There's Something About Werewolves: Seven Brides for Seven Shifters, Book 1

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Tags: Multicultural;Werewolves & Shifters;Paranormal;Romantic Comedy;Contemporary
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out through the house. Garrett kept quiet for a while, listening to Lennox breathe deep and sigh. He glanced over his shoulder. Contentment softened her features as she looked out at her yard.
    The scent of peaches made the air taste good. June bugs buzzed. Sunlight lit his closest friend’s face and… Garrett took another sniff of the air. Anger exploded in his chest. He called it anger because jealousy wasn’t possible.
    “Why haven’t you chosen a man yet, Elle?”
    “What?” She glanced at him, but her gaze wandered back to the yard.
    Garrett exhaled, hard. “Why haven’t you chosen a man yet? You’re sitting here hornier than a hound dog at a bitch convention. I can smell it. You need a man.”
    Her eyes flashed. Slowly and deliberately she said, “What the hell are you talking about, Garrett? I don’t need shit.”
    He crossed the porch and knelt in front of her. “Yes, you do. Get it together.”
    Lennox grabbed him by the chin. If he didn’t know her, he’d swear she meant to strangle him. “My problem isn’t picking someone, Garrett. My problem is having that man pick me.”
    He jerked free from her grasp. “You take a grudge too far, Elle.”
    “What did you want me to do? Huh?” she said. “I couldn’t stay at school while my father was sick. I needed to come home.”
    Garrett gripped the swing on either side of her. “You could have said something. Goodbye would’ve been a start. But leaving without a word? Unacceptable.”
    “I tried to tell you.” She gritted out the words. “But when I went looking for reassurance from you, the person who I thought would be there for me no matter what…” She looked away.
    “What?” He pulled the swing closer.
    “When I came to tell you my father was ill and I had to leave school. When I came to you looking for a shoulder to lean on…” She focused on the yard as if it would disappear if she didn’t watch it. Her voice cracked. “I walked into your and Tina’s impromptu reception. You know, the one you had after your spur-of-the-moment courthouse wedding.” She covered her eyes with clenched fists. “You got married without a word to me. You blindsided me. How could you do that, Garrett?”
    He rose and paced the porch. “That’s what spur-of-the-moment means. We didn’t know we were going to get married. We just decided to one minute and did it the next.”
    She dropped her fists, banging them on the swing. “But you always told me everything. You never did anything without me. And when I needed you to hold me you weren’t there. You were holding her instead.”
    Garrett studied her. What did she want from him? He crouched in front of the swing and opened his mouth to tell her how wrong she was. She put a finger to his lips, cutting off his words before they started.
    “Yes, Garrett, I carry a grudge. You never think about how someone else might feel. You always do whatever you want.”
    Anger roiled in the pit of his stomach. Her words stung. “Was I supposed to put my life on hold because of your one-sided love?”
    She gasped. He didn’t stop. “I loved Tina. Still love Tina. From that first moment our eyes met, I saw only her. I wasn’t going to ignore that for anyone. Not even to keep you from getting your feelings hurt. Did you expect me to?”
    Lennox waved a hand between them. “No,” she said. “You have the right to chose your own life. But you didn’t bother to think about how finding out that way might hurt me. The same with Nox.”
    Garrett tensed. She wanted to be careful with whatever she said next. Lennox didn’t see the danger sign flashing in his expression. “You’re keeping some part of his heritage from him. Is that for his benefit or for your ease?”
    His growl made her go still. He whirled away. “You don’t know anything about that, Lennox. You’ve never been hunted or had to hide. You’ve never watched someone you love bleed out in your arms.” Garrett gripped the banister and felt the wood

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