The Wolf at Blackthorn Lake

The lake has given back a road-and the bones buried at the end of it.

For twenty years, park ranger Morgan Hale has protected Blackthorn Lake and avoided the questions surrounding the fire that killed her family and the rest of her werewolf pack. When receding water exposes a drowned chapel, a woman's remains, and a blackthorn plant blooming months out of season, Morgan knows the past has surfaced for a reason.

Forensic botanist Dr. Elise Navarro trusts evidence, not folklore. But the impossible roots tangled through the bones react to blood, preserve memories, and point toward a killer who is still watching. The deeper Elise digs, the more the case connects to Morgan's lost pack, Blackthorn's most powerful families, and a settlement deliberately erased beneath the reservoir.

Morgan recognizes Elise as her fated mate the moment they meet. She also knows fate is not consent-and that the truth she is hiding could destroy any chance they have.

With a storm closing the roads and the killer striking again, Morgan and Elise must decide what evidence can prove, what magic can demand, and whether desire becomes love only when it is freely chosen.

The Wolf at Blackthorn Lake is an atmospheric sapphic paranormal romantic suspense featuring mature heroines, forced proximity, a consent-conscious fated-mate bond, a supernatural murder mystery, open-door intimacy, found family, and a complete happily-ever-after.