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Swim Deeper (Keepers of the Swamp Book 1) Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 3: Keepers of the Swamp

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Reporter, Bre Hayne, is on the hunt for a story. Finally, her big career break has fallen into her lap, and she has chance to get the scoop on one of the notoriously private shifters. Not many of them exist, but one Holt Lachlan has put an ad out for a mate, and Bre is up for the challenge. She’ll pretend to be interested, gather intel on him, and then scoot out of Uncertain, Texas just as fast as her old junker truck can speed her back to the news station. But the deeper into the story she goes, the more she realizes maybe Holt isn’t the one who is the monster. Maybe it’s her.

Alligator shifter, Holt Lachlan, is the center of an unfortunate legend. His family name has been tarnished by these swamps for generations, and he has to go outside of the town to try and find a mate. Desperate for something to occupy his inner animal, he meets up with a spunky beauty named Bre, and tells her the rules. The most important rule? Pretend he’s normal. Ignore the growling, don’t pay attention to his eye color, and definitely don’t go anywhere near the waters of Uncertain’s swamp at night. He’s protective of his territory, but the more he gets to know the bold and beguiling woman who has answered his ad, the more he thinks she just might survive his dark secrets…but will he survive hers?

Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.

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Shifter Series by T. S. Joyce

Bears of Slaughter Mountain

War Bear of Piston - Available Now

Defender of Slaughter Mountain - Available Now

Reach of Slaughter Mountain - Available Now 4/1/23

Legend of Slaughter Mountain - coming April 2023

The Wolves of Piston

Zombie Wolf of Piston

Brother Wolf of Piston

Lone Wolf of Piston

Holiday Flex - Wolves of Piston Holiday Novella

Traitor Wolf of Piston

The Wolves of Promise Falls

The Fall of Promise

The Rise of Promise

The Blood of Promise

The Mercy of Promise

The Edge of Promise

The Keeper of Promise

The Break of Promise

Oath of Bane

How It's Supposed to Be

How It Has to Be

How It's Meant to Be

How It Is

How It Will Be

How It Was

How It Started

How It Needed to Be

Battle of the Bulls

Two Shots Down

Dead of Winter

Quickdraw Slow Burn

First Time Train Wreck

Tuff Enough

Shifter for the Holidays

A Shifter for Christmas

A Shifter for New Years

Kaid Ranch Shifters

Steal Her Heart

Make Her New

Lift Her Up

Love Her Better

Becoming the Wolf

Behind the Beginning

Hold Steady

Protect Mine

It Begins with Her

It Ends with Her

Keepers of the Swamp

Swim Deeper

Dig Deeper

Bite Deeper

New Tarian Pride

Tarian Alpha

Tarian Silver Lion

Tarian Outcast

Tarian Protector

Tarian Traitor

Daughters of Beasts

Novak Grizzly

Beck Bear

Ash Bear

Grim Christmas

New Vyr

Red Dead Mayhem

For the Hope of a Crow

For the Blood of a Crow

For the Pride of a Crow

Redemption of a Wolf

Outlaw Shifters

For the Love of an Outlaw

A Very Outlaw Christmas

For the Heart of an Outlaw

For the Heart of the Warmaker

For the Soul of an Outlaw

Sons of Beasts

Son of the Cursed Bear

Son of Kong

Son of the Dragon

Red Havoc Panthers

Red Havoc Rogue

Red Havoc Rebel

Red Havoc Bad Cat

Red Havoc Guardian

Red Havoc Bad Bear

Wolves of Winter's Edge

Gentry

Roman

Asher

Kane's Mountains

Blackwing Defender

Blackwing Wolf

Blackwing Beast

Harper's Mountains

Bloodrunner Dragon

Bloodrunner Bear

Air Ryder

Novak Raven

Blackwing Dragon

Winterset Coven

King of the Asheville Coven

Second of the Winterset Coven

Bears Fur Hire

Husband Fur Hire

Bear Fur Hire

Mate Fur Hire

Wolf Fur Hire

Dawson Fur Hire

Chance Fur Hire

Saw Bears

Lumberjack Werebear

Woodcutter Werebear

Timberman Werebear

Sawman Werebear

Axman Werebear

Woodsman Werebear

Lumberman Werebear

Fire Bears

Bear My Soul

Bear the Burn

Bear the Heat

Gray Back Bears

Gray Back Bad Bear

Gray Back Alpha Bear

Gray Back Ghost Bear

Gray Back Broken Bear

Lowlander Silverback

Last Immortal Dragon

A Very Beastly Christmas

Boarlander Bears

Boarlander Boss Bear

Boarlander Bash Bear

Boarlander Silverback

Boarlander Beast Boar

Boarlander Cursed Bear

Bear Valley Shifters

The Witness and the Bear

Devoted to the Bear

Return to the Bear

Betray the Bear

Redeem the Bear

Bear Valley Valentine

Hells Canyon Shifters

Call of the Bear

Fealty of the Bear

Avenge the Bear

Claim the Bear

Heart of the Bear

Wolf Brides

Wolf Bride

Red Snow Bride

Dawson Bride

Holiday Bride

Full-Length, Standalone Bear Shifter Romance

Coveted by the Bear

Full-Length, Standalone Non-Shifter Romance

Shelter Me Home

Short Story Holiday Shifter Romance

Baby It's Cold Out Bear

Unlove Me

Ashbrock Curse

