Stolen Kisses (Black Hills Wolves #61)

By Merryn Dexter

A woman looking for a connection
Following her grandmother’s death, Sadie Burrows-King leaves the only pack she’s ever known in search of family ties. Crashing into Los Lobos, literally, she finds herself face-to-face with a man who calls to the lonely wolf inside her.

A man on the fringes of society
Orphaned wolf, Easton Quaid, survived the cruel years of Magnum’s reign by the skin of his teeth and the kindness of others, of the pack, but not really part of it. His world turns upside down when a new wolf blows into town. It will take every ounce of patience to claim her as his mate.

Stolen kisses
Set a task in the scavenger hunt, Sadie and Easton must work together. Proximity and attraction lead to stolen kisses and more between the pair. The mating call is strong, but is it too much for her to handle?

Secrets and celebrations
A new family, a new pack, and the temptation of a new mate. Sadie had everything she ever dreamed of, right? As the Winter Solstice celebrations get into full swing, old secrets are revealed. Sadie faces the decision of her life. Is she a solid, reliable Burrows, or a flighty, untrustworthy King? It’s not only her heart at risk if she makes the wrong choice.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Decadent Publishing
• Release date: Dec 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781683611318

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Stolen Kisses

Copyright  2016 by Merryn Dexter

ISBN: 978-1-68361-131-8

Cover art by Fiona Jayde

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Black Hills Wolves Stories

Wolf’s Return

What a Wolf Wants

Black Hills Desperado

Wolf’s Song

Claiming His Mate

When Hell Freezes

Portrait of a Lone Wolf

Alpha in Disguise

A Wolf’s Promise

Reluctant Mate

Diamond Moon

Wolf on a Leash

Tempting the Wolf

Naming His Mate

A Wolf Awakens

The Wolf and the Butterfly

Infiltrating Her Pack

Omega’s Heart

Rebel’s Claw

Claiming the She-Wolf

Worth Fighting For

Dangerous

Uncaged

Promiscuous Wolf

Disquieted Souls

A Cougar Among Wolves

Long Road Home

A Mate’s Healing Touch

Another Chance

Broken Silence

A Wolf’s Contract

A Mate’s Redeeming Touch

A Cougar Among Wolves

Pleasure Me

Craving His Love

Jasmine Moon

Mating Dance

Amber’s Ace

Wedding Moon

Bringing Down Romeo

Salvaged Souls

Virgin Infiltrator

Winter Fairy Tale

Stolen Kisses

Winter Awakening

Winter Solstice Run

Wolf’s Holiday

Winter Magic

Winter Secrets

Winter Solstice Ménage

Wolf in Winter Clothing

Murder in Los Lobos

Scent of Murder

Scent of the Hunt

Scent of His Woman

Scent of Madness

Winter Solstice Run 2016

Winter Fairy Tale

Stolen Kisses

Winter Awakening

Coming Soon

The Wolf’s Choice

Also by Merryn Dexter

A Mate’s Healing Touch

A Mate’s Redeeming Touch

Soul of Flame

Mating Dance

Silver Moon

Hunger Moon

Renewed Spirits

A Mate’s Forgiving Touch

Dear Readers,

I am so pleased to be working again with the amazing Decadent Publishing team – dreams really do come true! When I first started writing for the Black Hills Wolves series, I envisioned my contribution at three books – the sibling trilogy A Mate’s Healing Touch, A Mate’s Redeeming Touch and A Mate’s Forgiving Touch

But then the Matchmakers were on the prowl and the Burrows family grew to include Sander (Mating Dance) and now here I am with another strand of the clan for Stolen Kisses.

It was a joy to write Sadie and Easton’s story, not least for the chance to catch up with Caleb, Caitlyn, Connor and the rest to see how their lives are progressing. That’s the joy of a good story – the characters live on in you and continue to grow.

I would be thrilled to hear from you about this or any other book in the Black Hills Wolves series. You can also check out my titles in the Wiccan Haus, and Hot Moon Rising shared worlds also from Decadent Publishing.

I’m a military spouse currently resident in Belgium and working from home so always happy for a distraction!

