Bear Bound (California Bears, #3)

By Rachel Real

After the death of her father, Everly Rose takes care of her family's honey farm. When she hears a racket nearby she meets Cade Forrest a werebear billionaire who wants to buy up her farm to make room for his luxury hotels.

Will these two continue to butt heads? Or, will they break new ground for love?


This is a quickie read and a HEA Romance.

It takes place in the larger world of the California Bears Series, but is complete and can be read as a standalone.

Steamy scenes ahead! This novella has hot passionate alpha sex scenes. If curvy gals gettin' their groove on with shifters aren't your cuppa tea, pass this one up. But if you like big girls and brawny heroes--enjoy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rachel Real
• Release date: Feb 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524265656

Book preview

Chapter One

Everly Rose loved to wake up every morning to the smell of fresh honey. She tended a small sunflower honey farm in Napa, California.  What she missed most was collecting the honey combs out in the field with her father. After he passed away from a long battle with lung cancer six months ago, she’d been wholly overwhelmed with taking care of the honey farm all on her own.

It didn’t help that her sister, Birdie never ever tried to chip in. She was too busy trying to make it as a model down in L.A., that she didn’t even bother to show up at their dad’s funeral.  All of her life, Everly got compared to her slender, willowy and divinely beautiful sister.  Especially, because Everly had tangled curly hair and a thicker curvier frame.

Her eyes peered to the horizon, seeing the sun had only slightly risen—she had a lot of work ahead of her if she wanted to get anything done for the day. Everly shoved on her beekeeper suit one leg at a time and headed out to the field. As she started to collect the honey comb, a loud banging noise blurted in her ears.

Jesus! What the hell is all of that noise? She thought, pursing her lips.

She had the right gumption to give whoever was making that racket a piece of her mind!

Everly stomped across her field all the way until she reached the main road.

BANG! BANG!

She squinted her eyes, at a construction crew lifting a giant sign right in front of her.

"Cade Forrest’s Sunshine Spa and Resort...Coming soon..." she read aloud at a plod.

Yes, that’s my name... a dark voice growled.

Everly pivoted on her heels and faced the tall, dark and mouth-watering looking stranger.

He had sinful thick brown hair and these earthy