Julio “Gash” Kennedy has a wicked past that refuses to let him go. After faking his death to escape a ruthless shadow clan of shifters, he’s found a home in the Ouachita Mountains, running security for the werecats’ vacation lodge. But cutting ties with the past isn’t as easy as he’d assumed, and now the men he betrayed are coming for his clan. Coming for his mate. For his Bailey. The one female who haunts his dreams and makes his heart tremble when she’s near. But he’ll do anything to keep her safe. Abandoned by her tiger streak when she was barely more than a young, curvy were-tiger, Bailey, has clawed her way back from desolation. Finding a new clan to call home, and friends who love her just the way she is has done a lot for healing old wounds. But her cat won’t be satisfied until she’s cracked open the hard-shell heart of the one male who makes her dream of having more. Gash doesn’t want her, if his cruel words are anything to go by, but his actions tell a different story. And she’s not ready to give up on him. As Ouachita prepares to meet their vilest foe, they’ll have to depend on help from a most unlikely source to free Gash of his past, so he can have a future with Bailey. ***Book 3 of the Ouachita Mountain Shifters series, which is a spin-off of the Dirt Track Dogs series. To experience more of these characters, read the prequel, A Mate's Wish, or the Dirt Track Dogs books. ***DOES contain a happily-ever-after. NO CLIFFHANGER. ***Contains adult language and explicit sex scenes. Intended for mature audiences only.