Crimson

A Modern M/M Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood

Jude Connor has always been an outsider. Orphaned at ten, he learned quickly to be wary of people. Luckily, he's always had a sixth sense to pick out the ones to avoid and an ability to calm the savage beast whether it be animal or man. But his early experiences have soured him on the possibility of relationships and family, even though a part of him still wishes he could find a place to belong.

His fierce foster sister, Tessa Cambridge, fears that Jude's aimless, solitary life will never bring him happiness. When there are hints that their foster mother, known as “Grandmother Sophia” to all the countless foster kids she raised, may be suffering from dementia, Tessa sees this as a chance to Jude to set down some roots. She asks him to go check on the woman who saved both their lives in the small town of Forest Glenn.

Werewolf, Gareth the Gray Wolf, became Alpha of the Cold Moon Pack after a tragedy. Their former beloved Alpha, Mack, went rogue after the death of his mate Eliza, killing and devouring human beings and risking the exposure of werewolves to the human world. After seeing how the loss of his mate turned a good man and a great Alpha into a killing beast, Gareth knows that he can never take a mate of his own. He cannot risk his pack or the rest of the werewolf world by becoming like Mack.

As Alpha, Gareth is now tasked with hunting Mack down before he causes any more harm. He tracks Mack to a small town that goes by the name of Forest Glenn ...