Puck Bear Brides: Complete Series (BBW Werebear Paranormal Sport Romance Boxed Set) by Anya Nowlan

threw herself into his arms and automatically he embraced her. It felt amazing having her against him again like that, with his heart thrumming wildly in his chest and his hands shaking as he stroked her hair, burying his face into her shoulder. She smelled divine.
    “You’re such a fucking asshole,” she sobbed, clinging to him.
    “That’s what I’m saying,” he agreed without a fight, allowing himself a small grin.
    Kimberley pulled back, and though her face was splotchy with tears and she was shivering all over, she’d never been more beautiful to him.
    “You have a lot to make up for, Cannon Wright,” she said sternly.
    “And I plan on devoting every day of my life to do that, if you’ll let me,” he replied, his tone somber again.
    She bit her lip and it drove him wild to see that little vulnerability. Though Kimberley’s eyes still shined, a spark of mischief returned to them now, along with a tiny grin playing on her lips. It didn’t matter how cold it was outside, that smile alone could keep him warm for years to come.
    “You’ve used up almost all of your chances, Pucky. It’s now or never.”
    “It’s going to be now then,” he said with a growl, pulling her in for a kiss that seemed like it would never end.
    Every day from then on, he’d be working his ass off to be the kind of man she deserved. He’d hurt her once and it had ruined years and years for both of them. Cannon Wright was a changed man and his mate had given him a second chance he would not squander again.
    So maybe sometimes a little bit of trickery was exactly what was needed.

EPILOGUE
    Kimberley
    9 months later…
     
    “I’m telling you, you should change the name,” Kimberley said with a mocking sigh, leaning on Cannon’s shoulders as she peeked over his back at what he was doing.
    With the surest, most careful of hands, Cannon was writing their wedding invitations. This huge, hulking werebear, a guy who could crunch jaws and break faces with one punch, getting his calligraphy on like it was nobody’s business. Kimberley shook her head in amazement and amusement, something she’d done a fair few times by now.
    “I’m not lobbying to change the name of the whole goddamn hockey team just because you think it would look better on a wedding invite,” Cannon said with an exasperated sigh, sounding far more dramatic than she knew he felt.
    “Why not? You named it the last time,” she teased, leaning forward to nip at his ear playfully with her teeth.
    “I voiced a dumb opinion and it got up to the big boss. Not my fault my guys can’t keep their mouths shut,” he grumbled, adding the last dot to the last sentence, before he lifted the carefully chosen card and blew on it gently.
    Kimberley grinned, topping her love-nibble off with a kiss before pulling back from him a little. Despite her loud, adamant and heartfelt objections on the matter originally, she’d found herself quickly falling in love with not only Cannon but his town and everything about his new life as well. After her first stay ran its course, she’d gone back home for maybe three weeks before she’d returned to Shifter Grove with bigger suitcases and an extended plan in mind.
    A few weeks had turned into a few months and when the Shifter Grove Shovelers offered her a job as the head of PR for the team, she’d quit so fast it’d made her head spin. A few weeks after that, Cannon’s cabin in the woods got finished and they could move in together in earnest, without having to duck and weave around Heath – who admittedly wasn’t doing so bad as of late, but that’s another story in its entirety.
    “I can’t believe we’re getting to this point, though,” Kimberley said with a dreamy sigh, standing upright.
    “What point is that? Blissful happiness?” Cannon asked with a sly smile.
    Kimberley was about to answer when two strong arms grabbed for her and pulled her down on his lap, cuddled closely against his strong, firm body. She laughed,