First Playbear — Zola Bird

***STANDALONE ROMANCE -- ENDS HAPPILY EVER AFTER -- NO CLIFFHANGERS***

He's a playbear with big ideas.
She's a realist with her feet planted firmly on the ground.
They were made for each other.
But try telling her that.

Curvy Laila Banks is a virtual assistant. Cute, capable, and organized, she works hard to ensure that her clients' needs are met in a professional manner. Laila runs her business like her life: on schedule, on budget, and in the most efficient manner possible.

Sexy, sophisticated Tristan is a playbear and an artist. His wildly successful photorealistic paintings have won him the freedom to do exactly what he wants with his time. He sails, he paints, and he exercises his bear as the spirit moves him.

Tristan doesn't care what things cost or whether an idea is crazy. The everyday rules of reality mean little to him until one day a twist of fate leads him to Laila.

Tristan immediately senses that Laila is his mate and muse. Sparks fly as the heat gets turned up hotter and hotter. But Laila isn't easily won. And as flattered as she is by Tristan's affection, she has rules in her life -- rules that demand she never open her heart to another artist.

Tristan, however, refuses to believe in never. When his bear says Laila is the one, he pulls out all the stops...

...But it might not be enough.

Because unless Laila can come to terms with her past, this bear may never be able to claim his mate.

*A Note to the Reader: First Playbear is a story of hot, sexy Alpha love. In addition to steamy lovemaking, it contains some adult language. If sizzling bear shifters and their curvy BBW mates aren't your thing, you may want to skip this book. But if you're a curvy girl who likes her leading men strong and her action scorching hot, enjoy!

**If you haven't already read First Bearllionaire, my Wild Alpha Shifter, or my Tiger Mates books, be sure to check them out!