title: Bear Claimed
author: Jefford, Nikki
description: Love made her crazy. A reckless act of passion sealed her fate.There is only so much rejection a woman can take. Taryn has lost patience with her brother's best friend. He said he would claim her. Then grief made him ask for more time. She gave him time. And more time.When the cur falls for another female in the pack, Taryn isn't heartbroken... She is furious! Livid enough to seek out the rugged bear shifter who has been skulking around Wolf Hollow's borders.He was duped once before. Brutus isn't letting the next female get away so easily.The wizards stole his ancestors' mountain community then tricked him out of a mate. He and his brothers are going to make the Wolf Hollow shifters sorry for the role they played.When a spirited she-wolf throws herself, literally, into his arms, Brutus is forced to choose between the feisty beauty he wishes to claim and his duty to avenge his family against the wizards and wolves.Can a wolf and a bear become true mates?