Thomas Durling escaped his small-town upbringing for over ten years, until a single phone call drew him back. Told his mother has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, he returns to the small northern Michigan town he once called home to find a mute stranger taking care of her in his stead.<br><br>On the surface, Andre seems harmless enough, but Thomas has enough problems trying to deal with his mother’s illness. He doesn’t need a gorgeous young man to distract him, especially in a town that drove him away once already with its homophobia.<br><br>But Andre has nowhere else to go. A wolf without a pack, he’s been on the run since witnessing his father’s murder, always looking over his shoulder, never looking ahead. Taking care of Thomas’s mother has given him a welcome sanctuary, as well as a place he can call home for a couple months. He wants to stay, but more importantly, he wants to help, even if Thomas isn’t ready to accept that they could actually be friends ...

Moon-Touched

He’d only ever known pain like this once before. The first time, he’d survived out of sheer luck. Now, he focused on the threat to Thomas and Amy to weather the transformation. For their sakes, he needed to be strong. He’d failed his father. He would not fail again.


His ragged panting reverberated through his body. The change was complete, but his legs were wobbly from the tremors still wracking through him. Andre braced his front legs against the slope of the ditch and pushed up onto all fours. His stomach heaved. The only way to keep from getting sick was to clamp his jaw shut.


Chapter 44