Christmas of the Damned:  now available from Changeling Press. No one remembers why, but every year on the same cold December night, the survivors of the ruined City of the Damned gather to celebrate a miracle that never happens... When a wounded wolf appears outside the city’s most popular nightclub, Sol, the tough doorman, rescues her from the violence of his patrons. He recognizes that the wolf is more than she seems. But then, so is Sol. A man of few words who hides his gift and his generosity, only he can unlock the wolf's lost humanity. And as it turns out, the meeting of these two remarkable creatures is just one of the miracles of this Christmas night.

Reviews:

"My first impression of this work was wow. In a very short amount of time, Ms. Treanor brought to life a ruined world and two characters with such an emotional punch that this story will be hard to forget. The realism of her portrayal of the shapeshifter heroine was captivating and the hero was nearly too good to be true and a strong reminder of why women enjoy romantic fiction. The author has sharp writing skills with a flare for unobtrusive description. Her dialogue and characterization are wonderful and she knows just how to capture her reader and pull them along on an all-too-short ride to an immensely satisfying end. This is a very highly recommended read from an author to watch." - 4.5 hearts, Cameron Foster, The Romance Studio

"Sol, the bouncer, appears to be a hard hitting tough guy, but once he tries to save the wolf and bring her back from the brink of no return, you can see he truly has a wonderful heart and soul...The romantic scenes were quite short, but fulfilling considering the needs of the characters and well written. A pleasure to read." - Snowdrop, Whipped Cream

Excerpt:

      The fur of her head was silky soft. She stiffened under his touch but didn’t move away. He began to caress her, stroking her ears and neck, feeling the matted fur and dried blood. She didn’t wince when he touched her wounds. He closed his eyes and let it crash over him, the pain of her broken rib and bruised leg, the knife cuts in her neck and back. He could bear that easily. What overwhelmed him was her internal agony, the memories of violations and terror and grief; the impossibly conflicting fears of human compassion and animal violence locked inside her.
Deeper and deeper he fell into her pain until he couldn’t quite muffle a groan of anguish, but still he held on, feeling now the wild confusion of unsatisfied lusts within her.
      The wolf had never mated. She had half-killed a male wolf who had approached her too forcefully in her last season. A loner like him, but seeking, and fearing solitude at the same time.
Sol’s head fell forward. He held on grimly, taking it all, until gradually, he felt her wonder, and slowly, carefully, he could begin to disperse the pain, deal with it. Eyes still closed, he held his hands over her wounded neck and back, reached down between her forelegs, seeking and finding the broken rib.
      When he opened his eyes, the wolf still stared at him, wonder and gratitude and new, desperate fear fighting for dominance in her amber eyes.
      “Come back,” he whispered. “It’s time.” And pressed his lips to her soft, furry head.
      A whimper escaped her. There was more pain, unbelievable, unbearable, but he took that too, head thrown back against the sofa for support while the wolf’s body twisted and changed, limbs lengthening, bones altering shape and position. The fur began to vanish from her shoulders and back, her face shortened and re-formed, hairless and white as her long, slender limbs.
      A lovely woman knelt between his knees, trembling.

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