The last thing Skylar wants is exactly what she needs A serial killer is killing women in Crescent City. Skylar Gautier, New Orleans cop, and alpha female is determined to track and catch the killer herself. As she closes in on the killer, Travis Nichols, her fated mate shows up, ready for happy ever after. He is a distraction she does not need or want. At first, the killer thinks it is a great game to lead the female cop on but then he discovers her secret and now she is the hunted. He wants her for his piece de resistance. Her life force will make him stronger than the master. A premonition shows Skylar the darkness covering the land. It will take two alpha mates working together to create something only ever heard of in legends to stop the evil. They will both have to give up something and risk everything.

The Darkness has risen and has a new host in its grasp. I have known Jed Steele my whole life. It isn’t until he sees me walking in the family vineyards in Tuscany that he decides I am his fated mate. I have my life planned and it does not include a fated mate. A job offer in San Francisco combined with an invitation to visit New Orleans for a friend’s restaurant opening gives me the perfect excuse for leaving home. He can’t claim me if I am not here. The trip was supposed to be something new and exciting. Instead, it has turned into a nightmare. Evil was waiting for me and its powers are growing. Only a force greater than evil can stop what’s coming next. An ancient evil on the rise. Will they be able to work together before the evil extinguishes the light?

he Darkness has never seen anything like me. I have been rejected my whole life because I am a sorceress and a wolf-shifter. I have only shifted two times in my life. I live outside of the closest pack on unclaimed land and have worked hard to make a life for myself in a small village in the Outer Hebrides. Branson Norris is the son of the Alpha of Ravenscar and the Madonna of the North. He’s a man who is celebrated for his family and his accomplishments; he thinks he can claim me as his fated mate. He is willing to take on the Darkness and the Ruling Council when they try to intervene. He will stop at nothing to claim what he thinks is his. We must face the Darkness together to begin understanding the evil that is stalking our world. Author note: Touch of Ice is a supernatural romance with steamy heat in and out of the bedroom for mature readers. Includes a she-wolf who has lived apart from her kind and her fated mate who will not be denied. Books in series Touch of Fate Touch of Darkness Touch of Light Touch of Fire Touch of Ice Touch of Destiny