Title: Scars
Author: G.A.Bassier
Genre: Romance
Summary:
They say love can heal all wounds…but some scars may run too deep.
Eight months ago, while in a werewolf rage, Lily escaped her cage and killed an innocent person. Every moment since then, Lily’s guilt has grown heavier and more suffocating. Just as it threatens to engulf her, she meets a kind stranger who is struggling through his own turmoil after losing his beloved wife.
Sitting in a coffee shop with Jack, Lily smiles for the first time in eight long, dark months. She and Jack love all the same things: Star Wars, banana bread, even cheesy eighties movies. In spite of her lingering guilt, Lily starts to fall for him. Jack makes it easy. He trusts her. He worries about her. He never compares her to his lost love. Jack makes Lily want to live again–and she does the same for him.
There’s just one problem:
The innocent person Lily killed was Jack’s wife.
Previously published in the shapeshifter romance anthology Transformed, this tightly told novelette (10,000 words, 40 pages) takes readers on an emotional journey through grief, friendship, heartbreak, and–above all–love.