“Sorry Christian and Gideon, there’s a new heartthrob for you to contend with. Meet Talon. Talon Steel.”

~ Booktopia

“Such a beautiful torment—the waiting, the anticipation, the relief that only comes briefly before more questions arise, and the wait begins again… Check. Mate. Ms. Hardt…”

~ Bare Naked Words

“Made my heart stop in my chest. Helen has given us such a heartbreakingly beautiful series.”

~Tina, Bookalicious Babes

BLOOD BOND SAGA

“An enthralling and rousing vampire tale that will leave readers waiting for the sequel.”

~ Kirkus Reviews

“Helen gives us the dark, tormented vampire hero we all love in a sensual paranormal romance with all the feels. Be warned… The twists and turns will keep you up all night reading. I was hooked from the first sentence until the very end.”

~ J.S. Scott, New York Times bestselling author

“A dark, intoxicating tale.”

~ Library Journal

“Helen dives into the paranormal world of vampires and makes it her own.”

~ Tina, Bookalicious Babes

“Throw out everything you know about vampires—except for that blood thirst we all love and lust after in these stunning heroes—and expect to be swept up in a sensual story that twists and turns in so many wonderfully jaw-dropping ways.”

~ Angel Payne, USA Today bestselling author

WOLFES OF MANHATTAN

“It's hot, it's intense, and the plot starts off thick and had me completely spellbound from page one.”

~ The Sassy Nerd Blog

Helen Hardt…is a master at her craft.

~K. Ogburn, Amazon

Move over Steel brothers… Rock is everything!

~Barbara Conklin-Jaros, Amazon

Helen has done it again. She winds you up and weaves a web of intrigue.

~Vicki Smith, Amazon

Warning

The Wolfes of Manhattan series contains adult language and scenes, including flashbacks of child physical and sexual abuse. Please take note.

Prologue

Roy

The secret had lodged in my gut, always present, sometimes churning, and occasionally clawing its way up my throat as acidic bile, eating through my flesh.

For most of my life I’d ignored it. Not like I hadn’t had years to tamp it down, pretend it didn’t exist. Days had begun to pass where I didn’t think about it. Days turned into weeks, into months, eventually into years.

But always it was there, like a black cancer haunting me from the inside out.

Who to trust?

I was a recluse, never close to anyone, really—certainly not anyone in my family.

Flying to Montana to talk to Rock had been a mistake. I couldn’t expose my secret with his girlfriend there—his girlfriend who was a lawyer, for God’s sake.

Now I existed in a perpetual cold sweat, trapped in the ultimate mindfuck.

Help me. Please. Help me.

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Charlie

My new employer was Wolfe Enterprises.

Seriously.

A new position, a new title, a posh new office, and a hefty raise in pay.

Life was good.