Blood & Binding (The Golden Wolf Series Book 1)

Description

When a pregnant woman fleeing her dangerous husband crashes into a hidden Catskills town, she stumbles onto a world of ritual, prophecy, and wolves who walk as men.

Ashwood’s residents guard their secrets fiercely—but Abby’s arrival ignites old wounds and new desires. The pack’s reluctant Beta, Marcus, is drawn to her against every instinct, and the baby she caries could either heal the town’s fractured legacy or destroy it.

Slow burning and atmospheric, Blood & Binding reimagines classic werewolf lore through a feminist, queer-inclusive lens—where love is both salvation and curse, and fragile peace masks deep wounds.

For readers of Alix E. Harrow, Ava Reid, and Patricia Briggs, it’s A Discovery of Witches meets Sharp Objects, but with werewolves.

Tropes hidden town, fated mates, slow burn, found family, healing from trauma, cinnamon-bun MC, single mother heroine, forced proximity, shifters, magic, and morally complex wolves.