When my boss insists I run a team-building weekend in the mountains, I figure it’s just another chance to prove myself. But nothing prepares me for what we find. The lodge is falling apart, most of the amenities are out of order, and the owner?

Preston Wright—six and a half feet of growling, brooding mountain man—is as intimidating as the place itself.

When I barrel through his lobby and crash-land in his massive arms, I can’t tell if he’s annoyed by the whole world, or just by me. But then those piercing green eyes lock onto mine, like I’m the only thing keeping him grounded. Like I’m already his.

This grumpy mountain man is a whole lot more than I expected. Possessive, protective, and unexpectedly sweet. And I get the feeling he sees right through my cheery fa?ade to the real me underneath.

But there’s something wild about him, something he’s hiding beneath all that growling and glaring.

And even though I know I should be scared, I can’t stop wondering what would happen if he let me all the way in.

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People think Im the hottest property in town.

Every time I turn around, there's a camera lens there.

Snapping my side-boob. Trying to catch me pantie-less.

But the truth is, I'm so tired of being watched. Pursued.

Then there's my manager—AKA my dad—controlling my every move.

The truth is, I'm so done with it all.

When I try to escape, my dad hires a thug to guard me—a huge, grumpy, grizzly shifter.

Now he's the one watching over me, his wild dark eyes never leaving me.

This beast thinks he knows what's best for me.

Hes so freaking bossy.

I should hate him.

But every time he gives me that fixated look of his,

My whole body tingles.

Then he says I'm in danger, and he needs to extract me to his cabin, deep in the wilderness.

Is it wrong that I want him to carry me off and never let me go?

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I was raised in a family of preppers.

That means spending your whole life awaiting the End of Days.

Apparently, it also entails being married off to a neighboring prepper family once you turn twenty-one.

When my intended mate flat out rejects me, my dad gets so mad, he dumps me in the wilderness to test out my survival skills.

His only piece of advice? “Keep your purity intact.”

Funny how that makes me want nothing more than to track down the biggest, gnarliest mountain man I can find, and demand he ravish me.

Then I run into Orion—well, he rescues me from a bear attack.

Huge, growly, and intent on protecting me.

Suddenly, being ravished can wait.

I want to find out why he's calling me the one.

Why the house he built in the forest is my perfect dream home.

Why he looks at me like he's been waiting for me all my life…

…and asks me if I believe in fate.

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