Mikael Jarvela may only be a half shifter, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be alpha of the eastern Finland farm-turned-sanctuary his father founded. Six wolves, a red fox, a black jaguar, and a lynx all think of him as the head of the family. But Mikael doesn’t have anyone to call his own until he comes across an injured Siberian tiger in the woods.<br><br>From the moment the newcomer recovers and Mikael and Maxim meet face to human face, the attraction between them is undeniable. They strike up a tentative relationship, but they’re both proud men, and their egos keep getting in the way.<br><br>Just when it looks like their romance is doomed, an outside threat to the farm family -- to Mikael -- forces Maxim to choose between the life of solitude he knows and the love and companionship that could be his if he stays.

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“I would…I would like to ask the children,too,if you don’t mind?”he asked almost shyly.


Zoya went to get her little ones,and once they stood there,in several stages of undress—June had on her neatly closed robe and a towel around her shoulders,May had on all her shirts but only panties for pants,and Jamie had on a robe with ears on the hood,which hung open,exposing his buck-naked little body—Maxim knelt down to their level.


“I was asking everyone if they would like me to stay,”the tiger explained to the kids,who suddenly looked very serious.“And I would like to know what the three of you think too.”


June,being the oldest,thought for her answer for a while,making the adults around them smile a bit.“You make Uncle Mikael happier.So you can stay,”she stated.


“Will you keep us safe and teach me how to swim?”May asked.The kids had watched a documentary about tigers one day with Mikael and discovered that unlike most cats,tigers liked water.


Chapter 15