Harper
I came to Bear Lake for a quiet summer vet position—a place to heal after an ex who said I'd always choose data over people. What I didn't expect was Theo Wilder, the silent carpenter who communicates through hand-carved wrens and shelves that appear overnight. His calloused hands run four degrees too hot, animals trust him on sight, and we're sharing dreams I can't explain with any science I know. When I follow the data too far and accidentally put his family's deepest secret at risk, the steadiest man I've ever known goes silent—and I'm terrified that this time, I can't recover from this mistake.
Theo
I've spent my life building things instead of saying things. Furniture doesn't require explanations. Wood doesn't need words. Then Harper walks into my clinic with her freckles and her spreadsheets, and my bear goes still for the first time in my life—not restless, not pacing, just certain. She's my fated mate, and the Midsummer Surge won't let me forget it. But when her scientific mind gets too close to the truth about my clan, I do what I've always done: I retreat to my workshop and build walls. Now I have to learn that the most important thing I'll ever make isn't tangible—it's the words to tell her she's worth every risk.
When a scientist who trusts data meets a craftsman who speaks through his work, can they build something that lasts—even when the truth threatens to tear it apart?
Join Theo and Harper in this steamy installment of Bear Lake Summer, where love is built by hand against the backdrop of mountain magic and fated mate bonds!
Genre: Paranormal Romance
I came to Bear Lake for a quiet summer vet position—a place to heal after an ex who said I'd always choose data over people. What I didn't expect was Theo Wilder, the silent carpenter who communicates through hand-carved wrens and shelves that appear overnight. His calloused hands run four degrees too hot, animals trust him on sight, and we're sharing dreams I can't explain with any science I know. When I follow the data too far and accidentally put his family's deepest secret at risk, the steadiest man I've ever known goes silent—and I'm terrified that this time, I can't recover from this mistake.
Theo
I've spent my life building things instead of saying things. Furniture doesn't require explanations. Wood doesn't need words. Then Harper walks into my clinic with her freckles and her spreadsheets, and my bear goes still for the first time in my life—not restless, not pacing, just certain. She's my fated mate, and the Midsummer Surge won't let me forget it. But when her scientific mind gets too close to the truth about my clan, I do what I've always done: I retreat to my workshop and build walls. Now I have to learn that the most important thing I'll ever make isn't tangible—it's the words to tell her she's worth every risk.
When a scientist who trusts data meets a craftsman who speaks through his work, can they build something that lasts—even when the truth threatens to tear it apart?
Join Theo and Harper in this steamy installment of Bear Lake Summer, where love is built by hand against the backdrop of mountain magic and fated mate bonds!
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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