The Grumpy's Guide to Sunshine

Elara just wanted a fresh start. A remote cabin in the mist-shrouded Pinecrest woods seemed perfect—quiet, cheap, and blissfully isolated. She didn't believe the locals' warnings about the reclusive, territorial owner deep in the forest. Legends of wolves were just stories to keep tourists away. Until she meets Kael. Massive, scarred, and radiating a fury that chills the air, he appears at her door in the dead of night. He’s not just her grumpy new neighbor; he’s the Alpha of the last Werewolf pack in the region, and her scent on his land is an unforgivable provocation. His every growl tells her to run. His every heated glance promises something else entirely. Kael’s control is legendary, his solitude his armor. But one whiff of Elara’s sunshine-and-wildflowers scent shatters centuries of discipline. His wolf, a beast he keeps on a viciously tight leash, doesn't see an intruder—it sees its mate. Now, Kael is torn between the primal need to claim her and the deadly knowledge that his world of blood, moonlit rituals, and ancient rivalries will destroy her. As a savage threat from a rival pack closes in, targeting Elara as Kael’s ultimate weakness, their forbidden attraction explodes. In his arms under the full moon, Elara discovers a passion that burns brighter than fear. But when the battle comes to her doorstep, Kael must make a choice: surrender his mate to save her life… or unleash the full, terrifying fury of the Alpha and claim her forever. Will his love be her salvation, or will his curse be her doom?