Table of Contents
Copyright
Shifter Seasons
Foreword
Chapter One – O’Malley
Chapter Two – Hannah
Chapter Three – O’Malley
Chapter Four – Hannah
Chapter Five – O’Malley
Chapter Six – Hannah
Chapter Seven – O’Malley
Chapter Eight – Hannah
Chapter Nine – O’Malley
Chapter Ten – Hannah
Chapter Eleven – O’Malley
Chapter Twelve – Hannah
Chapter Thirteen – O’Malley
Chapter Fourteen – Hannah
Chapter Fifteen – O’Malley
Chapter Sixteen – Hannah
Chapter Seventeen – O’Malley
Chapter Eighteen – Hannah
Chapter Nineteen – O’Malley
Chapter Twenty – Hannah
Chapter Twenty-One – O’Malley
Chapter Twenty-Two – Hannah
Chapter Twenty-Three – O’Malley
Epilogue
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Get In Touch
O’Malley
Summer-Shifter Seasons
Book Seven
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Shifter Seasons
Hex
Winter-Shifter Seasons Book One
Beck
Winter-Shifter Seasons Book Two
Mac
Winter-Shifter Seasons Book Three
Kelos
Spring-Shifter Seasons Book Four
Shawn
Spring-Shifter Seasons Book Five
O’Malley
Spring-Shifter Seasons
Book Seven
A silverback seasoned shifters romance
O’Malley’s mate walks into a bar... No, it’s not a joke, his mate is right here in front of him and she needs his help.
Why does Hannah come to O’Malley for help? Because her brother, Karl, told her they were best friends in the army.
Only they weren’t friends. The two men could hardly stand each other.
That doesn’t stop O’Malley from agreeing to go with Hannah even though his new bar is about to open.
When the heart, or his mate, calls a shifter must answer, no matter the personal cost. After all, nothing is more precious than love.
Hannah’s brother is lost in the mountains. When she goes to O’Malley for help, the last thing she expects to find is the love of her life. However, she quickly realizes that is exactly what she’s found. A man who would risk everything for her.
Even his heart.
As they track Karl over the mountains, they discover he took the pilgrim’s trail, a route taken by those who are seeking a path toward a new future while leaving their past life behind.
As they begin to unravel the mystery surrounding his disappearance it becomes clear Karl might not have survived the pilgrim’s trail.
Can O’Malley and Hannah work together to bring her brother home?
Chapter One – O’Malley
“The bar looks great.” Shawn looked around the freshly painted bar, with its new tables and chairs, just waiting for people to spill in to eat and drink at O’Malley’s.
O’Malley swelled with pride. “It’s taken some hard work and a few sleepless nights, but it’s nearly finished. If everything goes to plan, we should be ready to open on schedule.”
“I, for one, hope that’s the case.” Shawn ran his hand across the newly polished bar. “Now I have somewhere to escape to.”
O’Malley grinned broadly. “That might wash with someone else, but I know you too well. You love your home life. You have a mate and a daughter. Who wouldn’t?” His grin slipped off his face.
“It’ll happen for you,” Shawn assured O’Malley, just like everyone had been assuring him for the last few weeks. It was hard to shake off the feeling that you were the last bachelor in town.
The last bachelor in all the towns, his cougar reminded him, since many of their friends who had found their mates lived in Bear Creek and other surrounding towns.
I can always count on you to make me feel better, O’Malley told his feline side.
I’m just stating a fact. His cougar was right. His friends, both old and new, had all found their mates. All except him.
It was as if O’Malley was their lucky charm. But that luck was not meant for him.
“I’m okay,” he told Shawn. “I have this place, no room for love in my life right now.”
“You tell yourself that but we both know it’s not true.” Shawn pulled out a barstool and sat down as O’Malley took two bottles of Bear Creek Honey Beer out of the fridge and passed one to his friend. “Thanks.”
“It’s true. What time would I have to put into a relationship when I’m opening this place?” He held out his hands and glanced around the bar. The once drab building had been transformed. Not that he’d ripped the character out of the place, but he had made it lighter and brighter and replaced the old kitchen so that O’Malley’s could offer its customers good, fresh, healthy food. With a few unhealthy dishes and desserts on the side.
“You would find time, believe me.” Shawn took a slug of his beer. “When your mate walks into your life, everything else gets put on hold.”
“Are you trying to make me feel better, or worse?” O’Malley asked as he walked around the bar and took a seat next to Shawn. “Whatever. You’re right. I would like to find out.”
He’d be lying if he said otherwise and O’Malley had always prided himself on his honesty. It was part of his military training, honesty and loyalty were the two things he held most dear.
And love, his cougar replied. You do love the people around you.
And love. His heart seemed to squeeze in his chest as if it longed to expand and grow and encompass the greatest love of all, that for a mate and, if he were truly blessed, a child.
Or two. His cougar licked his paw thoughtfully.
Or two. Or more. But O’Malley was no spring chicken.
Thank goodness, his cougar replied. I like my sleek fur and long tail. I would not look good in feathers.
“I’m not doing a great job of cheering you up, am I?” Shawn asked. “Maybe I should have sent Joanna instead.”
O’Malley chuckled. “You’re doing just fine. Anyway, seeing you two so happy makes me happy. Joanna deserves a man like you. And a daughter like Jane. And a child of her own.”
“You know,” Shawn began, and
