I’m tickled to present Wolves’
Knight, the second story in the Free Wolves series. It’s the story of Tasha
Roeper of the Fairwood pack, who first appeared in Wolves’ Pawn. She’s back
from Maine, and tougher than ever.
Tasha Roeper knows what it means to
protect your own. So when her friend, Dot Lapahie, CEO of Lapahie Enterprises,
suspects that the Free Wolves are under attack, Tasha immediately signs on to
lead the investigation and guard Dot.
But Tasha's not convinced it's the
Free Wolves that are the target. She fears that her own pack—the Fairwood
Pack—are the actual quarry and Dot is only a decoy.
The deeper Tasha digs, the more
puzzles she uncovers.
Torn between tradition and a
changing world, will Tasha risk everything to save a friend—including her own
life—when old enemies arise?
Excerpt
She lay
on the ground, wiggled her belly a few times to work away the pebbles under it,
and put her nose between her forepaws. Even close up, with her eyes open only a
crack, an unwary observer might think she slept. From the distance, she might
look like a large rock.
It
was a technique she’d learned to snag game. Find a spot along a trail, settle
in and slow her breathing, wait, pounce when an unsuspecting animal happened
by. She could stay in the same position for hours if need be. But the game she
hunted tonight wasn’t meant to end up as her supper, and she didn’t have hours
to wait.
The
wind picked up and a gust almost covered the sound. Tasha’s ears pricked
forward at the shuffle of footsteps. A figure inched along the side of the
building, stopping at a window. Tasha tightened her muscles, but didn’t move.
Then
he went on. Tasha was positive it was a male although the wind blew the wrong
direction for her to catch his scent. Not even her tail twitched as he stopped
at another window. Her ears caught the sound of him tapping on the glass. He
moved again.
The
third window sat in a pool of darkness. But Tasha’s eyes watched as he raised
the window. He grasped the window frame and started to lift himself inside.
And Tasha
exploded into a snarling mass of muscle and fangs.
Born
and raised among the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, P.J. MacLayne still
finds inspiration for her books in that landscapes. She is a computer geek by
day and a writer by night who currently lives in the shadow of the Rocky
Mountains. When she's not in front of a computer screen, she might be found
exploring the back roads of the nearby national forests and parks. In addition
to the Free Wolves’ stories, she is also the author of the Oak Grove series.
P.J. MacLayne can be reached on:
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