Who could love a monster?

Lena asks herself this question after a freak encounter with a wolf leaves her bitten and transformed. It took no time once the symptoms hit for her to realize she was a danger. A killer.

So, ignoring her shattered heart, she leaves.
 
Leaves Los Angeles. Leaves Ice Hockey.

Leaves him, the one who taught her what it meant to love. Eason.
 
For the next five years, Lena did all she could to forget by starting a new life for herself in a little rural town. But, just as the moon rises, the past finds a way back. Eason, a star ice hockey player and owner of her heart, wants her back. And ushered with him comes an old crime tying them both together.
 
Lena knows she should push him away, it’s the only way to keep him safe.
 
Yet, through the turmoil of it all Lena can’t help but think that maybe ... being a monster isn’t that bad after all.

Howling Hearts Echoed on Ice is created by Cara TaleSmith, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Howling Hearts Echoed on Ice

My mind raced, trying to process what I’d just heard. Eason? Endorsing our products? It didn’t make any sense. He had been adamant about not working with us, and now, out of the blue, he’d changed his mind?


Dread settled in the pit of my stomach. I knew Eason too well—this wasn’t a change of heart. This was something calculated, something much worse. And after the way he’d cornered me last night, I had a peculiar feeling that I was at the center of whatever game he was playing.


I didn’t even bother sitting down at my desk. The urgency to confront him, to figure out what the hell he was up to, propelled me out of the office before I could think twice. My heart pounded as I hurried down the stairs and out of the building, a mix of dread and determination fueling my every step.


Chapter 13: Reluctant Reunion