Briggs, Patricia

"In the wilds of the Northern California mountains, all the inhabitants of a small town have gone missing. It's as if the people picked up and left everything they owned behind. Fearing something supernatural might be going on, the FBI taps a source they've consulted in the past: the werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham. But Charles and Anna soon find that a deserted town is the least of the mysteries they face. Death sings in the forest, and when it calls, Charles and Anna must answer. Something has awakened in the heart of the California mountains, something old and dangerous--and it has met werewolves before"--Provided by publisher.

Mercy, a coyote shape-shifter, is kidnapped by a powerful vampire and the psychic link to her mate, Adam, and the werewolf pack is severed. But when she escapes and flees to the Czech Republic, she is captured by a vampire witch and may have to unleash the Golem of Prague to escape. Meanwhile, Adam and a team of supernatural beings travel to Europe to free Mercy and determine why she was kidnapped.

A collection of ten short stories--four new stories, and six original stories--featuring the shapeshifter Mercy Thompson.

Mercy sets out to protect Christy, the ex-wife of her werewolf partner Adam, from a dangerous stalker, only to find that Christy is trying to steal Adam back, and that Christy's stalker is not human, but a deadly monster.

Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson embraces her life with mate Adam Hauptman which includes his daughter, Jesse. As Mercy and Jesse are enjoying an ordinary day together, they discover that the rest of the pack has been abducted. Mercy is forced to seek help from an unlikely source to help Adam.

Mercy is a coyote shape-shifter who, alongside her werewolf mate and their pack, is determined to protect the human boy who was stolen by the Fae many years before no matter what the cost. But the pack might need protecting from the boy who is touched by fire.

Aren, a young woman of Fallbrook, a land where magic has been banished, risks her life by revealing that she has had visions of mayhem and murder raining down upon the villagers, and her situation is further complicated when she strikes a difficult bargain with the Hob, a magical humanlike creature, promising to mate with him in exchange for his help.

Mercy Thompson, an auto mechanic and coyote shapeshifter, tries to return a book containing dangerous secrets to the magical fae, but after she discovers that the bookstore is shut down, she learns that the fae are desperate to keep the tome out of the wrong hands.