The Wolf at Bay

Cooper Dayton, an agent with the Bureau of Special Investigations, avoids going home because it stirs up bad memories. A guilt-driven visit changes his mind, and he brings his new partner, the werewolf Oliver Park. He hopes the trip will settle whether the two of them are a couple or not.

Park's shifter sense of smell leads them to a body buried in the yard. Cooper's father becomes the prime suspect. Because the family is involved, the Bureau cannot sanction an investigation, so the pair must work off the books and keep it quiet, or watch Cooper's dad go to prison.

This is a paranormal mystery and romance with a male/male couple at its centre, told from Cooper's point of view. The case is cold, but the relationship between the two men heats up while they work it. Cooper still cannot put a name to what he feels for Park, and if he cannot work out where they stand outside the bedroom, he risks losing him.

The tension runs on two tracks: the hunt for the truth about the body, and a real killer who keeps getting closer. Cooper is not ready to say goodbye to Park, and the danger may take that choice from him.

The Wolf at Bay is Book 2 in the Big Bad Wolf series, following The Wolf at the Door.