The Soul of a Bear by Amelia Wilson

There’s an old saying- If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

A human living in a bear shifter world, Paul and his best friend Jon get home from Alaska with an extra addition. While he’s happy for his friend, Paul can’t help the increasingly nagging feeling that things shouldn’t be as they are. And things only get worse when he finds his apartment gutted by his drug-addicted little brother.
After landing himself in a police cell, for assault, Paul starts a plan to reconstruct his life. He just didn’t plan that forcing one person out would let someone else in.

Stuck in the cell next to Paul’s, McKayla contemplates how fate could have such a messed up sense of humor. Who knew she’d find a highly compatible mate in jail? After the bar fight that led to her arrest, she meets Paul through the cell’s bars, but their time together is both short and confusing.
Can Paul and McKayla overcome the hurdles of a human and a shifter mating? Does fate have hidden plans for the man born to the wrong species?