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    A Bear in the Woods: Smokey Mountain Bears, #1
    A Bear in the Woods: Smokey Mountain Bears, #1
    A Bear in the Woods: Smokey Mountain Bears, #1
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    A Bear in the Woods: Smokey Mountain Bears, #1

    By Toni Griffin

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    Get away they said. Relax, rejuvenate they said. The bear on his front porch had other ideas.

     

    Vincent Marsden is a gay romance author with writers block. After being forced to take a vacation by his best friend, Vincent arrives at his destination. A stunning cabin in the Smokey Mountains. Vincent starts to think there could be something to this whole vacation thing until he steps out onto the balcony and comes face to face with a sleeping bear.

    After being attacked and drugged Christian Packard finds a safe place to sleep it off. When he wakes, the last thing he expects to find is his mate. Between Vincent's uncertainty about the world he's suddenly found himself in, and someone out to kill Christian, they have their work cut out for them on the road to their happily ever after.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMischief Corner Books
    Release dateMar 1, 2017
    ISBN9781386344810
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      A Bear in the Woods - Toni Griffin

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      Vincent didn't think he'd had a worse day in his entire life. He now understood exactly why he preferred driving over flying anywhere. It had all started three days ago with a conversation with his best friend, Mandy.

      You need a break, Mandy's usually soothing voice screeched down the phone line.

      No, I don't, Vincent replied.

      Yes, you do. I can do this all day until you finally give in and agree with me. I hope you realize this. The self-satisfaction in her voice was not lost on him.

      Vincent thought he might try a different tack. I can't afford to go anywhere right now. I have to write.

      He had hardly written a thing in the last month, even though he had deadlines looming and edits he needed to return. He just couldn't seem to bring himself to do the work.

      Oh yeah, Mandy said in that tone that always made Vincent cringe. Just how much have you written lately?

      Damn!

      Yeah, that's what I thought. Now, as I said, you need a break.

      Vincent knew his best friend could be stubborn when she got an idea in her head, but he could be just as stubborn. Mandy—

      Stop! She interrupted him before Vincent could get any more than her name out. Mandy sighed. She sounded so put out it made Vincent smile. "As much as you might hate this, I know you, Vincent Marsden. You need a break. You're run down. You haven't had a holiday in three years, not since you caught that prick, Jamie, screwing the bellboy in your hotel suite."

      Oh yeah, what fun that had been. Vincent didn't want to think about that now, though.

      Mandy, I really can't afford to go on a holiday right now. One last-ditch effort to get Mandy off this subject.

      I know. That's why I've taken the liberty of booking your holiday for you. The smugness in her voice really wasn't very nice.

      You what? Vincent asked incredulously.

      Look, you know I got a nice inheritance when my granddad passed away six months ago. That money's not doing anything but sitting in the bank at the moment collecting interest.

      Mandy, I can't let you do that. He sighed, exasperated. God, you're a pain in my ass.

      No I'm not. I have the wrong parts to be that for you.

      Eww. I don't even want to think about your parts. How the hell did we start talking about your girly parts?

      Mandy laughed and Vincent smiled at the sound. As big a pain as his friend was, he did love her to bits.

      Just lucky I guess. Now back to the hot topic. Namely, you on a vacation. She snickered at Vincent's groan.

      I'm not going to win this argument, am I? he asked, resigned.

      Nope. Now listen as I tell you where you're going and what you're doing. Mandy sounded so superior Vincent wanted to reach through the phone and strangle his best friend.

      She had booked him a cabin in the Smokey Mountains for a week of relaxation. Vincent wasn't sure how much relaxing he could do as a young gay man in the middle of Tennessee and told Mandy so. She told him to stop trying to find excuses not to go. So, pulling up his big boy undies, Vincent got to McCarran airport bright and early for his six a.m. flight to Houston where he would then catch a connecting flight to Knoxville.

      Well, that had been the plan anyway.

      After Vincent had boarded and sat in the plane for a half hour, they were told there was a mechanical failure with the radar and they were asked to de-board. He was then forced to wait in line for several hours with the other hundred passengers, who were also missing connecting flights, just so they could speak with one of the two people the airline had allocated to help them.

      When Vincent finally got to the front of the line he was informed the airline was bringing a new plane in, and he would be able to take the flight that was now due to leave four hours after his original one. This put him in Houston after his connecting flight was scheduled to leave. Vincent was booked onto a later flight that afternoon to Knoxville and he was once again all set.

      He hoped.

      The wait at the airport was mind numbing. Vincent sat and people watched. The line of frustrated passengers slowly dwindled down to nothing. He felt sorry for the passengers who had been seated at the back of the plane, as they'd had to stand in line for several hours. Tired, worn out, a lot of people were losing their patience, their voices clipped and angry. More than one kid had a meltdown. Poor kiddos. At least Vincent could sit down now. He watched as people waiting for the flight went over to play the slot machines sitting in the middle of the Terminal. Only in Vegas would you have slot machines in the airport.

      Vincent wasn't a gambler, never had been. Even though he'd lived in Las Vegas his entire life, he could count on one hand the number of casinos he'd stepped foot inside, and those were just to see the shows.

      Finally, a boarding call came over the loudspeakers for his new flight. He picked up his laptop and made his way onto the airplane. Fortunately, the flight was uneventful but it also had the distinct disadvantage of being long. When they reached Houston, Vincent looked at the departures board to find out what gate he needed for his flight to Knoxville only to have the monitor inform him his later flight had been cancelled.

      Great, that's just fucking great! Vincent exclaimed to no one.

      Once again he found himself waiting in the world's slowest moving line so he could talk to someone about how in the hell he was going to get to Knoxville tonight. The slog was hard. Vincent wanted nothing more to lie down and sleep. The day had officially gotten

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