Story By Cera Ryland
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Cera Ryland

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30-something, single mother, psychologist, chronic autoimmune disease survivor, amateur writer, just living a day at a time and taking nothing for granted. My health can sometimes make it difficult for me to keep a regular update schedule, but I do my best to update as often as I can! If you are interested in discovering what projects I\'m currently working on and finding out as soon as I post new chapter updates, be sure to look for me on Facebook: https://facebook.com/Author.CeraRyland
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Alpha's Legacy (Black Moon Saga Book 3)
Updated at Feb 24, 2023, 21:13
*** COMPLETED *** My name is Anna Jade, and I’m a hybrid shifter – part werewolf, and part witch. My mother is Alpha of the largest werewolf pack in North America, and my father is the most formidable warlock who has ever lived. Since theirs is such a powerful union, there has always been a lot of speculation about my twin brother and I. What abilities might we develop, and will we turn out to be as powerful as our parents? We didn’t have to wait long to find out. My 10th birthday was the day we discovered that I’m a natural-born healer. Ten is too young for a caster's powers to manifest, and yet that’s exactly what happened. My mother was ecstatic, and my father overjoyed. He worried every day of those ten years about how Emerick and I would turn out, since he and his own twin sister had been quite the mischief-makers in their time. On that same day, we learned that my brother was to become a pyromancer. But unlike how we discovered my power from my unintentionally helping a family friend, his was discovered when he nearly burned down the pack hospital. It was accidental, but the prospect of controlling so much elemental energy thrilled him, and he couldn’t wait to see what else he might be able to do. He had been my best friend and constant companion since the day we were born, but everything started to change between us that day. As he became more and more of a menace, we drifted apart. And now, I feel like I barely recognize the brother I once knew beneath his new dark, rebellious, troublemaking young Alpha persona. He still has the same messy curls and shares my vibrant turquoise eyes, but he’s no longer the boy I grew up with, and it’s tearing me apart. One morning not long before our 18th birthday, I wake up and realize what I need to do. I need to get away, just for a little while, and discover what else might be out there. Away from my pack, and away from Emerick, I can’t wait to see what wonders and adventures might be waiting for me.
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You Will Be Mine (New Horizon Book 3)
Updated at Feb 19, 2023, 17:24
Gabe Bentley is in line to become the next New Horizon Alpha ... as long as he is able to bring his mate before the Elders and have them approve of the union before the deadline is up, which happens on his 25th birthday. It's less than a year away, and there's still no sign of his mate anywhere. Until Jeannie shows up. She's a human who was raised isolated and protected on her grandparents' farm, and doesn't know the first thing about men. There's a lot of mystery surrounding her family and her upbringing, but now that she's been taken in by the Bentleys, who just happen to be werewolves, that's all about to change. Now Gabe just needs to convince her to trust him, not to mention convince the Elders to approve of their mating so that he can step into the Alpha role he was born to. But when time is up, will it be him who takes over the pack, and will Jeannie be at his side? Or does fate have another destiny in mind for them? *** CURRENTLY ON-GOING ***
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Alpha's Duality (Black Moon Saga Book 4)
Updated at Dec 1, 2022, 17:51
It’s been years since Emerick Brentwood was last seen or heard from at Black Moon, his home pack, the place where he was born and raised and his parents and six siblings still remain. His own mother was the Alpha in charge of sending him away to a strict warlock reform school before finally giving up and banishing him from the pack entirely a few years back. Now it’s his older sister in charge at Black Moon, which is a fact that he’s neither ignorant nor happy about. Becoming their next Alpha was supposed to be his birthright as the oldest male child of the previous Alpha. Black Moon is the only North American werewolf pack to ever allow the rule of a female Alpha, and in his mind, they have no right to change the ancient werewolf traditions like that. His mother was special, but his sister is just an ordinary Alpha female – better suited to be some Alpha’s Luna than to lead in her own right. But Emerick has a plan and some new friends who will help him execute it, and it won’t cost him a dime because he has something far more valuable to offer than money: his twin sister Anna Jade, a rare hybrid wolf. She’s part-witch, but that’s not what makes her special. Her precious pure white wolf is truly one-of-a-kind, a natural spellcaster even in wolf form, and she’s drawn the interest of some influential people who have offered to help him win back his birthright. All he must do now is prove himself, and to do that he must risk it all to free the only person who stands a chance at defeating his powerful family, in hopes of trading her life for his sister’s. When their dark past comes back to haunt the people of Black Moon, which twin will prevail? *** NOTE: This is a preview of an upcoming story, and updates will not begin for some time. I do not yet have a release date set for this one. ***
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Finally Her Turn
Updated at May 15, 2022, 01:56
*** Spin-off of New Horizon series *** If you've read He Will Be Mine, then you might remember Marissa - the grumpy, aloof, "mate-stealing" female warrior who has the misfortune of being assigned to a long-term position guarding the New Horizon Alpha's daughter, who just happens to be her childhood rival. Though at first it seems like just another case of her seriously bad luck coming to bite her in the butt, that assignment also turns out to be the opportunity she has been waiting for her whole life - a chance to meet someone who can take her away from her abusive father and the pack that he turned against her. John is her fated mate, but the lessons of her life have taught Marissa that no good thing is ever what it seems, and such things are especially not meant for her. She's the girl who stands by and watches everyone else's dreams come true, and never the one who gets to enjoy those moments for herself. John seems too good to be true, but the truth is that Marissa's inherent distrust of everyone and everything around her is the only real thing standing in her way. John's all in, but will he somehow be able to convince her that he's for real and it's finally her turn for a happy ending?
