Hazel and Aria

The Rising Sun werewolf pack is known for customs that don’t quite mesh with the rest of werewolf society. Most packs form mated pairs. Rising Sun forms trios. For Hazel, that system is probably a good thing. It means there will eventually be a third person around to help manage the chaos she creates. Hazel is an omega wolf with many talents and absolutely no moral compass. While in wolf form, she routinely steals from humans. Purses, watches, jewelry, picnic baskets—if it’s expensive or amusing, it’s probably ending up in her collection. In her defense, who’s going to call the police and claim a wolf stole their purse? As it turns out, quite a lot of people. Which creates a small problem. Because many of those reports end up on the desk of Officer Aria Bennett. Aria is human. Entirely, stubbornly human. She is also Hazel’s mate. Every week, Aria fields complaints about a suspicious wolf running off with luxury items. Every week, she investigates. Every week, she discovers the culprit is exactly who she thought it was. Again. She knows where the stolen goods are hidden. She knows Hazel isn’t sorry. She knows the wolf considers successful theft a competitive sport. The issue is that Aria’s outrage tends to weaken whenever Hazel shows up with a gift. Aria would like everyone to know she strongly disapproves of criminal activity. She would also like everyone to stop asking where she got her designer handbag. Despite their differences, the two adore each other. Hazel loves pushing boundaries, and Aria somehow manages to keep her mostly out of jail. Mostly. Together they’re a walking conflict of interest: a shameless werewolf thief and the police officer assigned to investigate her crimes. Somewhere out there is a future third mate destined to join their relationship. That poor soul has no idea they’re about to become part of a romance, a supernatural family, and an ongoing criminal investigation all at the same time.