by Anya Nowlan
With all of his brothers slowly getting married, it was really adding to their wedding expenses. It didn’t help that they were sort of all doing it one after the other, just a few months if that between them. But! Today was his day and Kelly’s and that was all that mattered.
He rapped his knuckles on the door of Kelly’s dressing room and she opened it just a sliver a moment later, gasping as she recognized her groom.
“Pran! You’re not supposed to be here!” she said, though Pran caught a very distinct glance of the white of her dress.
“Hey! I thought you were wearing green! Like I am!” he said, making his voice sound as hurt as he could possibly manage while pointing to his outfit.
“Yeah, right. Like I’d go along with every single one of your harebrained schemes,” Kelly said with a grin, mirroring the one Pran was wearing now.
“And this is the kind of woman I’m looking to marry,” Pran scoffed, rolling his eyes dramatically.
“What, getting cold feet already? Am I going to have to ask one of my brothers to chase you down?”
“Please. I’m a stag, they’d never catch me.”
“Fine, one of your brothers then. I have it on good authority that Vix and Comet are both faster than you are,” she said, arching a brow in a way that could only be read as confrontational.
“They did not!” Pran gasped, clutching his heart as if she’d shot him in the chest. “I’m going to go find those two and—”
“Stop,” she laughed, snaking one hand out through the gap between the doorframe and the door, clutching his lapels as she dragged him nearer so they could share a kiss through the narrow opening. “Behave, baby.”
“Do I have to?” he asked, pouting.
“Only for a little while,” Kelly confirmed.
“Fine. If you so wish. I’ll behave on my wedding day,” he said, sighing heavily. “You look beautiful, baby. I’ll be waiting for you up there, okay? Don’t run out on me either. Comet might be faster than I am but I can run you down no problem.”
“I’ll keep that in mind,” Kelly said with a laugh, slowly closing the door.
Pran paused in front of the closed door, battling his urge to knock again and steal another kiss, but managing to reel himself in. He shook his head with a sigh and grinned, walking to the front of the church. He stopped every now and then, exchanging a few words here and there with the people who’d come to wish him and Kelly luck.
If anyone had asked him a little over a year ago if he imagined himself standing in front of a church full of people, waiting for his bride to appear down the aisle, he would have assumed that the asker had been hit on the head with something hard and solid recently. But here he was and he couldn’t have been happier for it.
While it had seemed like his brothers were losing their minds one by one, he was glad to say that he too was firmly in the crazy camp now. Ready to spend the rest of his life with the woman he adored.
The last year had been spent getting to know one another and Pran had made good on his promise to show Kelly what his family really did. No surprise, Nick had been as big of a fan of her as she had been of him, and Pran was almost jealous at how well they got along sometimes. But Nick had that way about him, after all.
Pran had also come to know her brothers and the rest of her massive family, along with her sister’s husband who luckily enough was a completely sane kind of jaguar. Could never be sure with those guys. In fact, he was sitting in the third row that day.
But all those thoughts were cut short as the music started and Kelly appeared in the most stunning white dress he’d ever seen. She was, in a word, breathtaking.
Then again, since Pran had seen her, there hadn’t been a moment when she hadn’t been that and more for him.
Maybe it was the luck of the Irish, or just one buck’s, but Pran knew he’d found the love of his life, his mate. And he had vowed on his life to make her the happiest woman on earth.
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BEAR MY HEIR EXCERPT
“You know you’re playing with fire, right?” he asked casually, flicking a look at Dice that the werebear met with a nod.
“I know. But I don’t think they’ll be the ones I really need to worry about.”
“I think you’re right about that,” Thor said with a wink. “I think your girlfriend’s about to get here.”
Dice heard it too now, the ominous rattle of two large vehicles drudging through the jungle. His stomach twisted and he must have looked like a lovesick puppy there for a moment, because when Thor turned around to go stalk after the wolves, Dice heard a very obvious chucle pass over his lips.
The twins might think they’re all that, both sets, but it’s fucking Thor who could drop me like a rock from a mile away, Dice thought, watching the man leave before turning his attention back to the narrow road leading into the compound.
His heart thudded in his chest as the cars arrived, parking right in front of him. When the door to the first one opened, Dice thought he wouldn’t be able to find any words to speak ever again.
It was her. It was Meredith.
And she was alive. And she was here.
“Meredith,” he whispered, staring at her dumbly while she seemed to be doing much the same in response.
What’s a man supposed to do when he’s reunited with a woman he thought he lost five years ago? Whatever it was, Dice couldn’t quite wrap his mind around it, so he did the one thing that felt natural. He walked over to her, pulled her out of the car and into his arms and kissed her like she was the only oxygen he could ever breathe again.
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Bear My Baby
Bear My Baby is a full-size novel and the first of a 4-book series, Shifter Squad Six.
She never knew danger, but now she can't get enough of the bear it follows...
Cassie Campton's lived a calm, settled life. Working for an eccentric billionaire, she's given plenty of time for the things she enjoys in life. Surprisingly enough, that makes a person complacent. So, when the man she's devoted years to suddenly draws her into an explosive chase, complete with bloodthirsty villains and the distinct possibility of death, Cassie can't help but wonder if she's gotten in way over her head. But when the commando sent to save you is as hot and as infuriating as hers is, does it really matter?
