Winter’s Wolf (31 page)

“Will you tell me that every day forever?”

“In Latin and Greek if you want.”

The door popped open, and Damon stuck his head in. “Hey, how come you get to see your groom when I don’t get to see my bride?”

Winter laughed. “I told you there are advantages to being gay.”

Damon nodded to Matt. “Your dad’s waiting to walk you down the aisle.”

“Wow.”

“Hell, man, in a few months you’ve found out you’re a werewolf, been kidnapped and held captive, escaped, uncovered a drug lord, and nearly died from a gunshot wound. That’s a lot for one man to take.”

Matt looked up at Winter. “Yeah, well, falling in love trumps them all. I actually am crazy.”

Winter cocked his head.

“Crazy about Winter.” He reached up and kissed Winter’s lips. “See you in front of the judge.”

Damon smiled as Matt left. “You look like you want to run out the door after him.”

Winter nodded. “I nearly lost him. I have to keep reminding myself that this is real.”

“So I guess we came back for two reasons. Elizabeth and Matt.”

“And Lindsey and Jason and Pop-Pop and Jazz.”

“How did we get so lucky?”

Winter shook his head but couldn’t answer for the huge lump in his throat.

Damon took his hand, and the two of them walked down the hall to the formal living room where the wedding had been set up. As they entered, the guests—both wolves and the humans who had no idea who they stood beside—gasped. Winter grinned. Okay, maybe they really were that amazing-looking.

They took their places at the head of the aisle and looked back at the guests. Cole sat with Paris, both appearing as inhuman and as happy as two males could be. It was good, too, that they’d reconciled with Harker and Marketo enough to have both alphas there with their wives, along with other members of the packs. Winter grinned. A courtesy of one pack to another.

A guitarist started “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” as Matt walked down the aisle with Jason at his side. In his black tux, he looked like a dream walking. Behind Matt, Elizabeth, beautiful in a simple ivory dress and, of course, her pearls, glided between her father and her son. Lindsey’s lavender neck scarf shone above his black tuxedo.

Winter whispered, “Thanks, Dad.”

“For what?”

“You brought me here to learn the value of pack and to find a mate.”

Damon grinned. “And all my plans worked out perfectly.”

Winter’s heart hammered as Jason stretched Matt’s hand out to him. “Take care of my boy.”

“With pleasure, sir.”

Matt looked up into his eyes as the judge started to speak. “Friends, we’re gathered here today to join these happy couples in matrimony.”

The rest was a blur of smiles, kisses, rings, and joy.

At the reception, Winter stood sipping champagne and waiting for Matt to say his good-byes to his dad. Damon put a hand on his shoulder. “Where are you guys spending your wedding night? Did you book a hotel?”

Winter shook his head.

“I know Elizabeth and her father would love to give you two a bridal suite in their home. After all, you’re an important part of the Vanessen pack.” He laughed.

Winter grinned. “That would be kind, but we have a special spot where we want to spend our first married night.”

“Why do I assume that your special spot has something to do with trees and dirt?”

“You can’t take the wild out of the wolf.”

“I love you, son. You’ll always be the reason I wanted to live a better life.”

Winter hugged his dad. An arm slipped around his waist, and Winter looked down into those green, green eyes. “Is your dad okay?”

“Yes. Casper’s invited him to stay at the estate. They’re collecting Buster from Rita. We’ll see him tomorrow.”

Winter extended his hand. “Are you ready to go?”

“Anywhere with you.”

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HOUR
later, Winter stood by the shed behind the Way Station holding Matt’s hand. Smiling, they walked between the trees to their clearing in the forest where the moon shone just for them.

Winter kissed Matt’s soft lips and lifted him in his arms. “I love you, my wolf.”

“And I love you.”

Winter Thane. Not a lone wolf anymore.

The Pack or the Panther

Tales of the Harker Pack:
Book One

By Tara Lain

Cole Harker, son of an alpha werewolf, is bigger and more powerful than most wolves, tongue-tied in groups, and gay. For twenty-four years, he’s lived to please his family and pack—even letting them promise him in marriage to female werewolf Analiese to secure a pack alliance and help save them from a powerful gangster who wants their land. Then Cole meets Analiese’s half-brother, panther shifter Paris Marketo, and for the first time, Cole wants something for himself.

