Doing your duty isn't a choice, even if you become a cougar. Officer McKenna Largo's life is thrown into turmoil when she is catapulted onto the worldwide stage as the focal point for a bizarre event occurring across the planet. She finds herself famous and infamous when, in the middle of a bank robbery call, she turns into a cougar. The video goes viral, making her the most famous shifter on Earth. Plagued by reporters, leveraged for publicity by her department, and apparently a magnet for major events, the beleaguered McKenna just wants to be a good officer. When everything goes wrong, she'll decide what price she'll pay to protect and serve. Even if she becomes a monster to do it.

Shifters have to stick together if they want to survive. This is a novella in the Kaylid Chronicles world. Perc Alexander is one of the rare humans who can shift into an animal, in his case the form of an extinct cat. As a professional athlete who trained his body for years before the shifter revelation, he doesn’t think much about this new ability. Not until the NFL suspends him for being a shifter. Never one to give up easily, he works within the system to fight shifter discrimination in professional sports. Perc knew arguing the suspension would make him a target. What he didn’t expect was being knocked out and abducted by an outfit running an illegal operation involving shifters. He finds out just how far his animal instincts will go to save himself and others from their brutal abductors. In the aftermath he questions if he could have done more, saved more if he fully embraced his cat sooner. Still reeling from survivor's guilt and guided by a newfound sense of purpose, Percival is determined to fight for his career and shifter rights, more so now that he understands how high the costs may be. He knows for certain he is more than a football player and cat shifter. It’s time the rest of the world learned that as well, no matter what it costs him.

Discovering an Artificial Intelligence lives in your head, strike one. Having the Artificial Intelligence explain aliens are the origin of shifters on Earth, strike two. Having it announce you are the commanding officer of the earth shifters, strike three. Deciding there is only so much one person can handle, McKenna Largo ignores the strange new voice in her head and focuses on her law enforcement career. She soon learns there are other aspects to being a shifter. Who knew cougars had such a great nose for drugs? Her career prospects increase with each drug bust, but so do her enemies. Still McKenna insists on living as normal a life as possible. After one too many successes, these enemies target not just on her, but also her family and friends. Finding herself in a situation she never imagined, McKenna must step up and be the leader they need, a true commander. Now if she could just devise a plan that won’t get them all killed…

This is the Second Novella in the Kaylid Chronicles. They follow and weave in between the novels. When his foster mom is captured, along with the mom of his best friends, Charley Davis finds himself responsible to keep them safe. Trusting adults is hard, but he makes the choice to do just that and calls McKenna’s police officer friends. When Child Protective Services gets involved, Charley knows adults can’t be trusted. The twins, Jessi and Jamie, won’t let him run away by himself, which means they all go on the lam together. Living on your own, hiding from adults - both the good and bad ones - is harder than he thought. When everything goes wrong, they run again, leaving Jamie behind. Scared, wanting their parents back, Jessi and Charley try to be strong. But even when you can shift into an animal, being the responsible one might be more than he can take.

Turning into a wolverine was fascinating. It would be better if she could take notes while in wolverine form though. Affected by the strange event sweeping the Earth, Cassandra Borden decides to keep this new ability secret. None of her family has changed, and it isn’t all that relevant to her life, though fascinating. Trying to get a new discovery recognized, something that could save lives, seemed much more important. Though her sister would call her dull, Cass loved what she discovered in her job as a scientist. Stymied by political maneuvering she throws herself into making sure her discoveries are published and patented. Being kidnapped in her parking lot and then waking up in a jungle with four other naked people is not what she had planned. Discovering what they need to do and the cost to her loved ones if she doesn’t? Cass will have to decide exactly what she can handle, otherwise her death might be the first.

Getting back home with the knowledge that aliens are coming for your planet is one thing. Figuring out how to get anyone in a position of power to listen to you is something else. With the knowledge that the Elentrin are weeks away from Earth, McKenna must persuade the government that she isn’t crazy and that aliens are coming. But first she has to convince friends and family. Having done everything she can to get through to government officials, she waits. Trying to not go crazy. When the mother of Nam Bara, a tiger shifter, abandons her daughter on McKenna’s door step just as government agents show up to talk to her the stakes rise even more. Juggling trying to pass on information she isn't sure of, deal with a traumatized child and saving the world might be more than she can pull off. She’ll have to trust the Artificial Intelligence in her head, her friends, and her own heart to get through this.When the aliens land and her fears come true. How many chances will she take, lives will she risk, to give Earth a chance against the incoming aliens? When everyone’s life is on the line, how much is hers worth? And what can one person, on a planet of billions, do to stop an invasion?

Trusting others is the hardest thing you ever do. When McKenna turned into a cougar, JD Davidson rolled with it. After all, he turned into a bear. But standing on the sidelines with Toni Diaz as McKenna was kidnapped as well as Toni’s kids? That proved harder than he expected. Falling love with a beautiful woman should ahve been easy, but why would she love him? Not to mention aliens, government, and an impending invasion. Anyone smart would have turned and run. He just had to trust that maybe they would have something to live for on the other side. Alien’s can’t kill everyone, right? Caught in the middle of an invasion all he can do is guard McKenna’s back, trust in his friends, and kill as many enemy as possible. But when their hopes are answered, will his trust be rewarded or shattered?

Having a dragon walk out of a portal changed everything. When a member of the Drakyn race, the ones the Elentrin want to destroy, shows up to offer aid in Earth's fight for survival, McKenna has hope. Their visitor unlocks information buried in her friends' heads and gives them a chance against this enemy. Calling in the government seems like the best idea, after all it's a worldwide battle. But they soon discover the Drakyn don't have weapons, ships, or even troops to help in this war. What they do offer is a way onto the ships hanging over Earth. The catch is McKenna and her friends are the only ones who can lead the way. That information they were given can't be shared in the time they have available. Because not only are more Elentrin coming, but when they are done, they'll destroy the Earth with asteroids. The window is running out to save the captured shifters on the ships above and convince the Elentrin to leave before Earth is reduced to rubble. Can they pull of a miracle, or will everyone die no matter what they do?

What price would you pay? Being in the middle of creating history isn't a comfortable place. Toni Diaz has dealt with a lot in her life, but turning into an animal, meeting aliens, and trying to save the world wasn't anything she'd ever seen in her future. Trying to do the best thing for everyone she'll need to balance the good of her family with what is best for Earth. Just when she thought everything was good, the Earth was safe, the aliens defeated, she'll find out the worst enemy isn't anything she can fight. Torn between standing up to the lies and rumors and protecting the only thing that matters, Toni will need to decide exactly what family means, and why sometimes the craziest option is the best one. Even as she prepares to do the impossible, she'll try to keep her loved ones safe, and pray the choices they have made are the right ones. Not just for her, but for all Kaylid left on Earth.