Marked and Mated

He’s the one with a target on his back. She’s the ghost no one saw coming.

Mary Hollis knows what happens when you trust the wrong wolf. Her mother taught her well—mate bonds are chains, packs are cages, and bitten alphas only bring pain. So when a stranger nearly dies on her land, she should walk away. Instead, she saves him.

Layth Halewood is being hunted. Marked as the next target in a string of bloodline assassinations, he's struggling to stay ahead of the threat closing in—and to prove he’s ready to lead a pack of his own. The last thing he expects is a lone, off-grid wolf with no pack ties, no known lineage, and no idea that her instincts are the only thing keeping him alive.

Mary is a ghost in the shifter world—unregistered, unknown, and exactly where she shouldn’t be. But every time Layth’s life is on the line, she’s there. And with each encounter, she pulls them both deeper into a conspiracy no one fully understands.

As danger closes in and old scars resurface, Mary and Layth must choose between safety and trust, fear and belonging. Because in a world where bonds can be weaponized, survival might depend on the one thing Mary was taught to fear most: the pack.

Marked & Mated is a slow-burn, gritty urban fantasy romance about legacy, healing, and the dangerous freedom of choosing connection over fear—even when everything in you says to run.