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    Charley's Christmas Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel: The Macconwood Pack Series, #1
    Charley's Christmas Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel: The Macconwood Pack Series, #1
    Charley's Christmas Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel: The Macconwood Pack Series, #1
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    Charley's Christmas Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel: The Macconwood Pack Series, #1

    By C.D. Gorri

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    Rafe won't let anything stand in the way of securing his position as pack Alpha. But when an ancient law requires him to mate, can Rafe convince Charley to submit to him before Christmas Eve? A sizzling series starter!

    Charley gets more than she bargained for this Christmas…

    When a rogue Wolf threatens his right to lead, Rafe has to convince Charley, a curvy normal, to be his mate before Christmas Eve.

    Charley Palmieri works a dead-end job, living alone with her cat, Buttercup, until one fated night when her world is changed forever.

    Instant attraction sparks between them. This is more than convenience, she is his fated mate.

    But can Rafe convince Charley to be his before the meeting of Pack elders on Christmas Eve?

    *Find out in this first installment of the Macconwood Pack Novel Series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC.D. Gorri
    Release dateSep 1, 2016
    ISBN9781370054558
    Charley's Christmas Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel: The Macconwood Pack Series, #1

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    Charley's Christmas Wolf - C.D. Gorri

    Charley’s Christmas Wolf

    CHARLEY’S CHRISTMAS WOLF

    A Macconwood Pack Novel

    C.D. GORRI

    C.D. Gorri

    Charley’s Christmas Wolf

    A Macconwood Pack Novel #1

    by C.D. Gorri

    The Macconwood Pack Novel Series

    Copyright 2015, 2021 C.D. Gorri, NJ

    This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, places, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either part of the author’s imagination and/or used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to person, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights are reserved. No part of this book is to be reproduced, scanned, downloaded, printed, or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of any materials in violation of the author’s rights. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Contents

    Prologue

    Chapter 1

    Chapter 2

    Chapter 3

    Chapter 4

    Chapter 5

    Chapter 6

    Chapter 7

    Chapter 8

    Chapter 9

    Chapter 10

    Chapter 11

    Chapter 12

    Chapter 13

    Chapter 14

    Beware… Here Be Dragons!

    Have you met the Barvale Clan Bears?

    Other Titles by C.D. Gorri

    Excerpt from Sealed Fate

    Excerpt from Bearly Friends

    About the Author

    Dedication

    To Valerie Finn, thank you for entering my title contest.

    Before you start reading, don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter!

    www.cdgorri.com/newsletter

    Blurb

    Rafe Maccon is the Alpha of the Macconwood Pack, for now. His rule is being questioned by a rogue Wolf who wants him ousted for breaking an ancient law that states the Alpha must be mated!

    He must find a mate in order to keep his position. Seeing their Alpha in trouble, Rafe’s Wolf Guard take it upon themselves to find one for him.

    Charley Palmieri works a dead-end job and lives alone with her cat until one night when her world is changed forever.

    Instant attraction sparks between them. Can Rafe convince Charley to be his before the meeting of Pack elders on Christmas Eve? Will she be his one true mate, for life?

    Prologue

    St. Lucia’s Day – December 12 th

    He circled the woods once more. His black coat gleamed in the silver moonlight as powerful legs carried him quickly through the frozen terrain. The battle was finished. Another few months of peace and prosperity won together with his allies. All it cost was the blood and sweat of his Pack.

    He thought of the young Wolf who had asked for his help. She was tenacious and brave. This was the first time in a hundred years such alliances had been made. He knew he had made the right decision for his Pack. The only way to go into the future was to move forward.

    Wasn’t that what his father had always said? He tasted blood on the air and tensed. Some of it he recognized. It belonged to his Wolves. But they were whole. That was all that mattered.

    The black Wolf reached out with his mind and felt his Packmates’ injuries. No casualties. The bloodstained ice that covered the forest floor and the sulfuric stink of dark magic invaded his nostrils.

    He snarled and quickened his pace. For a moment or two the Dark Witches had almost had them. But they had triumphed. The others were gone. Only his Pack remained. They waited for him. Their Alpha.

    He slowed down as he entered the wooded enclosure. Pride vibrated in his very being. These Wolves were brave, fierce, and loyal.

    As his Guard moved to flank him, Rafe Maccon threw back his head and loosed an ear-piercing howl. It spoke of loss, of triumph, of the end of an era and the start of a new one. This had been his last battle as a warrior.

    The time had come for him to fully assume his rightful position as Pack Alpha. His father’s death years ago should have triggered that leap in his status, but he had denied his birthright for as long as he could. He had chosen to fight with his Wolves instead. But the time had come for him to lead them.

    According to the local White Witches of the Coven Realta, the prophecy had already begun. He and his Wolves needed to ready themselves for whatever came next. He signaled to his Beta and like always, he immediately understood what was needed of him.

    Rafe watched him leave with a few select Wolves then he surveyed his Packmates. They stood in front of him, each one muscular and strong with varying shades of fur ranging from palest white, tawnies, reds, and browns to his own midnight black coat. One by one, they lowered themselves on their haunches, lupine heads bowed. He had earned their respect before, but tonight he had gained their undying trust. Now, he had to keep it.

    Chapter One

    Thunder clapped overhead. A mix of hail and rain began to pour from the quickly darkening skies. The streetlights flickered and the tiny overhead shelter at the bus stop gave no protection whatsoever from Mother Nature’s latest onslaught.

    Not now! Come on! Charley cried.

    She huddled into the thick pink cardigan she wore over her one good dress. It was a wool blend which was bound to get ruined in this weather. She had instantly fallen in love with the way it alternately hugged and flowed around her curvaceous body. She especially loved the scalloped hemline.

    It reminded her of classic movie stars like Hepburn and Taylor. She used to watch them all the time with her grandfather. She smiled as she looked down at the outfit. The pale ivory suited her dark eyes and hair. The weather was definitely going to ruin it. And on her meager salary it would be months before she could replace it.

    She looked down at her matching heels and stomped her foot as puddles began to form on the uneven concrete sidewalk. Great! That’s just perfect! It just wasn’t her day, or her year for that matter.

    It was almost Christmas and the nutty weather still hadn’t made up its mind what season it was. One day it was in the 90s and the next the thermometer had dropped to the low 30s. The past few months had been very unusual for the typically predictable New Jersey climate. Charley didn’t know what to make of it.

    She was sure it was because of the holes in the Ozone or global warming, melting snowcaps, and the cattle crisis. Every newsfeed had someone to blame, but not much was being done about finding a solution. She shook her head, thoughts like that were better off left to scientists and people who could actually make a difference.

    Charley was just trying to make it through a date. Well, a blind date that she didn’t even want to go on. And she was already late for it because her boss at Junior’s Famous Italian Deli, the third Junior as it were, just had to make her clean all the slicing machines and the display cases twice that day!

    Not to mention he had her mop the entire floor, flip the chairs, hose down all the rubber mats, secure the freezers and refrigerators, and lastly, Windex the tall storefront windows inside and out! Ugh. Only then did he let her leave. And the rat hadn’t even paid her.

    The deli would be closed for the next six weeks. Junior and his family would be in Italy to oversee maintenance work on his family’s villa. Wasn’t that nice for him? Charley had to bite her tongue all day from telling her

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