Bear Humbug: Holidays With the Shifters, #2

By Rose Bak

Is there something in the water in the town of Greysden?  Because falling in love within days of meeting someone isn't normal.  And neither is seeing a bear turn into an incredibly attractive man…

 

When she learns that her best friend has fallen in love with a guy she just met, April is determined to save her from whatever weird cult has captured her.  She doesn't find a cult, but she does find a growly, Christmas-hating bear shifter who insists that April is his fated mate.

 

A family tragedy years ago made Tyler hate Christmas and convinced him that he should avoid having a mate at all costs.  He doesn't care that his bear is insisting the woman who just pepper sprayed him is the one they're meant to be with forever.  He's just going to avoid her until the holidays are over and leaves town.

 

Unfortunately, fate has other plans…

 

About the "Shifters for the Holidays" series:  The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after. If you love short and steamy standalone romances with curvy women and growly shifter men who fall fast and hard, this is the holiday series for you. 

 

Download your copy of this instalove Christmas romance today!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rose Bak
• Release date: Nov 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201940041

Rose Bak

Rose Bak has been obsessed with books since she got her first library card at age five. She is a passionate reader with an e-reader bursting with thousands of beloved books.  Rose's contemporary romance books focus on strong female characters over age 35 and the alpha males who love them. Expect a lot of steam, a little bit of snark, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

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Is there something in the water in the town of Greysden?  Because falling in love within days of meeting someone isn’t normal.  And neither is seeing a bear turn into incredibly attractive man...

When she learns that her best friend has fallen in love with a guy she just met, April is determined to save her from whatever weird cult has captured her.  She doesn’t find a cult, but she does find a growly, Christmas-hating bear shifter who insists that April is his fated mate.

A family tragedy years ago made Tyler hate Christmas and convinced him that he should avoid having a mate at all costs.  He doesn’t care that his bear is insisting the woman who just pepper sprayed him is the one they’re meant to be with forever.  He’s just going to avoid her until the holidays are over and leaves town.

Unfortunately, fate has other plans...

About the Shifters for the Holidays series:  The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after. If you love short and steamy standalone romances with curvy women and growly shifter men who fall fast and hard, this is the holiday series for you. 

Download your copy of this instalove Christmas romance today!

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Dedication

For the cranky people – you deserve love too.

April

Honestly, April, I’m totally fine.  I swear it.

I’m still coming to see you, I told my best friend Marissa.  You fell in love and got engaged within two weeks of arriving in that town.  There’s no way I’m not coming to check on you and make sure you weren’t inducted into a cult.

I don’t think cults actually induct people. It’s not like a sorority. 

I heard some whispering in the background—Marissa talking to her new boyfriend, presumably.

Is he there with you right now?  Are you being held hostage?  Give me a signal.  Ask me how my kitten is if you can’t talk freely.

You don’t have a kitten, and I’m not being held hostage by a deranged cult member.

I heard masculine laughter in the background and rolled my eyes.  I hated people who eavesdrop.

Tony wants to know if you found a place to stay?  Otherwise, his mom can put you up if you want.  She’s already said she wouldn’t mind.  I would let you stay here but we live in a very small one-bedroom, and it would be a little bit crowded with the three of us here.

Like I want to listen to you two having monkey sex, I responded drily.  I found some place with private cabins just outside of town that has space available since it’s the off-season.  It’s called the Bear Claw Cabins or something like that.

Marissa relayed the information to her boyfriend, then relayed back, Tony says that’s a nice place. It’s run by a, um...lady who knows his mom.  There are six cabins on the property that they rent out, plus a manager cabin.  All the units back right up on the forest so it’s very quiet and beautiful.  You’re going to love Greysden, I just know it.

Great, I could use a break after the month I’ve had.  I’ll look forward to seeing you tomorrow when I get in.  I just hope that cult isn’t making you dress all in white like we saw on that Netflix special.  White just doesn’t work for your coloring.

Har har.  I’m looking forward to seeing you too, sweetie.  I’ll call you as soon as I get off work tomorrow and we can get together then.

The next day after my shift I made the two-hour drive to Greysden, the small town where my bestie had moved last month.  She had only been in town about a week before she called me and sheepishly told me that she’d met someone and fallen head over heels in love, then a week later she announced that she was planning to get married right after Christmas. 

It was one of the most shocking things I’d ever heard.  Marissa and I had been best friends for twenty years, ever since high school and in all the years I’d known her, she’d always been the cautious one in any relationship.  She didn’t even like to sleep with the guy until after at least a month of dating, and now she was living with some dude she’d known like two weeks? 

Something weird was definitely going on.

She claimed it was love at first sight but even just a few weeks ago, Marissa would have been the first one to say that instalove was a ridiculous myth.  We had both seen several women get charmed and fall head over heels in love only