Off the Record with the Bear
(2026)(The second book in the Shifter Football League: Thornwood Bears series)
A Story by Ciera Knox
Boone Ironside learned young that being loved and being handled look exactly the same. His father made sure of it — and he's still one phone call away, still trying to run the show. So now, as the Bears' breakout second-year running back, Boone refuses to let anyone script a single unscripted moment of his life. Which is a problem, because management just made it official: the team's social media coordinator is now his campaign partner, full time, no more dodging her between practices.
Delia Osgood doesn't do unscripted. Not since the last story she let unfold naturally blew up her career in a bigger market and left her rebuilding from scratch. Her big promotion — turning Thornwood's most guarded rising star into a national name — is supposed to be simple. It is not simple. It is Boone Ironside, and he is nothing but off-script.
He's spent his life refusing to be handled. She's spent hers refusing to lose control. Neither of them planned on a mate bond — or a meddling father — that doesn't care who's writing the story, only that they finally tell the truth.
Enemies-to-lovers. Workplace tension.
High heat, one claiming bite, and a rising star who finally lets someone see the real him.
Book 2 in the Thornwood Bears — a Shifter Football League series.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Delia Osgood doesn't do unscripted. Not since the last story she let unfold naturally blew up her career in a bigger market and left her rebuilding from scratch. Her big promotion — turning Thornwood's most guarded rising star into a national name — is supposed to be simple. It is not simple. It is Boone Ironside, and he is nothing but off-script.
He's spent his life refusing to be handled. She's spent hers refusing to lose control. Neither of them planned on a mate bond — or a meddling father — that doesn't care who's writing the story, only that they finally tell the truth.
Enemies-to-lovers. Workplace tension.
High heat, one claiming bite, and a rising star who finally lets someone see the real him.
Book 2 in the Thornwood Bears — a Shifter Football League series.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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