Professional nature photographer Shayne Law has made a few mistakes in his life, like any other middle-aged gay man. One of those mistakes occurred eight months before on a photography shoot: breaking sexy and alluring Timber Skenandoa's heart, a bear shifter living among the Skenandoa Clan.<br><br>When Shayne is given a photography job in Skenandoa Deep again, near Lake Erie, he may have a second chance at love with the Iroquois Indian, Timber. As Halloween nears, the two men learn each other's ins and outs, and the specifics of why Shayne broke Timber's heart the previous winter. Also, Shayne sees Timber as the Alpha bear shifter he is, and the proud and strong bear leader of his Skenandoa Clan.<br><br>Will Timber take Shayne back as his human lover, coveting Shayne's heart and soul? Or will the man and bear be enemies, at each other's throats, for the rest of their lives?

Timber

Chest to chest, smelling of Ivory soap, half panting, almost out of breath, and locked together in the way that only lovers could be.


“But I did. I really did miss you.”


And I believed him, placing my cheek on one of his shoulders, happy with him at my side, against me. The water fell along the side of my face, his shoulder; a moment that could only promise us a long future together, as lovers.


He didn’t spend the night; I remember that. Following a hot shower with him, kissing under its soothing spray, I watched him fold his clothes, including his underwear, and place them on a stool next to the bed where we had made love.


“I have to get back to the den. My parents, brothers, and sister will be looking for me. Particularly Pihu. She’s always watching me.”


I sat on the edge of the bed with a white towel over my center and asked, “You’re naked. Are you going home like that?”


Chapter 11