Heart of Gold

A wounded jaguar shifter, battle-scarred and forced home to heal. A human woman who kept his Clan's secret for years. A small Arizona town where the past never really left — and neither has the danger that's followed him home.

Paxton Rojas went out on a simple mission and came back broken. Two weeks off his feet in his childhood bedroom was not part of the plan, but a trip to his hometown hardware store lands him face-to-face with Briana Leeland - the girl who grew into the woman his jaguar has been watching since the moment he walked through the door. Bree catches him when she realizes he's still healing. She feeds him soup, steadies him on the stairs, and reminds him, quietly and without drama, exactly what he walked away from fifteen years ago. Pax is starting to think that was the worst decision he ever made.

But something dark has followed him home. The mission that nearly killed him isn't finished with him, and the people who came after him then haven't stopped looking. Falling for Bree while a threat circles closer than either of them knows may be the most dangerous thing he's ever done… and Pax Rojas has done some very dangerous things.

Perfect for readers who love slow-burn paranormal romance, second-chance love stories with gruff alpha heroes, resilient human heroines who hold their ground, and small-town shifter settings with danger woven through.