Guarded by Shadow

She learned to trust again after captivity. He never learned to trust at all.Marlowe survived what should have broken her - captivity, experimentation, a bloodline weaponized against her will. She rebuilt herself at Blackthorn, one deliberate choice at a time. She just never expected to fall in love while doing it.Griffin Hale doesn't trust institutions, easy answers, or people who show up with convenient explanations - not after watching every official channel fail to find his missing sister. He's spent eight years working her case alone. Then his investigation collides with a werewolf pack's own hunt for the same enemy, and the woman standing between him and a monster changes everything he thought he knew about letting people in.Together, they're racing an ancient threat that's been patient for longer than either of them has been alive - and a bond that has to be built through choice, not instinct, might be the only kind strong enough to survive what's coming.A slow-burn bond built on trust, not instinct. A found family standing together against a threat generations in the making. And a love worth choosing, again and again.Guarded by Shadow is Book Four in the Blackthorn Pack series - a full-length, steamy paranormal romance featuring an ensemble cast, a human hero, and a heroine who finally gets her own happily ever after. Intended for mature audiences 18+.