Reclaimed By The Pack
by Dizzy Hooper
Publication date: July 19th 2018
Genres: Adult, Paranormal,
by Dizzy Hooper
Publication date: July 19th 2018
Genres: Adult, Paranormal,
Synopsis:
When my father cast me out of our pack, I left everything and everyone I ever loved behind. Lucky for me, I was taken in by three red hot shifter males. They’ve made me their mate, and now I’m pregnant with their babies.
My mates see to my every need, pampering me and loving me. They make sure I never want for anything—especially in the bedroom. I should be blissfully happy.
So why can’t I shake the feeling that something is missing?
With our family ready to grow, it’s time to trust these males with my grief as well as my bliss. At their insistence, we journey back to my ancestral home to confront my father.
But his cruel new mate is more formidable of an enemy than I anticipated. She’s poisoned my father against me, and she’ll stop at nothing to cement her position at his side.
When she threatens everything I hold dear, I hit a breaking point. My mates and I didn’t come here for a fight, but we won’t hesitate to finish one.
With these protective males at my side and my family on the line, I make a desperate gamble to reclaim my history, my pack…and my life.
My mates see to my every need, pampering me and loving me. They make sure I never want for anything—especially in the bedroom. I should be blissfully happy.
So why can’t I shake the feeling that something is missing?
With our family ready to grow, it’s time to trust these males with my grief as well as my bliss. At their insistence, we journey back to my ancestral home to confront my father.
But his cruel new mate is more formidable of an enemy than I anticipated. She’s poisoned my father against me, and she’ll stop at nothing to cement her position at his side.
When she threatens everything I hold dear, I hit a breaking point. My mates and I didn’t come here for a fight, but we won’t hesitate to finish one.
With these protective males at my side and my family on the line, I make a desperate gamble to reclaim my history, my pack…and my life.
Excerpt:
"Jessica…" Grady's hand intertwining with mine brings me back to the here and now.
I blink, bringing my vision into focus. My cheeks are damp and my heart sore. I swab roughly at my eyes and shake my head. Colt is staring at me in concern, and Landen has shifted to look at me, too.
"I'm fine," I lie.
Colt frowns. "Jess—"
"I'm fine. Just. Hormonal." It's my go-to excuse, and I hate that I have to keep using it.
I hate feeling like this.
These final few weeks of my pregnancy should be filled with happiness and excitement—and they are. But pangs of melancholy keep hitting me, stealing my joy and reminding me of all I've lost.
I feel like there's a hole inside me I can't remember how to fill. There's something missing, and it doesn't matter how many times I sweep this sense of absence under the rug.
It returns, again and again. Tonight it's a scene in a movie, yesterday it was a picture in a freaking ad. Who knows what tomorrow's crying jag will be.
Grady squeezes my hand, and my eyes sting.
He can see through my misdirections. He can tell that I'm hurting, and he only wants to help. Landen and Colt echo that same lost, helpless worry.
My ribs go tight as I glance between them.
I know that I should share my feelings with my mates, but the source of my unhappiness only makes it harder to confess.
We said it when we mated: our pasts are behind us. Our futures lie ahead.
I don't want my history to be weighing me down. I don't want them to ever for a moment think their love isn't enough.
Their love is everything.
That they're doubting it for the shortest fraction of a second is too much.
"Come here," I say, pulling Grady closer.
Not for the first time, I curse my current lack of mobility. Grady doesn't let me struggle, though. He shifts, helping me to sit up straighter. Leaning in, he cups my face and searches my gaze.
I shut my eyes and tug him down. When our lips meet, the kiss tastes like all the quiet secrets kept between us. His devotion and his concern mix and mingle with my desperate instinct to protect him from these pangs of loss.
If I can just get through these last few weeks, it'll all be fine. Once we have these babies in our arms, none of my wistfulness will matter. We'll be a family, a pack. What I've left behind won't haunt me the way it does right now.
