SILAS REAMES
NEVER BEFORE
A SHIFTER VENGEANCE PREQUEL NOVELLA
She's no phoenix, but she'll rise from the ashes nonetheless.
Growing up as an intuitive Were wasn’t simple, but Never always had her family to fall back on. When a decision she can’t take back shatters her world view, Never vows to become so tough she can’t be hurt again.
Her strategy works until she ends up trapped and isolated on the Isle, without her ability to shift. She’ll have no one to rely on but herself if she wants to escape and get revenge on the villain who torments her.
Every hero has to start somewhere, and in Never’s case rock bottom works just as well as anywhere else.
*Never Before is set chronologically before the events of the Shifter Vengeance series. It can be read prior to the other books, mid-series (for the answers to some series questions), or skipped entirely.
NEVER
A SHIFTER VENGEANCE NOVEL 1
Track down a killer, collect the reward, enjoy a well-deserved drink. Shouldn’t be too hard, right?
That’s what Never, a 400-year-old Werewolf with a taste for cocktails and violent
justice, thinks—until the experienced Enforcer learns the case involves a long-dormant evil that threatens the magical world.
Turns out she and the ex-boyfriend she’s vowed to kill are searching for the same girl: a fellow Were who shares her rare ability. Is he the villain Never believes him to be—or something worse?
In a rush to save the girl, Never joins forces with a bear shifter, feline shifter, and young witch, and against her better judgment starts to care about them. One thingshe knows for sure is that when you love something you’re bound to lose it. But Never isn’t used to losing, and she won’t give up her new life or friends this time. No matter how powerful her foe.
NEVER AGAIN
A SHIFTER VENGEANCE NOVEL 2
Never thought she was willing to pay any price for information on how to defeat her greatest enemy, but this will cost her more than she imagined.
Once the deal’s made, Never realizes she might be in over her head. She managed to save her friends from the Jeweled Claw, except now, she’s become their target. That’s fine by her, since the ex-mate she’s vowed to defeat is the group’s new leader.
There’s just one problem.
Thanks to her promise to the Bone Reader she has to turn another into a Were like herself. If she doesn’t, she has no hope of defeating Damien and the Claw. Finding the only being with answers on how her task can be done means going to a place from her past that she’s avoided for centuries. And once she finds this being, things get even more confusing. Why is she so drawn to him?
Determined to do whatever it takes to fulfill her vow and protect her city, Never’s in a race against time. If she can’t accomplish everything by her deal’s deadline, she won’t live to see the result of her failure.
NEVER EVER
A SHIFTER VENGEANCE NOVEL 3
Hard work is rewarded with more hard work. Heroism is rewarded with a forcible job reassignment.
After defeating the Claw, Never, a rare intuitive Were with a taste for violent justice, finds herself investigating the shady government known as the Magikai. The organization's leader, Amun, is raising her suspicions at every turn. Luckily, she has the perfect excuse to snoop: she's been ordered to go to the Magikai's headquarters to train her intuitive protégé, Ever.
Never quickly realizes not everything is what she thought. Magicals she mistrusted might be innocent, and some she had pegged as bad might be worse. Add to that the unexpected presence of her dragon mate Nahum, and things get complicated fast.
When the job becomes too big to handle alone, can the fiercely independent Never put her trust in the right people to protect the magical world, or will her insecurities cost the lives of those she loves?
"Never Ever" is the third installment in the action-packed, fast-paced, paranormal urban fantasy Shifter Vengeance series.
NEVER MORE
A SHIFTER VENGEANCE NOVEL 4
Releases January 2024
She made the deal. Now, it’s time to pay the price.
Never knew that bartering with the Bone Reader for help would cost her, but she never imagined this.
He’s enlisted her help in hunting down a killer hidden within a group of evil supernatural beings. She soon realizes everyone might not be as villainous as they first appear.
Part of this bargain includes Never accepting a power she never wanted, and shutting out the friends she’s just learned to let in. She’s forced to team up with not only the Bone Reader, but a couple of shady Founder vampires. At least she’s snuck along her dragon mate and a couple of not-so human sidekicks.
Her temporary home is full of questionable characters, and they all make excellent suspects. As her investigation leads her closer and closer to the killer, she’s forced to confront several unpleasant possibilities. If she can’t do this alone, can she at least keep those she loves safe?
The Bone Reader’s deal was expensive enough, but will catching a murderer cost her life?
