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    Wolf Heart
    Wolf Heart
    Wolf Heart
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    Wolf Heart

    By Bridget Essex

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    Abby Reynolds is camping alone at Allegany State Park in her family's cabin. She needed a little R&R, but what was supposed to be a normal, relaxing vacation becomes something entirely different when she finds a wolf in the shower building.

    But was it a wolf? Because when Abby looks again, there is a woman crouching on the concrete floor, a naked woman who Abby can't take her eyes off of. Abby is immediately attracted to this perfect stranger, but something strange is happening in the park that night. Something that Abby can't explain.

    When Shannon, the gorgeous stranger, and Abby come together, there is an intense, passionate attraction that makes Abby breathless. But there is more to Shannon than meets the eye, and the strong, captivating woman just might have the heart of a wolf...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRose and Star Press
    Release dateFeb 9, 2020
    ISBN9780463340189
    Wolf Heart
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    Bridget Essex

    Bridget Essex is the author of the beloved Knight Legends series. A lesbian author of lesbian romance and fantasy, she is passionate about love and love stories because she is married to her soul mate, author Natalie Vivien.Bridget is best known for her paranormal love stories and her fantasy novels, and she tries to bring magic and passion to everything she writes. She believes that a good book can transport you and help ease your heart, and she strives to write heart-warming fiction you can escape to and feel safe in.You can find out more about her work at http://BridgetEssex.wordpress.com or add her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bridgetessexauthor

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      Wolf Heart - Bridget Essex

      Wolf Heart

      by Bridget Essex

      Synopsis:

      Abby Reynolds is camping alone at Allegany State Park in her family's cabin. She needed a little R&R, but what was supposed to be a normal, relaxing vacation becomes something entirely different when she finds a wolf in the shower building.

      But was it a wolf? Because when Abby looks again, there is a woman crouching on the concrete floor, a naked woman who Abby can't take her eyes off of. Abby is immediately attracted to this perfect stranger, but something strange is happening in the park that night. Something that Abby can't explain.

      When Shannon, the gorgeous stranger, and Abby come together, there is an intense, passionate attraction that makes Abby breathless. But there is more to Shannon than meets the eye, and the strong, captivating woman just might have the heart of a wolf...

      Wolf Heart

      © Bridget Essex 2015

      Rose and Star Press

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      Honey, I'm not trying to dissuade you or anything, but it's common knowledge that people who go camping alone in national parks around Halloween almost always end up murdered.

      I burst out laughing as I put on my turn signal. My cell phone headset crackles with static as I pull off the main highway, route 86, and head deeper into the mountains of Allegany State Park.

      "But what you're saying right now is that my camping alone is definitely going to lead to my murder. I think that counts as dissuading, Mom, I tell her with a shake of my head, chuckling into my Bluetooth headset. Thanks for the confidence, by the way, I smirk. Didn't you camp at the family campsite alone when you were sixteen?"

      That was a different time, my mother tells me dismissively, and I can almost see her brandishing her coffee mug as she launches into, "There were far fewer serial killers when I was a young woman."

      I laugh again as I turn on my brights. The moment I coast beneath the brooding pine trees surrounding the entrance to the state park, the darkness eats up my headlights, and putting on my brights does very little to help with the visibility. I roll down my windows to smell the autumn leaves and the bracing, chill October air; it makes me shiver. Everything here is muffled and dark, which probably sounds much creepier than it actually is...

      Okay. I'm lying. It's actually pretty creepy right now. I've never arrived at the park so late in the day, or you know, night, and I didn't expect it to be this pitch black. And, to add to the creepy ambiance, I'm driving down a deserted, dark road in the middle of nowhere the day before Halloween. This moment is pretty much a reenactment of the opening of every Halloween movie I've ever seen...

      Even as I have that thought, a deer darts out right in front of me, bounding out of the thick forest of pine trees to the left, long legs flexing as she hurtles across the pavement, scrambling with her dainty hooves for purchase on the road, skidding on it since she's running so quickly. She is right in front of the nose of my car, and there's probably not enough time to avoid hitting her, but all I am in that moment is one giant reflex.

      I gasp as I slam on the brakes.

      Thankfully, I was already reducing my speed; the speed limit is thirty-five miles-per-hour through Allegany, and I already got a ticket here once—issued by an unhappy park ranger/security guy. And I'll be damned if I'm getting a ticket again! So when I slam on the brakes, the car slows down quickly, and nothing terrible happens. I'm able to stop my car just shy of the doe, who actually came to a halt in front of my fender, staring at it with wide, unblinking eyes. Apparently, deer aren't the smartest of creatures.

      I pant, gripping the steering wheel tightly as we stare at each other, the doe and me. Her wide, wet eyes are framed by long, delicate lashes, and I'm so close that I can see her small nose wrinkling in distress as she huffs a breath that curls out into the air like smoke. Breathless, I watch this gorgeous creature—this gorgeous creature that I almost just turned into roadkill. I swallow, trying to quell my adrenaline, and then the spell is broken: the doe darts off again, taking a single, powerful bound to clear the rest of the road and disappear on the other side, into the thicket. And, that fast, in a single heartbeat, she's gone.

      Abby? Abby, honey, are you okay? comes my mom's panicked voice from my headset. Crap—with all the adrenaline pouring through me, I completely forgot I was on the phone. My mom says, all in a rush, I just heard the brakes screeching!

      I'm okay, Mom, I tell her, forcing out a laugh that sounds fake even to me, the one faking it. I gulp down air and take another deep breath, letting it out slowly. Then I adjust the earpiece. Sorry. A deer just jumped out in front of me, but I didn't hit her. I just had to brake hard. I'm fine, car's fine, deer's fine. It's all good. I grip the steering wheel, my knuckles white in the dark.

      See, that's one of the million reasons you shouldn't be doing this, my mom frets. If you wanted to play at Annie Oakley, you could come camp in our backyard! Heaven knows it's a jungle out there, she tells me with a long sigh.

      I'm laughing again, and my body begins to relax as I put my foot on the gas, crawling into the park now. I'm going so slow that my speedometer doesn't even flick over the number 5 for a few minutes.

      I'd hardly call your tiny backyard in south Buffalo a jungle, Mom, I tease her gently, smiling as I grip the steering wheel a little less tightly now. I roll my shoulders back. Just remind Dad that I'll be visiting you guys after the camping trip. I'll be breaking camp on Monday morning, so I'll drive into town and expect Tim Hortons coffee and donuts pretty much right away.

      My mom is chuckling, but I can still hear the worry in her voice. Just don't eat a half dozen Boston creams in one sitting like last time, okay?

      I'm offended, I smile. You know Jack helped me. Jack is my parents' very, very elderly Boston Terrier, and by helping me, I mean that he might have licked a drop of custard off of my finger, if I remember correctly.

      Abby... my mother starts, and I know she's

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