Little Red and the Wolf
Maizie Hood struggles to keep her bakery afloat, her landlord from evicting her, and her Granny in a nursing facility. Wrestling with the decision to sell Gran's cottage is hard enough. The last thing she needs is her childhood big-bad-wolf nightmares turning into real-life, adult fantasies. Gray Lupo's offer is tempting…except she can't help wondering if he's really the answer to her problems, or just a wolf in gentleman's Armani. Since his wife was killed, Gray's life is focused on protecting the pack and avoiding the grown daughter of his wife's killers. When it becomes clear he can't do one without compromising the other, he finds playing “big bad wolf” to Maizie's “Little Red” is a role he enjoys far more than he expected. A real bad wolf's attack on Maizie forces Gray to admit her pull on his instincts—and his heart. Suddenly he finds himself taking on a new role, as her protector and mate. Until the truth about his connection to her nightmarish past comes to light…