He's the chef who saved her with a frying pan. She's the mechanic who keeps running from the one man fate says is hers. When danger forces them together in his kitchen, staying away isn't an option anymore.Staff Sergeant Harper Lane broke the rules for a vintage aircraft part, and now she's running for her life through Anchorage alleys. When a Scottish chef takes down her pursuer with a frying pan, her reindeer recognizes him instantly as her fated mate... moreHe's the chef who saved her with a frying pan. She's the mechanic who keeps running from the one man fate says is hers. When danger forces them together in his kitchen, staying away isn't an option anymore.Staff Sergeant Harper Lane broke the rules for a vintage aircraft part, and now she's running for her life through Anchorage alleys. When a Scottish chef takes down her pursuer with a frying pan, her reindeer recognizes him instantly as her fated mate. The problem? Loving him could get him killed.Cameron McLeod has spent his life building something that's his alone, far from family expectations and Highland comparisons. The moment the fierce mechanic with grease on her cheek stumbles into his alley, his stag claims her as theirs. But she disappears before he can get her name, leaving him with only a chrome engine part and the certainty that he just met his forever.When Harper's assigned to an undercover mission at a gala Cameron's catering, she can't keep avoiding the mate bond pulling them together. Every accidental touch sets her skin on fire, and watching him work with those capable hands makes her reindeer demand they claim what's theirs.Cameron's falling for the woman who throws herself into everything with fierce enthusiasm, but she bolts every time they get close. Harper can't stop wanting the patient Scotsman who sees her completely, but trusting him means risking the one person who makes her feel safe.Now Harper must keep protecting Cameron from the Organization hunting her squadron, or trust that love is worth fighting for together.Vixen is the eighth standalone romance in the steamy Shifter Santa Squadron series. If you like patient cinnamon roll heroes who wield frying pans, fierce mechanic heroines learning to trust, and fated mate bonds that refuse to be denied, all wrapped up in military found family, you'll love Isla Chase's swoon-worthy shifter romance with a guaranteed happily ever after. less