Reading Order for Damon's Mountains: Lumberjack Werebear (Saw Bears, 1), Woodcutter Werebear (Saw Bears, 2), Timberman Werebear (Saw Bears, 3), Sawman Werebear (Saw Bears, 4), Bear My Soul (Fire Bears, 1), Axman Werebear (Saw Bears, 5), Bear the Burn (Fire Bears, 2), Bear the Heat (Fire Bears, 3), Woodsman Werebear (Saw Bears, 6), Lumberman Werebear (Saw Bears, 7), Gray Back Bad Bear (Gray Back Bears, 1), Gray Back Alpha Bear (Gray Back Bears, 2), Gray Back Ghost Bear (Gray Back Bears, 3), Gray Back Broken Bear (Gray Back Bears, 4), Lowlander Silverback (Gray Back Bears, 5), Last Immortal Dragon (Gray Back Bears, 6), A Very Beastly Christmas (Gray Back Bears, 7), Boarlander Boss Bear (Boarlander Bears, 1), Boarlander Bash Bear (Boarlander Bears, 2), Boarlander Silverback (Boarlander Bears, 3), Boarlander Beast Boar (Boarlander Bears, 4), Boarlander Cursed Bear (Boarlander Bears, 5), Bloodrunner Dragon (Harper's Mountains, 1), Bloodrunner Bear (Harper's Mountains, 2), Air Ryder (Harper's Mountains, 3), Novak Raven (Harper's Mountains, 4), Blackwing Dragon (Harper's Mountains, 5), Blackwing Defender (Kane's Mountains, 1), Blackwing Wolf (Kane's Mountains, 2), Blackwing Beast (Kane's Mountains, 3), Son of the Cursed Bear (Sons of Beasts, 1), Son of Kong (Sons of Beasts, 2), Son of the Dragon (Sons of Beasts, 3), Novak Grizzly (Daughters of Beasts, 1), Beck Bear (Daughters of Beasts, 2), Ash Bear (Daughters of Beasts, 3), Grim Christmas (Daughters of Beasts, 4), New Vyr (Daughters of Beasts, 5), Tarian Alpha (New Tarian Pride, 1), Tarian Silver Lion (New Tarian Pride, 2), Tarian Outcast (New Tarian Pride, 3), Tarian Protector (New Tarian Pride, 4), Tarian Traitor (New Tarian Pride, 5)

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07V46KCS2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wicked Willow Press (July 8, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 8, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 8679 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 217 pages

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Unwilling Wolf--T. S. Joyce's longest novel to date--is out! Don't miss this werewolf rampage through the Wild West. Saddle up ladies and gents! This is one helluva wild ride...

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T.S. Joyce is a 125 time bestselling author devoted to bringing hot shifter romances to readers. Hungry alpha males are her calling card, and the wilder the men, the more she'll make them pour their hearts out.

She lives in the PNW with a giant, tattooed hunkyhubby, a make-shift family, a herd of awesome kiddos, plenty of farm animals, and devotes her life to writing big stories. Foodie, bear whisperer, chicken-momma, thief of tiny bottles of awesome smelling hotel shampoo, nap connoisseur, romantic comedy fanatic, bite-sized farmer, pig-momma, lover of books, and she's just getting started...

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Not your cuddly kind of Shifter

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2023

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This is a different series, cause, let's face it, gators are not cuddly. Wolves, bears, big cats... They can be cuddly. Reptiles? Not so much. But, Joyce has done it again. Holt's and Bre's story is different and enjoyable. Written with Joyce's usual humor and strong characters it was a good read.

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Swim Deeper-Keepers of The Swamp

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2021

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Well,,, I kinda put off reading this story because I am not a great fan of “gators”. Well,, this story is nothing like i thought it would be. Such a good story!! In true T. S. Joyce style comes a heartfelt story of a good mans worth. A woman finding something she didn’t know she was looking for. When you put those two ingredients together, the finished result is a heart strings tugging, learning to love story, set in the Texas swamplands. I enjoyed the adventure into learning some history of boat tours into these natural wetlands, learning a little more about gators and the beauty of a place I never thought was beautiful to start with. Bravo T. S. Joyce you have done it again!! 👍

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2019

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I love that TS has added reptiles to her shifter stories. The story was good and left me with the lighthearted feeling I usually get from her books. I do wish there had been a bit more character development. Bree is a reporter, why did she become a reporter? What was her background? I need more internal conflict between who she was and who she is becoming. We dont get much on who the heroine is as a person. Also, I would have liked more local flavor besides just Cajun food :) There was so much potential to create in this story and I know this universe is just starting but its like being taken to a Victorian house and only being able to look into one room. This book did cheer me up so I'm happy with it. I have been purchasing TS books for years and will continue to do so

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Mom Loves Dragons

Exceptional

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024

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This was an amazing story which I have read multiple times of Holt and Bre, betrayal and love and loyalty

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2019

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Seldom does a story deeply affect me like the first book in the Keepers of the Swamp series did on every single page. SWIM DEEPER is original in countless ways, and each development had me becoming more immersed in the lives of two truly endearing individuals. Having an alligator shifter as the hero is definitely unique, and T. S. Joyce made Holt so charming that I instantly fell in love with him. Bre is a woman who stands up for herself, and watching these two interact made for some of my best reading enjoyment in years. I will long remember this unforgettable story.

