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    Shattered Hope: Baby Makes Three, #1
    Shattered Hope: Baby Makes Three, #1
    Shattered Hope: Baby Makes Three, #1
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    Shattered Hope: Baby Makes Three, #1

    By D.M. Turner

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    This Christian urban fantasy is #1 in the BABY MAKES THREE short story series.

    Graham and Donna desire a child. Just when hope takes root, tragedy strikes, putting Donna's life in jeopardy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDawn M. Turner
    Release dateJan 4, 2017
    ISBN9781540175175
    Shattered Hope: Baby Makes Three, #1
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    D.M. Turner

    Dawn lives in the high desert of Southern Arizona with her husband of over 20 years and a variety of furry and feathered critters. She enjoys photography, crochet, scrapbooking, spinning her own yarn from wool and alpaca, beading and jewelry-making, and lots of reading. When not doing those things, she writes romance, romantic-suspense, women's fiction under the name Dawn M. Turner, and medieval and urban fantasy with a Christian worldview under the name D.M. Turner. She took first place in the Contemporary Romance category, as well as winning the Grand Prize, in the 2011 Writers on the Storm Category Five Writing Contest.

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      Shattered Hope - D.M. Turner

      Prologue

      For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of Him. - 1 Samuel 1:27

      Home of Ian Campbell, Pack Alpha

      Campbell Wildlife Preserve

      Outside Flagstaff, Arizona

      Wednesday, October 14, 2015

      "I think I need to see Jeremy." Donna Caldwell pulled her feet up on the couch and hugged her knees.

      Why? Tanya Campbell cocked her head.

      I’m afraid I might be pregnant. She frowned and lowered her gaze to her finger tracing an invisible line on the leather-upholstered cushion. It might not be Graham’s. What if that scumbag who Turned me got me pregnant? Oh, God, I don’t think I could handle that. He was so cruel, and how would Graham feel about raising another man’s child? Sure, he’s helping with my brother Tommy, but that’s totally different. She forced down the memories that tried to surface.

      Why would you think that? Tanya’s frown carried as much confusion as concern.

      I haven’t had a period since I was attacked.

      Are you feeling sick or anything?

      Donna shook her head. No, I’m just… late.

      I had the same concern after Colin pulled me out of that horrible place.

      And?

      He assured me it was impossible. The first Shift is so violent, due to the changes the body goes through, that any existing pregnancy is spontaneously aborted, no matter what stage it’s in.

      Thank you, Lord. She frowned. Not that I’m grateful for the death of an innocent, but I hope You understand I want any child I carry to be my husband’s.

      That said, you’re not pregnant. It’s impossible.

      What? Why?

      Kelly Darrow exited the hallway, having put Tommy to bed in Ian’s guestroom. He said she was the only one who read to him the way he liked. Donna chose not to be hurt by her brother’s comment and focus on gratitude for the help. He adored Kelly and Tanya, and they’d been wonderful with him while the men hunted a mountain lion that had nearly killed Kelly’s mate-to-be, Brett Mitchell, a few days before. They had yet to catch it.

      Um, Kelly? Tanya turned to the other woman, who dropped into one of the chairs bracketing the couch and slouched down. Remember what you told me last week about the changes in our reproduction with the Shift to wolf?

      Of course. Kelly nodded.

      You need to explain that to Donna, too. She thinks she might be pregnant.

      Kelly sighed and shook her head. The men in this pack really need to communicate with their females better. They should’ve told you this sort of thing as soon as possible after your Turning. It’s not the kind of information to withhold until it’s requested. Female werewolves don’t have human reproductive cycles. Major changes occur during the first Shift, leaving us with annual heats like wild canines. Our heats occur in the summer. That’s the only time we can possibly get pregnant.

      So… I can’t get pregnant until I… go into heat? Like a dog I saw wandering the trailer park every few months with males following her everywhere?

      Similar, but not the same. The other males in the pack will leave you alone because you’re mated. Graham will be more protective and possessive during that time, so Ian may have the two of you stay away from the pack to save some stress. My father never allowed subordinate wolves to have mates, so I can only speculate about that.

      What about your sister? Tanya asked.

      He basically sold her off to an alpha he knows. Someone he met at some business conference or something. Kelly scowled. "Anyway, subordinates are allowed to hold females

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