Guarded by Shadow (The Blackthorn Pack Series)

By Karla Gissel Kiefer

She learned to trust again after captivity. He never learned to trust at all.

Marlowe survived what should have broken her - captivity, experimentation, a bloodline weaponized against her will. She rebuilt herself at Blackthorn, one deliberate choice at a time. She just never expected to fall in love while doing it.

Griffin Hale doesn't trust institutions, easy answers, or people who show up with convenient explanations - not after watching every official channel fail to find his missing sister. He's spent eight years working her case alone. Then his investigation collides with a werewolf pack's own hunt for the same enemy, and the woman standing between him and a monster changes everything he thought he knew about letting people in.

Together, they're racing an ancient threat that's been patient for longer than either of them has been alive - and a bond that has to be built through choice, not instinct, might be the only kind strong enough to survive what's coming.

A slow-burn bond built on trust, not instinct. A found family standing together against a threat generations in the making. And a love worth choosing, again and again.

Guarded by Shadow is Book Four in the Blackthorn Pack series - a full-length, steamy paranormal romance featuring an ensemble cast, a human hero, and a heroine who finally gets her own happily ever after. Intended for mature audiences 18+.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDMXCWPY
• ISBN13: 9798191839530
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"