Tales of the Golden Judge: 3-Book Bundle - Books 10-12

By Melissa F. Hart

Innocent Days – Book 10
Tonna, the daughter of the fox clan of shape changers, and Ulfrik, prince of the wolf shapechangers, have been nursing a romance for three years. At every annual festival, they flirt, they feud, and now perhaps they are ready to take the next step. Their romance is troubled, however, by the dark shade of Ulfrik's father's advisor, and the curse that he carries. Tonna and Ulfrik are drawn together, but can they make their way through the dark machinations that this man has in store for them?

Dangerous Quests – Book 11
Five years later, Tonna and Ulfrik are the leaders of their respective clans of shapechangers, and after the tragedy that occurred when they were last lovers, they approach each other with mistrust, caution and longing. Their mutual attraction will not let them stand apart, but coming together could mean tragedy for both of their families. This time, Tonna's beloved cousin Aja is the one caught up in a dangerous game, and Tonna and Ulfrik are brought to the point of no return.

Judges Ascendant – Book 12
Tonna and Ulfrik are on a quest to find Tonna's abducted cousin Aja, but after a battle with a monster that is more powerful than either of them imagined, it might be that Aja has to save them both instead. Tonna, Ulfrik and Aja discover the forgotten powers of their kind locked away in a desolate tower, and together they learn the elemental magical arts that will set them apart forever. Tonna must face her feelings and suffer a loss that she never imagined.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MFH Ink Publishing
• Release date: May 8, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311269287

Melissa F. Hart

I started writing romance fiction since I was 16 years old. I'm now a published writer thanks to the wonderful world of ebooks.I live in Canada and I love the winter months. As you can see, I wrote several books related to the winter holidays.I'm not represented by an agent and I'm a proud indie. I have learned how to create websites and edit images, design book covers, etc. All my books and what you see on this website I have created myself.I'm currently a certified accountant but my dream is to be a full-time independent writer of hot erotic romance books.

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Tales of the Golden Judge: 3-Book Bundle (Books 10-12)

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Books in the series

In Darker Shadows- Volume 1

A Place in the Dark - Volume 2

To See the Dawn - Volume 3

By Moonlight Bound - Volume 4

Only Your Touch - Volume 5

Broken Bird - Volume 6

Flying High – Volume 7

Deep Waters – Volume 8

An Eternal Love – Volume 9

Innocent Days – Volume 10

Dangerous Quests – Volume 11

Judges Ascendant – Volume 12

Woman of the Storm – Volume 13

Wandering the Wilds – Volume 14

Across a Thousand Years – Volume 15

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Table of Contents

Innocent Days

Dangerous Quests

Judges Ascendant

Innocent Days

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Synopsis

Tonna, the daughter of the fox clan of shape changers, and Ulfrik, prince of the wolf shapechangers, have been nursing a romance for three years. At every annual festival, they flirt, they feud, and now perhaps they are ready to take the next step. Their romance is troubled, however, by the dark shade of Ulfrik's father's advisor, and the curse that he carries. Tonna and Ulfrik are drawn together, but can they make their way through the dark machinations that this man has in store for them?

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The autumn day was bright and clear, and when Tonna smelled the wood smoke, she knew that they were close to the moot.

Every year, the moot was held to bring all of the shape-changing people to the same area, to meet, trade, and simply be among their own kind. It was a time for conversation and for the sharing of tales. In many cases, it was the only time they would see shapechangers who were not of their own clans.

Tonna straightened up and settled her pack on her shoulders more comfortably. She knew that she was smiling, but even when her mother, Rivka, shot her a questioning look, she couldn't hide it. Aeson, her older brother, saw it, and he fell into step beside her.

You're looking awfully pleased with yourself, sister.

Shouldn't I be? she answered innocently. It's a beautiful day, and we're going to the moot. I think that's a fantastic time to be smiling.

Well, there are smiles intended for happy children, and there are smiles intended for cats who have idiot mice between their paws. I think your smile is really meant more for mice.

I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about, she said, though the smile remained the same.

You're thinking of him, aren't you, Tonna?

Tonna frowned in an exaggerated fashion, flashing her brother a disapproving look.

Who are you talking about? You know that I love everyone at the moot!

Aeson rolled his eyes at his sister. I'm talking about Ulfrik of the wolf clan, he said sternly. I'm talking about the wolf prince you've been teasing and fighting with and flirting with for the past three years.

I'm sure you're thinking of someone else, Tonna said with a toss of her head. I'm never anything but pleasant.

Aeson threw his hands into the air, shaking his head. I give up, he said. Fight with him, flirt with him, see if you two make it to the wedding tree to say your vows this year. Nothing would surprise me about the two of you any more.

Tonna was going to reply quite tartly to that, but their mother growled at both of them.

There's no time for foolishness from either of you this year, she said. She wasn't old, but she was gray, and when she took her vixen form, her muzzle was quite grizzled. She had led the fox clan for longer than either Aeson and Tonna had been alive, and she had kept the peace as much as she could.

We know, Mother, said Tonna, at least a little contrite.

You'd better know, her mother said. It's been rough enough with the two bear clans at each other's throats and that man Bors agitating the wolf clan.

Tonna's ears perked up at the mention of the wolf clan. Like her own fox clan, there was only one wolf clan in the area.

Bors, who's he?

Rivka reached out to tweak her ear, but Tonna was too fast, dodging away.

You should listen longer and harder, daughter, her mother said. Bors is the old wolf king's adviser, and he's one of the red wolves from the west. He's no family to any of the wolves, but he's like a tick burrowed in the old king's ear. Rumor has it he's been whispering of war to the old wolf king Kiernan, and well, that's no good. When the wolf clan goes to war, it's always nasty.

Tonna nodded slowly. Some of the animal clans were quick to war, and some of them, like her own fox clan, stayed clear as long as they could. She valued peace as much as her mother did, and contritely, she reminded herself to behave this year.

Tonna had just begun her twentieth year, and she was a lithe woman with bronze skin and black, black hair. Her hair was straight as a stick, and she braided it in a plait that fell halfway down her back. Like most fox women, she was slender rather than curvy, but she walked with a swagger to her step that called the eye. All of her clan were known for their trickster ways, and ever since she turned seventeen, the only person she’d had an interest in teasing at all was Ulfrik, the only son of the wolf king.

Still and all, moots could be as tense as they were enjoyable, and she resolved to make sure she behaved herself. Then she thought about Ulfrik's face, his broad shoulders, and the incredulous look he could get when he realized that his waterskin had been filled with salt water, and she wondered how in the world she