Claimed by the Prodigal Bear
by Iva J. Rivers
He came home. Found his mate. Now his bear wants forever.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Book 1 of 2: The Copper Ridge Series
“Bite me,” she said.
CLAIM HER, my bear said.
She meant her shoulder. She has a kink and she is not shy about it.
The place that matters is four inches north of there, where the neck meets it, and there is not one shifter alive who has ever confused the two.
FOUR INCHES, my bear said.
No.
She’s human. She doesn’t know I’m a bear shifter. She doesn’t know that a bite in the wrong place is a bond that runs both ways and does not come undone.
She can’t say yes to something she’s never heard of.
And this is definitely not the moment to explain it.
I’m Waco Decker. Engineer. I’ve built bridges with my name on them in four states.
Four inches is the one distance I can’t cross.
I was a wanderer until my bear said GO HOME. NOW.
Home is Copper Ridge. A pack with bears, wolves, and misfits with nowhere else to go, hiding in plain sight.
My bear told me Stella Robinson was our mate while she was sitting in a coffee shop with a legal pad, before I even knew her name.
I told him he was wrong.
Then somebody fired a rifle at her.
Now a company that doesn’t care what it buries wants our mountain, somebody wants Stella out of the way, and my bear is done listening to me.
He came roaring out in front of her with one thought in his head.
PROTECT OUR MATE.
She saw exactly what I am.
She didn’t scream.
She didn’t run.
She asked if I was okay.
I spent years running from Copper Ridge.
Turns out coming home was the easy part.
Because my bear doesn’t just want Stella protected.
He wants those four inches.
Book Details:
- Genre: Dark Romance, Paranormal Romance
- Format: eBook
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