Though he managed to escape, Seth will never forget those he had to leave behind.

Seth is scarred, body and soul, by his experiences in the Pit, an illegal fighting ring where men are brutalized for the entertainment of the crowd. As a city struggles for survival, two men find passion, comfort, and redemption in each other’s arms. Times are tough in the Rust Belt, where once mighty industries now wither and die. But doing so means he must leave Roman behind… unless somehow they find a way to make loyalty and love work together. As a psychopath shifter staking claim as alpha draws Quade back home, and Quade feels compelled to heed the call, he may be forced to make a choice he never anticipated. He wants the chance to prove to Quade that he’s strong enough for a jackal alpha to call mate.ĭespite the decades Quade has been away, and the heartache of his father’s rejection, his inborn loyalty to the pack remains, and his abrupt departure left the jackal shifters without an alpha heir. But Roman knows a lot more than Quade realizes, and he’s used to persevering, no matter how many impediments life throws his way. Unfortunately, Quade can’t seem to see past the kid Roman once was to the man he has become, certain Roman’s feelings are merely misplaced gratitude. As Roman becomes a man, he realizes what he wants-his bodyguard by his side and in his bed. After Roman is in an accident that leaves him physically scarred and emotionally distant, Quade is the only one who can get through to him. When jackal shifter Quade Danas was banished from his pack for being gay, he spent years in the military escaping his father's prejudice before returning to civilian life as a bodyguard for Roman Howell, the teenage son of a very rich man.

The Pauper Prince by Sui Lynn