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  The cover of Target: BillionBear was designed by Laura Shapiro.

  More Paranormal Romance by Zoe Chant

  Hollywood Tiger. An investigator BBW + a hot maverick photojournalist tiger shifter + a sinister Hollywood studio = an explosive blockbuster romance!

  Hollywood Dragon. A BBW singer + a billionaire music mogul dragon shifter + shifter battles and sizzling passion = one blockbuster romance!

  Hollywood Bear. A BBW stuntwoman + a movie director bear shifter + Hollywood hijinks = one blockbuster romance!

  Target: BillionBear. A BBW artist + an amnesiac bear shifter + a mysterious murder plot = an explosive blockbuster romance!

  Guarding His Honey. A BBW in danger + the hot bear shifter who'll do anything to protect her + a dangerous fight with the mafia = one thrilling romance!

  Hero Bear. A wounded Marine who lost his bear + a BBW physical therapist with a secret + a small town full of gossips = a hot and healing romance!

  In the Billionbear’s Den. A stressed-out BBW in need of a break + a sexy billionaire bear shifter in need of a mate to share his home + the remote woodland house he built himself = one steamy romance!

  The Bear With No Name. A BBW park ranger + a sexy bear shifter with amnesia + a town that needs their help = one unforgettable romance!

  Bearing Your Soul. A shy BBW who’s been burned by love + a sexy veteran bear shifter + a family code of silence = one sizzling hot romance that defies all odds!

  Defender Dragon. A curvy backpacker who loses a shoe at a ball + a lonely dragon prince facing an arranged marriage to a princess he doesn’t love + magnificent castles and deadly assassins = one thrilling romance!

  Sheriff Bear. A small-town sheriff + a wrongly accused BBW on the run + deadly enemies and dangerous passions = a sizzling forbidden love!

  The Billionaire Wolf Needs a Wife. A shy BBW teacher + a sexy billionaire wolf shifter + a mail-order bride company = a white-hot wedding!

  Choosing the Billionaire Dragon Shifters. A BBW in a small town + twin dragon shifters in need of a mate to share + the most hotly contested mayoral election Gray's Hollow has ever seen = one sexy story that's a win/win/win!

  Country Star Bear. BBW + country star bear shifter + a slippery night in New England = hot nights under the covers!

  Honey for the Billionbear. BBW with a broken heart + mysterious billionaire bear shifter + an unexpected storm = one sweet and sexy story!

  Loved by the Lion. BBW looking for a family + hot alpha lion shifter protecting his pride + a dangerous stalker = one sweet and steamy story!

  Bodyguard Bear. A BBW witness to a murder + the sexy bear shifter bodyguard sworn to protect her with his life + firefights and fiery passion = one hot thrill ride!

  Beauty and the Billionaire Dragon Shifter. BBW who's new in town + a dragon shifter who's new to being human + a very confused dog named Mouse = one sexy fairy tale romance!

  Joining the Jaguar. A BBW doctor with no time for love + a protective alpha jaguar shifter + a kidnapping = one sizzling hot love story.

  Bearly There. BBW + billionaire bear shifter + chocolate-drizzled desserts = one lick-your-fingers-good story!

  Bear West. BBW city girl + bear shifter cowboy + a mail-order bride company = one Wild West romance that's truly WILD!

  Kodiak Moment. Workaholic wildlife photographer + loner bear shifter + Alaskan wilderness = one warming and sensual story.

  Healing Her Wolf. A curious vet + a wounded werewolf + some tender loving care = one sexy, sizzling story!

  A Pair of Bears. One lonely cat shifter + two sizzling hot bears who want to share + a whole lot of action (in and out of bed) = one wild and sexy adventure!

  The Billionaire Dragon Shifter’s Mate. A BBW in search of adventure + a dragon shifter in search of a mate + a mishap on a mountainside = one sparkling and sexy story!

  Bear Watching. BBW park ranger + bear shifter smokejumper + a lonely fire-watcher's post = one red-hot fire between the sheets!

  Wild Flight. A BBW burned by love + a hot eagle shifter who's ready to dare + wild passion on a stormy night = a love that was meant to be!

  Wolf Home. Sexy werewolf with pack problems + hot new werewolf seeking a home + arranged marriage = one sweet and sexy story!

  The Hawk and her LumBEARjack. BBW hawk shifter + lonely bear shifter lumberjack + ice storm = one red-hot weekend!

  Undercover Alpha. BBW + hot werewolf bodyguard + undercover action (and action under the covers) = one unforgettably sexy story!

  Bear Down. BBW biologist + bear shifter pilot + huddling for warmth in the wilderness = one blazing-hot story!

  Bought by the Billionbear. BBW + billionaire bear shifter + bachelorette auction = one broiling-hot story!

  And many more!

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  Laura’s Wolf, by Lia Silver. Werewolf Marine Roy Farrell, scarred in body and mind, thinks he has no future. Curvy con artist Laura Kaplan, running from danger and her own guilt, is desperate to escape her past. But together, they have all that they need to heal. A full-length novel.

