Release Blitz, Exclusive Excerpt & Giveaway: The Alpha’s Mate by Beth Laycock
Penhul Pack, Book 1
Alpha of the Penhul pack with a human mate? Never going to happen.
Addison knows grief can do strange things to people, but when he’s wandering Pendle Hill and witnesses a dog leap out of thin air, he thinks he must be going crazy. When the border collie morphs into a man—a very naked man—he has to be dreaming. Only when he wakes to find himself cold and alone, locked inside a bare stone room does he wonder if it was the start of a nightmare. As the youngest alpha the Penhul pack has ever had, Drake knows he has a lot to prove. Increasing their dwindling numbers is hard enough but convincing his pack they can do so by working alongside humans is like trying to teach an old dog new tricks. He was taught, as all familiars are, that humans can’t be trusted, especially not with their secret. It’s no surprise, then, that he has no idea what to do when a member of his own pack brings a human prisoner to their den. But he’s definitely not prepared for the reaction the human elicits from him. Can Drake put aside their differences, and Addison come to accept their similarities, to save the Penhul pack from danger? A threat that may end up costing Drake not only his life but that of his fated mate?
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When he took a step towards the door, I lunged after him and grabbed his arm to try to stop him leaving. I’d have had more luck moving a mountain. He flinched at my touch whereas his warm skin and rough hairs beneath my fingers had a soothing effect on me, calming the anxiety flowing through me, which made no sense. I was torn between wanting to let go and clutching on to him for dear life. “Please.” The word came out more like a breathy whisper than the plea I’d meant, but it got his attention. He searched my eyes, looking for what, I didn’t know. “I can’t let you go.” He shook off my hand. “Why? I don’t even know where I am or who you are. Take me back to Pendle Hill. Blindfold me if you have to. I’ll never be able to find my way back to wherever we are, and I can go back to my quiet life.” “You know too much already. I can’t.” Goddamned stubborn idiot. I didn’t know anything. But from the obstinate set of his shoulders, I doubted I’d be able to change his mind. I had to at least try though. “Please. I don’t know anything. I swear I’ll never speak of you or this place to anyone.” He snorted and my head snapped back. “You expect me to believe that when I know you’ve already lied to me?” I took a step back as he almost growled the last words. He couldn’t know I was keeping part of the truth from him, could he? He turned to get right up in my face. The smell of heather wafted off his skin and brought with it the last memory I had before waking up in that room—my face buried in the heather on Pendle Hill beneath the paws of a giant border collie. “So, you saw no one besides that woman? Nothing out of the ordinary?” I shook my head, cringing away from the harsh words hurled at me like missiles. He straightened and gave me a look so reminiscent of the hatred and revulsion my aunt had thrown at me when she found out I was gay that I wanted to smack him. Wanted to beat my fists against his chest and yell that he couldn’t hold me prisoner against my will. “And people wonder why my ancestors didn’t trust humans.” My eyes widened at his last word. I’d never referred to anyone else as a human. Wait, did that mean he wasn’t? Was he like the man I’d seen? Some sort of cross between a human and a dog? The echo of the door slamming snapped me out of my shocked wonderings. At the scraping of the lock sliding into place, I grabbed hold of the bars on the door and yanked. The door rattled but I was too late. “Please. You can’t keep me locked up here. I’ve done nothing wrong.”
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About the Author:
Beth Laycock’s books are influenced by her time living overseas as well as the gritty, urban landscape of the north of England where she grew up. She has been reading romance since she was old enough to tell herself that line every book lover does—just one more chapter.
As a teenager, she attempted to write her first novel, and many more since then are still gathering dust on her bookshelf. It wasn’t until she discovered the M/M genre that her muse showed up and refused to quit telling her stories about beautiful men finding love together. She hasn’t stopped scribbling them down since.
Beth’s muse usually shows up when she is in the shower, is allergic to cleaning, rarely lets her watch TV, and insists she drinks copious amounts of coffee so she can turn caffeine into words.
Beth’s books range from sweet to sexy, long to short, contemporary to paranormal, but a HEA is always guaranteed.
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