Connor McLaughlin is a werebear with a past, and not much in terms of future. Head of Shifter Squad Six, he's a gun for hire, a soldier of fortune. Every job's the same, except for this one. He didn't think he could ever love again, but one look at Cassie and the tough as nails ex-SEAL finds himself stumbling over his feet and words. They only have one night together and after that, Connor's never the same, for better or for worse.
Brought together by fate once more, Connor has to save his woman, maybe the world, and most heartwrenchingly, his cub he knew nothing about. Can Cassie and Connor overcome the lies between them and have a future together, or are they doomed to fail?
Montana Wild Bears: Books 1-4 Bundle
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Strong, scorching-hot werebear Alphas and their sassy, curvy mates - could it get any steamier?!
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Find out in these hot stand-alone books, each following one Alpha couple through the war between the clans. Expect some twists and turns and plenty of steam!
If you want your shifters hard, loving and dripping with testosterone and your heroines capable, smart and saucy, this might be just the boxed set for you!
The anthology includes the following books:
Find Her Bear - Book 1
Wanting Her Bear - Book 2
Saving Her Bear - Book 3
Needing Her Bear - Book 4
Sassy Shifter Brides: The Complete Series
What a shifter really needs is a good mate!
Shifter Grove only attracts the kind of shifters who are looking for something better... Something different. When Warren, Rake, Deacon and the Warfang decide to build a new life, they knew it wouldn't be easy. But it would be worth it. Still, hard work and making a better future for the buff, burly and completely Alpha shifters isn't quite enough for the men. Ever shifter knows that a home isn't perfect without the right woman and that's exactly what all of them need!
SassyDate is here to help! Each of the Alpha shifters will find a mate that's as if made for him... Just sometimes it isn't all sunshine and roses.
If you like your shifters hot, growly and determined and your women sassy, bbw and opinionated, this is the boxed set for you! You can find all five of the Sassy Shifter Brides books in this anthology and none of them will leave you disappointed!
The box set includes:
Hearts Laid Bear
No More Lion
Bear the Cold
Roar for Her
The Wolves' Bride
Billionaire Dragon’s Bride
He's blazing hot and this dragon won't take no for an answer.
Devon Bluewing is a billionaire playboy like no other. Cocky, strong and sexy as hell, he's used to getting anything and anyone he wants. But when it comes a time to step up and stand as the head of his family, and the dragon council of Treasure Lane, Devon is met with an inexplicable problem. He needs a mate or his whole legacy could be in jeopardy. Now, that doesn't work at all for the fire-breathing bad boy, who's used to getting his own way.
Gemma Teeley can't stand injustice. She's sassy, smart as a whip and always ready to fight for what is right. So when the newest Bluewing heir decides to wrack up the taxes on her hometown, Gemma isn't about to stand for it. But what she doesn't know is that her fight against traditions might just get her into a whole lot of steamy trouble! The curvy, headstrong woman has all the fire of Devon, and when he gives her an ultimatum, they're both in for more than they bargained for.
Even if she'll play along, it doesn't mean that she'll make it easy on him. But it isn't just Devon whose making decisions for Gemma, and soon it becomes very clear that it's not only Gemma's pride that's in danger of getting burned...
Smutty Shifter Shorts: Books 1-5 Bundle
5 hot, sizzling shapeshifter shorts sure to make you need a cold shower!
The Smutty Shifter Shorts series is all about bringing the naughtiest, sexiest werewolves right to you! Each story is a standalone short, but three of them can be read as a series.
If you want your werewolves growly, determined and hungry for more and your women curvy and sassy, this is just the boxed set for you! Expect some twists and turns and plenty of steam!
This anthology of bestselling shifter shorts includes the following books:
The Mate
The Chase
Outcast's Claim
Outcast's Pride
Outcast's Mate
Firebear Brides: Complete Series
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the bear's way...
Love scorching hot werebears? If so then this is the bundle for you, with four absolutely sizzling bear firefighter brothers looking for their mates in all the wrong (and right!) places! Each novella in this series is a standalone with a happy ever after ending and no cheating!
The series follows the Hamilton brothers on their quest to win back their family claim in Shifter Grove, Idaho, but there's only one catch! Every one of the hunky bears needs to be married and preferably have an heir on the way within a year. These Alpha men won't give up so easily and turn to mail-order brides to find their mates, thinking it'll only be temporary... right? But fate works in mysterious ways and even with crazy psychos on the loose trying to burn down Shifter Grove, the firebears have to find time for their love, their jobs and their future!
The box set includes:
Bear the Burn
Bear the Flame
Bear the Blaze
Bear the Fire
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anya Nowlan loves sex and writing about it. The sexier and naughtier the better. She mostly writes paranormal and fantasy erotic shorts, focusing on shifters and their lucky mates. Her stories are bite-sized, just what you need to soothe that craving for brave women and growly alphas with a big side-order of smutty sex.
Anya lives in Boston with her boyfriend and several dogs of varying sizes and levels of mischief. She can't go through a day without chocolate and has an unhealthy addiction to purses, but every girl is allowed her little vices, right?
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Table of Contents
A LITTLE TASTE…
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
EPILOGUE
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