  Prisoner, by Lia Silver. Werewolf Marine DJ Torres is a born rebel. Genetically engineered assassin Echo was created to be a weapon. When DJ is captured by the agency that made Echo, the two misfits find that they fit together perfectly. A full-length novel.

  Partner, by Lia Silver. DJ and Echo’s relationship grows stronger under fire… until they are confronted by a terrible choice. A full-length novel.

  Mated to the Meerkat, by Lia Silver. Jasmine Jones, a curvy tabloid reporter, meets her match in notorious paparazzi and secret meerkat Chance Marcotte. A romantic comedy novelette.

  The Strength of the Pack, by Jorrie Spencer. Seth Kolski, a werewolf, hides his heritage and passes for normal. Until he meets Jamie.

  Taming the Beast, by Honey Dover. Beauty is a paranormal investigator hired to deal with a man cursed to become a monstrous beast. Helping him recover his humanity will change her life.

  Claimed by the Wolf, by Candi Jackson. Zenobia Jones ends up pregnant after a night with a billionaire—and lands herself in a war between werewolf packs. A full-length novel.

  The Right Bear's Arms, by Nora Eli. After a sizzling one night stand with bear shifter Jake, curvy Katie realizes her perfect man is everything she's tried to avoid. If they can both stop running from their pasts, they may find a destined future together.

  Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, by Lauren Esker. Curvy farm girl Julie Capshaw was warned away from the wolf shifters next door, but Damon Wolfe is the motorcycle-riding, smoking hot alpha of her dreams. Can the big bad wolf and his sheep shifter find their own happy ending? A full-length novel.

  Handcuffed to the Bear, by Lauren Esker. A bear-shifter ex-mercenary and a curvy lynx shifter searching for her best friend's killer are handcuffed together and hunted in the wilderness. Can they learn to rely on each other before their pasts, and their pursuers, catch up with them?

  Discovering the Dragon, by Sofia Stone. When reporter Chloe Martin investigates Lancaster Gold, she finds herself tangled up with the oldest son—Isaac Lancaster, billionaire dragon shifter.

  Target: BillionBear

  by Zoe Chant

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  Kesley unloaded her unsold art, then carried the groceries in. She put away hers, and took McKenzi’s down to her cottage, where she found a note on the fridge that the parents had made dinner.

  Kesley groaned. She loved her family, but she had been looking forward to huddling in her cabin with chocolate and some romantic movies—because everybody else in the world seemed to be able to do relationships right, except her.

  Flash! Her raccoon stirred inside her, and her mind shot back to Main Street and that big, handsome guy with the chiseled cheekbones and hazel eyes, and the wind tousling his dark hair.

  “No,” she said out loud. “Wrong one. Try again,” she muttered as she pulled her raincoat back on and began to trudge up the path past her house to the parental ran
ch house on the hill. “With my luck he’s married to the nosy woman.”

  Rain beat at her cold hands and the side of her face as she hopped up the steps. Inside the house, the place smelled like crispy, lemon-sprinkled Wiener Schnitzel, and Spinatknödel—spinach dumplings. And from the oven she caught the heavenly scent of baking topfenstrudel—cream cheese strudel.

  She walked into the living room, where McKenzi sat with Uncle Lee, fourteen-year-old Cousin Rolf sprawled on the rug before the fireplace rereading one of his tattered Harry Potters. Kesley’s father Ed sat in his usual spot in the falling-apart easy chair, his nose buried in the newspaper. Great-Aunt Gretel sat in the opposite chair, placidly knitting.

  Before Kesley could sit down, her mom and Grandma Enkel came in, carrying hefty trays to the dining table in its nook off the living room. “Perfect timing, Kesley, dear. Let’s eat!” Doris Enkel said.

  As they began passing plates and dishes with long-practiced efficiency, Ed said, “So, Bandit, sold anything today?”

  “Nada.” Kesley shrugged. “Listen—”

  “Overton’s tourist season is over,” Uncle Lee said, shaking his head. He sounded as mournful as his bloodhound looked. He and Kesley were the only non-cats in the room, except for Rolf, who was as yet an unknown.

  “I bet the crying clown woman sold something,” McKenzi said, grimacing.

  “But that’s not what—” Kesley began.

  “Proving that even locals have the same rotten taste as the tourists,” Doris put in, and smacked Rolf’s fingers when he tried to grab four rolls out of the basket.

  “I’ll eat ‘em!” Rolf protested, his voice cracking.

  “You don’t need four.”

  “I used to eat twice that many,” Uncle Lee pointed out lugubriously.

  “And I smacked your hands. Ach, did I not?” Grandma Enkel said, laughing.

  “People, I need to say something,” Kesley tried again, but—as usual—trying to focus the family was a cat-herding fail.

  “If Rolf wants extra food, there’s vegetables and fruit!”

