Willow Lake - LORI AMES

You can preorder Alphas Never Hide now!

It is here!!! The preorder is live for ALPHAS NEVER HIDE (Willow Lake Supernaturals #5)

Main Characters: Hayden & Ryley

Release date: March 5, 2025

The wolf who refuses to be Alpha.

Hayden Walker might be trapped in Willow Lake by guilt and duty, but he’s no one’s alpha. It doesn’t matter how many times people call him Alpha, with a capital A like it’s his name, he just isn’t—just ask his last pack. They had no problem rejecting him to follow his traitorous brother, Robbie, twelve years ago.

Hayden thought he’d come to terms with what happened back then, but it turns out some things don’t get easier to accept with time. After discovering his brother’s latest sinister activities, Hayden can’t hide from the truth anymore. He has to stop him, particularly when Ryley Bell, his fated mate, is his brother’s latest victim.

Hayden can’t let his brother harm anyone else. Robbie won’t take anyone else from him. Not again. Never again.

Tags: MM Fated Mates Paranormal Romance, a wolf who refuses to be Alpha, a faun who doesn’t put up with his mate’s nonsense, let’s pretend a kick in the face is a sign of love at first sight, the Eternal Magic is a persistent diva, the confrontation between brothers we’ve all been waiting for, Hayden has a pack whether he wants one or not, he will also get his happily-ever-after whether he wants one or not, wolves should listen to their clever mates, and, most importantly, not all fauns play flutes.

Willow Lake Supernaturals Series

Note: Books in this series are best enjoyed when read in order.

Prequel – Ravens Never Fall (Mercer and Oak) – only available to Newsletter Subscribers
Book 1 – Hellhounds Never Lie (Ash and Dillon)
Book 2 – Wolves Always Bite (Jeremy and Adrian)
Book 3 – Oracles Always Win (Jake and Gage)
Book 4 – Cats Never Fly (Simon and Ogden)
Book 5 – Alphas Never Hide (Hayden and Ryley)

Alphas Never Hide is the fifth and final book in the Willow Lake Supernaturals series, but DON’T WORRY! We aren’t leaving Willow Lake, not when there are still so many characters waiting for their happily-ever-afters! Levi and Parker’s book will be the first release the new Willow Lake Pack series! It is coming soon! I’m writing it right now!!!

My first audiobook is coming soon!

Audio, Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Woo hoo! I have news!

Hellhounds Never Lie will release as an audiobook on April 15, 2025!!!!

And Kirt Graves is the narrator!!!!!

Okay… I absolutely squealed when I heard because… Kirt Graves!

*** I’m so freaking excited! ***

It *just* went up on Tantor Audio’s website, so there aren’t many pre-order links yet. But they are coming! It will be available at 60+ retail and library digital distributors, including Audible, Apple, Spotify, audiobooks.com and Google Play.

Sale today! Hellhounds Never Lie is 99 pennies!

Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Amazon has discounted Hellhounds Never Lie (Willow Lake Supernaturals Book 1) to 99 cents! Today only – July 3, 2024!

Find it on Amazon here!

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Oracles Always Win – New Release!

New Release, Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Available at Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited!

Check out the reviews on Goodreads here!

Oracles Always Win (Willow Lake Supernaturals Book 3) is here!!

Jake believes he is absolutely ordinary… But what if he isn’t?

Jake is absolutely, completely ordinary, even if he has a weird painting affliction. Painting is relaxing, right? It helps. It’s a form of art therapy. Even if his painting is the subconscious kind. The middle-of-the-night, paint-while-you-sleep kind. The kind that makes him puke every single time it happens.

Okay. So, maybe that’s not exactly normal.

But when a sexy but presumably imaginary guy with horns, who Jake’s strange painterly alter-ego has been fixated on for the last year, suddenly shows up in town with horns and all, Jake doesn’t know what to think. Especially when the not-so-imaginary guy claims he’s a demon and that Jake’s an oracle, of all things. That’s when Jake begins to suspect his life is never going to be the same again.

After all, he mentioned the horns, right?

Tags: A demon with a found family, an oracle unknowingly in need of a tether, the talking cat is a glutton, oracles know things, oracles shouldn’t paint in public in only their underwear, the wolves in the hills are still jerks, a formerly human guy keeps asking crazy questions, who knew horns and wings could be sexy, and… just how many supernatural beings will be drawn to this one little town?

Oracles Always Win – New Release Date

New Release, Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Sooo… I’m sorry, everyone… but…

Jake and Gage decided they need a little more time… which means Oracles Always Win is now releasing March 14th instead of this month. I’m so disappointed that I had to move the release date, but these two characters fought me and fought me and fought me. I love them to pieces, but they made me work for their happily-ever-after.

So, if you received a notification from Amazon about the pre-order moving, please be reassured that this new date is solid. And, I firmly believe the book will be better for the extra month.