Although the existence of shifters is now known, very few facts about them has yet been revealed. As a reporter, Bre Hayne wants to learn any aspects about them by posing as a possible mate to a shifter after he advertised for one that is human. Upon meeting Holt Lachlan in Uncertain, Texas, a small town near a swamp, they seem too at odds to even have a decent conversation. Yet both slowly come to some surprising conclusions, and what they thought was most important in their lives may not be quite as significant anymore.

So many sentiments were felt while reading SWIM DEEPER, and each one touched me more than usual. There was uncontrollable laughter caused by some of their more comical remarks, and several humorous situations also had me chuckling. When something serious took place, my feelings were pulled into the event just like it was happening to me. One incident even had a tear running down my face because the circumstances were so intensely portrayed with openness. The feelings between Bre and Holt are powerfully depicted with much believability, and I never had doubts about how a scene played out. As I watched mistakes being made and emotions becoming involved, I eagerly read every word in order to see what the ultimate outcome for this couple would end up being.

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What an awesome, feel good story.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019

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T .S. Joyce is one of the very few authors that I will buy their books automatically. Without even looking at the reviews, which is what I do automatically with almost all other authors. This was a fantastic story and I absolutely loved all the characters in this story. Especially the H/h. The only negative thing I would have to say is in a section of one of her chapters. The Hero of the book was telling the heroine facts about him being a shifter, then several pages later the heroine ask him questions about being a shifter that he had already told her previously. It was like T. S. Joyce had 2 different scenes that said basically the same thing, and was only going to choose 1 scene, but accidentally put both scenes in instead. Other than that, it was an awesome story.

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Bre & Holt for the win

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2023

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This was my first time reading this author and wow!!! She has a way of describing setting and characters that make you feel like you were right there seeing the sights and knowing the people. I really enjoyed this shifter story it’s sooo well written!

Plus it had some funny moments. Especially the ladies on the boat tour that were flirting with Holt.

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2022

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This was a pretty good book. Holt was just trying to stay alive and live in peace. Bri comes rolling in and changes everything for him. These two went through some stuff but came out the better. Pretty good book!

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Amanaiara

More of the same

Reviewed in Brazil on May 6, 2020

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There was no surprise. Every thing went as expected. When I read a story, I'm looking for conflict and struggle and I didn't find in this one. The characters got persuaded by simply talking. So different from our world...

Nicole Carriere

Another new series, and it’s a winner!

Reviewed in Canada on July 11, 2019

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I’ve honestly loved every book, every series by T.S. Joyce. I was kinda curious what to expect after leaving the mountains we’ve read about and the characters she’s brought to us. Goodness even the shifters before Damon’s Mountain - her writing gives us real love. No Prince Charming, no hallmark posters of the perfect couple and cookie cutter romance.

You get flaws. Imperfections that make each character and story a true treasure.

I highly recommend all her other books, but if you starts anywhere here is a great one.

Avoiding spoilers as it’s not my thing...you get two people quirks galore, figuring out life as best they can. Honest feelings, mistakes and rewards for being true to yourself and what makes your heart beat faster.

This series and any by this author are for any paranormal romance reader out there!

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This writer has a magical ability

Reviewed in Germany on August 14, 2019

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She can make me laugh and cry at the same time. There are moments in this story where I wanted to smack Bre, Gibbs style across the back of the head, but I loved watching her with Holt, love how he opens up to her. Amazing story.

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Bree and Colt

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2019

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Swim Deeper is the first book in the T.S.Joyce new series, Keepers of the Swamp. And what a fantastic start it was!!!. Bree answered a add from a very private shifter looking for a mate. The last thing she expects is to find a amazing man, that gave it everything she need it to be happy. The problem?! She is a reporter send to get a scoop on the notoriously private alligator shifter. Colt is a alligator shifter with a mark on his back and a terrible family history. When he place the add looking for a mate he had rules of how it was going to play out. But he didn't expect the feisty redheaded breaking them all. This was a fantastic read, with a unusual alligator shifter. Great plot that flowed easy, packed with danger, heartbreaking moments and heartwarming ones that will let you sobbing your eyes out. T.s.Joyce you did it again! Highly recommended

cesp

Joyce does it again with another shifter species

Reviewed in Spain on July 9, 2019

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Another wonderful shifter series on the way. The characters are great, their interaction fantastic. You'll be hooked for sure.
Do have to say that some parts seemed a bit rushed, or developed too quickly.

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