The Detective's Hidden Heart

(This story is part of an interconnecting series that was written with the intention of being read in a certain order.) What do you do when the man you love is marrying someone else? Drexel Davis has been in love with his best friend since before he knew what the word meant. Knowing they're mates and fated to be together only strengthens the sentiment, but his mate is human and that complicates things. Years of missed chances to tell his friend what they are to each other has worn Drexel down. Now with his friend's wedding only a few days away Drexel's agony over the thought that maybe they weren't meant to be after all and the fact that he'll have to cut all ties with his friend might prove too much for him to handle. Jareth Morrissey is a human and a serial dater who grew up with the pack because his stepdad is a wolf shifter that mated his mother when he was a teenager. Seeing the love his parents share and hearing stories of fated mates made him long for one of his own even though he's human. However as the years have passed and no one (not even the best friend he's been secretly in love with for years) has come forward claiming him as theirs he believes maybe he wasn't meant to belong to someone that way and tries to find happiness elsewhere. Even if it means marrying someone he doesn't love like he should. A brush with death can be a wake-up call but will it be enough to spur these two into confessing the truths they hide, or will they go their separate ways making their happily ever after a happily ever never? (Warning: contains graphic sexual content and explicit language. Not recommended for those under the age of 18. ) Reading Order: An Alpha for the Demigod (Asphalt Bay One) The Enforcer's Secret Vampire (Asphalt Bay Two) The Beta's Poison Bite (Asphalt Bay Three) Taming the Feral Tiger (Asphalt Bay Four) The Alpha's Master (Venetian Hills One) The Second's Cursed Mate (Venetian Hills Two) The Doctor's Demon Prince (Asphalt Bay Five) The Leopard's Twin Troubles (Asphalt Bay Six) The Beta's Second Chance (Venetian Hills Three) The Panther's Favorite Bully (Venetian Hills Four) The Warlock's Beautiful Bird (Asphalt Bay Seven) The Demon's Gruff Councilman (Asphalt Bay Eight) The Councilman's Miniature Companion (Asphalt Bay Book Nine) The Demon's Mythical Birds (Venetian Hills Book Five) The Vampire's Special Grizzly (Asphalt Bay Book Ten) The Detective's Hidden Heart (Asphalt Bay Book Eleven)