After seven long years, curvy girl, Jillian Masters, returns to home to bury her late mother’s husband, and catch up with the Holland siblings, including her ex-boyfriend Reid. Though she hadn’t turned out to be his mate, he was the best man she’d ever known, and he’d set the standard for all of her future love interests. Unfortunately, no other man had ever come close to measuring up to her first love. Polar bear shifter, Reid Holland, is a corrupt man. When his mate left him seven years ago, everything good and decent inside him died, leaving behind an angry and bitter shell. Instead of going after her, he abandoned his family, and his bear, and built his success on endless drinking, fighting and random sexual encounters. A few glimpses into Reid’s life is all it takes to convince Jillian she made the right choice in leaving all those years ago. Reid had turned into a man she didn’t know, and worse, one she didn’t like. When the truth behind Jillian’s reason for leaving is exposed, Reid is devastated until clarity comes in the form of his bear. Now all he has to do is convince his mate that the man she once loved is back, and he’s here to stay.

Curvy and scarred, polar bear shifter Riley Holland, the girl with the boy’s name, doesn’t want or need a man. Even if she did, her appearance, combined with her tragic past, have prepared her for a lonely future. When a gorgeous wolf shifter walks into Polar Bliss, her family’s coffee shop, Riley allows herself one second of hope…until her worst fear comes true. Wolf shifter, Nate McCallister, is the new, single sheriff in town, and he has no plans on changing his relationship status any time soon. His looks and job status have always kept him popular with women, but he gave up on dating a long time ago. The moment he sees the beautiful, curvy goddess behind the counter at the local coffee shop, everything changes. Riley would rather be alone than have a mate who finds her lacking, and when she meets Nate, she does the only thing that makes sense. She runs. Nate knows he messed up, but he’s not going to let Riley get away with running. Once he catches the sweet, guarded bear, she’ll understand exactly what it means to be mated to an alpha wolf.

BBW Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance Polar bear shifter, Ryker Holland, grew up way too fast when his parents were killed in a hunting accident when he was only eighteen-years-old. As the oldest, he’d fought hard to keep his family together, and he’d often filled the role of parent more than brother. Not that he minded. He loves his family, and he’d done the right thing in keeping them together, but raising three teenagers when he was barely an adult himself hadn’t been easy, and having no one to share his burdens with made for many lonely days. Curvy girl, Selena Ellis, has always been a loner, but being alone had never bothered her until her choices were taken away. Now, in an effort to start over, and reclaim her independence, she relocates to the safety of Longmeadow, determined to live the rest of her life alone and undetected. Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned, and Ryker Holland is a distraction Lena doesn’t need. Ryker can’t believe his luck when he walks into his coffee shop, Polar Bliss, and comes face-to-face with his mate. Deep down, he’d begun to wonder if he would ever find the one, but finding her, and convincing her to trust him were two separate things, and his mate was definitely hiding something. Lena can’t deny the instant connection she feels with Ryker, but her horrible past makes getting involved with anyone is a luxury she can’t afford. She won’t risk putting anyone else in danger, even if she feels safe for the first time in years just standing by his side. Luckily, Ryker never backs down from a challenge, and soon his mate will understand what it means to be mated to a bear.

BBW Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance Polar bear shifter, Ridge Holland, is the second oldest Holland brother, and the only one out of his siblings that isn’t mated—yet. After years of waiting for something extraordinary to happen, he’s finally ready to face the fact that fate has something else in store for him. He’s not complaining, though. Not when he loves Jane way more than a best friend should. Curvy girl, Jane Hart, has been best friends with Ridge for over twenty years, and she knows all about shifters. She also knows she’s not Ridge’s mate, even if he feels like hers, and that truth scares her more than she wants to admit. More so because once a shifter finds his mate, everything changes, and deep down, she knows she’ll lose more than her best friend. Ridge knows he messed up with the whole mating thing in the past, and that he has some major groveling to do, but he isn’t worried. Okay, so he’s a little worried, but he knows he shouldn’t be. Not when he has the perfect plan, and the perfect gift, to show Jane that he’s serious about taking their relationship to the next level. Of course, things don’t always go according to plan, and when Jane realizes what Ridge has done, things will never be the same between them.