The Macconwood Pack Tales Volume 1, page 22
It was fun while it lasted, but even you can’t be so naïve as to think I could find true love with a nobody. I just wanted to get back at my father. Don’t bother looking for me or calling, I will have already changed my number.
Teresa
Yes, it was her handwriting. He closed his eyes on the wave of anguish that washed over him. Gasping, he sunk to his knees while the beast inside of him roared and sTimped his massive claws in fury.
Mate, his Bear cried out, but Oliver refused to answer his other half.
How could she just leave him like this? He’d been so sure of her, of them. He was positive that she loved him too. Being with her was everything to him. She was his fated mate. It was the first time he had ever tasted happiness. A taste that was bitter now that he knew it was all one-sided.
The first time he’d seen the golden-haired beauty, Oliver’s Grizzly Bear had stood up and taken notice. The second he’d breathed in her peaches and cream scent, his animal had roared one single word in his mind’s eye that would change Oliver’s life forever.
Mate.
Following his heart, he’d approached the soft spoken, elegantly dressed Teresa Witherspoon after spying her at the park day after day. She’d sit on one of the cleaner benches and read from a book of seventeenth century cavalier poets.
“You like Lovelace? Looking at you I pictured a Donne fan,” Oliver said when he’d finally found the nerve to approach her.
“Spiritualist poetry doesn’t appeal as much to me I guess. I like Lovelace and Suckling. They’re fun and witty.”
“But they’re just trying to get in a girl’s pants with their poetry. You approve?” he grinned.
“It’s not so much the seduction that appeals to me, it’s the living in the moment. Carpe diem and all that,” she shrugged.
There was something so tragically sad about her that his heart had squeezed in his chest with longing. He’d wanted to make her smile. Heck, he even pretended to stumble in the grass, laid himself flat just to get her to walk over and touch him. And she had, put her soft, long hands right on him to see if he was alright. He’d stolen a kiss and had never looked back. Until now. The dream was over. She’d left him.
Oliver’s Bear roared in his grief. That last night they were together, he’d told her the truth about what he was. The fact that there were more things in the world than she had ever imagined.
Oliver Pax had committed a most grievous sin against his Clan. He’d confessed to a normal, a human woman, that he was a Grizzly Bear Shifter.
It was allowed under certain circumstances, like when the woman in question was your fated mate. He’d thought she’d taken it well, after all, they’d made wild, passionate love immediately after. Hell, he’d been so caught up in the moment, he’d marked her with his bite, tying himself to her irrevocably, but now she was gone.
What would become of him? Would he go mad like so many other Shifters who’d lost their mates? He had heard the stories. The tales of broken matings and rogue Shifters who needed to be put down.
Oliver tipped the bottle of whiskey back emptying its fiery contents down his throat. Then he threw the hated thing across the room. Something about the muted violence of the act satisfied his animal’s need for savagery. The Bear inside of him wanted to tear the whole world down, but maybe work would be a better outlet, he thought.
Oliver sat down at his banged-up keyboard and began to play. He poured out his bruised heart. Wrote lyrics and tied them together with a fairy tale as old as they come. The Beast of Brooklyn Heights was born that day. And the rest, as they say, was history.
About the Author
C.D. Gorri is a USA Today Bestselling author of steamy paranormal romance and urban fantasy. She is the creator of the Grazi Kelly Universe.
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Join her mailing list here: https://www.cdgorri.com/newsletter
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An avid reader with a profound love for books and literature, when she is not writing or taking care of her family, she can usually be found with a book or tablet in hand. C.D. lives in her home state of New Jersey where many of her characters or stories are based. Her tales are fast paced yet detailed with satisfying conclusions.
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If you enjoy powerful heroines and loyal heroes who face relatable problems in supernatural settings, journey into the Grazi Kelly Universe today. You will find sassy, curvy heroines and sexy, love-driven heroes who find their HEAs between the pages. Werewolves, Bears, Dragons, Tigers, Witches, Romani, Lynxes, Foxes, Thunderbirds, Vampires, and many more Shifters and supernatural creatures dwell within her worlds. The most important thing is every mate in this universe is fated, loyal, and true lovers always get their happily ever afters.
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Want to know how it all began? Enter the Grazi Kelly Universe with Wolf Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel or pick up Charley's Christmas Wolf and dive into the Macconwood Pack Novel Series today.
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For a complete list of C.D. Gorri's books visit her website here:
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https://www.cdgorri.com/complete-book-list/
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Thank you and happy reading!
