How much does a polar bear weigh? Just enough to break the ice! Navigating on-line dating is hard enough for a single mom and first shift baker, but Chloe has a whole new set of problems when her little boy suddenly changes into a pushy baby penguin. Clay doesn't want to be the kind of guy who can't respect boundaries, but when Chloe cancels their not-a-date, his polar bear insists that he ride to her rescue. Arctic meets Antarctic with a love at first sight sizzle in this short standalone romance story in the Day Care for Shifters series. Originally published in Sweet Sprinkles anthology.

A precocious penguin needs a special day care! Just when Chloe thinks she’s got a handle on being a single mom, she finds out that her son is a penguin shifter. Now it’s his first day at a day care for shifters, and Chloe is faced with a change of schedule…and a change of heart. Is Chloe ready for her son’s first day at a day care for shifters? And is she ready to lose her heart to this great guy who keeps coming to her rescue? A short, sweet, shifter romance romp, continue this story from First Shift with adorable baby shifter antics and a beautiful blooming relationship in the world of Instinct from A Day Care for Shifters series.

Ice guys don’t always have to finish last… Polar bear shifter Clay and single mom Chloe are finally ready for a real date—not just a not-a-date—but a penguin-shifting toddler has another agenda, and the evening out that they were hoping for does not go at all to plan. The sizzling conclusion of the First Comes Love trilogy, First Date is a short, satisfying romance romp with adorable shifter children and hilarious misadventure in the Day Care for Shifters series.

Day Care for Shifters Shorts #1-3 Navigating on-line dating is hard enough for a single mom and first shift baker, but Chloe has a whole new set of problems when Ryan, her little boy, suddenly changes into a bossy baby penguin and polar bear shifter Clay comes charging to her rescue. A swoony (and slightly sizzling!) trilogy set in the world of Instinct, this anthology collects the three previously published short stories, First Shift, First Day, and First Date, with two bonus stories from Ryan's point of view, First Friend and First Christmas—plus eight illustrations! Full of hold-your-side humor and big heart, discover a world of enchantment and love with Chloe and a day care for shifters! \ \ \* Chloe crouched, groping blindly for her phone, and Ryan—or what had been Ryan—squirreled out of his clothing and rolled from her arms, landing on the floor with a determined plop that turned into a comical waddle towards the bathroom, making happy little squeaks with every step. Chloe found her phone without once looking at it and scrambled after the fuzzy little bird that had been her son. “Ryan?” she said plaintively. “Honey?” Ryan got to the edge of the bathtub and flapped his stubby little wings as he tried to hop up into it. “Meep! Beep!” A penguin, Chloe realized in shock. Ryan was a baby penguin. He looked like a stuffed animal, with dense downy feathers all over his gray body. His face already showed distinct markings, with a black hood over round white eye patches. His dark, beady little eyes blinked rapidly. Chloe still clutched her phone and Ryan’s abandoned clothes. Should she…call someone? Was there a helpline for this? Has your child has turned into an Antarctic bird? Call our hotline for harried mothers!