Claimed by her Cougar: A Forced Proximity Fated Mates Alpha Shifter Romance

Why these tropes fit

This first entry in Felicity Heaton’s Cougar Creek Mates shifter romance series is set in the Canadian Rockies and follows cougar shifter alpha Rath, who has isolated himself from humans and rejected mating after a hunter organization’s brutal attack killed his parents and his mate. His vow to keep humans out of his territory is broken when photographer Ivy strays onto his land while searching for black bears to photograph. Determined to drive the lone human away to protect his pride, Rath finds himself drawn to Ivy instead, rousing a fierce, protective need for her. Ivy, down on her luck and drawn to the grumpy shifter, feels an unexpected sense of home with him. As mating heat builds ahead of a pride gathering at Cougar Creek, the pair must navigate their growing attraction, Rath’s dangerous past, and the threat the hunter organization poses to them both, with a guaranteed happily ever after and no cliffhangers.