abby Stafford was burned out. She was overweight, middle-aged, and tired. She'd even thought about suicide, but there were her dogs. Who would care for them? So she kept trudging on.A summer as a test subject for a supplement that was designed to help her feel better and look younger, sounded just like what the doctor ordered. What did she have to lose?But Wolf Harbor Resort may have left out a few of the side effects....First in a new paranormal romance series, Wolf Harbor - a feminist werewolf story.

Cinderella's Godmother had it EasyAfter all, Cinderella was young, fit from hard labor and lean eating. Clean her up, buy her a fancy dress, and she's fit for a dance with the handsome prince. Any Nordstrom personal shopper could do it.But take a middle-aged, overweight college professor who's only been a wolf shifter for a week? Now that's a challenge, Abby Stafford thought whimsically. But here she was off to the ball, on the arm of Jake Lewis, a banished shifter prince, to dance with the Akihiro Tanaka, Alpha of the largest pack in the world - a shifter king. Jake said she didn't have to choose. She could have both of them if she wanted. But Abby didn't think it worked like that - not even in a fairy tale.A short story in the world of the Wolf Harbor series.

Abby Stafford, Alpha of the Hat Island pack, is pregnant. It's not anything anyone thought would happen, least of all her, but she's going to have twins. A lot of people are interested in her babies. As much as she would like to hole up on the island and gestate, the world isn't going to allow that. She's got problems.Big problems.The next in the Wolf Harbor series, featuring a middle-aged, burned out professor who thought a fitness spa named Wolf Harbor would be a good way to spend the summer. Book 18.

She's Not Going to Let GoSynde Bell never had much. She grew up poor in Iowa, ran away at 16 to Las Vegas, and clawed her way to success as a dancer the hard way. But dancing was a young person's game, and at 48, she knew she wasn't going to be dancing much longer. So she took a leap of faith and went to a fitness resort called Wolf Harbor.And well, things happened.Now she's a wolf shifter. She's got a mate - acknowledged by everyone, including him, to be a damaged, psychotic berserker wolf. And she's got a job to do in San Mateo - 'disappear' the most public AI creator in the world without outing the wolf shifters in the process.But when you never had much, you value what you're given. Synde Bell is going to take care of her team, her mate, and do the job - no matter what it takes.A Wolf Harbor book.