If it weren't for the plea of Bryan Ridge's sister, the ladies of Shrew & Company would have happily left the missing Bear lieutenant on the run. They're trying to extricate themselves from the Bear-Catamount conflict—not escalate it further. But when their investigator Tamara finds Bryan, he lays out a convincing case for them to partner up...and he wants her stay quiet about it.

Bryan intends to oust his Alpha and take the job for himself. Bryan wants to return the Bears back to their peacekeeper origins, and much to his chagrin, he can't do it alone. Although Tamara and Bryan get on like fire and ice, she actually thinks his idea is a good one, but to complicate matters, proximity to Bryan negatively impacts Tamara's health. The bear part of him wants to take her for a mate, and he has little choice but to call in the Shrews for assistance.

They'll help him eliminate his Alpha, all right, but first they have to get Tamara through the odd illness that Bryan seems to be both the cause of and cure for.
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