Monsters Among Us: Hartford Cove

Rowe Branning return to Hartford Cove after fifteen years, hoping to reconnect with her grandma, but her arrival is met with hostility. Faced with a sheriff who's way too hot, a ghost from her past, and her questionable sanity, nothing in Hartford Cove is as it seems. Secrets hide around every corner, and everywhere Rowe looks, she sees monsters.

When Rowe Branning sets off with her faithful wolfhound, Tris, on a quest to visit a grandmother she hasn't seen in fifteen years, her arrival in Hartford Cove is far less welcoming than she hoped for. Her reason for coming is put into question, and the way the sheriff looks at her makes her feel like prey even as she's drawn to him. Then ghosts from her past return in the flesh, making Rowe question what she remembers of her last visit to this hidden town, when she watched her mother and her best friend be brutally mauled by a monster out of nightmares.

Hartford Cove is no stranger to hiding the truth, but this time, the secrets revealed are about Rowe’s new mate, the vampire Ambrose. When Rowe kidnapped Ros and hauled him back to Hartford Cove, she knew she was taking more than one risk. The small town of wolf shifters doesn’t play friendly with vampires. But Rowe hopes that a peace offering will finally lay this centuries-old feud to rest. Returning to Hartford Cove may have been a mistake, though.

A town on edge. A secret heritage revealed. No pie in sight. Rowe thought putting the feud between the wolf shifters and the huntsmen to rest was the hard part, but learning to control her magic turns out to be a whole new monster. In true Rowe fashion, nothing is going right, and the expectations of the witch community only make it worse. She wants nothing more than to eat pie and take it easy with her mates, but with so many newcomers to Hartford Cove, Rowe’s time is stretched thin between magic classes and integrating the new witches and vampires into the once quiet town.

Is there such a thing as too much pie? Rowe never thought so, but when an outsider comes asking for the Wendall witch's help, she throws in the fork. With the yearly festival fast approaching, Rowe has reached her pie-tasting limit. This is a time of growth for Hartford Cove, but they’re already bursting at the seams with newcomers. When a stranger arrives asking for help, it puts the party plans on hold. There’s another sanctuary city, and the barrier that hides them is failing.

A blood debt owed puts Rowe's head on the chopping block. Rowe owes Zane her life, so when he comes knocking on her door, demanding that she pay her blood debt, she has no choice but to agree. Hartford Cove has always been a haven for the paranormal, and now Rowe has become the unlikely protector of Zane’s mate, a witch stained by black magic. The paranormal council's stance on using magic to take a life is clear, but Rowe knows better than anyone that the black-and-white rules of magic leave a lot to be desired.