You can email me at [e-mail] or find me on Facebook or Twitter @MerrynDexter. I also have a website www.merryndexter.com and a blog www.merryndexter.blogspot.be

Best Wishes

Merryn x

Dedication

This one is for Merryn’s Merry Makers. Thank you for support over the past twelve months. You are all amazing xoxo

Stolen Kisses

A woman looking for a connection

Following her grandmother’s death, Sadie Burrows-King leaves the only pack she’s ever known in search of family ties. Crashing into Los Lobos, literally, she finds herself face-to-face with a man who calls to the lonely wolf inside her.

A man on the fringes of society

Orphaned wolf, Easton Quaid, survived the cruel years of Magnum’s reign by the skin of his teeth and the kindness of others, of the pack, but not really part of it. His world turns upside down when a new wolf blows into town. It will take every ounce of patience to claim her as his mate.

Stolen kisses

Set a task in the scavenger hunt, Sadie and Easton must work together. Proximity and attraction lead to stolen kisses and more between the pair. The mating call is strong, but is it too much for her to handle?

Secrets and celebrations

A new family, a new pack, and the temptation of a new mate. Sadie had everything she ever dreamed of, right? As the Winter Solstice celebrations get into full swing, old secrets are revealed. Sadie faces the decision of her life. Is she a solid, reliable Burrows, or a flighty, untrustworthy King? It’s not only her heart at risk if she makes the wrong choice.

Stolen Kisses

Black Hills Wolves

Winter Solstice Run

By

Merryn Dexter

Chapter One

The drag of the wipers on the windscreen set Sadie’s teeth on edge, and her wolf didn’t fare much better. Her animal half whined every time the perished rubber juddered against the glass. Mostly useless against the driving snow, yet she didn’t dare turn them off. Or stop the car long enough to try and adjust them. Her hands ached from too many hours clutching the steering wheel, and her head itched beneath the thick woolen hat pulled low over her brow. Neither of which were good reasons for her to stop either. What had started out as a few pretty flakes of snow had worsened steadily, and the wind howled around the car as though it longed to tear her from the road.

Should’ve stayed in Cedar Crossing.

For what, though? The weather wouldn’t be any better, and the way Luka had set his sights on her, she would have been mated before spring and even more miserable than she was now. The hole left in her heart by Margarete’s passing seemed to widen every day, and her dreams were filled with her grandmother’s final words, Everything you need is east.

So here she was, heading for a place she hadn’t known existed, her final hope of finding a connection resting in the hands of a pack Margarete had abandoned for the promise shining in a pair of pretty eyes. The Black Hills of Dakota—Sadie shook her head. Margarete had sung her to sleep with that damn song for years, and it had never occurred to Sadie she was anything more than a Doris Day fan. Hadn’t caught the sad lament for home in her grandmother’s voice.

A sharp gust caught the little compact, rocking it from side to side, and it took all of her wolf strength to keep four wheels on the slick pavement beneath her. The plastic creaked ominously, and she uncurled her fingers one at a time to loosen her death grip before she did the wind’s job and wrecked the car herself. The Cedar Crossing alpha had been reluctant to let her go, to the point of confiscating most of her belongings. All he’d left her with was a suitcase of clothes, Margarete’s box of trinkets, and the crappy old runaround they’d used for their few forays into town. Her share of pack finances, the King family savings, were withheld on the spurious excuse her deadbeat dad might return one day to collect them. Right. Arthur King took after his father, Edmund—buckets of charm and wanderlust in his veins.

Something rattled in the central console, and the heating fan ground to a sputtering halt, filling the car with the bitter scent of burned wiring. Shit! Being a wolf, she wouldn’t freeze, but if she didn’t find shelter soon, she would be in for an uncomfortable night. She checked the odometer and tried to calculate how much farther she had left based on the last reading the GPS in her phone had given her right before the battery died. Like everything else in the car, the cigarette lighter was broken, the charger-adaptor for the phone nothing more than a decoration.

Another half hour, maybe more.

The road twisted to the left, and Sadie heaved a sigh of relief at the respite the thick trees on either side of the narrowing highway offered from the wind. It was short-lived. A deep pothole caught the front tire, causing the car to lurch alarmingly. Easing her foot off the gas, she peered through the driving snow. It was hard to focus on the white track ahead and not be mesmerized by the flakes flying toward her in the beams of her headlights, like one