The Shift Series follows seventeen-year-old shifter Leah Brayton as she first learns to control and develop her abilities as a human shifter and forges an inexplicably strong connection with a fellow shifter named Drake King. When socio-political turmoil hits close to home, Leah’s skills and involvement in the Shifter community broaden until she alone is the key to saving them all.
The Shift Series was first released in 2011-2014; it was later revised and re-released in December 2018. New covers and blurbs were added in 2021 after a short hiatus.
SHIFT
Shift Series 1
Have you ever wished you could look like someone else?
The last time I did, my wish came true. I nearly revealed my brand new secret in the middle of the high school quad: I’m a shifter and I can look like anyone—in theory. Now I have to spend the summer with my eccentric aunt learning to control my new “gifts.” It’s hell… until I meet Drake.
RECAST
Shift Series 2
I thought saying goodbye to Drake was the worst thing that could ever happen…
That was until the world watched a vampire drain a reporter live on national television. A vampire. I thought shifters were the only creatures that shouldn’t exist. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, a shifter steps onto the screen next—and turns my life upside down.
DRIFT
Shift Series 3
Sleeping next to vampires wasn’t on my five-year plan.
Then again, neither was going on the run. I was doing fine on my own until government agents started tailing me through Seattle. Then a vampire—sorry, civilized immortal—named Topher up and rescued me. Now I’m staying with the immortals running “daylight errands” while Drake is on his way. Topher said he’d keep me safe until then, but even with nowhere else to go, I’m not sure I can trust an immortal’s promise.
STAND
Shift Series 4
All I wanted was Drake to myself.
And now I have him… and his seven-year-old cousin… and possibly depression. I guess that’s expected when you’re forced to pretend everything is normal when everyone you love is behind bars.
Then Mythological Affairs Committee demands to speak with me. The timing couldn’t be worse, but when we meet with the committee, bad timing is the least of our worries. Neither of us are prepared for something like this… or for what we’ll have to do to make it right.
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WAITING
Shift Series 3.5
This novella takes place during DRIFT (Shift Series 3), however, it should not be read until after reading STAND (Shift Series 4) due to spoilers.
Ferris landed herself in government custody after running from Mythological Affairs officers in Nebraska. Some of the guards are kind—others, she learns, not so much. The only bright spot in her day is seeing Collin every night at dinner and sitting at a fading Cecelia’s bedside when she’s allowed to. But just when Ferris begins to grasp the weight of Cecelia’s condition, sudden news of her own sends her reeling.
**Waiting contains scenes which include end-of-life, physical violence, surprise pregnancy, medical settings, grief, loss of a loved one, regret, hope, love, and compassion. The ending is bittersweet.
LINKING
A Shift Series Novella
Sometimes, love is inconvenient…
Cecelia Brayton is fresh out of graduate school, living in the Bay Area, and beginning to take over leadership of her community of fellow human shifters. Everything is going to plan—until she meets Felix Lassiter. Their instantaneous bond is as rare as it is inconvenient. Felix is in San Fransisco for just a few days—before he’s due to return home to his family in upstate New York. How can Felix and Cecelia navigate the waters of being linked without hurting the ones they love, or each other?
**Linking has a bittersweet ending. It includes depictions of an extramarital affair, deep internal reckoning/introspection, and an FMC who makes the right decision for herself (even though it’s the hardest thing she’ll ever do) and comes out stronger for it.
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