Barvale Holiday Tales Series

Christmas is a time for love...and second chances.   At 47 years old, Jillian Osborn was too old to believe in fairy tales and finding love twice in one lifetime wasn't in the cards for her, or was it? Every time she saw him, she couldn't help but long for the handsome Tim Jacobs in spite of her honorable husband's memory. Ornery widower and Black Bear Shifter, Tim Jacobs had already found his true love. After his first wife passed away, he wanted nothing to do with the opposite sex. Then Jillian walked into his life, and he's been lusting after the stubborn flower shop owner ever since. It didn't help that his daughter and her stepdaughter were BFFs. The confounded woman was everywhere he went. Every social event and gathering without fail. When the girls plan for a family holiday dinner together, Tim is determined to stay away for both their goods. Then Jillian knocks on his door demanding an explanation. It's all the older Bear can do to keep his animal from staking his claim. His Black Bear knows what he wants, but his human side just isn't sure. Will Jillian wind up with a Bear for Christmas?

Harvest season is here, and for one of Barvale's own that means reaping what he's sown! AJ Ramirez thought his life was over when the Enforcer Security Unit caught him tagging cabins at Lake Ursa when he was just a teen. But the Black Bear Shifter has come a long way since then. Graduating with honors from the local community college and opening his own Taqueria in Barvale was like a dream come true. Life was good. Almost perfect. If only he could forget that one passionate night he'd spent with a gorgeous stranger in Cancun last spring break. A year later and he still dreamt about the beautiful Estella Baron. Imagine his shock when she comes to Barvale looking for her husband. Him!

All Hallow's Eve is a time for secrets to be unveiled… Barvale might be home to one of the biggest Bear Shifter Clans in the entire continent of North America, but shhhh…it's a secret! "Crazy" Maisy Daniels couldn't leave Barvale fast enough after high school. She'd earned that hated nickname after telling her classmates she'd seen a boy change into a Bear just behind the football field! A social pariah and the butt of every joke in her grade, it was no wonder she'd promised herself to never step foot in that godforsaken town again. But when her dad has emergency surgery, who else can help? Maisy returns home to find things are a mess. The tractor is broken and there are only a few hours until the Daniels Farm Annual Haunted Halloween Hayride & Spooky Soiree begins. Unfortunately, the only repair shop open belongs to the bane of her high school days, Arthur Lance himself. It's time for Maisy to just grin and bear it! Arthur Lance just opened his third full-service garage and automotive repair shop in his hometown of Barvale, New Jersey. Business was going great, but his Bear wasn't satisfied with a job well done. The silly animal was still pining for the one who got away back in high school. Burying himself in work was the only thing he could do to keep his beast placated and his human side sane. When Maisy returns to town, Arthur can't believe his luck. Maybe this time around, he can reveal his secret, and win the girl. Will Maisy accept him as her fated mate when he finally reveals the truth?

She's making a list, and he's checking it twice…   Wade Kettle is raking in the dough, and the females, at his new place of business, Barvale's own Bar None. He's gorgeous, charming, and has the sexiest body Charity has ever seen.   The man was number one on her Christmas list! In fact, he was the only thing on it. But what's a curvy waitress gotta do to get some attention from her stud muffin boss when the Bear doesn't even know she's alive?   Sigh.    It's nothing but champagne dreams and beer bottle pockets when it comes to love for Charity Smith.   He is ready to be taken seriously, but everyone wants a piece of Wade—including the cute little Vixen he hired a few months ago. She's hot alright, but this former playbear is through playing the field.   With all his pals finding their fated mates, Wade can't help but think there is more to life than another notch in his bedpost. To prove he's changed his ways, he vows to spend this Christmas alone.   But when someone plays Cupid with this year's Secret Santa, the Black Bear is in for a big surprise.   Will the Vixen get her Christmas wish, or will Wade mess up his only chance at true love?   Sometimes the only way in out of the cold is to come bearing gifts.

Things heat up in Barvale when Betty and Crush go toe to toe over a job!   It's summer in Barvale, but nothing ever changes for Betty Wilson. She's been working for Lance Auto Repair since she was a sophomore at Barvale High School. Thirteen years later, she finally finished getting her certification in software development and has big ideas for improving the business. The boss is on board, but there's one guy who just won't budge.   Crush Martinez, or Marty as his friends call him, is a hands on kinda guy. What's a man need a computer for when he's got the power of a Black Bear roaring inside of him? All he needs is a little elbow grease and he can fix any car, any time. But Betty won't quit pestering him about using the complicated system she implemented.   They've been friends forever, and Marty is used to getting his way, but sometimes change is inevitable. Clan mates or not, Betty won't let her ideas be pushed aside by the hunk of smexy Bear.   Will this persistent Sow convince the obstinate Bruin to try something new?

Can an ex-Alpha and his housekeeper find common ground when the kids are all grown? The Barvale Clan Den has been a place of refuge for all members of the Bear Shifter Clan in good standing since Iggy Devlin's great-grandfather built the place. But with his cubs all grown, and his retirement kicking in, the old Black Bear just can't seem to settle. It doesn't help that wherever he goes, she's there! Always underfoot, er, claw.   Clary Aylin has been the Devlin family housekeeper since her mate died when she was barely out of her twenties. With no cubs of her own, watching those boys grow and having a hand in raising them was one of the greatest pleasures of her life.   She's kept her feelings for their father under wraps for decades, but what's she going to do now that the kids are all gone and all that's left is the sexy, growly curmudgeon of a Bear himself?   Iggy Devlin has never looked at her as anything other than a maid. Is he capable of change or are some things too ingrained? Clary has a decision to make. Tell him the truth or quit her job.   But will leaving prove unbearable for this smitten Sow?