The Returned Mate

When an attack results in the abduction of a half dozen females from the Pine Ridge Pack by the Hemlock Lake Pack, Ethan, the alpha of the ridge pack, knows he can't let this slide. For decades, the ridge pack has ignored the provocations of the lake pack in order to keep the peace between them. But when his mate, Kate, is among the taken, he knows he'll stop at nothing to get her back.

Meanwhile, down at the lodge by the lake, Ruby, Ethan's first mate, anxiously awaits the return of the males of her pack, worried that they have attacked her former home. When Nick, her fake mate and the alpha of the lake pack, comes back with a familiar blond slung over his shoulder, she's worried for what this could mean for relations between the packs.

Kate wakes up tied to the bed of her enemy and scared for her life. As Nick boasts about his plans to finally take out the ridge pack, she doesn't know if she can trust the female who was Ethan's first mate-the one stolen from him over two decades ago.

How will Ethan, who never wanted to be alpha, save his pack and his mate? Can Kate trust the female that Ethan had left to the lake pack all that time ago, or would she resent her getting the life she never got to have? Will Ruby be able to believe Kate when she tells her they'll leave there together as they grow close and seek comfort in one another?