Wolf Down: Shifter Town, #3

By Novalee Swan

"I can't pay. But I have a proposition."

 

Lucas LeBray is the biggest, baddest wolf in town. A sexy shifter who likes to pretend there isn't much more to him than fun and games. He owns the local garage, which just happens to be directly across the street from the deli owned by the only woman he's ever wanted down to his bones. The problem is, she's miles out of his reach. Deserves better than dirty, oil-soaked hands and the wolf that goes with them.

 

Sofia Rivera is hard up. Hot and bothered and the only thing that's going to help is a dose of Luc LeBray. She's seen the tricksy wolf's hidden core of integrity through the plate glass windows of her store. Some nights, she'll turn out the lights and watch him across the street, taking things apart and putting them back together. The way she wants him to do to her. 

 

So she devises what should have been a simple plan. She takes a wrench to her car's engine and makes Lucas a scandalous offer. Trade services. When she whispers those words in his ear, Lucas's resolve to do the right thing snaps and Sofia finds herself the focus of a silver-eyed wolf who demands everything she has.

 

Wolf Down is the third book in bestselling author Novalee Swan's Shifter Town series. It features her trademark heat and emotional intensity and is perfect for readers who love sexy shifter romance and small town charm.

 

About This Series

Rosewood, Tennessee—or Shifter Town, as the locals call it—has the biggest population of shifters co-existing with humans in the country. Lions, bears, wolves . . . you name it and this town has it. Along with more than its fair share of alphas. They're the lawmen, bartenders, construction workers. Ever met an alpha librarian? In Shifter Town you will. These strong, sexy men find their mates in the women of Rosewood, some willingly and some a little less so, but always in a story worth telling in this hot new series with small town charm by Novalee Swan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Swan Press
• Release date: Aug 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9780648691532

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Wolf Down

Wolf Down

Novalee Swan

Wolf Down

Copyright © 2015 Novalee Swan

Edition August 2020

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ISBN: 978-0-6486915-3-2

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

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Chapter 1

Rosewood, Tennessee.

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Sofia Rivera stared across the dark street. Through the fine drizzle that fell against the bitumen, towards the man who drew her gaze like a beacon. He was bent over a battle-scarred Camaro that glowed cherry in the overhead fluorescents. The halo of light turned his hair to liquid mercury.

Those splashes of color against the dark backdrop reminded her of a noir film. She flattened a palm against the plate-glass window that separated them, as though that were the only thing keeping her apart from Lucas LeBray.

The big bad wolf of Shifter Town.

She tilted her head as she watched him work. Traced his outline in the glass. It was summer, but the heat outside was nothing compared to what she was feeling. The sizzle of desire that circulated in her blood.

How many nights had she stood there? Imagined it was her body Lucas worked on? Too many to count. If she had known the mechanic across the street would become the star of every night-time fantasy, every inappropriate daydream, she may have thought twice about the location for her shop. She watched him strip off his white singlet and run the cloth across his face.

Then again, maybe not.

She must be a glutton for punishment, because the man who twisted her insides didn’t even know she existed. Oh, he came in to her shop every day—to order a pastrami sandwich and a black coffee, which he promptly took back across the street. Lucas LeBray wanted her food, but that was all.

Sofia had never told a soul about how she felt. Which was a damned good thing, since she’d recently decided that it was nothing more than an intense physical reaction to the sexiest shifter she’d ever seen. So what if she’d once hoped for more? That wasn’t going to happen. And if it was only physical, there was no reason she shouldn’t act on it… Which was exactly what she planned to do.

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Lucas removed the hood from his Camaro, shaking his head in disgust at the gouges in the paint and the dents in the metal. Ash sure had done a number on his baby. He placed the panel to one side. One by one, he removed all the dented sections.

He was pissed about the damage—had already restored the Camaro once, after he’d found it on the scrap heap—but it wasn’t like Ash had done it on purpose. Although, given recent events, she sure as hell wasn’t sorry about it. He couldn’t help the grin that spread across his face. Damned if he’d apologize. It wasn’t his fault that Cage and Ash forgot he was there when they finally gave in to the thing between them.

It might be raining, but fuck it was hot. Lucas stripped off his singlet and used it to wipe away the perspiration on his face. At least that’s what he told himself.

Sofia was watching him again.

That woman was gonna kill him. Or bring him to his knees. Somebody ought to tell her that shifters can see in the dark. Wolves better than most.

He remembered the first time he’d walked across the street, into the new deli café some non-shifter from New York had just opened. The first thing to hit him were the amazing smells of salami, bagels, all kinds of cheese, sundried tomatoes, pastry, chocolate and cinnamon. The second thing he’d noticed was even more delicious than all those scents. A pair of big green eyes peering out from behind the counter.

That night he’d felt those eyes watching him as he’d worked late, tuning up a Chevy Impala. He’d started working late with alarming regularity. Tormenting himself. Because Lucas had never wanted a woman as much as he wanted Sofia Rivera.

Which was precisely the reason he could never have her.

Chapter 2

Sofia put down the wrench and surveyed her handiwork. She wasn’t exactly sure what part of her car’s engine she had destroyed, but it would no longer turn over.

The sun was only just starting to break the horizon, and Main Street was still deserted. She’d driven in early and parked out front of the deli, opposite Lucas’s garage. Now phase one was complete.

At least she’d never really liked the Mazda. Had bought it right out of college when she couldn’t afford much else. So it was hardly a sacrifice, though she’d take a wrench to a Porsche if she thought it would make this plan work. Fortunately, that wasn’t necessary—because Lucas was kind of religious about cars.

Satisfied, she headed inside and started baking. From the moment she flipped the sign on the door to ‘open’ at eight, a steady stream of customers helped keep her mind occupied. That evening she waited until it was dark, long after closing. Finally, she straightened her pale green summer dress, took a deep breath and started across the street. Time for phase two.

Lucas’s garage had five bays, all with street frontage. The primary bay, where he mostly worked, was directly opposite her front door. Next to the bay’s roller door there was a customer entrance. When Sofia stepped inside it took her a moment to spot him. He was underneath a car.

Hello, Lucas.

There was a pause, then she heard castor wheels