Blackwater Bears

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Colton Barnes dreamed of one thing since he was young: A mate of his own. Unfortunately, time was passing him by and he’d yet to meet the person his bear called his own. So, he took matters into his own hands. He let every one of his friends know he was actively seeking a mate. He had no idea the woman who would agree to be paired with him would turn into the love of his life.

Shawnee Baker’s family gave her an ultimatum: Find a new mate or be sold to someone of their choosing. While her parents were obsessed with appearances and status, they were none too pleased that she’d not only chosen a bear but someone who wasn’t even an Alpha.

The differences and circumstances of their pairing didn’t really matter to Colton and Shawnee. They were learning to live life as a mated couple and finding themselves falling deeply for each other. So, when Shawnee’s Pride demanded she return home to find a preferred mate, Colton decides then and there he would do anything and everything to keep his mate out of the hands of her sadistic family. 

Noah’s days are the same as the next. He gets up, goes to work, comes home, and sleeps. Rinse and repeat. As the owner of Moe’s, the bar he inherited from his dad, he works seven days a week. So when an old friend shows up at his door with a beautiful woman in need of protection, he has to find a way to keep her safe while working himself into an early grave.

This woman is unlike anyone Noah has ever met, and eventually, he discovers why. It’s the same reason she’s so valuable to traffickers.

Hollyn has run her whole life. Until a group of Shifters snatched her off the street. They had every intention of selling her to the highest bidder, simply because of her DNA. She was one of the lucky ones, though. A group of men rescued her before she could be shipped off and sent her to their friends for safekeeping. The problem? The heroes and their friends are Shifters, too. The same species she’d been taught to fear are the people charged with her safety.

But after she’s delivered to Noah’s doorstep, she realizes not all Shifters are the boogeymen she’d been taught to believe. In fact, her magic seems to constantly pull her in Noah’s direction.

Will Hollyn be able to withstand the pull toward the scruffy bear Shifter? Will Noah be able to keep her safe and out of the hands of the traffickers? More importantly, will Hollyn and Noah be able to say goodbye when Hollyn is finally safe? 

Leopard Shifter June Gillespie has had her fill of heartbreak. So when her friends encourage her to boost her confidence with a random guy, she doesn’t see the harm in sating her needs with a hot Shifter male. Unfortunately, her lack of confidence makes her suggest some booze to break the ice.

Bear Shifter Carter Simpson was wrapped around the gray-eyed, curvy beauty’s finger from the second he heard her voice. And when she invites him back to her place, he figures he’s just hit the jackpot. What could be better than spending a few hours with a gorgeous woman?

Of course, everything always looks different at dawn.

Neither of them can remember anything more past their game of strip Go Fish.

Will a night their human sides can’t remember be one their animals will never let them forget? 

It only took one night for bear Shifter Luke to become obsessed with the petite woman he’d protected from her abusive brother. One night. All he’d intended was to keep her safe. Instead, he’s found himself obsessing over every tiny thing about her, from her tiny body to her pretty green eyes.

The moment he sees her cougar explode from her skin he knows there’s no way he can get her off her mind. He has to make her his.

One problem: Luke doesn’t want a mate. He never has. He doesn’t want to risk becoming like his father.

But this woman has dug herself so deep into his heart and psyche, he’s rethinking everything he’s ever believed.

Piper was determined to live her life the way she wanted, not the way her family planned. She didn’t care that her habit of alphabetizing and colorizing every part of her life was odd. She didn’t care that her family wanted her mated with the next in line to be Alpha. She just wants freedom. Not a mate. Not cubs. Just her job and her tiny little house.

So when bear Shifter Luke begins patrolling her yard every night, she can’t figure out why her cat has taken so much interest in the male. He’s nothing like the males in her Pride. He’s quiet and gruff and covered in tattoos.

But her cougar isn’t the only one who can’t keep Luke off her mind. The more time she spends around Luke, the more she can’t help but want him.

The risks are high, both for Luke and Piper. But are they worth it? Can Luke get over his past and look forward to his future? Can Piper earn the freedom from her family and allow her heart to feel for Luke?