Branded by the Hellhound King: A High-Spice Cursed Cowboy Paranormal Romance

Mara Voss trusts dead animals more than living men. At forty, divorced, and professionally allergic to nonsense, the forensic vet comes to Ash County to investigate cattle deaths, not to become evidence in a supernatural court case. Then the brands on the carcasses begin to glow. Rafe Blackthorn is the last Hellhound King, a cursed cowboy bound to guard the gate beneath Ash County Rodeo. The old law says Mara's Voss blood can seal the breach if she accepts the king's mark. Rafe knows exactly what that kind of "law" costs women, and he refuses to claim her without choice. As demon contracts, vampire debts, wolf borders, and grave law tighten around them, Mara must prove the cattle deaths are not just murder, but a legal attack on the county's soul. Desire burns hotter than hellfire, but Mara will not be owned, and Rafe must become a king who guards instead of takes. A high-spice cursed cowboy paranormal romance with a mature heroine, consent-forward heat, forensic mystery, supernatural rodeo court danger, aftercare, and a complete HEA.