Bear's Midlife Second Chance

At 46, I'm going through The Change...In more ways than I'd ever imagined.After Dean Thompson broke my heart 28 years ago,I left my hometown and never looked back.Now my adoptive parents are nearing their eighties,And even though they're shifters,They need help more than they'd care to admit.So I packed up my life and my hormonal teenage daughterAnd finally headed home to Carlton.Just as we were getting settled,Mom accidentally started a fire at her chocolate shop.And who showed up to put it out?Friggin' Dean.He may have extinguished that flame,But the second he took off his helmet,He reignited one inside my soul.I'd spent so long trying to forget that damn bear shifter,But when he asked to catch up, I couldn't resist,Even though I knew it was bad news.Now that I'm rekindling my relationship with Dean,A truth is revealed about my past,Forever changing the concept of life as I know it.Hell, I thought menopause was a rollercoaster,But buckle up, buttercup...it's time for the ride of my life.Steamy shifter love scenes and an HEA inside! No cheating or cliffhanger in this standalone romance. Readers 18+.