An accomplished, hard-hitting debut novel that marries a page-turning plot with the stories of three women, each of whom is struggling with decisions that will change the course of her life.The violent death of a Canadian water company executive in a black township of Johannesburg throws together a South African anti-privatization activist and the water executive's daughter, Claire, who arrives suddenly from Canada desperate to understand her father's death. The murder investigatio...

He was the mate she buried.Now he’s back—and the bond never died.Lena Voss rebuilt her life around absence. As Ironwood’s healer, she carries her pack’s pain—and her own—without breaking. Six years ago, she was told her fated mate was dead. She grieved, survived, and moved on.Until the man who left her behind walks back into her life.Riven Ashvale didn’t come to Ironwood for her. He came to broker peace between rival packs on the edge of war. But the bond he...