Showing results for "Bear" in Contemporary

The grumpy biker had no business touching the innocent high school senior, but that didn't stop Bear from making Alyssa his. Now danger lurks around the corner, and he'll do anything to protect her and the future they are building.

Three years ago, Bear McKenna’s mother took off for parts unknown with her new boyfriend, leaving Bear to raise his six-year-old brother Tyson, aka the Kid. Somehow they’ve muddled through, but since he’s totally devoted to the Kid, Bear isn’t actually doing much living. With a few exceptions, he’s retreated from the world, and he’s mostly okay with that - until Otter comes home. Otter is Bear’s best friend’s older brother, and as they’ve done for their whole lives, Bear and Otter crash and collide in ways neither expect.

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.

Locky Sorenson isn't a risk taker. He's stuck in an awful office job. He's terrified of turning his one true passion, baking, into something real. And worst of all, he hasn't gotten laid in almost a decade. Sure, he could confront the traumatic reason he's in this mess, but stress eating donuts under a cozy blanket sounds like a much better option. Benedict Owens doesn't screw his clients, no matter how beefy and adorkable they are. As a small business advisor, he knows that's a recipe for disaster. Better to keep his distance. That way, he won't get burned again.

Il perdono è un cammino tortuoso: basta un passo falso per precipitare di nuovo nell'abisso. Il tempo, però, ha cambiato entrambi. Janet non è più la ragazza fragile che si lasciava travolgere: è una donna che ha conosciuto la perdita, l'abbandono e la forza di rinascere. Lui è stanco di nascondersi e vuole mostrarsi per chi è davvero. Eppure, il mondo intorno a loro resta un equilibrio instabile, fatto di nuove minacce e vecchie ferite.

The Shifter Wars heat up when a woman investigates the mysteries surrounding a fierce breed of man and exposes more than just secrets Bear shifters exist. Professor Bria Lane has known this since she was a child. Now she’s returned to the forests of Deep Creek to prove it to the world. She has...

Un pintor con depresión permanente empieza a sufrir delirios de persecución. Pero en realidad sí lo están persiguiendo: son turistas del futuro que saben quién es él y cómo se convierte en ese personaje tras un accidente. Los turistas del futuro vienen a verlo antes de que ocurra. Una de...

Jordan Alexander è una ragazza determinata e senza mezze misure. I suoi articoli per il giornale della Maine University non fanno sconti a nessuno e lo sanno bene i Black Bears: una serata di baldoria della squadra si conclude alla centrale di polizia ed è proprio lei, pubblicando la notizia, a mettere la firma sulla loro esclusione dalla finale del campionato di hockey. Ma quando a causa della sua penna tagliente si ritrova senza un tetto sopra la testa, l'unico che sembra poterla ospitare è proprio uno dei giocatori, Nathan St. James.

Screw honey, this bear craves chocolate. Mason, a true ladies' man and a big teddy of a bear, is on a mission to protect the shifter community. Who is he to complain if that task requires him to guard FUC's tech wizard - a curvy mocha hottie who knows how to bring him to his knees?

He's a tattooed, blue-eyed jerk who has no business being a single dad. He's also my next-door neighbor, and after negotiations, my grumpy employer for the summer. I don't put up with cocky males normally, and I certainly won't put up with that man making noise at all hours of the day and night while he builds his glamp-ground. I offer advice, but the stubborn fool just turns his tractor on to drown me out. He returns the favor by pushing my buttons and making me so angry I can't see straight. And I really want to be able to see his gorgeous body in those well-worn jeans and backward hat.

Love makes life a little wilder in this romantic comedy by debut author Katie Shepard. After a panic attack puts him in the hospital, charity executive Teagan Van Zijl is dragged by his sister to a wilderness therapy retreat in Montana. Lost in the woods while absconding from midafternoon...

Well, technically speaking, maybe not. But the ones that haunt a man's soul? Those are very real. So real, in fact, that there are times when Castiel would rather silence them forever in the worst way possible than to go on living with them haunting his every step. All it took was one single second in time for his attention to drift, and everything changed. Life as he once knew it, is over. Now he's struggling to make sense of the pieces that are left, and he's fairly sure at least half of them are missing.

