Shadowmere Series by Jaide Fox

She was a slave to one man's obsessions...and a captive to one man's desire.... Shadowmere was a land shrouded in darkness, protected by magic and the fierceness of its people. The normals who ventured into the forbidden land seldom returned...and those that did were driven mad.... With his fell reach, Lord Conrad captured one of the fabled beastpeople from Shadowmere to break the curse holding Lady Ashanti in thrall, his lust for her driving his depraved will above all else... moreShe was a slave to one man's obsessions...and a captive to one man's desire.... Shadowmere was a land shrouded in darkness, protected by magic and the fierceness of its people. The normals who ventured into the forbidden land seldom returned...and those that did were driven mad.... With his fell reach, Lord Conrad captured one of the fabled beastpeople from Shadowmere to break the curse holding Lady Ashanti in thrall, his lust for her driving his depraved will above all else. Ashanti could not bear the innocent shifter's blood on her head and vowed to free him at any cost. But she did not anticipate the unbidden desire he aroused in her when in his presence, nor did she expect her untamed captive would soon become her master.... less

If Shadowmere had a ruler, Balian would be king. He is the most powerful of their number, feared above all others. And the time has come to find his mate. In the land of Wyverns, men compete for the hand of the princess and the riches of her father's kingdom. One among them stands out, for he is the most skilled ... the most dangerous, and Princess Kisah knows this barbarian warrior will be her downfall should he win the games.

The route she knew she had to take was more perilous in many ways than the task she’d been set, but Sonja was accustomed to taking risks, used to twisting men around her finger to get what she wanted. Surely, she could manage the beast men of Shadowmere? She discovered she’d severely miscalculated the cunning of the wolf clan that guarded the border between Shadowmere and the world of the ‘normals’, however, and, more specifically, the alpha, Jarek, and his pack brothers.