Meri Martin staked a whole reputation on chewing up weak men for breakfast and winning billion-dollar marketing bids by dinner. They called her a shark, but it wasn’t always a compliment. When a persistent client from some tucked away harbor town in Maine started throwing around large sums of money and insisting that only she could work on his project, her company sent her and her assistant for a month-long assignment. The job brought the bonus of reconnecting with her sister and a way of escaping some bad decisions from the city. What also came with it was a handsome and domineering client named Asher Wells who was intent on spending time with her and staying mysteriously quiet about why his eyes glowed gold and his touch brought her intense pleasure. Could Meri find a way to sidestep the business-client relationship without risking her job? Could she bring down her walls that so many others had forced her to build? And what was this pull in her heart that always led to Asher? Dual POV Cozy He Falls First Fated Mates Bear shifter/Human MMC/FMC over 30 M-F HEA 3.5-4/5 spice