My stalker has taken everything from me. My job, my freedom, my peace of mind. When he breaks into my apartment, I barely escape with my life. My only option is trusting a gruff private investigator who promises he can keep me safe. He delivers me to his brother, a massive, silent mountain man who has barely left his remote cabin in fifteen years. Ben barely speaks, watches me with intense dark eyes, and makes my rescuer look downright chatty. He's supposed to protect me, keep me hidden until it's safe to go home. He's not supposed to make me feel like I belong here. ******* I don't do people. Haven't since I was a teen. Then my brother dumps a terrified woman on my doorstep and asks me to keep her safe from some psycho who won't take no for an answer. She's everything I've avoided for fifteen years. Soft. Fragile. Human. She's also mine. My bear knew it the second she walked through my door. Now I have to keep her alive long enough to convince her that the safest place she'll ever be is right here with me. Even if it means facing the violent world I left behind. Even if it means becoming the monster I swore I'd never be again. A bear shifter romance with a protective mountain man hero, forced proximity, and a guaranteed HEA. No cliffhangers.