Jake — Olivia Arran

Bear shifter Jake Hunter is the resident psycho of team South-One. He lives his life by his own set of rules, screw the consequences or what anyone else might think. His rules are simple: no one is allowed to get too close. The reason? Because they might die. So why is he even wasting time thinking about Harper and what it would be like to be with a woman like her? Because he's a fool, that's why. 

Harper Kelly has adjusted pretty well to being a newly bitten and turned fox shifter. No more traveling the world, chasing the perfect picture. She's stuck in Heartsridge with the rest of the registered shifter population, and she's fine with it. Honest. Or, she would be if it wasn't for a certain man winding her up, flashing his chiseled abs and a whole lot more, his eyes daring her to do something about it. Oh, and he happens to be her neighbor. Temptation in a wood clad cabin, only two minutes from her own front door? She'd be knocking on that door with a bottle of something and a smile on her face if it wasn't for two things. One, it's Jake, who won't even have a civil conversation with her. Two, she has the strangest feeling that he might be her fated mate. A booty call would be fine. But, love? No thank you. 

Unfortunately, Fate has a way of taking things into its own hands and Harper has a need to prove herself as useful. Throw in Jake's overprotective nature and inability to relinquish control, and the pair might find themselves fast reassessing their options. 

And let's not forget the Purists who are trying to destroy Heartsridge. They're still causing all kinds of trouble.

But, when a man who won't let anyone get close and a woman who's been burned by love before finally stop running from the truth, anything can happen.

** The author recommends that this series be read in order due to the continuing storyline. Each full length novel features a different couple and their happy ever after. Also included: naughty language, fully realized love scenes, and big, burly bear shifters who only have eyes for their fated mates. ** 

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Heartsridge Shifters
It's a new world. Shifters are no longer a secret and they're ready to fight for their right to live free.

Everything is different.

Six years ago, the Registration Act forced shifters out into the open and the world changed. Towns were created to provide a safe haven for those shifters who chose to follow the law, and those who didn't were declared rogue.

Heartsridge is one of the few shifter towns in existence, guarded and protected by special teams of bears and wolves. Their job: to protect the right for shifters to live and love, and for the space to run free as nature intended. Because not all humans found the truth easy to accept -- that they're no longer the dominant species. Tourism keeps the town thriving, humans able to visit and stay for a week, but then they have to leave.

It's the law.