Unearth forbidden love and dark secrets in a town where magic lurks and danger prowls.
Leah doesn't just carry a stolen map and a ticking clock-she's a walking tinderbox of secrets with an ex-boyfriend-turned-hunter hot on her heels. Stumbling into Bearden is like diving into a supernatural jackpot, where her careening car lands her right in the arms of her savior-or captor?
Callum is more than the acting alpha of his shifter clan; he's acting mayor of Bearden. Rescuing Leah from a wreck wasn't just chivalry, it was a necessity. The laws are clear-humans can't know about Bearden's supernatural residents. That means Leah's stay in town isn't optional; it's enforced. A fact his bear delights in with every inhale of his snarky, aggravating, defiant mate's scent.
But desire doesn't play nice with duty. Tensions explode when Leah's ex-with-a-grudge strolls into town, hell-bent on tearing apart her newfound haven and the growly bear shifter that's claimed her heart. Callum, split between his responsibilities and the magnetic pull of the fated mate bond Leah, must make an agonizing choice.
Will her outsider status and his duty as protector prove their undoing, or can they rewrite the rules and forge a love fierce enough to face fate and thrive?