Shelter Me
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Jessie Mayfield has built her life around the only thing that's never let her down- animals. As the director of a rural shelter tucked deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she spends her days rescuing strays and her nights fending off loneliness with work and worn-out jeans. Love? She doesn't have time for it. Doesn't trust it. And definitely doesn't need it.
That is, until Miles Walker walks in carrying a rain-soaked box of abandoned newborn puppies.
A local vet with steady hands and eyes that see too much, Miles works at the prestigious Bennett estate but lives for the quiet moments and second chances. The moment he and Jessie are forced to bottle-feed and care for the fragile puppies side by side, the heat between them ignites into something primal-something neither of them is ready to admit goes deeper than lust.
What starts as a no-strings, after-hours arrangement quickly turns into late-night confessions and touch that lingers too long. Jessie swore she'd never depend on anyone-but Miles is gentle, relentless, and everything she never knew she wanted.
As the puppies grow stronger, so does the bond between them. And when old fears threaten to drive Jessie away, Miles proves that sometimes the strongest love is the one that waits, patiently, for you to let it in.
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