Golden Pride Series by Caitlin Ricci

Jason has a type: dangerous, unavailable, and guaranteed to break his heart. So when Robin's terrifyingly hot older brother rolls into the bar on a bike that makes him drool, he knows he should stay far, far away. Ash doesn't do relationships. Five years of classified ops taught him that attachments are liabilities, and his parents' disaster of a marriage taught him the rest. He's not built for soft things. But Jason keeps feeding him. Keeps looking at him like he's worth something... moreJason has a type: dangerous, unavailable, and guaranteed to break his heart. So when Robin's terrifyingly hot older brother rolls into the bar on a bike that makes him drool, he knows he should stay far, far away. Ash doesn't do relationships. Five years of classified ops taught him that attachments are liabilities, and his parents' disaster of a marriage taught him the rest. He's not built for soft things. But Jason keeps feeding him. Keeps looking at him like he's worth something. Keeps making Ash want things he swore he'd never let himself have. One of them is going to have to break first. Ash is starting to hope it's him. The Lion's Hurricane is a high-heat MM shifter romance featuring a caretaker lion who shows love through vindaloo, a human learning to let himself be kept, and enough found family chaos to fill a garage. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed. This is book two in a five book series. MM, High Heat, Low Angst, each story has an HEA and they are best read in order. less

Robin has been performing since he was old enough to watch his parents tear each other apart and learn the safest thing to be was charming. The flirting, the easy smile, the guy who makes everything look effortless — it's armor he built in childhood and perfected over a lifetime. No one gets past it. Not even the grumpy lion shifter mechanic who watches him like he's something worth figuring out. Vaughn doesn't do sweet. He does engines, crossword puzzles, and silence... moreRobin has been performing since he was old enough to watch his parents tear each other apart and learn the safest thing to be was charming. The flirting, the easy smile, the guy who makes everything look effortless — it's armor he built in childhood and perfected over a lifetime. No one gets past it. Not even the grumpy lion shifter mechanic who watches him like he's something worth figuring out. Vaughn doesn't do sweet. He does engines, crossword puzzles, and silence. But Robin's act doesn't fool him — never has. He can hear the skip in Robin's heartbeat every time he fakes a laugh. He just doesn't know why. Robin has survived worse than a bad boss and a kitchen that tried to break him. But surviving isn't the same as living, and Vaughn is the first person who's ever made him want to stop just getting by. Being real means letting Vaughn see everything — the scars, the fear, and the dream Robin's been too afraid to chase. It means trusting a man who could crush him and believing he won't. Vaughn has never been good with words. He'll have to prove it the only way he knows by staying. The Lion's Light is a high-heat MM shifter romance featuring a grumpy mechanic who speaks in actions, a pastry chef who's done pretending, and a found family that will fight for you before you even ask. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed. less

Nico is efficient. He flies into small towns, evaluates properties, and flies out. No attachments, no complications, no asking why his company wants a bar on a back road that doesn't make commercial sense. Then he meets the bartender. Ezra does the books, feeds stray cats, and watches Nico eat nachos in the same booth every day with the quiet patience of a man whose lion has already decided... moreNico is efficient. He flies into small towns, evaluates properties, and flies out. No attachments, no complications, no asking why his company wants a bar on a back road that doesn't make commercial sense. Then he meets the bartender. Ezra does the books, feeds stray cats, and watches Nico eat nachos in the same booth every day with the quiet patience of a man whose lion has already decided. But Nico works for the company trying to buy Ezra's home, and wanting him is the kind of stupid that gets people hurt. When Nico starts pulling at threads in his employer's files, what he finds will make him choose between the career he built and the man who clears outlets without being asked. The Lion's Tempest is a high-heat MM paranormal romance featuring a found family of lion shifters, a pride dinner that will test your heart rate, and a cat named Mango who has better judgment than anyone. Book 4 in the Golden Pride Series. HEA guaranteed. less

Devin has sixty days, three shirts, and a plan. Aging out of a youth shelter with nothing but a library card and a savings goal, Devin keeps his head down, makes perfect coffee at the café inside the town library, and reads like his life depends on it. He doesn't need anyone. He definitely doesn't need the quiet lion shifter who sits in the fiction section every morning and handles books like they're sacred. He just needs to stop leaving him notes in pastry boxes... moreDevin has sixty days, three shirts, and a plan. Aging out of a youth shelter with nothing but a library card and a savings goal, Devin keeps his head down, makes perfect coffee at the café inside the town library, and reads like his life depends on it. He doesn't need anyone. He definitely doesn't need the quiet lion shifter who sits in the fiction section every morning and handles books like they're sacred. He just needs to stop leaving him notes in pastry boxes. Silas has spent thirty-two years being the patient one. The reader. The watcher. He doesn't do relationships, doesn't do drama, and doesn't do feelings — until a shy barista slips a book recommendation into his pastry box with a smiley face, and his lion says one this one. What starts with shared silence and vending machine coffee becomes something neither of them planned for — mornings reading side by side, notes traded like secrets, and a connection that builds one book at a time. But Devin has spent a lifetime learning to hide, and Silas has spent a lifetime learning to wait, and the distance between those two instincts might be the hardest thing either of them has ever tried to cross. The Lion's Haven is a high-heat MM lion shifter romance featuring a protective bookworm alpha, a fiercely independent former foster kid, found family that shows up with pastries and opinions, and a reading nook built for two. This is the fifth and final book in the Golden Pride series. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed. less