  Kesley picked up her plate and thumped it down onto the table, making the dishes rattle. The family turned identical sets of startled eyes her way, because Kesley was never rude, temperamental, or loud. “There is a spy in town,” she said.

  Forks and knives clattered to plates.

  “What?” Ed, her dad, said. “A spy?”

  “Yes. Saw her in front of Rosens. Says she’s from NPR, to do a story on the naked, animal worshipping cult. Who think animals turn into humans. Or something.”

  Ed put his hands over his eyes. “I told Dwayne that stupid flyer he and Chick cooked up was an idiot idea. But as usual, he was too in love with his own cleverness to listen.”

  McKenzi and Kesley exchanged looks. Ed and Chick’s dad had been rivals clear back to something or other involving sports during their high school days.

  “Anyway,” Kesley said loudly, before Ed could start in about Dwayne Senior’s many faults.

  Quickly Kesley described the conversation with Marlo Evans. Instinctively she left out the guy, except to say that Marlo had brought a cameraman. “And we don’t want our pictures to end up on the internet, right? So I think we should spread the word,” she finished. “I got the feeling Marlo was going to hang around. She had a lot of blank papers to fill out.”

  Ed grinned. “Soon’s dinner is over I’ll take a lope over to the Poulsens’ and let Dwayne know what he started.”

  McKenzi shook her head. “Dad, I gotta say. Elliot with the flyers is hilarious. You’ve never seen him in action.”

  “You young people need to be more careful.” Doris scowled down the table. “We always posted lookouts if we knew we’d be shifting a lot. And joking around about cults can’t lead to anything good.”

  “It’s a fake cult! The world’s most boring fake cult!” McKenzi rolled her eyes. “And we do watch out! Abe Rosen always goes with us—we always wait until he’s off-duty. And anyway, the peepers come to see T and A, not shifters.”

  “Especially T.” Rolf snickered, and the elders all scowled at him. He sank his head into his shoulders like a turtle.

  Kesley said, “Elliot is great at scaring peepers off. I’m sure nobody has shifted any time I’ve helped at the Lopez fish farm, or the Pendergasts’ orchard, or any other time we’ve had to put together a work party.”

  “Somebody must have.” Ed opened his hands. “And somebody else saw and put it on the internet. Rolf, do a search and see if there’s anything about people turning into a chicken or a hamster. I bet ten bucks it was a Paulsen. Dwayne always used to screw around shifting in order to ditch school.”

  Doris patted Ed’s hand. “Darling, this is the whole town we’re talking about here. Not you and Dwayne and your feud in tenth grade. If you go to the Paulsens’, it better be to talk over an idea to chase off that Nosy Parker from NPR.”

  Kesley bit her lip. Her mom was usually easy-going, but when she spoke up, her dad listened. Because they were mates.

  She sighed.

  Those who wanted to eat dessert while watching TV moved to the den, while McKenzi and Kesley went to the kitchen to tackle the cleanup.

  Kesley said, “Sometimes I wish we had an alpha.”

  “Who wants a big boss?” McKenzi shrugged. “I think the ‘rents and their feuds are funny. Anyway, stop worrying. Nobody will talk to Ms. Nosy. Though I think I might go seek her out and have some fun with head games.”

  “No,” Kesley said quickly.

  McKenzi set a dish down and gave her the hairy eyeball. “You really think I’d blab?”

  Kesley had not been thinking about that at all. She’d been seeing the camera guy’s broad shoulders, that ruffled hair, those long legs, and how McKenzi’d charm him effortlessly like she always did. Jealous? Really? Kesley grumped at herself. You’re really going there when you Do. Not. Want?

  “I just think there’s something off about that Marlo,” Kesley said—and the moment the words were out of her mouth, she realized they were true. Though she couldn’t say what might have given her that idea. “I also think the more we avoid her, the sooner she goes away.”

  McKenzi shook her head. “And that’s where you’re wrong. If everyone avoids her, then she thinks we’re the next best thing to an M. Night Shyamalan horror town. You know, seething with secrets. I think we need to smother her with boringness. Hey, maybe we could round up some volunteers to be the actual cult, and invite her to a celebration, where we read a thousand verses of weird poetry or long testimonials that all end in hard sells to get her to donate, on a really cold night, and insist that she has to be in the buff . . .”

  Kesley was hit by a sudden image of that guy without a shirt.

  Or pants.

  The pan she’d been scrubbing fell out of her hands and hit the dishwater with a splash. Naturally a tidal wave of suds slopped over the edge of the sink, but at least cleaning it up gave her a chance to hide her neon red face. “And everybody gets sick? Not funny,” Kesley muttered.

  McKenzi gave it up, but Kesley knew from her sister’s grin that she was probably going to go for a cat prowl that night (if the rain stopped—McKenzi hated water when she was a cat just as much as regular cats did) to try and find volunteers.

  All in all, Kesley was glad to get home and fall into bed . . .

  Where she dreamed all night about a tall, dark-haired guy with shimmering hazel-brown eyes.

  Naked . . .

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