Billionaire Bear's Bride

Kodiak Island Shifters - Sterling Shifter Clan #1

by Candace Ayers

Colton Sterling is a brilliant business strategist, adrenaline junkie, self-made billionaire, and Kodiak grizzly bear shifter. Colton has no plans to settle down. Not, that is, until he sees the beautiful Hannah Cooper. His mate.
Hannah is a smart, curvy, bold doctor, who is way out of her league in the Alaskan wilderness.
Lucky for her she’ll be outta here tomorrow.
Colton has just 24 hours to make Hannah fall in love with him before she returns to the lower 48.
Can he rise to the challenge?

Genres: Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Contemporary

106 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2017

Reviews

[CriSsStina · Rating 2 out of 5]

even short reads deserve a quick epilogue... the ending was so abrupt

also, the fact that he decided to let her go... to pursue her dreams or whatever.. he could have said f*ck it, I have all the money in the world, I could follow her anywhere and he with her... his passivity pissed me off

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was decent. It was a quick shifter insta-love/mate book. It ended kind of abruptly for me. Colton and Hannah were instantly attracted when they meet. Colton realizes she's bis mate.

Hannah doesn't know about shifters and is amazingly calm when she finds out. They spend one night together and then she's going to leave to head home to Chicago.

Heat level was 🔥🔥1/2. Decent quick read but it could have used a better ending in my opinion.

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[Jennifer Holzapfel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr.Hannah Cooper is from Montana, but working in a Chicago hospital. She has been left a heft inheritance from an uncle she barely remembers. The attorney handling the estate suggests she gets a divorce from her absentee husband of 10 years, so he cannot lay claim to her inheritance. The problem is she has no idea where he is, because she has not kept in touch with her high school friends while she was attending medical school.
she contacts her less than friendly sister-in-law, who says he is working up in Kodiak, Alaska somewhere.
Hannah takes a flight, rents a car, and crosses to the island on a ferry. She plans to stay one night at Burke Cabins, a rustic metal cottage heated by a wood stove. The first item on her agenda is to go to Sterling Outfitters to get a nice warm sleeping bag. While she is in there she has to save the life of a little boy who swallowed a Lego. Colton Sterling comes out when he hears the distressed wails of a mother. Hannah gives the boy the Heimlich and saves his life. She tells the mother to take him to the emergency room or his doctor, and she is told there are no medical facilities on the island.
Colton offers his jump plane and pilot to take the family to the hospital.
Colton is a bear and as soon as he smells Hannah, he knows she is his true soulmate. He gives her the sleeping bag as a gift, just so he can talk to her. He sleeps in the woods in his bear form just to be close and protect her from the wolf pack. Hannah is jogging with headphones in and she does not hear Colton killing one wolf and injuring another.
Hannah finds her husband Brad who won't sign the papers until he can take her out to dinner. At dinner he says its always about money with her and he wants a second chance to prove his love for her. He gets rough with her both inside and outside the restaurant and Colton is there and demands he let go of her. Brad flips out and turns were wolf and Colton turns bear and they start fighting it out, until Brad tucks tail. Hannah gets an eyeful of one sexy, naked Colton, and is turned on even though she watched him turn bear.
Colton has to protect Hannah and find up what is really going on with the wolf pack, because the bear clan had an accord with them.
Colton gets a night of bliss with his mate and she is leaving in the morning, or is she?

[Tara Dorough · Rating 5 out of 5]

Billionaire Bear's Bride by Candace Ayres is the first book in her Kodiak Island Shifters series. Colton Sterling is one of three brothers that own Sterling Outfitters, a billion dollar company. He is also a Kodiak grizzly bear shifter. Hannah Cooper is a doctor from Chicago that has come to Port Ursa, Alaska to get a divorce from the husband she hasn't seen or head from in ten years. After high school, Hannah and Brad went on vacation ending up in Las Vegas were they got married on a drunken whim. A month later they walked away from each other and went on with their lives like it never happened.
This story is full of excitement, intrigue, sexy shifters, betrayal, surprised and love. It's a great book to curl up with for the day and escape. I can't wait to read more of this series. I can wait to see what Candace dreams up for the rest of the Kodiak shifters. I received an ARC from the author. This is my voluntary honest review.

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hannah needs to get a hold of her estranged husband and get the divorce. It has been ten years since they last laid eyes on him. Finding out that he is now living in Alaska was a new twist. So she went to get his signature. But what she didn't know was that going to the Kodiak Island she was no longer safe. Here shifters ruled. Bears and wolves oh my. And her ex is one of the wolves. But the man who has befriended her is not what he seems. She is a doctor for pete sake. What happens when she is introduced to this new world? Will she run screaming? Or will Colton her new hero be able to let her know that she is now in the best hands, er paws, around? This was a very fast audio book to listen to.

[Garth Mailman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read the Twilight Series but this is my first full on shifter novella and the conventions are strange to me. I know this is fiction but still if a bear kills a wolf shifter a human dies, the legal implications baffle me, I suppose that's why this is set on a remote island in Alaska. Under the circumstances I would say the doctor's reaction was rather restrained. We are treated to a make-out scene with the well-hung hardbodied Colton. If this is your kind of thing Colton has two equally well-endowed brothers whose stories follow. I am disappointed that a medical doctor didn't insist on safe sex.

