Bear Meets Girl

She’s leaving her old life behind and hitting the road, but peril follows her path...

Marilee has got to be the most timid werewolf King has ever met. She’s also the most beautiful. There’s something special about her pure white coat that speaks to his inner grizzly, but also protects her in ways he never expected.

On the run, and headed for Grizzly Cove, King has to help her get there safely. They pick up a precious burden along the way, that might just get both of them killed...or worse.

Can these two work together - with a lot of help from those around them - to keep everyone safe and out of the hands of evil? And, can they resist the unexpected attraction that threatens to burn them both to cinders?

Find out what happens when Bear Meets Girl...

“I see the sign for the rest stop. Quarter of a mile,” Marilee reported to her best friend on the phone.
“Good. Don’t put your blinker on. Just get off quietly. King will follow. He wants you to drive all the way down to the end of the lot and park in the last parking space. He’ll be right behind you. Don’t get out of your car unless he tells you, okay?”
“I can do that,” she agreed readily enough. She had no idea what the bear shifter had in mind, but by all accounts, he was the expert on this kind of thing. She would follow his lead.
“Just stay on the phone with me. I want to know what’s going on,” Sabrina told her. “I wish I was there with you.”
“No, you don’t,” Marilee chided her friend. “Then, we’d both be up the creek.” She laughed somewhat morbidly at her own gallows humor. “Be glad you’re safe and sound with your mate. Your life is just starting to get really, really good, Brina. I want that for you. I’ve always wanted to see you happy. Don’t go wishing that away so you can die in a deserted parking lot with me.” She chuckled, again.
“You’re not going to die,” Sabrina insisted, emphasizing the last word. “I’m going to hurt Ace’s brother if any harm comes to one little hair on your head. And you can tell him I said so.”
Marilee appreciated the way Sabrina stood by her and tried to make her laugh, even in such a potentially dangerous situation. Sabrina was one of those sunny people who always made the room a little brighter when she arrived. Her happy personality was what had drawn Marilee to her at first. Her kind heart and willingness to put up with a weakling werewolf had cemented their friendship.
The rest of the Pack had—sometimes, literally—walked all over Marilee. Sabrina had never treated her badly. Never thought of her as less because she wasn’t as badass as all the other wolves in town.
“Okay, I see the exit for the rest stop. I’m pulling off.” Marilee resisted the urge to turn on her blinker and, instead, just headed for the rest stop. She drove as quickly as she dared through the deserted parking lot, pulling into the final space. “I’m in the last parking space,” she reported to Sabrina.
“Ace says leave your engine running,” Sabrina told her.
Marilee nodded, even though nobody could see her. “It’s still on. But, I have to tell you, those trees in front of me look pretty inviting right about now,” she warned her friend. “My wolf wants to make a run for it.”
Marilee heard Sabrina relaying her words to Ace, then she came back on the line. “Stay in the car for now, Mar. King is there. He’s going to block the road at the entrance to the rest stop and see what happens. Can you see him, yet?”
Marilee craned her neck around to look out the side windows. “I see him,” she confirmed. “He pulled his bike across the width of the road and got off. If they’re up to no good, they could crunch up his bike something nasty.” Marilee worried about potential damage to King’s motorcycle.
She hated that she would be responsible for anything bad that happened to the poor man. He didn’t know her. He hadn’t asked to be put in danger on her behalf. It wasn’t really fair to him, but boy, was she glad he was there.
“Don’t sweat it, Ace says,” Sabrina told her. “King knows what he’s doing.”
“I certainly hope so,” Marilee replied as she watched her knight in black leather take off his helmet and then his sexy black motorcycle jacket. He wore some kind of black cargo pants and a black T-shirt. He looked like a soldier. “Is he a soldier?” she asked, speaking her thoughts aloud.
“All three brothers were in the service,” Sabrina confirmed. “Special Forces.” Even Marilee knew what that meant. They were badass. “You’re in good hands.”
“Wow,” Marilee marveled. “When you send help, you really send help!”
Sabrina laughed on the other end of the phone. “We aim to please, Ace says. He can get really smug sometimes, but it’s kind of endearing. What’s King doing now?”
“He’s just waiting,” Marilee told her. “No. Wait. He’s moving in front of his bike and… Oh, no. There’s the car that was following me. He’s flagging them down, motioning for them to stop. Is he a crazy man?”
“Hey, Ace, is your brother crazy?” Marilee heard Sabrina ask her mate. “Marilee wants to know.”
The warm male laugh that sounded through the phone was somehow reassuring. Ace raised his voice, and she could hear his words. “King is going to ask them nicely why they’re harassing you. We’re going to see how it goes after that.”
Marilee resumed praying as she watched the other car slow. “They’re stopping,” she reported. “Holy crap! Six guys just piled out of the car!”
“Only six?” was Ace’s droll reaction. “King won’t even work up a good sweat. Shame.”