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Talan’s Treasure
ISBN # 978-0-85715-843-7
©Copyright Amber Kell 2011
Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright December 2011
Edited by Stacey Birkel
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This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers. This story has a heat rating of Total-e-sizzling and a sexometer of 2.
This story contains 42 pages, additionally there is also a free excerpt at the end of the book containing 7 pages.
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Supernatural Mates
TALAN’S TREASURE
Amber Kell
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Book five in the Supernatural Mates Series A romantic winter retreat for the shifters turns into a fight with Mother Nature…and a killer.
When Adrian and Talan decide they need to spend some time alone, they drive up to a group of cabins owned by Adrian’s old pack. However, instead of the romantic escapade they’d envisioned, their trip results in them finding the dead body of the caretaker, stabbed in the back.
Adrian’s determination to find out what happened leads them straight into the path of a killer, who thinks nothing of shooting a wolf shifter. With Adrian bleeding in his arms, Talan vows that whoever dared to harm his mate would soon breathe their last. Now trapped in the victim’s cabin, their tyres slashed and a snowstorm on the way, however will they pass the time?
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Dedication
To my editor, Stacey Birkel, who only grumbled a little when I was late.
Trademarks Acknowledgement
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NASCAR: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.
Hummer: AM General Corporation
Gentlemen’s Quarterly: Condé Nast
Volkswagen: Volkswagen AG
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TALAN’S TREASURE
Amber Kell
6
Chapter One
Talan crouched in the grass, tail waving. He waited for the human-shaped wolf to walk past. One more step. One more little foot forward and he’d…
“I know you’re out there, cat, and I’m wearing my only suit. Don’t even think about it,” Adrian’s voice rang out over the field.
Talan thought it over for a moment, wiggled his butt then pounced.
“Oof.” The wolf-human made the best sounds. Talan held down his pretty human with his large paws and let out a happy purr.
“Damn lion, let me up.”
Adrian’s mouth twitched up at the corner as he snarled at Talan. Talan gave a happy snuffle and licked his wolf-human up the side of his face, absorbing the taste and scent of his mate.
“Stop that. You know I hate the sandpaper kiss!” Adrian squirmed beneath Talan’s hold, trying to get away.
Talan focused on his paws. To take care of the pesky buttons covering Adrian’s fine form, fingers were needed. With a deep breath he called to his inner human. Fur sank into flesh as paws separated, transforming into hands and feet. The breeze, mildly cool
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