Dean Romero is not your average Tiger Shifter. He is the king or the Neta of the Island Stripe Pride, operating out of Manhattan. Wanting to avoid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, this Neta elects to spend Christmas at his newly built cabin in a remote section of the Pine Barrens just outside of Maccon City, New Jersey. A town notorious among supernaturals for its Shifter ties. Violet Martinez is a nail technician stuck working on the holidays. Asked to make a house call she has no choice but to drive to an important client's house on Christmas Eve. She'd much rather be at home curled up with her favorite mug full of steaming spiked hot chocolate and a marathon of old black and white movies to keep her company. Resigned to her fate, she heads out in the wintry weather which has made the drive nearly impossible. Halfway there, Violet's car spins out on a lonely stretch of road and she slams into a tree, hitting her head on the dashboard. Passing out in the cold with a head injury was not on Violet's Christmas list, but good thing there's a Tiger king who just happens to be out for a run nearby. When Dean gets a whiff of Violet's sugar cookie scent all bets are off. This Neta wants her for his own, but will the dark-haired beauty accept him andagree to be his bride this Christmas?

WARNING: This story contains explicit language, mature scenes, graphic violence, and emotional trauma. Reader discretion is strongly advised.“He didn’t believe in mates. She didn’t believe she deserved one. But fate doesn’t care what you believe.”Liam Thorne is a savage. Alpha of the Ironclaw Pack, feared across every territory, he treats love like a myth and mates like a curse. His rules are simple—screw, leave, forget. The last thing he wants is emotional ties… especially the bond of an imprint.But one mistake ruins everything.One night. One stranger. One imprint that should never have happened.Sera Vale was once the Luna everyone adored—until her parents sold her like livestock to repay a blood debt. Her so-called “mate” made her life a living hell, flaunting other women while using her as a trophy he couldn’t be bothered to touch. When she escapes into the night and drowns her pain in whiskey, the last thing she expects is to wake up in a stranger’s bed—only to find that he might be even more dangerous than the mate she ran from.The twist?He’s not just any man.He’s the beast every pack whispers about.Now Liam is bound by an imprint to a woman who wants nothing to do with him. And Sera is caught between two monsters—one from her past, and one that might be hiding a heart beneath his claws.Can she tame the Alpha who never wanted love?Or will she become the final scar on his soul?