[Rhonda Hicks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hannah and Brad were married in Vegas after graduating from High School. Once the trip was over, they amicably part ways with Hannah going to Medical School and then doing her residency to become a doctor losing track of her friends and her husband. When her Uncle dies leaving her his estate the attorney advises she get a divorce before the money is transferred just to protect her interests. Tracking her husband to Alaska in order to get the divorce papers signed she meets Colton. This was a short, easy read.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Characters = 4/5
Plot = 4/5
Romance = 3/5
Mystery = 2/5
Action =  2/5
Darkness = 0/5
Humor = 0/5
Stars =  4 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Would I recommend this book = Yes
Would I read future books by this author = Yes

Plot was great. Loved the drama that went along with it. The characters were also good. Loved the strong independent heroine and the protective hero.

I like shifter books because of the possessive hero and lots of spicy scenes. This one was lacking the spice. I really wanted more.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

ARC review For honest review. Hannah is inheriting a lot of money but since she's married but have not seen him for 10 years she now must locate Bradley .Colton is a bear shifter when Hannah comes into his shop his bear goes nuts for me the stories got a lot of shifter magic that will have you turning the pages.

[Danielle Carpenter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quaint story. I'm not actually sure how the shifter world works here, but it seems wolves and bears don't get along. The character are developed well, but not deeply because this is a short story. Some parts are confusing, and Hannah for being a Doctor is totally obvious at points in this story. Overall, the story does not disappoint and you are left with that romantic happy feeling.

[Gladys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Billionaire Bear's Bride (Kodiak Island Shifters, #1) by Candace Ayers is a very good short read. Sexy, fun and full of heat, this quick tale is about Colton, a grizzly bear shifter and his mate, Hannah. He has just 24 hours to woo and win his mate before she leaves Alaska forever. A great read that is very entertaining.

[Anastasia Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a great time curling up in my couch and escaping into this book. It's got everything you want; sexy shifters, excitement, betrayal, intrigue and action! Hannah is a doctor from Chicago who got married on a drunken whim a while ago and needs to head to Alaska to get a divorce. There she meets Colton, a successful businessman who was never content until he found his one true mate.

5 stars!

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

How to get more readers 101 — aim your book at both the billionaire and shifter market. This, however sells the book short. It is much better than the general billionaire books and on-par for the majority of shifter ones. Enjoyable but not a lot of depth. However, it is a short story .
PS The guy above is much better looking than the one on my e-book.

[Jamoz23 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay short story. Read in the box set through Kindle Unlimited
Don't think I will remember it tomorrow though. On going to write a review, I found that I had already read this as a free read from Instafreebie. Didn’t remember it.
Decent characters but everything happens so quickly.
Back story with a nasty wolf shifter who is not dealt with so he will probably be in the next book.
Read in the box set through Kindle Unlimited.

[Libby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sensible and sweet

Great shifter romance short story. Not heavy with passion and heat. However it’s a charming story to read over a long lunch or talking a quick break from the humdrum of everyday life.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book in the Kodiak island shifters. Hannah arrives on kodiak island to get her divorce papers signed. She hasn’t seen her husband for over ten years. But she is suddenly in danger and Colton steps in to protect her. The attraction is immediate. A story but good book.

[Lonnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Okay so she married after high school and now needs him to sign papers to get a divorce 10 years later. Hes somewhere in alaska so she tracks him down and finds her soul mate?! But her ex is wrapped up in alot of bad. With the help of her soul mate she just may make it out alive.

[Debora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Carino, un libro leggero e molto corto, avrei preferito si parlasse di più del clan degli orsi perché fino ad ora avevo letto di lupi, vampiri ecc, ma orsi è la prima volta, bastava qualche aggiustatina e avrei dato cinque stelle

[Maryanne R. Marcellin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This being the first book of three it went smoothly. Loved reading how gob smacked Colton was with meeting his true mate for the first time. But also enjoyed that his mate felt the same but not knowing why. Her, soon to be ex-husband, who she hasn't seen in at least ten years was a complication. But it all worked out in the end. Loved reading all the ups and downs with this book.

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Billionaire Bear's Bride

I read a sample and had to get the book to read. It was well written from start to finish. The imagery of Hannah for Colton was very thought provoking. I truly liked the booked so much I'm about to read book #2.

[Wanda Grier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet novella🐻

I really enjoyed this short sweet novella. It was filled with family, loyalty or the lack thereof. I am a paranormal romance💖 junkie. Nothing like a just take me away moment.

[Kat Piparo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story but didn't feel long enough might be interested in reading more from this author

[Treena Beavers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun Read.

The plan was to to drop into the middle of the Alaskan wilderness find her Husband and get I'm to sign the Divorce papers. Things don't go to plan.

[Elizabeth Renaud · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a new fan of Candace's, with each book I read I get more excited and look forward to the next! I loved this story. It was exciting, hot and sexy.

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Colton and Hannah's story was pretty good it had a lot of potential but it was too short for the price definitely.

[Shirley Bennett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved Hannah & Colton's story - perfect intro to the Kodiak Island Shifters stories!!

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A unique series

Hannah & Colton story was very intriguing from the very beginning. I am so glad that they found one another.

[Cathie McManus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read. Sweet story. A little bit of fighting. Colton and Hannah spoke their feelings before it was to late.

[MARIE-CLAIRE DEBONVILLE · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

Colton and Hannah are mates Colton knows it but Hannah has no clue being a non shifter Good suspense intriguing and relaxing