Heartbreak and Destiny Eloise Freimont is done with men and ready for a break. When her friend signs her up for a dude ranch she thinks it might be exactly what she is looking for and agrees, ready to focus on finding herself and getting her life back. That is if she can ignore the sex-on-a-stick, Corbin Hurst. Alpha Corbin Hurst has wished for his fated mate since he and his clan of black bear shifters first settled in Independence. After three long years, he had almost given up hope. That was until she showed up at their doorstep, ready for the ranch experience they offered. Now, long days make for longer nights as he dreams of their future together and what they might have if she would only give him a chance. A stalker from Eloise’s past reappears, threatening the very safety she thinks she found. Matters are only made worse when another mysterious man adds to the chaos as he sets out to destroy not only their relationship but everything they both have worked so hard for. Will they be able to push back before it's too late and save not only themselves but the town they have both grown to care for?

Beta of the Black Bears of Independence Clan Cade Norton met his True Mate at his best friend and Alpha Corbin Hurst’s mating ceremony to Eloise Freimont. They had an amazing night of steamy hot lovemaking, but when he woke the next morning Gracie was gone. Cade won’t chase after Gracie. After two months Cade’s bear is demanding he go after their mate. Gracie Jefferies has one big case to finish with her job as an FBI agent, she doesn’t have time for her True Mate, so after an amazing night she fled back to Aspen, Colorado. Gracie’s red mountain lion is demanding they go back and claim their mate. When Gracie’s big case goes wrong her life is in danger. How can Cade keep Gracie safe? The mysterious someone that’s spying on the Black Bears of Independence Clan is no longer satisfied with sabotage. He has stepped up his game and shifters are getting hurt. What does this person want with the Molybdenum? Will Cade and the rest of the clan be able to stop him from taking over their town and ranch? Will the secret of shifters be exposed? What will happen if the world found out about shifters?

Jase Stewart is the Omega of the Black Bear of Independence Clan in Colorado. He has incredible compassion for people. He is such an expert in interpreting this unconscious language of the emotions that he is often able to divine the very thoughts of his clan mates. Libby Hoffman is a Seer. Through her supernatural insight, she can see what the future holds. After years of her clan mates abusing her powers, she moved from her old clan in San Francisco to the Hurst clan in Estes Park, Colorado. After a few months living with her new clan, Libby had a vision. War was coming to the Black Bears clan in Independence. Jase is strongly attracted to Libby, but he doesn’t scent her as his mate. Libby saw Jase’s future in a few possible ways. The most troublesome future Libby saw for Jase was him dying trying to protect her because they are mates. Libby has the ability to mask her scent so that Jase can’t sense that they are mates. War has come to the Black Bears of Independence. The secret of shifters has been revealed. Will Jase finally scent that Libby is his true mate? Will Pickens and his militia be defeated? Now that shifters are known to humans, what will happen?

A childhood injury in an accident (that also took his mother’s life) left Benjamin Hurst with a limp. His father drilled it into his head that an alpha can’t show any weaknesses and that his limp made him appear weak. The day his brother Corbin announced that he and his friends were leaving to create their clan in Independence, Colorado, took Ben by surprise. He was not prepared to be alpha of the Hurst Family clan in Estes Park, Colorado. Sabrina Bryant can’t shift. She has been unable to shift since she was ten and suffered a trauma that she can’t remember. Her father, the alpha, made her feel worthless. He had high praises for her brothers, but derogatory words for her. After two failed relationships, Sabrina felt her life was doomed for loneliness. Unable to shift, she was unable to find her mate. Sabrina’s father arranged a mating between her and Benjamin for political reasons. Over the last several years a ruthless man called Pickens has been trying to destroy the Black Bears of Independence to gain access to the mine and land. The battles have escalated, and lives have been lost on both sides. Benjamin, Sabrina and their clan have helped fight in these battles. Benjamin and Sabrina learned that she is the last hope to defeat Pickens and his army. It’s time to stop Pickens and his army for good. Everything shall be revealed in this final book in the Black Bears of Independence series. This book has sexual content and is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.

It has been a little over three years since the war with Pickens and his mercenary army. Their clan and the Black Bears of Independence lost many friends and family. The shifters have been slowly rebuilding their lives. Dylan Birnbaum is a Sphinx cat shifter and Beta of the Hurst Family clan in Estes Park, Colorado. His mate, Caleb Richburg, is a black bear shifter. Together they have overcome many of life’s challenges. Dylan finds himself raising his eight-year-old biological daughter after his best friend, to whom he donated sperm, dies in a horrible car crash. Caleb is hurt that Dylan never told him about donating his sperm. Will this bring them closer together or tear them apart? Not suitable for anyone under 18.