Jackson Kinnard, a shifter adopted as an infant after the death of his parents, never truly felt like he fit in with those around him. Now sixteen-years-old, he leaves his life in Chicago behind as he travels in search of his real family. His father was a pure-blood with no known relatives. But his mother, a half-blood, left behind a sister. Jackson goes to Marksville Louisiana in hopes to reunite with his long-lost aunt and finds himself in a world of trouble as he runs into a new pack of shifters. An underground cult, fed up with a life of rules and secrecy has a plan to dismantle the council one region a time. To live and rule as the dominant species they were born to be.But Jackson isn't alone. Descending into the hidden world of witchcraft when he befriends a young woman named Delilah, who is the key to helping him stop the group's evil plan. In this prequel to River's Moonlight, take a trip into the past as the worlds of werewolves and witchcraft collide, and Jackson learns that love and freedom never comes without a sacrifice.

Writer and painter born and raised in the Washington D.C. area. She is the owner of COFFEE WINE & WORDS Literary Press/magazine, and author of 'My Colorblind Rainbow' and other YA novels that have made the 'In The Margins Award Long List' for YA fiction in 2018 and 2020. Chanel has worked as a freelance writer, literary blogger and written for publications such as Women and Words, 25 Hottest Indie Authors Artists Advocates 2020, and CulEpi.