That said, I have started to look at book 4 now that Jake and Gage’s book is in hand, and I expect it to go much more smoothly. Thank the Eternal Magic for that.

NEW RELEASE DATE: MARCH 14, 2024!

SEE IT ON AMAZON HERE

A Question about Ravens Never Fall

Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Because this has come up…

Q.

Where can I buy Ravens Never Fall?

A.

Ravens Never Fall, the Willow Lake Supernaturals Prequel, is only (and has only ever been) available as free bonus content to my newsletter subscribers or offered for free through periodic Bookfunnel promotions. It has never been for sale at any retailers. I have no immediate plans to change that, but you never know what will happen in the future. 😉

You can sign up for my newsletter here.

Wolves Always Bite – New Release!

New Release, Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Amazon

Available at Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited!

Check out the reviews on Goodreads here!

Wolves Always Bite (Willow Lake Supernaturals Book 2) is here!!

What’s a simple human to do when he discovers supernatural beings are real?
Ask a lot of questions, take a lot of notes, and try to seduce a werewolf, of course.

Jeremy has always wanted to befriend mythical creatures, play with forbidden magic, and meet his fated mate. Okay, okay. He knows the difference between fiction and real life; he is an author after all… Or he would be if he ever got to “The End” on one of his stories. So he realizes his desire to live inside a fantasy romance novel is a touch unrealistic, but where is the joy in living a life that is boring and predictable and overwhelmingly blah?

At least that’s what he thinks until a hot AF werewolf saves him from his freaky boss and turns his whole life upside down. And his boss? She isn’t the weird old lady he thought she was, but how could he have guessed she is a grumpy goblin with a reputation for selling black-market magical artifacts? Now Jeremy is determined to know everything about the supernatural world, and Adrian, his swoon-worthy werewolf hero, is willing to answer all his questions, even when they make the big guy blush.

But when his former goblin boss kidnaps his cat to convince Jeremy to return the items she thinks he stole, things get serious fast. Now in between plotting his next MM romance and seducing the beautiful werewolf (and not just for research purposes), he needs to stage a cat rescue. Life is definitely not boring now.

Tags: MM Paranormal Romance with Fated Mates! Jeremy has sooo many questions, Adrian tries to answer them even when they make him blush, no cats were hurt in the writing of this book, an obscene number of ‘80s music references, his best friend is a lying liar who lies, his book bag is his weapon of choice, don’t touch the demon’s dimples, supernaturals have magical everything, small towns aren’t so bad, especially when they are full of supes.

Author Update

Author Update, Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Wolves Always Bite (Willow Lake Supernaturals #2) – AKA Jeremy’s book – is now in the hands of my beta reader! Yay! So, I’m currently biting my nails and hoping that they will think I have done Jeremy justice!

(Psst… I’m sharing some excerpts of Jeremy’s book in my Facebook Reader Group. )

While I’m waiting to hear what they think about Wolves Always Bite, I’ve pulled out my rough draft of book #3. Book #3 (which I still haven’t titled) is Jake’s book! Interestingly, Jake’s story is the one that started everything. His character showed up and I started writing his story, but quickly figured out that his wouldn’t be the best way to start the series. So I’m excited to finally return to his story!

Releasing the Hellhounds!

New Release, Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

It is available at Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited!

Check out the reviews on Goodreads here!

Hellhounds Never Lie (Willow Lake Supernaturals Book 1) is here!

A mage without magic. A hellhound without a home. A greedy wolf pack in the hills.

Ash is technically a fire mage, but he can’t do much. Turning his bedroom lights on and off without having to get out of bed isn’t exactly awe inspiring, not when anyone with the right gadget could clap and do the same thing.

Worse, sometimes he senses something bigger and brighter lurking under his skin, and it feels so familiar he knows it has to be his magic, but then he burps or sneezes, and the feeling passes. So it’s probably just allergies… or gas.

Yeah… Not exactly brimming with magical oomph. Not anymore.

It sucks.

But things start to change when he finds Dillon, a hellhound, being chased through the woods by an angry wolf pack. He is instantly smitten and it’s like something inside him unlocks. What’s even crazier is Dillon seems to think Ash still has magic… and now Ash isn’t sure what to believe.

What he does know is he’ll do what needs to be done to protect his friends and the little supernatural town of Willow Lake from the dirtbag wolves in the hills. Even with his magic on the fritz he can help, right? And, with Dillon at his side, what could possibly go wrong?

Tags: a hellhound looking for a home, a fire mage without magic, a talking cat, a small town full of supernatural beings, size difference (BIG hellhound, small mage), fated mates, Ash has scars inside and out, Dillon wants to hurt people who hurt Ash, Ash is always cold (hello, big fluffy pink sweaters even in summer), and a curious human BFF who knows nothing about supes but has a very active imagination.

Wolves Always Bite (Book 2)

Willow Lake / By Lori Ames

Read the full blurb here!

Release date: November 1, 2023 ~ Pre-order now!