Shadow of the Wolf - Heart's Desire, #1

Strike a match, light the candle.and fall into the spell. Heart's Desire Book 1Christopher Beckett is tired of being alone. His wolf is howling for his mate, and Chris knows it is only a matter of time before his needs override everything else in his life, so he decides to cast the spell all the Becketts have used to call their mates to them. What he wants is a woman of an older lineage, of power to equal his own.
And she has to accept the one aspect that sets him apart from almost every other wizard: his wolf. What he gets is Alannah Evans, a powerful witch of the Evans Coven. Lana has no problems with the wolf-she does have a problem with the fact that Chris is a wizard. Wizards and witches traditionally don't get along very well but the sparks flying between them can't be denied. When it becomes clear that an old enemy has targeted them both Chris winds up engaging his enemy in a duel that could cost him his life.