1895. New York. Gabriel Webster’s pack is in trouble. His father’s failing health and his mother’s untimely death mean that the vultures are circling. It won’t be long before his family’s assets are stripped and his pack disbanded. When an offer of help arrives in the form of a marriage of convenience, he has little choice but to accept. The arrangement would be the perfect solution, if not for one thing. Gabriel is to marry Nathaniel Hayward, the Alpha who was badly injured in the accident that killed his brother ten years before—and the man Gabriel has been in love with for as long as he can remember. Trapped in a business arrangement masquerading as a marriage—in a strange, empty house with a damaged husband who barely tolerates him—isn’t what Gabriel expected from life. But sometimes the last thing we want is the beginning of something more. And an ending can be the start of something beautiful. ... 56k words A standalone story set in the Homestead universe.

1919. Nebraska. After returning from the frontline in Europe, all Emmanuel Jackson wants is to find a little peace. Unable to cope with life in New York, he escapes to the homestead his grandfathers left to him in Nebraska. Except, after four years, the sleepy town of Lastford isn’t exactly how he’d left it. With many of his neighbors forced out by financial hardship, and a ruthless businessman taking full advantage of the fact, Emmanuel finds himself being drawn into matters he’d rather avoid. One of them being Asher Franklin, his childhood tormentor and unfairly handsome officer of the law. Having to fight his attraction to the man he once hated, as well as defend the community he wants to make his own, is far from the quiet life Emmanuel had envisioned for himself. But some things are worth fighting for. And when there’s no fight left in you, love might be the thing that brings you home. ... 55k words A standalone story set in the Homestead universe.