As an omega who is unable to shift due to a genetic defect, Hunter Pierce is broke and getting nowhere in life. A work trip up to Lake Tahoe is just what Hunter Pierce needs to unwind. He planned on a short visit, but when he meets Mitch Carnelian, the sexy local hotelier at The Pinse Resort, he begins to question his beliefs about his own weakness and his fear of love.Bad-boy, black-bear shifter, and now hotel owner. Mitch Carnelian vowed never to return to his childhood hometown, but the death of his parents in a car accident forced Mitch and his brother to take over the family business. When he meets Hunter, the scientist who infuriates and intrigues him, he sees that there is more to life than work and ambition. For the first time in his life, he begins to think of a future with a mate and cubs of his own.The race is on for Hunter and Mitch to find a way to overcome their prejudices and save the shifter community of the Sierra Nevada Mountains for an important reason-they're expecting a baby.This is a standalone story with a happy ending and no cliffhangers. This story includes explicit love scenes and violence.