The Warrior and the Snow Leopard by Sloane Meyers

There’s a war going on, but all these two shifters can think about is love…

Snow leopard shifter Axel Clawson might just be the most eligible bachelor in Bear Hollow. Handsome, generous, and fierce in his love for his shifter community—he has a lot to offer a potential lifemate. But no one has ever been able to win his heart, and he’s beginning to think that there’s something broken inside of him. At this point, he’s begun to accept the fact that he’s just incapable of love. The only girl who has ever sparked anything in him is his longtime friend, beautiful Whisper Warden. But Whisper is his best friend’s little sister, and he writes off his feelings as nothing more than friendly affection. After all the time he’s spent with her, he would have realized by now if she was his lifemate. Wouldn’t he have?

Bear shifter Whisper Warden has seen her share of heartache, just like most of the shifters in Bear Hollow. But that heartache has only fueled her desire to fight harder for the shifters’ freedom. She’s as brave as they come, but beneath that brave exterior is a woman aching for love. Love isn’t easy to find in the middle of such darkness, though, especially when the only man she’s fallen for, Axel Clawson, has no interest in her. And why would he? She’s been like a little sister to him all his life. But when Axel is paired with her for a resistance mission, the two of them end up fighting for their lives together. And there’s nothing like a little mortal danger to make you realize what’s right in front of you. But there are still obstacles in the way, including another woman who is determined to prove to Axel that Whisper is NOT his lifemate…

Will Axel finally see past the “friends only” zone with Whisper and open his heart to love? And can Whisper trust that he’ll fight for her just as hard as he fights against Bear Hollow’s evil enemies?