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del mare alla stella,
C.D. Gorri
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Teresa
Yes, it was her handwriting. He closed his eyes on the wave of anguish that washed over him. Gasping, he sunk to his knees while the beast inside of him roared and sTimped his massive claws in fury.
Mate, his Bear cried out, but Oliver refused to answer his other half.
How could she just leave him like this? He’d been so sure of her, of them. He was positive that she loved him too. Being with her was everything to him. She was his fated mate. It was the first time he had ever tasted happiness. A taste that was bitter now that he knew it was all one-sided.
The first time he’d seen the golden-haired beauty, Oliver’s Grizzly Bear had stood up and taken notice. The second he’d breathed in her peaches and cream scent, his animal had roared one single word in his mind’s eye that would change Oliver’s life forever.
Mate.
Following his heart, he’d approached the soft spoken, elegantly dressed Teresa Witherspoon after spying her at the park day after day. She’d sit on one of the cleaner benches and read from a book of seventeenth century cavalier poets.
“You like Lovelace? Looking at you I pictured a Donne fan,” Oliver said when he’d finally found the nerve to approach her.
“Spiritualist poetry doesn’t appeal as much to me I guess. I like Lovelace and Suckling. They’re fun and witty.”
“But they’re just trying to get in a girl’s pants with their poetry. You approve?” he grinned.
“It’s not so much the seduction that appeals to me, it’s the living in the moment. Carpe diem and all that,” she shrugged.
There was something so tragically sad about her that his heart had squeezed in his chest with longing. He’d wanted to make her smile. Heck, he even pretended to stumble in the grass, laid himself flat just to get her to walk over and touch him. And she had, put her soft, long hands right on him to see if he was alright. He’d stolen a kiss and had never looked back. Until now. The dream was over. She’d left him.
Oliver’s Bear roared in his grief. That last night they were together, he’d told her the truth about what he was. The fact that there were more things in the world than she had ever imagined.
Oliver Pax had committed a most grievous sin against his Clan. He’d confessed to a normal, a human woman, that he was a Grizzly Bear Shifter.
It was allowed under certain circumstances, like when the woman in question was your fated mate. He’d thought she’d taken it well, after all, they’d made wild, passionate love immediately after. Hell, he’d been so caught up in the moment, he’d marked her with his bite, tying himself to her irrevocably, but now she was gone.
What would become of him? Would he go mad like so many other Shifters who’d lost their mates? He had heard the stories. The tales of broken matings and rogue Shifters who needed to be put down.
Oliver tipped the bottle of whiskey back emptying its fiery contents down his throat. Then he threw the hated thing across the room. Something about the muted violence of the act satisfied his animal’s need for savagery. The Bear inside of him wanted to tear the whole world down, but maybe work would be a better outlet, he thought.
Oliver sat down at his banged-up keyboard and began to play. He poured out his bruised heart. Wrote lyrics and tied them together with a fairy tale as old as they come. The Beast of Brooklyn Heights was born that day. And the rest, as they say, was history.
About the Author
C.D. Gorri is a USA Today Bestselling author of steamy paranormal romance and urban fantasy. She is the creator of the Grazi Kelly Universe.
* * *
Join her mailing list here: https://www.cdgorri.com/newsletter
* * *
An avid reader with a profound love for books and literature, when she is not writing or taking care of her family, she can usually be found with a book or tablet in hand. C.D. lives in her home state of New Jersey where many of her characters or stories are based. Her tales are fast paced yet detailed with satisfying conclusions.
* * *
If you enjoy powerful heroines and loyal heroes who face relatable problems in supernatural settings, journey into the Grazi Kelly Universe today. You will find sassy, curvy heroines and sexy, love-driven heroes who find their HEAs between the pages. Werewolves, Bears, Dragons, Tigers, Witches, Romani, Lynxes, Foxes, Thunderbirds, Vampires, and many more Shifters and supernatural creatures dwell within her worlds. The most important thing is every mate in this universe is fated, loyal, and true lovers always get their happily ever afters.
* * *
Want to know how it all began? Enter the Grazi Kelly Universe with Wolf Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel or pick up Charley's Christmas Wolf and dive into the Macconwood Pack Novel Series today.
* * *
For a complete list of C.D. Gorri's books visit her website here:
* * *
https://www.cdgorri.com/complete-book-list/
* * *
Thank you and happy reading!
* * *
del mare alla stella,
C.D. Gorri
* * *
Follow C.D. Gorri here:
http://www.cdgorri.com
https://www.facebook.com/Cdgorribooks
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/c-d-gorri
https://twitter.com/cgor22
https://instagram.com/cdgorri/
https://www.goodreads.com/cdgorri
https://www.tiktok.com/@cdgorriauthor
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