Claimed by a Grumpy Green Beret

Perry comes to Wolf Valley to disappear, not to catch the eye of Luca Kane, the scarred, scowling Green Beret who lives in a cabin at the edge of town.

He speaks little and smiles less, yet he shows up when her tire blows on a deserted road, when a stranger asks too many questions, and when the past she fled draws near.

Luca left the military for quiet and no attachments, but Perry's haunted eyes lock something into place that he will not ignore.

She claims she is fine while jumping at shadows, sleeping with the lights on, and flinching as if she expects to be hurt again.

She did not come here to fall in love or belong to the town's grumpiest man, and he has already decided that whatever is hunting her will have to come through him.