Ruby’s Strength by Elisa Leigh

Ruby has watched her brothers find their mates and cheered them on the entire time. She knows what’s going on with Gabe, even though he’s reluctant to admit it. Ruby wants a mate more than anything in this world, but she doesn’t think she’s cut out for it. She saw what it did to her father, having to go on living years without his mate. She’s not willing to face that reality.
With the wolves snapping at their paws, she’s glad the mating heat hasn’t touched her. That is until HE walks into her world and turns it upside down. His heated stares and lingering touches are enough to make her combust. She needs to decide if having a mate is worth the potential heartache and she needs to do it fast.
Follow the Major family, a group of black bear shifters living in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Dealing with the death of their father and hiding their shifting abilities from the small town they’re from is nothing compared to the moment they meet their mates and claim them as theirs.