THE ALPHA'S RUNAWAY MATE - A Forbidden Grumpy Sunshine Forced Proximity Werewolf Romance #974312

She photographed the wolf. She never expected the man.

Wildlife photographer Mara Callahan's career depends on one shot: a rumored silver wolf in the Cascade Mountains that everyone thinks is a myth. When her rental car dies in a blizzard, she's rescued by a man with amber eyes who carries her through the snow without asking permission—and who is, unmistakably, the wolf she came to find.

Cade Ashveil is the Alpha of the Ironveil Pack. Controlled. Unshakable. He's spent five years building walls from grief, and the last thing he needs is a human woman with a camera, a relentless laugh, and a pull on him he refuses to name. But the snowstorm doesn't care about his walls. And neither does the mate bond that snaps into place the moment he touches her.

Stranded together in his remote mountain cabin with no escape and no pretending, Mara's warmth starts dismantling everything Cade has built to keep himself safe. Outside, a rival Alpha is moving to seize Ironveil territory, and a traitor inside the pack is feeding classified intelligence to the enemy. Mara's camera holds evidence that could destroy the threat—but it also makes her a target. And Cade is discovering that the one thing more dangerous than letting someone in is trying to keep them out when they already own every piece of you.

Mara has been temporary her whole life. She knows how to pass through, how to document other people's homes without ever claiming one. She knows what those amber eyes mean. She's been waiting for him to know it too.

But Cade's grief runs deep, and his fear runs deeper. When the rival pack's challenge comes to a head at the Council Gathering, Mara will stand beside him—photographer turned witness, human turned pack, the woman who walked into a blizzard and came out claimed.

A steamy standalone paranormal romance featuring fated mates, forced proximity, and a grumpy Alpha undone by one woman's unshakeable warmth.

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