***NO CLIFFHANGER. THE BEAR CHRONICLES OF WILLOW CREEK ARE WRITTEN SO THAT EACH
INSTALLMENT IS A COMPLETE STORY AND CAN BE READ ALONE***
Ethan Artair lived his life happily in Willow Creek. Living among shifters, he was able to live free and
allow his bear to do the same. Everything changed, the day a reporter came to his little town and made
everyone’s life a living hell. As mayor, he had no choice but take a human wife to disprove the reporter’s
claim that no outsiders are allowed their town. Disgust filled Ethan when he met his new wife, but his
disgust quickly changed to something he never thought he could feel for a human, lust.
Amelia Calder is forced to live with the scars of her parents’ death. While growing up in foster care, her
only desire was to see her younger sister be happy. Knowing her minimum wage job would never be
enough to care for her sister, she made the only choice she could. She decided to move to a town she
had never heard of and marry a man she had never met. Fear filled Amelia when she finally met her new
husband, but her fear quickly changed to something else, something she's never felt before, lust.
Can lust turn into love, between a human and a bear shifter?
Rough is an erotic shifter novella. If you don’t like insta-lust that turns into insta-love, a sex starved bear
shifter, a virgin heroine that craves her mate, or tons of smoking hot sex this is not the book for
you.
AS DISGUSTED as I was at taking a human wife before, my revulsion is
completely gone now. The moment I caught the spicy-sweet scent of her arousal, I knew she was mine,
my fated mate. She’s the one woman I’ve spent my entire twenty-nine years looking for. Now that I’ve
found her, there’s no damn way I’ll ever let her go.
Her brown hair reminds me of the earth after a long rain, beautiful and rich. Her skin is like porcelain,
with a few freckles sprinkled across her nose. The scar on her face doesn’t take away from her natural
beauty. She’s small, barely above five feet in her sandals. Her body is curvy, with luscious hips and
succulent breasts. It’s all I can do not to take her on the floor in front of everyone. My bear is desperate
to claim her in front of everyone, making it known that she is taken.
“You’re mine.” I growl out, looking into her jade green eyes.
Taking a step back, a frown instantly mars her beautiful face before she murmurs, “Excuse me?”
Ignoring her question, I grab her hand and pull her through the airport at a swift pace. My eyes roam the
space, looking for somewhere, anywhere we can get a minute of privacy. Finally spying a bathroom, I
jerk her inside and shout at the men standing at the urinals. “Get the fuck out.”
Within seconds, zippers are up and the men are rushing out the door. Letting her go, I place her at the
back wall. “Stay right there.”
Pushing the doors open to each stall, I make sure they’re all empty, before pushing a trashcan in
front of the door. As soon as I’m done, I turn to look at the human woman shaking on the far side of the
wall. Again the thought “mine” crashes through me and my bear goes wild, clawing my insides in
his need to get to her.
She places her hands flat on the wall behind her, never taking her eyes off me. “What’s wrong,
Ethan?”
“Not a damn thing.” Walking towards her, I can hear her heart beating in a quick rhythm and smell fear
radiating from her. Above that though, I can smell her need for me. She’s in heat, and I’m going to take
care of her. I’m going to make her mine forever.
Reaching her, I place my hand on her cheek. My large hand covers the entire side of her face, threading
into her dark hair, making her appear even smaller than she is. Tipping her head back, I look down into
her eyes and say, “I need you right now, Amelia. I’m sorry, I can’t wait.”
Her green eyes meet mine, and they are filled with both trepidation and excitement. “But we’re not
married yet.”
I nearly tell her that I only need to mark her once and we are more than married, we’re mates. Instead, I
gentle my voice, “You were mine the minute you got off that plane. A piece of paper isn’t going to
change anything. I need you now.”
My eyes are drawn to her slender throat, her pulse beating erratically “We’re in a bathroom. I don’t
want my first time to be in a bathroom.”
Her words take a second to register in my brain, and I can’t stop myself from crushing her against my
body. She’s mine, only mine and completely untainted. I will be the only man to ever feel the pleasure
her body can bring. I take a minute, attempting to control my need, before responding. “I won’t take
you here, but I need to mark you.”
She wiggles in my arms, looking up at me with a look of confusion. “Mark me?”
Shit, this is where having a human mate is going to be tricky. She doesn’t understand what I need as a
bear shifter. Even after I explain what I am, she may never understand. Taking in a deep breath, I lean
forward and run my beard-covered cheek over her scar, letting know it doesn’t bother me. “I want to
smell myself on you. No, I need to smell myself on you.”
“What did you just say to me?” she asks, her body shaking with a mixture of both need and fear. Her
head may be telling her she should be afraid of me, but the rest is urging her to take me any way she can
get me.
Moving my hands to her hips, I pick her up and press her upper body into the wall, forcing her to wrap
her legs around me. “I’m gonna lick your pussy, until your taste is the only flavor on my tongue. Then,
I’m gonna pull out my cock and come all over you.”
Her eyes flare with indecision. “Uhm… I’ve never. I uhm...”
Cutting her off with a deep kiss, I get my first taste of her as I carry her
to the sinks. I continue to explore her mouth, sliding my tongue along hers, while placing her on the
counter. Finally pulling back, I go to my knees, spreading her legs apart. Pushing her dress up, I take in
her cotton-covered pussy. Rubbing my nose over her mound, I can’t help but breathe her essence in
deep. “You smell so damn good.”
AMAZON * AMAZON UK
AMAZON CA * AMAZON AU
Emily Minton
USA Today Best Selling author, Emily Minton is a Kentucky native. She is proud to call the Bluegrass State
home. She claims she bleeds blue–Wildcat Blue! She has been married to her husband, David, for over
twenty years. They share two wonderful children. Emily loves to read and has more books on her kindle
than most people could read in a life time, but she intends to read every single one. She has published
nine books, but there are many more are floating around in her head. She hopes to get them all on
paper before long.
Julia Keith
Julia Keith is a UK native based out of Bradford England but she loves to go back to her family roots in
Scotland whenever possible.
Although Trapped With An Alpha is her first published novel, Julia has been a part of the Romance
community for years through blogging and reviewing. Her love of Paranormal Romance inspired
her to start some of her own stories and after sharing one with her now Co Author Emily Minton, she
decided it was time for the world to meet the characters she had grown to love so much.
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