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

Amber eyes dropped to her mouth, but his face was closed off, void of emotion. Like he was still unsure of his feelings, and maybe he was. She couldn’t blame him.


Toni had dealt Carter a horrible hand when they were younger. Her father was dead now, and the reasons for her trespass seemed so far away. She wondered why she’d ever believed her old man, but it was too late, and no amount of regret would allow her to change the past.


Hell, she should’ve told him to fuck off. She should have run away to be with her heart’s desire, but she’d been so very young. Too dumb and naive to understand the ruthless game her father had been playing. It didn’t matter now. The past was in the past. But her heart still swelled at the sight of Carter Marrow.


Chapter FIVE