Bear Desire

Maycaven Landing was supposed to be Aubrey Whitaker's fresh start—until she learns the truth of her inheritance: meet the deadline, keep the bed-and-breakfast, or watch it be taken from her.

Garrison Highfield is the one constant her uncle left behind—the gruff rancher who knows every creak in the old house, every repair it needs, and every threat creeping closer. He's quiet, controlled, and too watchful for a man who claims he's just a neighbor.

Because he isn't.

Garrison is a bear shifter, and the moment Aubrey steps onto Maycaven's land, something ancient snaps into place. A pull. A claim. A bond that doesn't ask permission.

Aubrey can feel it in the way he looks at her—like he's fighting instinct with sheer will. But the mate-bond doesn't care about timing, and neither does the danger stalking the tree line. A ruthless developer closes in, and a black-market serum is spreading through the shifter world—one that could destroy lives by dragging secrets into the light.

To save Maycaven—and each other—Aubrey and Garrison will have to choose trust over fear and surrender to a love that feels less like chance and more like fate.