Lost and Found Series by Laura Taylor

Can two tormented souls help each other heal from the wounds of the past?Omegas in the 1800’s are not people; they are property. So when Connor runs away from a cruel and brutal master, he expects a short life of hunger and desperation, followed by a painful death. What he finds instead is refuge on the Calvet estate, and an alpha who seems as tired and broken as Connor himself.After his discharge from the French army, Sergent Gabriel Calvet is a man adrift... moreCan two tormented souls help each other heal from the wounds of the past?Omegas in the 1800’s are not people; they are property. So when Connor runs away from a cruel and brutal master, he expects a short life of hunger and desperation, followed by a painful death. What he finds instead is refuge on the Calvet estate, and an alpha who seems as tired and broken as Connor himself.After his discharge from the French army, Sergent Gabriel Calvet is a man adrift. Tormented by the horrors of war and unable to reconcile his own actions with his ideals, he retreats to a quiet estate in the country to attempt to find peace. But even amid the rolling hills and melodious birdsong, his nightmares continue to haunt him, and it seems less and less likely that he’ll ever manage to escape his past.Connor doesn’t know what to make of Gabriel. He’s never met an alpha like him, who speaks kind words and who listens to Connor like he’s a real person, instead of an object to be used and then tossed aside.Gabriel is equally confounded by this outspoken runaway, a slave who dares to have opinions of his own and who challenges everything Gabriel ever believed about omegas.With tensions rising over omegas’ rights and a growing backlash against the repercussions of the war, Gabriel and Connor find themselves at odds with everything society expects them to be. In a world of such turmoil, will either of them ever find a place they can truly call home?This novel can be read as a standalone, however readers may enjoy it more after reading the previous book in the series to have a deeper understanding of the characters and setting.Caution: This book contains themes of slavery, graphic violence and descriptions of rape that may be disturbing for some readers. less

Jackelyn has seen the very worst of life as a slave. As an omega in the 1800s, she has been betrayed, beaten, abandoned and humiliated, but life truly reaches rock bottom when she’s conscripted into the army and sent to the frontlines of France’s war against England. All she wants now is to die, for this brutal and violent life to finally end... moreJackelyn has seen the very worst of life as a slave. As an omega in the 1800s, she has been betrayed, beaten, abandoned and humiliated, but life truly reaches rock bottom when she’s conscripted into the army and sent to the frontlines of France’s war against England. All she wants now is to die, for this brutal and violent life to finally end.When John Ball deserts his post in the British army, he sets out with a bold plan to forge a new life for himself and his brother on a quiet farm in the French countryside, far away from the troubles they left behind in England. Instead, he stumbles across the most unlikely omega slave he’s ever seen – bruised, broken and bloodied, and yet still proud enough to look him in the eye and dare him to try and harm her.Unwilling to abandon Jackelyn to her fate as military cannon fodder, John invites her back to his estate. Too many years of seeing omegas beaten and downtrodden has left him with a deep compassion for society’s lowest class… but he quickly finds out there’s nothing lowly about Jackelyn. Opinionated, fierce and fiery, she challenges every decision John makes and demands a position equal in standing to any alpha.But Jackelyn’s outward aggression masks a woman whose heart has been broken too many times, and who teeters on the very brink of despair. But how is John ever to touch the aching and wounded woman inside, when Jackelyn is doing everything in her power to maintain the distance between them?Warning: This book contains themes of slavery, some violence and brief descriptions of rape that may be disturbing for some readers.This novel can be read as a standalone, however readers may enjoy it more by reading the series in order, to gain a better understanding of the world and other characters in the story. less