Bear shifter, Lia Rivers, is on the run. Falsely accused of theft, she arrives in Bear Creek with plans to disappear into the mountains for a few weeks. Instead, she takes a job at the local newspaper. There she meets Sam Spencer, a private investigator, who threatens to make her go weak at the knees, and a few other places… However, she hates the idea of putting him in danger and keeps the truth from him. But her past is threatening her future, and Lia begins to understand that to be truly free, they will have to work together to figure out who set her up. Sam Spencer loves his job as a private investigator. Helping people is what he does, even if the pay isn’t great. Yeah, he’s got a soft spot for those in need. He has an even softer spot for the woman who just entered his life. So what if she attacked him with a broom, whilst screaming like a banshee! She is his—and nothing is going to change that fact. Not even the secret she is hiding from him.