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Willow's had to fight to get to where she is now. She doesn't need anyone telling her what to do or how to do it. Her life is perfect the way it is, but it's near impossible for her to fulfill her wants of keeping her independent lifestyle. For starters, Willow isn't even human; she's a Volpe (fox-shifter), but being a Volpe is more complicated than simply being able to shift into a fox. For thousands of years, there were only humans and for those thousands of years, they killed each other over the color of their skin. But that was then. Now shifters are an everyday part of life and no one cares about the color of a person's skin: it's their species, and it's even worse than it was between humans and the levels of melanin in their skin. Volpes are the most hated of all the species. Supposedly cunning and deceitful to many, they are discriminated against and viewed as nuisances. Lupos (wolf-shifters) hate them most of all, with Volpes returning the favor. Lupos - with their powerful packs and Alphas throughout the world - have the obvious social advantage over Volpes, but that doesn't stop the world from turning and the natural course of events to happen. Every shifter will eventually find and bond to a person who compliments them in every sense for no other reason than a cruel twist of their reproductive biology. With little to no conscious decision as to who their "mate" will be, two shifters - two strangers - are forced together, their fates forever intertwined because of a chance encounter. To many, this is seen as a blessing, but to Willow, a so-called "soul-mate" is the farthest thing from her mind. Will the sparks fly or will the fists fly when she realizes that a member of the very species she resents so passionately is her mate? How can a Lupo ever be with a Volpe when all they see each other as are the harmful stereotypes of their species? How will their bond evolve into something that uncovers secrets decades in the making?…

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To say that a fox and a wolf are an odd couple would be an understatement.Volpes (fox-shifters) and Lupos (wolf-shifters) are thought to be polar opposites, and yet Willow and Blithe have become household names almost overnight for their pairing. The ruling Alphas of three Northeast states, they are the youngest leaders their region has seen, and with Blithe's father the Alpha before them, they have a both reputation to live up to and to live down; the ex-Alpha refusing to rest until there is retribution for the deaths that haunt him.Suddenly finding themselves to be living legends with powers not seen for centuries, all of the 'gifts' bestowed upon Willow and Blithe only seem to compound their situation and make it impossible for them to stay out of the limelight.More than fame follows them, however. With specism running rampant throughout their pack members, more and more Lupos are stepping forward with blatant rejections of their new Alpha and tensions between the five species have never been higher. From within her newfound bubble of privilege, Willow watches as other Volpes adopt the secondhand, rippling effects of her ascension from those whose prejudices eat them alive. Blood on everyone's hands, the sins of years past plague the newly appointed Alphas, making the divide between their species ever clearer.As everyone seems to be choosing a side, how can Willow reconcile her traditionally 'Lupo-only' position with her species when she finds those around her openly opposing her decision?When the past comes knocking at the Talon mansion, who will be there to answer?Book 2 of the Fox Series (Sequel to 'Sly as a Fox')…