title: Punished
author: Stone, Samantha
description: Mary just wants to get away from her boss, but quitting her job would leave her and her sister homeless.  Raphael is a criminal living with the never-ending guilt of the crimes he committed centuries ago.  Punished  brings them together in a romance filled with lore, laugher, and love. Samantha Stone is pleased to present Book 1 of her new paranormal romance series, Crescent City Creatures.  Raphael Saar is an exiled werewolf, a convict on the direct path to a death sentencefor a crime he didn't commit. He doesn't care, so long as he can end the human trafficking ring kidnapping women across New Orleans.  Recovering from a horrific tragedy, one particularly bad day for Mary Newman has stretched into months. A nanny for a wealthy family in New Orleans, she can't understand why she's being constantly humiliated by her boss until the night she learns that he's not humanand neither is she.  Only Raphael can save her from the monster feeding from her misery, but will Mary be able to stop his execution?   Punished  teams up werewolves, banshees, a wompus cat and a haint in order to rid New Orleans of a group of immortals determined to hurt the city's women and kill Raphael's pack.   Content Notes: Spicy, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Suspense, Shifters, Wolves, Other Weres, Magic, Ghosts