When Your Alpha Mate Leaves You

My other half was every bit the classic paranormal romance alpha hero. Stubborn, bossy, sexy as hell. Fiercely dedicated and eyes only for me.

We had a sordid history that spanned 21 years-- just a hair over half his life. Our love story included all the classic romance novel tropes: friends to lovers, second chances, fated mates. He made writing romance easy, because I was living the fairytale.

He passed away suddenly and very unexpectedly in his sleep a few weeks ago. 

As you can imagine, my life has been turned upside-down. We had chosen not to get get legally married-- he'd been married twice. I often told him he was obviously very bad at it and that there was no sense fixing what wasn't broken. 

Unfortunately, he also never bothered to get that life insurance policy that he'd finally agreed to after a decade of nagging (Did I mention he was stubborn?) and we didn't share money (and never fought about it) so naturally, my name is not on any of his property. Like our home.

His family has been wonderful and I have no reason to fear that I (and the pups-- the rest of our pack) will be facing the loss of our lifestyle as well as the loss of our alpha. But supportive friends and family do little to quiet the anxiety. 

The next year will be a stressful one as the dogs and I claw our way out of the grief and work to find a new normal.

I've fallen behind on my release schedule: It's difficult to write happy endings when my own glass slipper just shattered.

Fortunately! I'm a pretty independent lady. I am surrounded by wonderful people who give me strength daily. I'm going to be OK. I'm going to keep writing-- because I love it, because the little extra income helps, because he was proud of me.

I am currently working on a short novella that will be included in the upcoming Halloween bundle: Shifters in the Shadows. By the same group of authors I worked with on Shifters in the Snow and our USA Today Bestselling Shifters in the Spring.

He was the one who came up with the premise of the story. Working on it since his passing has been healing as well as heartbreaking. And ominous. It is, after all, a Halloween story!

A lot of people ask me how they can help...buy books. 

~Claire

  

 

 

 

USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Thank you to everyone who helped make the Shifters in the Spring multi-author bundle SO DANG SUCCESSFUL!

We went all the way to number 18 on the USA Today Bestseller list!

There was much rejoicing and screaming from rooftops that day!

We are having so much fun with these bundles that we have decided to make them a regular project.

So if you love giant anthologies filled with lots of steamy stories about sexy shifters-- head on over to our new Facebook page: Shifters Ever After Facebook Page and give us a "Like," sign up for the new dedicated mailing list, and generally hang out. Let us know who you are, tell us what you're reading now, who your favorite paranormal romance authors are, what you'd like to see more of in the genre!

Thank you! From all the Shifters Ever After authors!

USA Today Bestseller-- #18!!

OSO Excited for a NEW SERIES!

I'm excited to be working with Eva Wilder again on a whole new series.


Short, Steamy, and Heavy on the Happily Ever Afters-- the Boys of Beartooth Bay is a 5 book series about a family of bear shifter living in a mostly fictitious town along California's central coast.

It's not all filled with clan wars and drama-- it's just a collection of novellas following each boy on his way to happily ever after with his true mate.

Most importantly-- I get to work with Eva again.

Second most importantly? I found an excuse to use the AWESOME Spanish word for "Bear" (Oso) in adorable bear shifter title puns!

 OSO Stubborn is book 1 in the series. Look for Book 2, OSO Ready coming soon!

Shifters in the SPRING!

Pre-Order your copy of the new multi-author bundle Shifters in the Spring NOW!

This baby contains 16 ALL NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED, NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE stories by 16 of today's super awesome-est paranormal romance authors! (Seriously, CHECK OUT the talent in this bundle! I can't believe I'm keeping such great company these days!)

Spring is in the air and these sexy shifters are on the prowl in this exclusive new collection of 16 BRAND NEW ‪paranormal romances. We have passionate tiger shifters, possessive bears, leopard shifters, wolves, and dragons. Secret pregnancies & babies add to the fun! Make spring the season of the shifter.
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Make sure you "like" ClaireRyannAuthor on Facebook and follow the #shiftersinthespring hashtag on social media so you don't miss out on the promos and giveaways for this new release!

In LOVE with My New Cover!

Tell me that's not a thing of beauty?

I'm strongly debating having the first books in the series redone to match. I love the bold colors and the new animal placement. It doesn't hurt that the hotty on this particular cover bears a striking resemblance to my IRL mate either! LOL! But I can't put him on ALL my covers-- or can I?

Point being-- here's the latest in the Sierra Moon Shifters series! It's staying at 0.99 cents this month (March 2016) and, as always, available for free in Kindle Unlimited!

New Release! Bearly Sleeping

For those following along with the Sierra Moon Shifters, the next story is now available and only 99 cents till the end of January!

While you get caught up on Chelle the bear's story, I am working hard on the next Sierra Moon Shifters title due around the beginning of Feb!

I have a few more Sierra Moon titles planned and then I'll be taking a break later this spring to expand my contemporary romance catalog!

Enjoy Bearly Sleeping and stay tuned for what's coming up next!

Available for Pre Order NOW

Shifters in the Snow features FIFTEEN ALL NEW STORIES -- most of which are EXCLUSIVE to the bundle!

And I'm IN IT!

OOOOOOH! I am so excited.

Order your copy now!

Shifters in the Snow is a collection of stories from 15 great paranormal romance indie authors.

How the Bear Stole Christmas is my contribution to the anthology and it will NOT be available anywhere else!

For only 99 CENTS-- how can you go wrong?