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Grumpy Alpha Wolf
A grumpy Alpha wolf. A sunshine witch. A mate bond neither could accept—or resist.
Nia Patel is a twenty-eight-year-old shifter witch from Salem, venturing to Montana to open the bakery she and her best friend Brianna had dreamed about since college. She thought she had it all figured out, but her tarot cards never told her she’d be finding her mate in those mountains.
The Red Lodge police chief and local Alpha wolf is gruff, allergic to change, and entirely too handsome for a man who still uses a flip phone on purpose. He’s also nearly two decades older than her. Even worse?
He’s Brianna’s dad.
Neither of them knows how to cross that line without risking the person they both love most. But their fated bond is impossible to ignore.
Cole Montclair has spent forty-six years building a life of duty, routine, and control. Red Lodge depends on him to keep the peace. He knows every road in town, every family feud, every wolf under his protection.
Then Nia crashes into his carefully ordered world, a lynx shifter with a penchant for magic and fancy coffee drinks—and his daughter’s best friend.
She should be completely off-limits. Instead, she challenges him at every turn. Makes him laugh when he shouldn’t. Sees through him far too easily.
But when members of his pack begin questioning whether a young lynx witch could ever stand beside their Alpha, Cole realizes the biggest threat isn’t the mate bond.
It’s the terrifying fact that Nia belongs in his life so completely, he can’t imagine losing her.
Perfect if you
- grumpy Alpha / sunshine witch
- fated mates + age gap
- best friend’s dad tension
- forced proximity in a small town
- dragon hatchling cuteness and chaos
- magical mystery in the mountains
- cozy bakery vibes and sweet treats
Steamy shifter love scenes and an HEA inside! No cheating or cliffhanger in this standalone romance. Readers 18+.
Nia Patel is a twenty-eight-year-old shifter witch from Salem, venturing to Montana to open the bakery she and her best friend Brianna had dreamed about since college. She thought she had it all figured out, but her tarot cards never told her she’d be finding her mate in those mountains.
The Red Lodge police chief and local Alpha wolf is gruff, allergic to change, and entirely too handsome for a man who still uses a flip phone on purpose. He’s also nearly two decades older than her. Even worse?
He’s Brianna’s dad.
Neither of them knows how to cross that line without risking the person they both love most. But their fated bond is impossible to ignore.
Cole Montclair has spent forty-six years building a life of duty, routine, and control. Red Lodge depends on him to keep the peace. He knows every road in town, every family feud, every wolf under his protection.
Then Nia crashes into his carefully ordered world, a lynx shifter with a penchant for magic and fancy coffee drinks—and his daughter’s best friend.
She should be completely off-limits. Instead, she challenges him at every turn. Makes him laugh when he shouldn’t. Sees through him far too easily.
But when members of his pack begin questioning whether a young lynx witch could ever stand beside their Alpha, Cole realizes the biggest threat isn’t the mate bond.
It’s the terrifying fact that Nia belongs in his life so completely, he can’t imagine losing her.
Perfect if you
- grumpy Alpha / sunshine witch
- fated mates + age gap
- best friend’s dad tension
- forced proximity in a small town
- dragon hatchling cuteness and chaos
- magical mystery in the mountains
- cozy bakery vibes and sweet treats
Steamy shifter love scenes and an HEA inside! No cheating or cliffhanger in this standalone romance. Readers 18+.
322 pages, Paperback
Published June 4, 2026
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August 7, 2026
Grumpy Alpha Wolf is a fun and fantastical journey filled with longing, heart, emotions, and action! Cole’s life of duty is thrown into a tailspin when Nia comes to town and their fated mate bond blares loud and proud. Listening to them each come to terms with it in their own ways is quite the adventure, especially with the impending threats from outside forces affecting them so deeply. Nia is kind, compassionate, and brilliantly witchy with an open heart and a beautiful soul. She is exactly right for Cole—if only everyone else would get over their age gap and out of their way. The subplot with the dragons is so much fun and weaves the threads between Cole and Nia tighter. The author has done a lovely job of creating this world and bringing in cameos from characters in other stories too. The narrator does a great job performing the various roles with passion and energy, keeping the plot moving quickly and engaging listeners throughout the story. Loved this one!
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