Maycaven Landing was supposed to be Aubrey Whitaker's fresh start-until she learns the truth of her inheritance: meet the deadline, keep the bed-and-breakfast, or watch it be taken from her.

Garrison Highfield is the one constant her uncle left behind-the gruff rancher who knows every creak in the old house, every repair it needs, and every threat creeping closer. He's quiet, controlled, and too watchful for a man who claims he's just a neighbor.

Because he isn't.

Garrison is a bear shifter, and the moment Aubrey steps onto Maycaven's land, something ancient snaps into place. A pull. A claim. A bond that doesn't ask permission.

Aubrey can feel it in the way he looks at her-like he's fighting instinct with sheer will. But the mate-bond doesn't care about timing, and neither does the danger stalking the tree line. A ruthless developer closes in, and a black-market serum is spreading through the shifter world-one that could destroy lives by dragging secrets into the light.

To save Maycaven-and each other-Aubrey and Garrison will have to choose trust over fear and surrender to a love that feels less like chance and more like fate.