Embrace the Beast

<p>Otter shifter <strong>Nate</strong> is living a whopper of a lie. Everything will be fine as long as nobody-especially his <strong>best friend</strong> sweet-gruff grizzly shifter <strong>Mac</strong>-finds out he used to be an <strong>elite rescue swimmer</strong> who failed to save the one person he loved most.</p><p> </p><p>+</p><p> </p><p><strong>Nate Landry is living a whopper of a lie.</strong></p><p> </p><p>He's an otter shifter that much is true. Folks say he's the best river guide in the region with an uncanny knack for finding the hottest fishing spots. And he has a good friend again a guy he likes more than he ought to.</p><p> </p><p>Everything will be fine as long as nobody-especially Mac-finds out he used to be Charlie Beauchamp a covert-ops rescue swimmer who failed to save the one person he loved most.</p><p> </p><p>Then the real Nate Landry shows up dragging Charlie's grief and guilt out of the depths.</p><p> </p><p>+</p><p> </p><p><strong>McKinley Greer knows how to keep a secret.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Like where a bear shifter might find the best honey trees. Or why he brews beer but doesn't drink a drop of it. Or why the vids he watches at night feature guys who look a helluva lot like his best friend.</p><p> </p><p>But suddenly Nate isn't Nate-he's a freaking hero named Charlie-and when he begins to share his own secrets...</p><p> </p><p>It's only a matter of time before all the things Mac's stashed in the darkest den of his heart get hauled into the light.</p><p> </p><p>+</p><p> </p><p>EMBRACE THE BEAST is the 3rd novel in the GRIZZLY RIM m/m shifter series.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Brace yourself for a bear with a sweet tooth an otter who knows how to use maple syrup some very sticky sheets and...well...it's not called Grizzly Rim for nothin'.</strong></em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Tropes</strong> include friends to lovers secret identity size difference and introvert vs extrovert.</p><p> </p><p>Note: This story includes depictions of sibling grief alcohol sobriety memory of alcohol abuse a high-water rescue and self-harm (cuts and scrapes) as a result of loss of control.</p>