Dugan's Creek — Penny Estelle

Heather Stone is driving eight hundred miles to cry on her sister's shoulder, after her boyfriend of three years dumps her. He needs space! "Our sex life is boring! You need to find the passion that's been lost!"

“Well, screw you!” she yells, just as her overheated car, pings, coughs, and shudders to a stop on a deserted road by the Arizona eastern border. Could anymore happen to her? She grabs her purse and starts walking. The sign Dugan's Creek, leads her to an oasis of much need water to cool her throat and blistered feet.

The sun starts to set and Heather is thinking this might not have been the smartest move when two pairs of eyes emerge from the lush foliage. Wolves! From behind her a brown wolf jumps in to protect her. In a panic, she takes a step back and her foot connects with air, dumping her in the water, her head smashing against a boulder.

Disoriented, Heather awakens to a sky full off stars and a pair of emerald green eyes that will either tear her apart or remind her of the meaning of the word passion.