Ashley Keenan thought she'd found the one in Daniel Gibson. That they were going to be in love for a lifetime. But it only takes a moment to change forever. The Day You Went Away is a short story prequel to The Wolf Within, the first book in my urban fantasy series, The Wild Side. The Wolf Within. It's short (about 8k). It's the story of what happened in the first stage of the romance between the hero and heroine of The Wolf Within before that book starts. While Ash and Dan have some ups and downs in this story (that's what happens when one of a couple becomes a werewolf), I promise they'll get their happily ever after in the end!

Vampires, werewolves, warring couples. And that's just the day job. Ashley Keenan is a normal girl in a world that's left normal behind. She just wants to keep her head down and try to have a life. But she hadn't counted on the reappearance of Daniel Gibson, ex-lover, now a werewolf and the man she's never quite forgotten, even if she can't bring herself to date a supernatural. Worse, he's back because the vampire who killed her parents just might be coming after her. It's a fight to guard her heart and her life and sometimes to survive you have to learn to love your inner monster...

Monsters used to be just her day job. Now they’re her life. Newly minted werewolf, Ashley Keenan, thought she’d faced her past when she got her revenge on McCallister Tate, the vampire who killed her family. She wants to build a future with her fiancé, FBI agent and fellow werewolf, Daniel Gibson, but it seems the past isn’t done with her yet. For one thing, she still owes a debt to the vampire who controls Seattle, a fact that doesn’t sit well with Dan. And for another, she knows that McCallister Tate didn’t work alone … and his friends are still out there. When a vicious attack on the anniversary of her parent’s death leaves her best friend infected with an aggressive new strain of vampirism, Ash is sucked into the fight to save her and to stop a plague of vampires overrunning humanity. It’s a fight that quickly turns deadly when the ones controlling the new vampires decide that Ashley’s family secrets might hold the key to their success—and that the only way to get to those secrets is through Ash herself. To save herself, her friend, and maybe even the world, Ash has to embrace her werewolf abilities, call on some dangerous allies, and take a walk on the dark side …

How far would you go to stop a monster hell bent on destroying humanity? Before Ashley Keenan became a werewolf, she thought she understood the line between good and evil. It was the vamps and shifters playing by their own lethal rules who were to be feared. Now she must stop an ordinary man and his plague of vampires. That same man's terrifying games led to her family being murdered and caused her own unwilling transformation into a supernatural. Worse, he might not be the only one hunting the memories buried in Ash's head. As tensions escalate between humans and supernaturals, and new threats emerge from the shadows, black and white turns to gray. To protect the people she loves, and save the world, Ash will have to confront her darkest fears. But time is running out.... Bring On The Night is the final book in The Wild Side trilogy, a dark and sexy werewolf shifter urban fantasy series from M.J. Scott, RITA(R) Award nominated author of the Four Arts series, the Half-Light City series, and the TechWitch series. Don't miss any of the Wild Side series Book 1 - The Wolf Within Book 2 - The Dark Side Book 3 - Bring On The Night (Coming Soon) Plus a free prequel short story...The Day You Went Away. What people are saying about M.J. Scott "Exciting and rife with political intrigue and magic..." RT Book Reviews "everything I love about Urban Fantasies, kick butt action, fantastic characters, romance that makes the heart beat fast..." Seeing Night Reviews "Scott's writing is rather superb" Bookworm Blues "Strong and complex world building, emotionally layered relationships, and enough action to keep me up long past my bedtime." Vampire Book Club "The story's real strength lies in the web of intrigue Scott creates around her characters." Publisher's Weekly The Wild Side Series - Urban fantasy romance - Paranormal romance wolf shifters - Shifter romance - Strong heroine romance - Second chance Romance - Action adventure romance - Protector hero romance - Ongoing relationship romance - Vampires and cat shifters