Protected by the Bear

He rejected me and smashed my heart in a million pieces—and now he wants me back.

He’s my brother’s best friend and works for my overprotective alpha bear dad aka mob boss.
We were told that our love is off-limits, that he’ll be killed if he doesn’t stay away from me.
I’m torn between wanting to protect him from harm…and giving him a second chance.

He came into the clan a shy outsider ,and the chemistry between us was instant.
We tried to respect the rules, to stay away from each other.
But our attraction for each other only grew, and we started dating secretly….
Until we were discovered. And that forbidden fruit that’d tasted so sweet…turned rotten.

I know it was my father who’d forced him to leave me.
I know he only obeyed to protect me from the wrath of the underworld.
But that didn’t make my heart hurt any less.
And I’m still angry with him for letting go of our love so easily.

Is my heart ready to let him hurt me again?

This mafia bear-shifter romance is part of the Bruno Bears Crime Family series.

The Bruno Bears Crime Family is ruled by the traditional values of the Italian mafia. Blood, torture, and darkness rule the lives of its members. But light comes in the form of the primal needs and desires that bear-shifters cannot escape…to find a mate, to protect them and keep them safe at all costs.