
The Rake or The Orca Who Met His Match in a Selkie Desiring Revenge
Kass O'Shire · The Shades of Sanctuary #3
A blood-bond she never chose ties a revenge-driven selkie to a shapeshifting orca spy forever.
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It only takes a taste...Lost in strange waters after a narrow escape from captivity, Elspeth the selkie is determined to find and free her brother. When she runs into an orca-shifter who mistakes her for lunch, one drop of his blood on her pelt binds her to him... forever.Aegir is a notoriously talented shifter, playing pirates and playboys wherever his covert operations--or many lovers--take him. But when the selkie he rescued vanishes, he's plagued by memories of her... and a letter that spells out her doom. As they come together to rescue Elspeth's brother, both must navigate their traumas, a bond neither wanted, and growing feelings for each other. Can Elspeth learn to trust someone who wears a different face every day?
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