Pack of Lies
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"Highly recommend Adhara for all fans of paranormal and romantic suspense." —Smart Bitches, Trashy Books Werewolf meets human. Werewolf snubs human. Werewolf loves human? Julien Doran arrived in sleepy Maudit Falls, North Carolina, with a heart full of hurt and a head full of questions. The key to his brother's mysterious last days might be found in this tiny town, and now Julien's amateur investigation is starting to unearth things the locals would rather keep buried. Perhaps most especially the strange, magnetic manager of a deserted retreat that's nearly as odd as its staff. Eli Smith is a lot of things: thief, werewolf, glamour-puss, liar. And now the manager of a haven for rebel pack runaways. He’s spent years cultivating a persona to disguise his origins, but for the first time ever he’s been entrusted with a real responsibility—and he plans to take that seriously. Even if the handsome tourist who claims to be in town for some R & R is clearly on a hunt for all things paranormal. And hasn't taken his brooding gaze off Eli since he's arrived. When an old skeleton and a fresh corpse turn a grief errand into a murder investigation, the unlikely Eli is the only person Julien can turn to. Trust is hard to come by in a town known for its monsters, but so is time… Carina Adores is home to modern, romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Monster Hunt Book 1: Pack of Lies Book 2: Den of Thieves Big Bad Wolf Book 1: The Wolf at the Door Book 2: The Wolf At Bay Book 3: Thrown to the Wolves Book 4: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Book 5: Cry Wolf
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2 primary booksMonster Hunt is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Charlie Adhara.
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Adhara has quickly become a favourite writer. Every book I've read of theirs has been fantastic with a great mix of drama, romance, and action all interspersed with werewolf lore. I've always been a fan of werewolves and there's not enough in the MM or general romance genre that takes a more “realistic” approach rather than going into camp. Adhara and [a:T.J. Klune 5073330 T.J. Klune https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1546275989p2/5073330.jpg] are the masters.This is a spin-off of Adhara's other series, this time focusing on Eli. If you try to start here you would be confused about slipping, the retreat, (were)wolf hierarchy, and who Oliver and Cooper are, so this is in no way a standalone or totally separate series.Eli is Oliver Parks' packmate and ex-boyfriend and a unique type of werewolf who has spent most of his life on the wrong side of the law, both humans' and wolves', due to his special skills. Enter Julien - a new character and human who finds himself in the same town as the wolf retreat from the previous series. Julien is a recognizable but c-list actor whose brother recently died in mysterious circumstances after a visit to the same town the previous year. Julien is on a mission to solve the murder - deemed an accident by police and family - and find out more about his brother along the way. Eli and Julien end up getting caught in a different but related mystery. While learning about the town (this book takes place almost immediately after the last Big Bad Wolf series book so Eli is also still new in town) they also learn more about each other and establish a tenuous and complicated friendship. I look forward to reading more about that development in the upcoming books, especially since we're switching sceneries from the cold forests that have been prominent in all previous Adhara books to the sun and waves of Los Angeles.
