Virtue Shifters

Wolf shifter and fashion designer Zane Bellamy has a secret: he's "face-blind," unable to recognize people easily no matter how often he's seen them. Victoria Hawthorne has a secret, too, but if she's learned anything from teaching first graders, it's that the best way to keep a secret is to not tell anybody. She and Zane have that in common . . . but absolutely nothing else. Haute couture collides with ordinary life when Vicki wins a dress design by Zane himself. She knocks him off his feet when they meet . . . and even so, his face-blindness means he won't recognize her the next time they see each other! Vicki has no real plans to put down roots, especially because some of Virtue's founding families make it clear outsiders are unwelcome. But when local-boy-made-good Zane returns to make her gown, everything changes in a heartbeat-even as Vicki fears there's no way this instant attraction can turn into something lasting. And although Zane can't deny the connection he has with Vicki, he's never really believed in fate . . . until circumstances run out of his control and he realizes he's about to lose everything.

Sarah is looking for love under the covers... of a good book! As a small-town librarian, Sarah has her hands full with projects that range from running an in-library day care to planning her best friend's wedding. Romance is a complication she doesn't need... until he walks in. Archivist Matthew is a big-city bear shifter looking forward to a quiet, short-term project in Virtue before heading to his dream job in New York. He didn't count on Virtue's vibrant, sexy librarian stealing his heart with a single glance... Matthew never meant to stay; Sarah never meant to fall. But as they investigate a mystery from Virtue's past together, neither wants to turn the page on a blossoming summer romance that just might last a lifetime. Librarian Bear is a delightful, steamy standalone with a guaranteed happily ever after and no cliffhangers.

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen... Chef Charlee has spent a lifetime trying to outrun her difficult past. A head chef job in a small town might be the start of something new—but she never expected the boss to be more sizzling hot than anything she's ever cooked! But keeping her mind on the job is the only choice. If only she would stop imagining the kitchen counter as a great place for a steamy rendezvous... (No! You prepare food on that! Stop thinking that way! But he's so handsome...!) His new restaurant is his fresh start. But the head chef is the tastiest thing on the menu... Bear shifter Steven has big plans to break away from his family's brewhouse tradition. All he needs is a new town, a new restaurant, and a new... incredibly sexy, curvy chef who just happens to be his fated mate?! Now it's not ambitions for the bistro that get him all fired up—it's Charlee, and finding a way to coax her out of her shell. Charlee doesn't know about shifters, and Steven doesn't know if this restaurant is really what he wants after all—but the more they work together, the more they become certain that above all else, what they want is... each other.

Wolf shifter and carpenter Jake Rowly left his home town of Virtue straight out of high school and never planned to return. But a broken heart sends him back into the fold, because if there's one thing Virtue doesn't have, it's any chance of romantic complications. Then he meets newcomer Mabs Brannigan, and realizes fate has brought him home again . . . All single mother Mabs Brannigan wants is a safe, friendly place to raise her young son. When a distant relative leaves her a falling-down farmhouse in upstate New York, it seems like the chance of a lifetime to start over . . . until an unethical contractor runs off with her money and she's left with the devastating truth that she may have to sell the farm. Jake needs a place to stay. Mabs needs a carpenter. Jake doesn't want to move too fast with a single mom trying to build a new life . . . and Mabs can't imagine a gorgeous, sexy guy like Jake would be interested in anything more than her amazing old house. But when Mabs's past comes back to haunt her, and winter traps them together, Jake and Mabs find they're ready for whatever romance may bring . . . and that the house holds more secrets than they know!