Claimed by the Quarterback Bear
(2026)(The first book in the Shifter Football League: Thornwood Bears series)
A Story by Ciera Knox
Teddy Draper left Thornwood at eighteen and swore he'd never look back.
Ten years, one broken relationship with his late father, and one paranormal football career later, he's home — wearing the team jersey his dad used to wear, and standing in the one diner in town he swore he'd never walk into again.
Josie Fairweather built a quiet, steady life out of the pieces Teddy left behind.
She didn't ask for the Bears' new starting quarterback to also be the only man she's ever loved — or for one bear shifter's scent to undo ten years of careful distance in a single breath.
He's here to save his career and prove the hometown kid can still play. She's determined to protect a heart he already broke once. Neither of them planned on a mate bond that's been waiting a decade to finally snap into place.
Grumpy quarterback. Sunshine hometown girl. A second chance neither of them asked for but both of them need.
High heat, one claiming bite, and a bear who finally learns how to stay.
Book 1 in the Thornwood Bears — a Shifter Football League series.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Ten years, one broken relationship with his late father, and one paranormal football career later, he's home — wearing the team jersey his dad used to wear, and standing in the one diner in town he swore he'd never walk into again.
Josie Fairweather built a quiet, steady life out of the pieces Teddy left behind.
She didn't ask for the Bears' new starting quarterback to also be the only man she's ever loved — or for one bear shifter's scent to undo ten years of careful distance in a single breath.
He's here to save his career and prove the hometown kid can still play. She's determined to protect a heart he already broke once. Neither of them planned on a mate bond that's been waiting a decade to finally snap into place.
Grumpy quarterback. Sunshine hometown girl. A second chance neither of them asked for but both of them need.
High heat, one claiming bite, and a bear who finally learns how to stay.
Book 1 in the Thornwood Bears — a Shifter Football League series.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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