Bear Home for Christmas: BBW Holiday Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance (Christmas Bear Shifter Romance Book 1) (19 page)
Authors: Ariana Hawkes
Shiftr: Swipe Left for Love – Lori
The fifth book in the Hope Valley Dating app series and
a complete, full-length novel.
Sexy bear shifter Bruno Davis is tortured by a tragic past. Between firefighting and being a single parent to his nine-year-old son, there's no space in his life for anything else.
Lori is fleeing to Hope Valley to begin a new life after being dumped by her cheating husband. After all the pain she's been through, she doesn't even want to hear about men.
When a terrible accident puts their lives on a collision course, Bruno’s bear tells him that the beautiful, curvy woman he snatches from an explosion is his mate. But the darkness in his soul convinces him that they can't be together.
Through friendship, they develop a powerful attraction. While Lori is willing to take a chance on the brave firefighter who treats her like no one else has before, emotionally damaged Bruno rejects her, hurting her badly.
But when Lori’s life is thrown into horrific danger, he doesn’t hesitate to save her. Will he make it in time, and will this convince him that he was wrong about the lonely destiny that he imagined for himself?
Shiftr: Swipe Left for Love – Adaira
The sixth book in the Hope Valley Dating app series and
a complete, full-length novel.
With the bone structure of a god and abs that turn smart girls’ brains to mush, Leigh Canvey is the hottest member of his Hope Valley bear clan. But a painful childhood of being abandoned by his parents and brought up by a pure-blood bear has left him a recluse who lives on a mountaintop, far away from the other bears in his clan.
Flame-haired Scottish fireball Adaira has just come to town, hoping that her cousin Tamika, the creator of Shiftr – the secret dating app for curvy girls and shape-shifter guys – will be able to set her up with someone who appreciates her curves – and her sassy nature.
When Shiftr picks the two of them out as a perfect match, even Leigh’s animal nature isn’t enough to dissuade the energetic Adaira from hiking all the way up the mountain to meet him. But he’s not the only one who likes the look of the curvy beauty, and when an alpha wolf decides to kidnap her, Leigh has to put aside all his misgivings about humans and snatch her away from danger – even if it threatens the solitary existence he’s created for himself.
Isabel and The Wolf –
A complete, four-part werewolf erotic romance serial
He’s looking for a mate. She’s looking for a dominant man. When their very different worlds collide, can they find what they need in each other?
Beautiful, sassy Isabel Alexander has repressed her deepest yearnings for too long. Beneath her strong-willed character lies a secret passion for dominant men. A move to New Mexico finally offers an opportunity to explore her darkest desires. There she finds Peter – hot, dark and a perfect match for her needs. But after a storm ruins their first date plans, she’s confronted by a man as unsettling as he is captivating.
Peter is a werewolf of ancient Transylvanian lineage. By rights an alpha of the pack, he’s been cast out to find new blood for his perishing line. Scouring the world for suitable mates in vain, he meets strong-spirited Isabel. He was only looking to have a little fun with the human female, but he didn’t bank on falling for her in the process.
Once Bitten Twice Smitten
A standalone comedy romance featuring one kickass roller derby chick, two scorching-hot Alphas, and the naughty nip that changed their lives forever.
Aspen Richardson loves playing roller derby: the fun, the exciting games and her teammates – an amazing bunch of curvy, kickass girls. The only thing missing from her life is a man who will love her just the way she is. In the small town she calls home, bullies from the past remain, making her wonder if it’s ever going to happen.
But, things are about to change in a major way, as the secret Aspen’s parents have been keeping from her comes out: as a small child, she was chased by two wolf pups, and one of them bit and marked her.
Now on the cusp of her first shift, Aspen is hunted down by cool, laid back Brad, and impetuous, hot-headed Chase, who both desperately hope they’re the fated mate of this deliciously curvy girl. The trouble is, no one knows which of them bit her, least of all Aspen, who finds herself equally drawn to these two super sexy Alphas.
This is a standalone romance (no cliffhanger), with lots of laughs, scorching ménage sex scenes, and a HEA, of course!
Ravished by the Ice Palace Pack – BBW werewolf erotica
Delilah, a young werewolf of the Zephirah Pack, has never seen snow before. Her father, the pack’s Alpha, warns her not to wander off by herself during a meeting between the most powerful packs in the region. Full of excitement, she disobeys him and runs off into the woods to play.
But it’s not long before her father’s fears are realized, and she’s captured by the Ice Palace Pack and taken to their underground territory. Delilah has never been mated before, but it’s the winter solstice, and, before the pack’s annual mating frenzy can begin, a were-female from another pack must be shared between them. Scared by what this might mean, but dazzled by the smoking-hot males, Delilah has a tough choice to make – and one that will bring her more pleasure than she could have imagined.
Ariana loves to write spicy romantic stories with complex, quirky characters, plenty of suspense, and, of course, a whole lot of laughs.
She graduated in English and Latin Literature. Since then, she’s been writing full time, for both work and pleasure. When she’s not doing that, she loves reading literary fiction, fantasy, romance and erotica, and snuggling with her man and their two huskies.
