The Hybrid Wars Series by Tamika Brown

Darren Williams has never wanted a mate. He doesn’t have time for one. Especially with a serial killer running around Portland Pack lands dropping body after body. But all that changes when an outsider–a human–wanders into pack territory, all he wants to do is make sure that one, he doesn’t scare her and two, he gets her to the pack’s clinic as soon as possible... moreDarren Williams has never wanted a mate. He doesn’t have time for one. Especially with a serial killer running around Portland Pack lands dropping body after body. But all that changes when an outsider–a human–wanders into pack territory, all he wants to do is make sure that one, he doesn’t scare her and two, he gets her to the pack’s clinic as soon as possible. With so much happening at one time, how is he going to tell her she’s his mate, that shifters really exist, and that the genetic marker in her blood, may be the answer to a virus running rampant in the wolf packs of the Pacific northwest. A virus turning wolf shifters into wolf-vampire hybrids. No, he couldn’t possibly do all that and catch the one responsible for all the chaos.Keonna Johnson just called off her engagement. And you know what? She wasn’t even sad about it. Taking the scenic route home has ended her with a broken down rental, no cell service, a broken wrist, and a trip to the clinic. A recurring dream from when she was a little girl, has come back to hit her full force and if they take one more tube of blood from her she’s going to crash out. The positive? The handsome man with the smooth dark skin and velvety voice who has decided to tell her everything she needs to know about his people. But there are things she doesn’t know about her family that could unlock the key to this virus he keeps talking about. But her family is tight-lipped and the Portland Pack may be running out of time.Can Darren convince Keonna they are meant to be together when danger has his eye on her? The virus doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon and neither is the killer on the loose. less

I was born Mala. Son of Rahan and Salda. Born on the west coast of Africa, at the age of twenty-five I became one of my tribe’s most formidable warriors. But all my fierceness in battle couldn’t save my village from being captured and taken away during the slave trade. I alone survived, walking the streets of a foreign land, begging for scraps and a place to rest my head. That is until Nadeem took pity on me, hiring me to keep watch during the day... moreI was born Mala. Son of Rahan and Salda. Born on the west coast of Africa, at the age of twenty-five I became one of my tribe’s most formidable warriors. But all my fierceness in battle couldn’t save my village from being captured and taken away during the slave trade. I alone survived, walking the streets of a foreign land, begging for scraps and a place to rest my head. That is until Nadeem took pity on me, hiring me to keep watch during the day. Nadeem was a being my people called a night crawler–only existing in the night and feeding off others. With no family and no hope of ever finding those lost, Nadeem turned me and became my teacher.My voyage to the United States came many years later once Nadeem was murdered. I saw the changes the U.S. went through year after year as I traveled from coast to coast eventually settling in a secluded area, away from civilization in the Northwest. There in the most unusual place I met the most extraordinary woman named Marin—a wolf shifter. She was my mate, and our bond was true, until it wasn’t. Falling into despair and wasting away, the relationship between wolves and vampires crumbled.With help from Marin, I once again lived up to my title–the Ancient One, devising a plan to open communications between wolves and vampires. But I wasn’t ready for the power or the pleasure awaiting me within the Portland Coven thus losing myself in the process. Marin rescued me once again and I set out to raise an army aligning myself with Marin’s new mate. Can the two of us put love in the past for the sake of the future or will the hurt between us ensure our end?I am Malarick, Councilman and vampire representative on the Council of Immortals, King Malarick of the Coven Nadeem, and the Ancient One. This is my story. less