C.D. Gorri

Dean Romero is not your average Tiger Shifter. He is the king or the Neta of the Island Stripe Pride, operating out of Manhattan. Wanting to avoid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, this Neta elects to spend Christmas at his newly built cabin in a remote section of the Pine Barrens just outside of Maccon City, New Jersey. A town notorious among supernaturals for its Shifter ties. Violet Martinez is a nail technician stuck working on the holidays. Asked to make a house call she has no choice but to drive to an important client’s house on Christmas Eve. She’d much rather be at home curled up with her favorite mug full of steaming spiked hot chocolate and a marathon of old black and white movies to keep her company. Resigned to her fate, she heads out in the wintry weather which has made the drive nearly impossible. Halfway there, Violet’s car spins out on a lonely stretch of road and she slams into a tree, hitting her head on the dashboard. Passing out in the cold with a head injury was not on Violet’s Christmas list, but good thing there’s a Tiger king who just happens to be out for a run nearby. When Dean gets a whiff of Violet’s sugar cookie scent all bets are off. This Neta wants her for his own, but will the dark-haired beauty accept him and agree to be his bride this Christmas? 

Island Stripe Pride

Mara tapped her pencil against the yellow legal pad she was doodling on when she was supposed to be preparing a sample menu for the surprise wedding taking place at the Lodge this weekend.


Toni had called her an hour ago with the exciting news. It was just after the dinner rush, and Mara had been going over the books, wondering how she was going to pay for the changes she wanted to make when Toni phoned. She should have been thrilled to get the job—should have been being the operative phrase. But how could Mara be excited when she’d have to spend even more time at the Shifter run resort? More time there meant more near him. The man was the bane of her existence.


Chapter THREE