The Beta’s Spitfire has a cover!
As promised,
I’m excited to share the cover for my new book, The Beta’s Spitfire.
I loved
writing this story and if you like shifters, you'll love reading it. It’s a great escape during these
trying times.
On a personal
note, I hope all of you are well and staying safe. My husband likes to joke that I always live in self-quarantine. #writerslife
Blurb
Samson:
Levi and I
have always been best friends. Now he’s the pack Alpha and I’m his beta, a.k.a.
the man who cleans up after his shit storms. This one is a doozy. He dumped his
intended bride, and now it’s my job to take care of her while he goes off to find
his soulmate. Delilah is beautiful, a real spitfire, and completely off limits.
But she ignites a fire that makes my wolf sit up and howl.
Delilah:
I was meant
to be the mate of an Alpha, so l accepted an arranged marriage with Levi. But
the arrogant jerk dumped me right before the wedding. I’m no damsel in
distress, so I took off for New York to live a life of independence. Along the
way, I was kidnapped and my situation became desperate. When Samson came to my
rescue, I never expected him to claim me for himself.
Excerpt
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The Beta's
Spitfire (Utopia 2)
Gale Stanley
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Gale Stanley
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Copyright ©2020 Gale Stanley
Samson
I’ve always
been an early riser. Good thing too, because Levi left me a ton of work. I
showered and dressed, then headed for Levi’s house.
The front
door opened to the living room, which had been converted to Levi’s office.
Despite the many shelves and file cabinets lining the white walls, the room remained
in a perpetual state of clutter and disorganization. Sighing at the mess, I
headed to his kitchen to make myself coffee. I took a few sips, and then
carried my mug back to the office and placed it next to the desktop computer.
The computer
was grimy and old, like everything else in Levi’s office. I logged on and
waited for it to power up. It took forever. I’d replaced the power supply,
added RAM, and updated the operating system, but it was already obsolete. I had
begged Levi to let me renovate the office, but we always had the argument. “The
pack doesn’t have money for nonessentials.”
“Bullshit.” I
knew Levi wasn’t tech savvy and he felt intimidated by computers. “Keeping up
with technology is essential.”
“My old man
never used one when he was Alpha, and he did okay.”
“Things are
different today.”
“Not for me,
Samson. I’m a hands-on guy. I don’t need a tricked up office and flashy
equipment. When my father was Alpha he solved problems by using his head and
real physical work, not these so-called laborsaving devices. All they do is
keep an Alpha from interacting with his pack.”
I gave up
trying. “Okay, man. Whatever you say.”
Even if Levi
thought I was right, he would never admit it. Levi was my best friend, but he
had a big ego and didn’t take advice well, especially from his second in
command. I was good enough for the grunt work and maintaining law and order,
but when it came to running the pack, my opinions didn’t count.
The rest of
Levi’s house wasn’t much better than the office. To say it needed work was an
understatement. The old clapboard two-story house sat next door to his parents’
home and had been furnished with their castoffs, right down to the floral print
couch. There were two bedrooms and a bath on the second floor.
I couldn’t
understand why he hadn’t fixed the place up for his intended bride, but then
Levi had never showed much interest in Delilah. The day she arrived he took off
for some appointment and he’d been doing it ever since, leaving me to fill in
as escort and bodyguard for the stunning redhead.
Delilah was a
real looker. Smart as a whip, too. She-wolves are supposed to do as they’re
told, but Delilah had a mind of her own. Levi complained plenty about her
independent streak. His Alpha ego demanded a more compliant mate. Not me. I
want a strong woman I can talk to, an equal, a partner. But I wasn’t likely to
find one in our pack. We outnumber the women two to one.
Tradition
holds that a wolf will know his true mate, but with so few women to pick from,
a guy can’t rely on destiny. That’s why Levi’s father ignored the old ways and
went outside the pack to find him a suitable mate. If I didn’t choose a woman soon
and start breeding, Levi might do the same for me.
Reproduction
was a top priority for us. So was keeping the bloodline pure. I understood the
reasons, but letting an Alpha pick my wife, even if he was my best friend,
didn’t appeal to me. Still, I was a loyal pack member and I’d probably go along
with Levi’s wishes like I always had.
Right now,
that loyalty was driving me crazy. Levi had me babysitting a woman I’d rather
be fucking. Her scent drove me crazy, and every time I laid eyes on her, I got
tongue-tied. He might not want her, but that didn’t mean I could have her.
According to the bro code a bro’s ex-girlfriend is off-limits.
So here I
was, drooling over Delilah, while I made up excuses to explain Levi’s absence.
I knew Delilah didn’t believe me and I felt like a heel.
I was pretty
sure he was fucking someone. We hold she-wolves to a strict standard of
conduct. No sex until marriage. The same didn’t hold true for our men. We could
screw around as much as we wanted. It was hypocritical, but it was for the good
of the pack, so no one disputed it. Except Delilah. I overheard her yelling at
Levi once. She accused him of bringing her to the Adirondacks to be his
broodmare. I had to bite my lip so they wouldn’t hear me laughing. Like I said,
she’s feisty.
Sighing, I
started putting together the end of the month financial reports. The keyboard
had been used so much all the letters were worn off. Good thing I knew them by
heart. One of the keys started sticking. Luckily, I was done.
I took a
swallow of my coffee and listened to the voicemail. My ears perked up when I
heard Levi’s voice. Maybe he was coming home, finally.
“Hey, Samson,
I’m on my way home and I’m bringing my new wife. Uh, do me a favor, buddy. Can
you straighten up the house? Thanks. I owe you one.”
“What the
fuck? You owe me a hell of a lot more than one, you son of a bitch.”
To say I was
stunned was an understatement. The only tail Levi had been chasing was the
demiwolf he’d fucked at his bachelor party. She was one hot stripper, but he
should have stuck with humans. Messing with a half-breed can get complicated.
But it was his bachelor party, and, like I said, he never listened to me.
What should I
tell his parents? And Delilah?
I smelled her
before I saw her. Delilah’s tantalizing scent hit me full force. My wolf
stirred, randy and ready for business. I looked up and there she was, standing
at the open door, the most beautiful creature I’d ever seen, a five foot four
inch she-wolf with pale skin, flaming red hair, and bottle-green eyes. How could
Levi have let her go?
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Blurb
Kya:
I’m a
demiwolf -- half wolf, half human, and both species despise my weird mix of
genes. Despite the fact I strip for a living, I’ve hung on to my virginity for
twenty-two years. Until I got knocked up by a big, bad wolf. Now, I’m going to
bring another demiwolf into the world, but his father will never know.
Levi:
I’m all wolf,
and Alpha of my pack, committed to keeping our bloodlines pure. Then on the
night of my bachelor party, I hooked up with a stripper. I just wanted to teach
the demiwolf a lesson, but the sex set me on fire. My wolf claimed her and now
I can’t get her out of my head. But what if she won’t accept me?