I swear to God, I'd never use sex as a distraction. But the parts of me that want to deflect and change the subject are in perfect agreement with the parts of me that go hot and needy at my alpha's probing kiss.
Opening for him, I run my fingers through his hair, then down his neck and over the muscles of his chest. I keep going, lower and lower, until I'm teasing at the waistband of his jeans.
"Jessica…" The way he says my name is half lust and half warning.
I shake my head. "Come on, please…"
This isn't out of character. I've been insatiable these past few weeks. Late pregnancy is a time for back aches and constant trips to the bathroom.
But it's also a time for shifters and their mates to bond, and what better way than by making love?
Playlist
Reclaimed By The Pack had it all – tender love scenes, downright filthy scenes, action, heartfelt family reunions, and even some angst, so I listened to a lot of different music while writing it. Here's a sampling:
- Castle – Halsey
- New Fears - Lights
- Lips On You – Maroon 5
- God Is In The Roses – Rosanne Cash
- Goodnight – William Fitzsimmons
- Somebody Loved – The Weepies
- Come On Get Higher – Matt Nathanson
- What The Water Gave Me – Florence + The Machine
- Hearing Damage – Thom Yorke
- Take Me To Church – Hozier
- I'm On Fire – Chromatics
- In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
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AUTHOR BIO:
Dizzy Hooper is the pen name of an internationally published author who loves hot guys, cold drinks, and books that make you feel warm in all the right places. If you're looking for a short, sexy read with just that little something extra -- and a guaranteed happy ending, look no further.
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Author Links:
Website: http://dizzyhooper.
Facebook: https://www.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Instagram: https://www.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.
Author Q&A:
Serious author questions:
- What was the inspiration for this book?
This book is the third in the series, and I have to say, it got really out of control! I got really into reverse harem books and wanted to try writing one last winter. The cold and snow inspired Snowed In With The Pack, which was supposed to be a quick, sexy little story. But the characters had to go ahead and have backstories! When I was done, the characters kept talking to me, and demanded I follow their story further, so I did, with Pregnant By The Pack. But it still felt like there was unfinished business to attend to, so Reclaimed By The Pack was born. The real driving force behind it was my need to take my main character back to confront her family about the way they betrayed her. She and her new pack needed closure, so I had no choice but to write it! - How many hours a day do you write?
Three or four. It's all pieced together, though, with a couple of hours in the morning, a little time while my kid is napping, and then a little more in the late night after everyone else is in bed. - What's your process?
I refer to myself as a modified pantser. I like to make up most of the story as I go, but I've found that I get a lot more done if I have a loose outline before I start—just to make sure there's enough of a story there to keep the book going. - What was the best money you ever spent as a writer?
The first short story I even sold made $80, and I spent it on a pair of purple boots I'd been wanting forever, but I'd never been able to justify. It was such a luxury, and I wore them everywhere.
Now all my writing income goes to childcare so I can have a few hours of quiet to write more books! - Do you believe in writer’s block?
Sort of? I have definitely gotten blocked on certain stories (this one for example! That's why it's five months late! Oops!), but I think that usually has more to do with something I need to figure out with the story or maybe an emotion I need to tap into in order to write it that I'm not quite ready to tackle yet. There have also been times in my life, like during a move or an illness, when I haven't had the energy to write. But usually there is a reason for whatever block I'm dealing with, and I have to either find the answer or work through it. I usually try to keep writing despite the block, but I also try to be forgiving with myself and give myself time for my mind and heart to sort out whatever the problem might be. - Any advice you would like to give to your younger self?
I wish I had taken myself less seriously. I spent a lot of time pursuing a traditional book deal and writing in genres I didn't really love because I wanted the prestige. But self-publishing sexy romances has made me so much happier, and it's been much more successful as a career. - What are you working on next?
I have a super naughty duet I'm working on, featuring a recent high school graduate and the much older, dirty-talking teacher she had a crush on back when she was her student…
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