Secrets of the Cryptids: Cowboys and Cryptids, Book 1
About this ebook
Cybersecurity expert Hayil Rufus Rose has spent her life hiding one impossible truth: she’s a werewolf who has never shifted, a failure by her pack’s rules and a woman on the brink of exile. A solo hike in Glacier National Park is meant to clear her head—but instead, a chance meeting with Will Penn, a guarded federal agent with powerful instincts and secrets of his own, changes everything.
As Hayil becomes entangled in a missing persons case involving Will’s brother, she uncovers corruption, cartel money laundering, and violence threatening the Blackfeet Nation. She forms an unexpected bond with a Bigfoot family, who are not monsters, but an ancient people who recognize her latent power. Through trauma, loyalty, and near‑fatal danger, Hayil finally undergoes her full transformation, claiming her identity at last.
Secrets of the Cryptids launches a thrilling paranormal romance series about found family, fierce hearts, and the courage it takes to become who you were always meant to be.
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About the author
Sharon Buchbinder has been writing stories since she could hold a pen, but it was the paranormal romance genre that finally felt like home — a place where the impossible is simply the beginning, where women find their power in the most extraordinary circumstances, and where love is always worth the danger of seeking it.
A Maryland-based author with a background in healthcare and higher education that has informed her vivid, grounded storytelling, Sharon is drawn to heroines who have been underestimated — women who carry something extraordinary inside them and spend the whole book learning to trust it. She is the author of the Hotel LaBelle Series, the Kiss of the Jinni Series, and six books in the Cat’s Paw Cove Series, a magical place where anything can happen—and does!
Secrets of the Cryptids began with a deep love of Glacier National Park and a question that wouldn’t leave her alone: what if something was watching from the tree line? That question grew into a full-blooded supernatural mystery, a slow-burn romance that earns its payoff, and a heroine — Hayil Rose — who is, at last, exactly who she was always meant to be.
Sharon believes passionately that readers deserve stories where the heroine doesn’t just survive — she transforms. She loves connecting with readers, bloggers, and fellow book lovers on Facebook, BlueSky, Instagram, and Substack and personally responds to every message she receives. Be forewarned: Sharon will regale you with her rescue cat antics, her pugs’ powerplays, and her inordinate love of all things cryptid.
