There are two factions: the traditionalists, pack Alphas who want to keep to the old ways — small reclusive packs dominated by the will of the Alpha; and the modern packs — large, urban and allowing personal freedom. Some, at least. As Benny Garrison says, they might be more modern than the traditionalists like, but they are by no means progressive.
And then there is Abby Stafford, Chairman of the Northwest Council of Alphas. A human changed to shifter, who called a pack — the first female Alpha in centuries. A wild card — she's the mate of the Chairman of the World Council, Akihiro Tanaka, and a power in her own right.
Her pack, the Hat Island Pack, offers a third way. If there is one thing both the modern pack Alphas and traditionalist Alphas agree on, a wild card is dangerous. Too dangerous.
But Abby sees beyond the World Council meeting. The clock is ticking, and shifters won't be able to hide from humans much longer. And if shifters can't learn to work together, this may be the last time the World Council meets.
Book 9 in the Wolf Harbor Series.
L.J. Breedlove is a former journalist writing mysteries and thrillers about what she knows: complicated people, small towns, big cities, cops, reporters, politicians, assorted bad guys.
L.J. grew up on a cattle ranch and then went to college to be an oceanographer. She decided getting seasick was not a good trait for any oceanographer to have, and discovered journalism instead — a field that liked people who asked questions!
As a reporter and editor, she worked in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, and Washington, D. C. — places that have become the sites for her books. She got homesick for the Pacific Northwest and came home to work with college newspapers and teach journalism.
She is an over-educated, bleeding-heart liberal with a penchant for heroes such as Jack Reacher. She isn't particularly bothered by the inconsistency. Some of her thrillers have werewolves in them — that doesn’t faze her either.
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