The Bear's Fixer-Upper Mate (Bear Creek Forever:Thornberg Restaurant #5)

She inherited a broken cottage.

He’s the quiet bear shifter determined to fix it — and win her heart.

Meryl only came to Bear Creek to deal with the cottage her great-aunt left behind. Pine Cottage is falling apart, the repairs are far worse than she expected, and the sensible plan is simple: fix it fast, sell it, and get back to the life she already knows.

Then Spencer Thornberg shows up.

Spencer is a broad-shouldered woodworker with a talent for restoring old houses and a habit of appearing exactly when she needs him. He says he’s just passing by. Meryl doesn’t believe that for a second. But when the porch is unsafe, the windows won’t shut, and the whole cottage seems one storm away from collapse, she has no choice but to accept his help.

The more time they spend repairing Pine Cottage, the harder it becomes to ignore what’s growing between them. Spencer is steady, patient, and devastatingly capable — the kind of man who notices every crack, every hidden strength, and every small thing that matters. And while Meryl keeps telling herself she’s only staying until the work is done, Bear Creek is starting to feel dangerously like home.

But roots are risky, and forever is the one thing Meryl has never trusted.

Spencer may know how to restore a house properly, but winning his mate will take more than strong hands and quiet devotion. Because when the time comes, Meryl will have to decide whether Pine Cottage is just another temporary stop... or the place where she finally stops running.

The Bear’s Fixer-Upper Mate is a cozy, steamy bear shifter romance featuring a quiet handyman hero, an inherited fixer-upper cottage, forced proximity, fated mates, small-town warmth, found family, and a heroine who has to choose between the safe life she planned and the love-filled home she never saw coming.