Fated Mountain Lodge Series by Zoe Chant, Lauren Esker

An alternative cover edition can be found here. Too prickly to love? After getting her heart broken, hedgehog shifter Hester just wants to get away from romance for the Valentine's Day weekend. Instead she ends up snowbound in a gorgeous mountain lodge with the most amazing man she's ever met. He's sexy. He's sweet. He's funny. He turns into a grison, the most adorable ferret-like animal she's ever seen. And he's her fated mate. Too bad Hester's not ready to open herself to love again... moreAn alternative cover edition can be found here. Too prickly to love? After getting her heart broken, hedgehog shifter Hester just wants to get away from romance for the Valentine's Day weekend. Instead she ends up snowbound in a gorgeous mountain lodge with the most amazing man she's ever met. He's sexy. He's sweet. He's funny. He turns into a grison, the most adorable ferret-like animal she's ever seen. And he's her fated mate. Too bad Hester's not ready to open herself to love again. But Mauro is determined to heal her broken heart. Will one romantic, snowbound weekend be enough for this prickly little hedgehog to accept the love of a man and his weasel? Shifter Bites is a new line of bite-sized short reads, with a complete HEA shifter romance in every one! These books are "sweet" romance (no explicit sex) and short enough that you can fit them into your busy schedule, with hot heroes, strong heroines, and all the love and laughter and happy endings you've come to expect from Zoe Chant! less

No one ever says "You can't do that" to this sassy shrew. Well, people do say it, but that doesn't mean Leah has to listen. Hampered by a tiny shift form, a physical disability, and an overprotective big sister, Leah is determined to make the world listen to her. After all, a shrew will fight animals ten times its size and eats its own body weight in food daily... moreNo one ever says "You can't do that" to this sassy shrew. Well, people do say it, but that doesn't mean Leah has to listen. Hampered by a tiny shift form, a physical disability, and an overprotective big sister, Leah is determined to make the world listen to her. After all, a shrew will fight animals ten times its size and eats its own body weight in food daily. What else can she do except live up to the example of her tough, fighty, hard-living shift form, after all? So when the lodge wants her to investigate a rash of thefts from guest rooms, Leah is happy to jump on the job with all four paws. But "Detective Shrew's" investigation will introduce her to an enigmatic stranger who can parry her verbal jabs and keep up with her energy . .. a stranger who is very clearly hiding secrets of his own. A stranger who makes her shrew stand up and scream, "Mine! ". Return to Fated Mountain Lodge for a hilarious, cozy small-town fated mates romance, with a heroine who can barely contain her outsized personality and a hero with his own reasons for being at the lodge - that have nothing to do with meeting a fated mate who is a shrew on a mission. less