Appleton Wolves Series by Jack Bowman

If I thought my mom's death of a heart attack was tragic, it had nothing on the death of my aunt at the hands of a shapeshifter.I set out for revenge against the shifter, with the image of it eating my aunt's heart in front of me constantly playing and replaying in my mind. But I didn't have a single clue as to how to find and kill the shapeshifter.Enter Derek Bentley, a hot hunk of burning love I met in school who I discover to be a werewolf... moreIf I thought my mom's death of a heart attack was tragic, it had nothing on the death of my aunt at the hands of a shapeshifter.I set out for revenge against the shifter, with the image of it eating my aunt's heart in front of me constantly playing and replaying in my mind. But I didn't have a single clue as to how to find and kill the shapeshifter.Enter Derek Bentley, a hot hunk of burning love I met in school who I discover to be a werewolf. But unlike the shapeshifter, who's out for more blood and finish me off, Derek wanted to protect and help me avenge my aunt's death.We team up together to fight and kill this shapeshifter as I slowly, but surely, start to fall in love...with a monster. less

I was no longer Ericka Jones, normal teenage girl. I was now Ericka Jones, a monster hunter who was trying to be the second human on this planet to kill a shapeshifter.The mission to kill the shifter and avenge my aunt takes Derek and I to New Orleans, where a book of supernatural knowledge about killing all types of monsters, including shapeshifters, is located.But it won't be easy finding it... moreI was no longer Ericka Jones, normal teenage girl. I was now Ericka Jones, a monster hunter who was trying to be the second human on this planet to kill a shapeshifter.The mission to kill the shifter and avenge my aunt takes Derek and I to New Orleans, where a book of supernatural knowledge about killing all types of monsters, including shapeshifters, is located.But it won't be easy finding it. My werewolf/love interest and I need to find the only person who knows the whereabouts of this book - a witch.I was too deep in this shit to turn back now. I've entered the world of the supernatural and there won't be an exit out of it any time soon.One way or the other, I'm going to kill this shapeshifter, or die trying. less

It felt so damn good to be the second human being in the world to have slayed a shapeshifter. But the celebration was cut short.News of dead bodies dropping one by one in Appleton led me to discover there's another shapeshifter terrorizing the town, out for vengeance against me for killing its 'sibling.'The battle between me, Derek, and the shapeshifter pushes Derek and I to the edge and I'm left to fight the monster by myself.. moreIt felt so damn good to be the second human being in the world to have slayed a shapeshifter. But the celebration was cut short.News of dead bodies dropping one by one in Appleton led me to discover there's another shapeshifter terrorizing the town, out for vengeance against me for killing its 'sibling.'The battle between me, Derek, and the shapeshifter pushes Derek and I to the edge and I'm left to fight the monster by myself...Until I thought I lost Derek for good, after which I realize I'd do anything, ANYTHING, to be with him for the rest of my life. less