She's got a thing for bad boys, and he's as bad as they come! Bowie Atiqtalaaq was new to Barvale, but not to the prejudices of man and Shifter alike. He'd heard the vicious slurs against him for the way he'd been conceived for most of his life. Keeping everyone at bay is a full-time job, but with his reputation for being wild and brash, Bowie never expected to care about what anyone else thought of him ever again. Until he laid eyes on her. Roxanne Winters, the legendary ice queen herself, journeys to Barvale during the Holiday Lights Festival to seek rights for her Skulk to run on Clan lands during the winter solstice. Her father, Alpha Fox of their Skulk, is depending on her to act with the grace and flawless manners that had been pounded into her brain since birth to get the rights for their annual mating celebration. Will Roxanne be the good girl Daddy always told her to be, or will she let her hair down and go wild with naughty Polar Bear Shifter, Bowie, her guide for the week?

"She's looking for a mate who can handle all of her, and he's the only Bear who can!" Locke Nanouk is one big Polar Bear Shifter. Standing seven-feet three-inches and half as wide, he towered over most everyone he met. The largest of his fellow triplet brothers, he was used to being the odd man out whenever the boys went to town for a drink on a Saturday night. He never thought he'd fit in. Especially not in Barvale, New Jersey where the local female population tended to run towards petite. True, he was a little on the quiet side, but he'd never had a problem speaking to women. They just seemed intimidated by him. Locke never imagined he'd find a mate of his own. Until she walked into his life. Nita Jacobs is a Black Bear Shifter, a member in good standing of the Barvale Clan, and a woman looking for her mate. At six-feet tall and the owner of her own business, it wasn't easy. The curvy female was having a hell of time finding a Bear who was man enough to handle all of her. She was starting to think she'd be single forever, until she runs smack into her mate on the one night she finally agrees to go out with her friends. But what's a she-Bear to think when her mate tucks tail and runs from her? Determined to claim what's hers, she launches a campaign to win her man. Bundle up Barvale, there's a polar outbreak headed to town!

"He wants to claim his mate, but this female is hard to catch!" Maya Osborn has had a lot of heartache in her life, and she isn't in the market for any more. Especially not from a Polar Bear Shifter who speaks before he thinks. With her step-mother recently married, Maya is suddenly in charge of their florist shop and she finds herself in over her head. It seems someone has taken out a loan in the business' name and the bank wants its money or else she will lose everything. Who can she turn to for help in her time of need? Tonic Nanouk has been lusting after Maya since the day he landed in Barvale, New Jersey from his small Alaska Clan. He knew in his heart that the small female was his fated mate, but so far she's been resistant to his charm. Okay, so he was a little rough around the edges, but what did a Bear have to do to get some attention around here? When Maya gets into financial trouble, Tonic offers her a way out. It's his one chance to show her they might be polar compounds, but together their bond is stronger than anything. Will she take a chance on him?

She’s the mother of his son, but can he win her love? Eva Jareck was forced to leave her old Clan to protect her precious son, but Barvale, New Jersey is a long way from Alaska. With nowhere else to go, she swallows her pride for the sake of her cub. Besides, it was past time she introduced the baby to his father. But can she ever learn to forgive the man who broke her heart? Bolder Nanouk left everything he knew behind in support of his brothers and cousin. He’s made a new home in Barvale, but his Polar Bear can’t forget the past. He left his heart in Alaska with no idea how to get it back. When Eva shows up out of the blue with a cub in tow, Bolder doesn’t know what to do. This is one curve ball the Polar Bear was not expecting. Can he be a mate and father? The single Bears are sniffing around the family he has yet to claim, and Bolder has a decision to make. Let them go, or man up. But can he win her heart in spite of everything?