She's in trouble and needs her ex-boyfriend's help. He's been in love with her for years and always hoped she'd return. Can they reclaim the love they shared, or will a family feud, the death of her brother and a custody battle come between them?
CLAIMING THE WHITE BEAR brings together a long-separated couple back together. It's filled with passionate love scenes and doubt about whether families can be healed. A long separation can be picked up right where it left off that you don't know what you're missing until you have it again. Terry Spear throws in a little humor and suspense along with a lot of passion.
I'm looking forward to more of the White Bear series and which of the cousins will be next, the one who helps run the family bar, the one who's a state trooper, or the one who's the bush pilot. Can't wait to find out and also get caught up with the first book in the series, LOVING THE WHITE BEAR, which is about Edward's twin brother.
A Romeo-Juliet type family feud, polar bear style, tore
them
apart; can they find true love again?
Itβs nearly Christmas, no tours on the schedule for Edward
MacMathan and his brother and so theyβre working in their
uncle and auntβs tavern when the love of Edward's life
returns with two young boys in tow, and they look a lot
like
him when he and Rob were that age. Robyn Conibear is in
trouble and she's fled her deceased mate's sleuth to keep
his parents from taking custody of her and Edward's sons.
Can she and Edward renew the love they had for each other
despite the six years that have passed? Or will her return
only cause more grief between her family and his as the
hostilities renew?
But Edward is the boys' true father and she wants to be
with
him no matter what. Likewise, Edward is determined to
protect her and the boys, both from her former mate's
sleuth
and her own, and take up where the two of them had left
off.
EXCERPT
Edward MacMathan has just waited on Robyn Conibear at his
aunt and uncle's restaurant in White Bear, Alaska, the
woman he'd fallen in love with some years ago, and now
she's returned with two little boys to his hometown and
stirred up him and his family all over again.
βWhoβs the woman and kids?β Uncle Ned asked, setting
another couple of plates on top of the counter for pickup,
his hair and beard white.
They always told him he should be Santa Claus for Christmas
and he always said he would be, once Robβs kids were older.
βSomeone from out of town. She had car trouble. Iβm calling
Joe to pick up her vehicle and take care of it. And yes,
theyβre some of our kind.β Edward didnβt know why he didnβt
just flat out say who she was. He guessed he was worried
his family might be upset with her for leaving him, but
they knew the reason too.
Uncle Ned smiled.
βSheβs got kids. Sheesh.β Edward couldnβt believe his uncle
was even pushing to get him hitched. But when his aunt and
uncle couldnβt get their own three boys married off, theyβd
been eager to see Rob and Edward mated. Rob and Edwardβs
parents had been killed in an avalanche and theyβd adopted
the boys to raise alongside their cousins. They had hoped
Rob and Edward would provide them with grandchildren, well,
great nieces or nephews, but they considered them their
grandchildren. Now that Rob had twins, Edward thought they
would be satisfied. But no, their aunt and uncle loved them
so much, they wanted more.
βYou chased off the Wright brothers to give them seats so
you could still wait on the woman and her kids.β Uncle Ned
loaded a couple of more platters on the counter, while
Edward tried to contact Joe on his cell.
βThey had to walk some distance into town, and they were
half frozen. They needed a seat next to the fire,β Edward
said. Then Joe answered the phone. βHey, Joe, I've got a
job for you.β Edward told him what had happened.
βOkay, Iβll be right over.β
βThanks, Joe.β Edward entered the kitchen and made up three
steaming mugs of hot chocolate topped with twice the
whipped cream they usually added.
Aunt Genevieve had returned to the kitchen while Alicia and
Rob were finishing their meal, the babies in their carriers
sound asleep. His aunt was studying Edward. βThe hot
chocolates are for someone special?β She arched a brow.
He explained what had happened again.
His aunt looked out from the kitchen to see what the woman
looked like. His auntβs eyes widened, and she tsked. βRobyn
Conibear? She has a mate?β
βThat usually comes with the territory when youβve got a
couple of kids.β Edward gave his aunt a kiss on the cheek
and with the tray of hot chocolates, papers to color on,
and crayons, he headed back to Robynβs table. He set the
whipped cream-topped mugs on the table. βHere you go,
boys.β He gave them each the packages of crayons and the
coloring pages. They eagerly took them. Their mom helped
Garrett open his package, and Edward helped Bryan. βDid you
decide what you want to eat?β
βWeβll have the hot chicken soup, hamburgers, and french
fries.β
βOkay, got it. Joe, the tow truck operator, is coming over
and will talkββ The door opened and Edward glanced to see
who it was. Joe. He was always completely dependable.
Edward waved to him and he waved back and headed for their
table. βThatβs Joe Cavender. Heβs an honest guy and heβll
figure out whatβs wrong with the pickup, no problem.β
βThanks for everything.β
βYou bet. Iβll just put this order in and get the hot soup
out to you right away.β
Joe joined them and began talking to Robyn. Edward returned
to the kitchen to fill up bowls with chicken soup. His aunt
just shook her head. βDo you know how many times youβve
come in the kitchen to help serve up anything to customers?
Never.β
βShe and the boys are half frozen.β
βUh-huh. And sheβs a former girlfriend.β Aunt Genevieve
peered over the ledge to see what Robyn looked like. Then
she smiled. βWell.β
βWhatβs that supposed to mean?β Edward lifted the tray of
bowls of soup.
βSheβs still a looker and the boys are cute.β Aunt
Genevieve frowned. βThey look a lot like you and your
brother at around that age.β
βSheβs still mated.β Edward carried the tray to Robynβs
table.
Joe inclined his head to Edward on the way out of the
restaurant.
Ben and Rob were leaning against a post, arms folded across
their chests as they watched Edward leave off the bowls of
soup at Robynβs table and head back to the counter. He
walked right past his brother and cousin to grab another
tray, except this time to deliver to another table. He was
trying to ignore Ben and his brother, but they followed him
to the kitchen to pick up more meal orders.
βWho is she?β Ben asked.
βSheβs one of us. Robyn Conibear.β Edward repeated what had
happened.
Both Ben and Rob swung their heads around to get a better
look at her. βHell,β Rob said.
βHe made the Wright brothers move from their table,β Ben
said.
βHe fixed them hot cocoa with mountains of whipped cream,β
Rob agreed.
βAnd bowls of hot chicken soup,β Ben added.
βAnd she has two kids. Which means she has a mate. Either
of you would have done the same for her, if youβd seen how
cold she was when she first arrived,β Edward reminded them.
He glanced at the table where Alicia had been sitting, but
realized she was leaving, and Aunt Genevieve was carrying
out one of the sleeping babies, while Alicia had the other.
βSo, Joeβs going to tow her truck into town for her?β Rob
asked, grabbing another platter.
βYeah.β Edward suspected that everyone was going to hear
about his helping the woman and her kids out and it would
be the talk of all of White Bear. Well, as far as the
shifter population went. Especially since sheβd been an old
flame of his.
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