Talon Lawson is a runner. He’s been on the move to keep his daughter safe for years, and now it’s a habit he isn’t capable of breaking. Too long in one place, and his inner lion pushes him to move on. He’s sworn to himself he will only make sure his daughter, Emerald, is settled in her new home with her mate, and then he’ll leave, but something more is anchoring him to the New Tarian Pride. A battle with a rival Pride left him injured, and he was nursed back to health by a quiet, mysterious lioness named Rose. The animal in him says to run before he gets drawn too far into this new Pride, but the man in him can’t stop thinking about the silver-haired beauty.Rose’s home has been destroyed by a rival Pride of lion shifters, and she’s taken it upon herself to handle everything quietly and alone, like she always does. But when a big, burly, silver lion shifter named Talon falls into her life, she can’t help but find excuses to see him. For the first time in years, a man makes her feel safe, and like everything will be all right. But the cost of war between her Pride and the Old Tarians is steep, and it’s taking it’s toll on the animal inside of her. And the harder she tries to dig the Pride out of the hole that’s consumed them, the more she thinks she might not want to do all of this alone anymore. Broken hearts are for the young though, and Talon is a flight risk. She’ll have to try some new tactics to get this rogue male to stick around--even if it means setting them both free.Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences. NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP --- Copy and paste the following into your browser to sign up for new release announcements and exclusive extras: eepurl.com/bkkWTX   Shifter Series by T. S. Joyce   Bears of Slaughter Mountain War Bear of Piston - Available Now - Defender of Slaughter Mountain -  Available Now - Reach of Slaughter Mountain - Available Now 4/1/23 - Legend of Slaughter Mountain - coming April 2023 The Wolves of Piston Zombie Wolf of Piston - Brother Wolf of Piston - Lone Wolf of Piston - Holiday Flex - Wolves of Piston Holiday Novella - Traitor Wolf of Piston The Wolves of Promise Falls The Fall of Promise - The Rise of Promise - The Blood of Promise - The Mercy of Promise - The Edge of Promise - The Keeper of Promise - The Break of Promise Oath of Bane How It's Supposed to Be - How It Has to Be - How It's Meant to Be - How It Is  - How It Will Be - How It Was - How It Started - How It Needed to Be   Battle of the Bulls Two Shots Down - Dead of Winter - Quickdraw Slow Burn - First Time Train Wreck - Tuff Enough Shifter for the Holidays A Shifter for Christmas - A Shifter for New Years Kaid Ranch Shifters Steal Her Heart - Make Her New - Lift Her Up - Love Her Better   Becoming the Wolf Behind the Beginning  - Hold Steady - Protect Mine - It Begins with Her - It Ends with Her   Keepers of the Swamp Swim Deeper - Dig Deeper - Bite Deeper New Tarian Pride Tarian Alpha - Tarian Silver Lion - Tarian Outcast - Tarian Protector - Tarian Traitor Daughters of Beasts Novak Grizzly - Beck Bear - Ash Bear - Grim Christmas - New Vyr Red Dead Mayhem For the Hope of a Crow - For the Blood of a Crow - For the Pride of a Crow - Redemption of a Wolf Outlaw Shifters For the Love of an Outlaw - A Very Outlaw Christmas - For the Heart of an Outlaw - For the Heart of the Warmaker - For the Soul of an Outlaw Sons of Beasts Son of the Cursed Bear - Son of Kong - Son of the Dragon Red Havoc Panthers Red Havoc Rogue - Red Havoc Rebel - Red Havoc Bad Cat - Red Havoc Guardian - Red Havoc Bad Bear Wolves of Winter's Edge Gentry - Roman - Asher Kane's Mountains Blackwing Defender - Blackwing Wolf - Blackwing Beast Harper's Mountains Bloodrunner Dragon - Bloodrunner Bear - Air Ryder - Novak Raven - Blackwing Dragon Winterset Coven King of the Asheville Coven - Second of the Winterset Coven Bears Fur Hire Husband Fur Hire - Bear Fur Hire - Mate Fur Hire - Wolf Fur Hire - Dawson Fur Hire - Chance Fur Hire Saw Bears Lumberjack Werebear - Woodcutter Werebear - Timberman Werebear - Sawman Werebear - Axman Werebear - Woodsman Werebear - Lumberman Werebear Fire Bears Bear My Soul - Bear the Burn - Bear the Heat Gray Back Bears Gray Back Bad Bear - Gray Back Alpha Bear - Gray Back Ghost Bear - Gray Back Broken Bear - Lowlander Silverback - Last Immortal Dragon - A Very Beastly Christmas Boarlander Bears Boarlander Boss Bear - Boarlander Bash Bear - Boarlander Silverback - Boarlander Beast Boar - Boarlander Cursed Bear Bear Valley Shifters The Witness and the Bear - Devoted to the Bear - Return to the Bear - Betray the Bear - Redeem the Bear - Bear Valley Valentine Hells Canyon Shifters Call of the Bear - Fealty of the Bear - Avenge the Bear - Claim the Bear - Heart of the Bear Wolf Brides Wolf Bride - Red Snow Bride - Dawson Bride - Holiday Bride Full-Length, Standalone Bear Shifter Romance