She doesn’t trust easily. He has secrets to keep. In Mystic River, danger is always lurking in the shadows.

Kyra’s life is anything but simple. As a deputy in Mystic River, she’s caught between duty, a complicated past with her boss, and a brother who skirts the wrong side of the law. And if that weren’t enough, the town’s charming, sexy baker has made it his mission to tell everyone she’s his fated mate.

But Scott isn’t just the sweet, easygoing baker he pretends to be. When a mysterious shifter dies in Kyra’s jail after delivering a cryptic message for “the baker,” the pieces of a dangerous puzzle start falling into place. Her brother warns her that Scott isn’t who he claims to be—and he sure as hell isn’t from Canada.

Scott came to Mystic River to escape his past, not repeat it. He’s content running his bakery and pretending to be nothing more than an easygoing lynx shifter. But when trouble comes knocking, bringing danger too close to Kyra, he’ll have no choice but to reveal the truth.

Kyra has been burned before, and trust isn’t something she gives freely. But when the secrets unravel and the danger escalates, will she run from Mystic River…or into Scott’s arms?

Welcome to Mystic River, Alaska, where secrets run deep, passion burns hot, and fated mates always find their way home.