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

His human side warred with his animal one. Trench’s heart was beating a mile a minute, and he had no idea how to slow it down. Something was wrong.


This woman was a witch or something. It was the only thing that made sense. She was doing something to him, wasn’t she? But how? He did not scent magic, just vanilla and orange zest. Reminded him of that clementine cake he’d wanted for his tenth birthday.


What the hell? When did a big ass scary Enforcer start thinking words like that? Was his brain addled by that tiny altercation with those pups? Shit. HE was embarrassed for himself.


Trench never let a female get to him like this. Then again, he’d never been near one who smelled so mouthwateringly delicious, looking like a pinup model from the 50s with curves in all the right places.


Chapter FOUR