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She Will Be Mine (New Horizon Book 2)
Updated at Aug 25, 2021, 23:55
*** Completed *** When he was 16, Jason Levitt found his mate in the library of the New Horizon packhouse. He had recently become a warrior for the pack, following in the footsteps of all the men before him in his family. She was a friend of the Alpha’s daughter, a human named Ronnie who was new to the world of the supernatural. But despite their common interests and the instant connection he felt with her, she wasn’t interested in pursuing a relationship. They decided to be friends and keep in touch, but over time she seems to have lost interest in him. Ronnie is driven, a bit socially awkward, and not at all interested in distractions like boys and romance. She decided to cut ties with Jason shortly after they met because she could already see him getting in the way of her studies. Not wanting to follow in her mother’s footsteps, becoming tied down to a guy too young and ending up stuck in a small town, she has always focused on being successful and making her way out of the simple life. Nothing and no one can be allowed to stand in her way. Jason wanted nothing more than to break out of the mold forced on him by the traditions of his family and be allowed to follow her to school, but an ongoing war with rogue factions in the werewolf world have kept him exactly where he didn’t want to get stuck. Though he’d much rather be studying alongside his mate and supporting her through her education, he can’t help his strength and talent for fighting. When his pack needed him, he felt obligated to stay. Now two years later, Jason has clearance from the Alpha to leave the pack temporarily so he can focus on wooing his mate. Ronnie is about to graduate from college, and he plans to surprise her after the ceremony. He can only hope she will be happy to see him after all this time and that he will finally be able to convince her to come home and be with him at long last.
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He Will Be Mine (New Horizon Book 1)
Updated at Aug 1, 2021, 10:42
Alyssa Bentley is the daughter of the Alpha of New Horizon and is set to become the next Alpha of the pack. Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, she has a chance encounter with Matt, her human fated mate ... but he gets away. She doesn't see him again until five years later, when he and his gorgeous fiancee and some of their friends happen across the pack's territory by accident. Time is ticking for her. Tradition demands that an Alpha be mated to accept the position by the age of 25, but she is already 21. Her father is getting impatient and gives her a time limit of one year to convince her fated mate to accept her, or he will choose another mate for her. Can she persuade Matt to leave his fiancee and become hers before her year is up? And will his relationship with another woman be the only challenge that stands in her way? Join Aly as she learns that the path to becoming Alpha and finding true love is full of twists and turns, and nothing is ever as simple as it seems. To discover her happily ever after, she'll have to decide what she really wants from life and fight for it, learning a lot about herself and the world beyond the safe familiarity of the packhouse in the process. She'll make new friends, see new places, and experience the ups and downs of love and heartbreak, testing herself and her bonds to her pack and family along the way. And in the end, will she get the guy? Or will she discover that her destiny is more and better than she ever could have imagined? ****** THIS STORY IS COMPLETE AND FREE ******
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Alpha's Solace (Black Moon Saga Book 1)
Updated at Jul 12, 2021, 11:17
*** Completed, currently undergoing revisions and edits *** Adam Brentwood was the Alpha of the proud and prosperous Spirit Moon Pack. After he made the soul-crushing decision to reject his fated mate and then his arranged marriage crumbled when his wife found her own mate, he was left to raise his son Marcus on his own. Kylie Logan's parents mysteriously disappeared when she was a little girl, leaving her alone in a cabin in the woods to care for her baby brother. When supplies started to run low, she boldly and bravely carried her brother directly into Spirit Moon Pack territory seeking help. Adam thought she'd been sent by the Moon Goddess to be the light of their lives and eventually his son's own fated mate. The Council which serves to protect ancient secrets and govern the lives of all shifters and supernaturals believes he is mistaken, and demands that their secrets be kept away from the curious mind of this new human until her true destiny is revealed. When Marcus comes of age, will it be his best friend Kylie at his side as he takes over his father's pack, or will he be doomed to a life of loneliness and unrest like his father? Will Kylie ever learn what really happened to her parents?
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Alpha's Fate (Black Moon Saga Book 2)
Updated at Jun 28, 2021, 11:15
*** Sequel to Alpha's Solace, Completed *** After 26-year-old Kylie Logan meets her mate and discovers the truth about her family and where she comes from, she soon realizes that her special gifts are leading her away from her hometown on a journey to confront the villains of her family's dark past. The pieces are beginning to fall into place for her to finally be able to figure out what happened to her parents when they mysteriously disappeared twenty years ago, and she's starting to realize that her destiny might be something much greater than she ever could have imagined. *** If you haven't read the first book, you should do that before starting this one. This picks up where the other left off, and all the background for the world and main characters were introduced there. ***
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