When Analiese runs off to marry a human, Cole finally has a chance with Paris, but the solitary cat rejects him, the pack, and everything it represents. Then Cole discovers the gangster wants Paris too and won’t rest until he has him. What started as a land dispute turns into World War Wolf! But the bigger fight is the battle between cats and dogs.

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Wolf in Gucci Loafers

Tales of the Harker Pack:
Book Two

By Tara Lain

Socialite Lindsey Vanessen wants someone to love who will love him back—an impossibility for a gay, half-human, half-werewolf. Too aggressive for humans, too gay for wolves, and needing to protect the pack from human discovery, Lindsey tries to content himself with life as a successful businessman. But when someone starts kidnapping members of wealthy families, Lindsey meets tough cop Seth Zakowsy—the hunky embodiment of everything Lindsey wants but can’t have.

Seth has never been attracted to flamboyant men. What would the guys in the department think of Lindsey? But intrigue turns to lust when he discovers Lindsey’s biting, snarling passion more than matches his dominant side. It might mean a chance at love for a cop in black leather and a wolf in Gucci loafers.

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T
ARA
L
AIN
writes the Beautiful Boys of Romance in LGBT erotic romance novels that star her unique, charismatic heroes. Her bestselling novels have garnered awards for Best Series, Best Contemporary Romance, Best Erotic Romance, Best Ménage, Best LGBT Romance, and Best Gay Characters, and Tara has been named Best Writer of the Year in the LRC Awards. Readers often call her books “sweet,” even with all that hawt sex, because Tara believes in love and her books deliver on happy-ever-after. In her other job, Tara owns an advertising and public relations firm. Her love of creating book titles comes from years of manifesting ad headlines for everything from analytical instruments to semiconductors. She does workshops on both author promotion and writing craft. She lives with her soulmate husband and her soulmate dog (who’s a little jealous of all those cat pictures Tara posts on FB) in Laguna Niguel, California, near the seaside towns where she sets a lot of her books. Passionate about diversity, justice, and new experiences, Tara says that on her tombstone it will say “Yes”!

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Outing the Quarterback

Long Pass Chronicles:
Book One

By Tara Lain

Will Ashford lives in two closets. He meets his wealthy father’s goals as both the quarterback for the famous SCU football team and a business major, but secretly he attends art school and longs to live as a painter. And he’s gay. But if he can win the coveted Milton Scholarship for art, he’ll be able to break from his father at the end of his senior year.

In a painting master class, Will meets his divergent opposite, Noah Zajack. A scarred orphan who’s slept on park benches and eaten from trash cans, Noah carefully plans his life and multiple jobs so he has money and time to go to art school. Will’s problems seem like nothing compared to Noah’s. Noah wants the scholarship too and may have a way to get it since the teacher of his class has designs on him, a plan Will isn’t happy about.

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Canning the Center

Long Pass Chronicles:
Book Two

By Tara Lain

Six foot seven inch, 300 pound Jamal Jones loves football, so when he finds out the ultra-conservative owner of his new pro football team fired their current center because he’s gay, bisexual Jamal decides to stay in the closet and hang with the females. Then, at a small drag show, he comes face-to-face with his sexual fantasy in the form of Trixie LaRue, a drag queen so exquisitely convincing she scrambles Jamal’s hormones—and his resolve to nurse his straight side.

Trevor Landry, aka Trixie LaRue, hides more than his genitals. A mathematician so brilliant he can’t be measured, Trevor disguises his astronomical IQ and his quirk for women’s clothes behind his act as a gay activist undergrad at Southern California University.

To Trevor, Jamal is the answer to a dream—a man who can love and accept both his personas. When he discovers Jamal’s future is threatened if he’s seen with a guy, Trevor becomes Trixie to let Jamal pass as straight. But Trevor risks his position every time he puts on a dress. Is there a closet big enough to hold a football pro and a drag queen?