When Rome Pierce moved to Bear Bottom, Texas, it was his intention to lay low. To find a way to heal his body and soul - as well as his son's. Nobody would know by looking at him that he used to play professional football. Not with the Bear Bottom MC cut covering his back. Nobody knows what drove him to leave the game he loved - nobody but her. She's the one person who has helped him make it through the dark days and even darker nights. She's the bright and shining star in his pitch-black sky. And he doesn't even know her name.

Hoax knows two things very well. One, he's not relationship material. Two, the nurse that treats him for erectile dysfunction is the most beautiful thing he's ever seen, and practically has "the marrying type" stamped on her forehead. Does that stop him from wanting her? No. Unfortunately, he learned a long time ago that Army Delta Force and long-lasting relationships don't go hand in hand. But beautiful hazel eyes, curly blonde hair, and the prettiest lips he's ever seen play havoc with his resolve, making him forget his earlier convictions.

Jemma thinks she’s found the love of her life. Scott is everything she ever dreamed of and she can’t wait to begin the next stage of their life together. But just as she is heading for her happy ever after, a shock revelation shatters Jemma’s life as she knows it. Left to pick up the pieces, Jemma's friends and family rally round to help her find the courage to move on. Sam thinks he has his future all worked out. A thriving career, lovely home and an amazing fiancée. But when tragedy strikes, he finds himself alone, far from everyone he cares about.

At a boxing gym in Chicago, Mary Monahan accidentally knocks out the most handsome man she's ever met. After she wakes him up with a few slaps and some smelling salts, the very first thing he does is ask her out for ribs and beer. His name is Jimmy. He looks like a Gillette model. And he's just too hunky to resist. Jimmy "The Falcon" Falconi is mystified that Mary has absolutely no idea who he is. Mystified and refreshed.

Bei unserem ersten Wiedersehen nach Jahren legt mir meine Exfreundin Elodie Hunt direkt Handschellen an. Was die Polizistin nicht weiß: Ich bin ihretwegen in Tofino, habe ihretwegen als Goalie bei den Bears unterzeichnet. Ich spüre, dies ist meine Chance, sie zurückzugewinnen. Das Schicksal hat mir einen Wink gegeben. Was ich hingegen nicht weiß, ist, dass Ellie vergeben ist. Und womit ich schon gar nicht rechne, ist, dass ich dank ihr in eine Situation gerate, die uns beide das Leben kosten könnte. Doch für sie nehme ich jede Gefahr in Kauf. Denn Ellie ist das Licht meines Lebens; ich muss und werde sie zurückerobern!

Ein Neustart als Eishockeyspieler - das Angebot der Tofino Bears klang so verlockend, dass ich gleich zugesagt habe. Wer hätte ahnen können, dass meine zweite Chance als Spieler auch meine zweite Chance in der Liebe bedeutet? In meiner ersten Saison in Kanada bin ich fest entschlossen, all meine Kraft ins Team zu stecken. Dann begegne ich Celina, einer Frau, die mich komplett umhaut. Wie ich liebt sie das Eis, ist schlagfertig, heiß wie Feuer - und aus mehreren Gründen tabu. Der bedeutendste davon ist meine Vergangenheit.

Was tust du, wenn du plötzlich scharf auf deine beste Freundin bist? Klar, du schläfst auf ihrer Couch. Nur wie lange? Nach einem heftigen Skandal und dem Rauswurf aus meinem mittlerweile Ex-Eishockey-Team erhalte ich unerwartet eine zweite Chance von einem alten Kumpel. Ich soll sein gerade erst gegründetes Eishockeyteam Tofino Bears anführen. Dazu kehre ich in meine Heimatstadt Tofino zurück. Eine kanadische Kleinstadt, an der ich alles hasse. Bis auf Lou, meine beste Freundin aus Kindertagen. Kurzerhand quartiere ich mich in ihrer Wohnung auf ihrem Sofa ein - mit ungeahnten Folgen.

Kann eine zweite Chance besser sein, als die erste es jemals hätte werden können? Ein fataler Unfall hat die Profi-Eishockey-Karriere von Dan Louis, First Row Verteidiger der Tofino Bears, urplötzlich beendet. Und das auch noch kurz nachdem seine Frau ihn für einen anderen verlassen hat. Dan kämpft darum, sich in seinem neuen Leben als Nachwuchstrainer der Bears zurechtzufinden.