Clara likes being on her own: That’s why she moved to the small town of Port Murmure, Nova Scotia: for peace and solitude, as well as to avoid the watchful, fussing eye of her mother. Clara’s muscular sclerosis has gotten worse every year since she graduated high school. In college, she was a renowned cello player... moreClara likes being on her own: That’s why she moved to the small town of Port Murmure, Nova Scotia: for peace and solitude, as well as to avoid the watchful, fussing eye of her mother. Clara’s muscular sclerosis has gotten worse every year since she graduated high school. In college, she was a renowned cello player. Ever since having to switch to a wheelchair for mobility, Clara’s been avoiding her beloved instrument for fear that she’ll become some poster child for disability that she doesn’t want to be. Torn up by grief over the loss of his mate, Nathan runs away from his home on Prince Edward Island. When he quietly breaks into Clara’s home for a night of rest without the risk of his fellow shifters sniffing him out, he accidentally injures her. Guilt won’t let him abandon her like this, not when he has medical training, but the longer he stays the more he doesn’t want to leave her--or the feelings he’s developed. Clara knows she shouldn’t trust Nathan. He’s distant, he’s volatile because of a condition that makes him uncontrollable when he shifts, and he’s withholding info from her. Worst of all, Clara’s seen the news and she thinks he might be the runaway suspect for the murder on Prince Edward Island. As they get closer, though, Clara finds herself desperate to unearth the real Nathan and all of the baggage that comes with it. Clara’s told her mother over and over that she doesn’t need a man to take care of her, but Nathan doesn’t treat her like she needs to be taken care of. There’s a hurting, grieving man inside of the bear she’s found herself attached to, and Clara’s convinced that man isn’t a murderer. Nathan’s fellow bear shifters have followed him here, though, and they’re determined to drag him back home with them. Nathan’s afraid to open up because of what happened to his last mate, but if he doesn’t he might lose Clara forever. less
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