When a fierce honey badger shifter quite literally crashes into grizzly Berg Dunn's life—landing naked on his hotel balcony—he's instantly smitten, even as she vanishes with his heart in her pocket. Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is too busy protecting her sisters from their father's dangerous schemes to notice the rumpled, sweet giant trying to help, but Berg's determined persistence and surprisingly gentle nature make ignoring him increasingly impossible. What starts as Charlie reluctantly letting him tag along becomes something neither of them expected: a partnership built on trust, humor, and genuine understanding. This is a delightful slow-burn romance that proves even the toughest, most prickly badger can find her match in a grizzly who's willing to weather her storms.

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