Raised By Wolves

The first book in the series, also known as Raised by Wolves, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

## **Blurb**

He's in a cage, I reminded myself, but the words meant nothing to me, because I just couldn't stop staring into his wild eyes and playing the last words he'd said before he Shifted over and over again. *I got bit. I got bit. I got bit.*

At the age of four, Bryn watched a rabid werewolf brutally murder her parents. She was rescued and taken in by the mysterious Callum, the alpha of his pack. Now fifteen, Bryn's been a human among werewolves, adhering to pack rule.

But the pack's been keeping a secret, and when Bryn goes exploring against Callum's orders, she finds Chase, a newly turned teen Were locked in a cage. Bryn needs answers, and she needs Chase to get to them. Suddenly, it's Bryn and Chase against the werewolf world, whatever the consequences.

## Publishing Information

Raised by Wolves was published (in Great Britain) in 2010 by Quercus.

In the UK, the book sold for £6.99 on release.

## Dedications and Acknowledgements

### Dedications

For my family, close and extended - the best pack a girl could ask for.

In Loving Memory of Annie Mae Barnes, an incredible woman I never got the chance to know.

### Acknowledgements

Before this book had a title, I referred to it simply as "love book" because it was written for the sheer love of storytelling, and I owe an incredible debt to those who helped bring it into print. At the top of that list are my agent, Elizabeth Harding, who believed in this book from day one, and my editor, Regina Griffin, whose editorial input and passion for this project both challenged and thrilled me. I'm also thankful to the rest of my Egmont and Curtis Brown families - Mary Albi, Elizabeth Law, Alison Weiss, Nico Medina, Greg Ferguson, Rob Guzman, Doug Pocock, Holly Frederick, Dave Barbor, and Ginger Clark.

The single biggest blessing in my life as a writer has been the incredible and constant support of my writing friends, who really are my people (or, to put things in werewolf terminology, my pack). Melissa Marr, Ally Carter and Sarah Cross keep me sane and make me smile, and I'm also grateful to Team Castle, for recharging my writerly batteries when I needed it most, and Bob, who's always there for a late night email.

Finally, thanks go to my family and friends for putting up with my total absorption into this project. Thanks to my mom, who's always been my first reader; my dad, for providing valuable weapons expertise for some of the later scenes; my brother, Justin, who taught me everything I know about overprotective alpha males (Just kidding! Kind of.); and my sister-in-law Allison, who does an excellent job at curtailing aforementioned brother's protective instincts. I love you all!

## About the Author

Jennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate-cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic-book geek and a lemur aficionado. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, and published her first book, Golden, when she was nineteen. She is currently continuing her graduate studies at Yale University.