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

I didn’t. I never would fit in. I was a non-shifter, a human, not a bear. I didn’t have that kind of blood traveling through my body and keeping me alive. I couldn’t change from a human male form into a bear that lived in the wild. Ellie was right. I was different. Not one of them. And never would be. Never.


I listened to Ellie, heeding her advice. As usual in my life, thinking of her as my best friend, an advisor of ultimate decisions. A true friend. My only best friend. Always.


Chapter 20