Struggling to reconnect with his teenage son in the untamed wilds of Alaska, wounded veteran Logan finds himself drawn to their watchful guide John, whose smoldering intensity and unexpected tenderness awaken desires Logan has spent a lifetime denying.

When a crisis reveals that John is an eagle shifter, their slow-burn attraction ignites into something transformative: a second chance at love with the first man who’s made Logan believe he can soar again.

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Tropes

grumpy/sunshine, slow burn, instant attraction, secret romance, guide/client romance, coming out later in life, second chance at love, hurt/comfort, secret supernatural world, sharing shifter abilities through intimacy, supernatural reveal/discovery, human falls for shifter, single parent romance, found family, parenting struggles, sibling raised by sibling, teenagers scheming to get adults together, forced proximity, wilderness/isolated setting, small town romance, wounded warrior, competence kink, caretaker hero, strong silent type

Content Notes

memory of parental death; depiction of combat injuries & physical therapy; internal & external ableism; teens making bad decisions

Tags

m/m romance, gay romance, shifter romance, eagle shifter, paranormal romance, Alaska setting, wounded veteran, amputee representation, disability representation, bush pilot, slow burn romance, found family, second chance at love, coming out later in life, single parent romance, wilderness romance, grumpy sunshine, HEA