A bar. A game of pool. And a bet... When grizzly shifter Bear Reid arrives in Rosewood, Tennessee, he doesn't expect to find a luscious redhead waiting tables and fending off barflies with sugar-coated threats. She's a ray of sunshine in purgatory and he wants her. Bad. So he buys the bar. Kelly McKenna has a head for numbers, but she takes one look at her new boss-all malt hair and whiskey eyes-and finally understands what it means to crave. Eventually, sweet flirtation leads to a not-so-sweet game of pool. And a bet. Winner takes all. Except Kelly's determined to guard her heart, convinced that if she were Bear's mate he'd have claimed her already. Bear's not one for negotiating. No need, when you're the biggest, baddest thing in town. But Kelly re-writes all his rules, and soon enough there's nothing he wouldn't do for her. Now he's going to prove it. Bare in the Bar is the first book in Novalee Swan's Shifter Town series. It features her trademark heat and emotional intensity and is perfect for readers who love shifter romance and small-town charm. About This Series Rosewood, Tennessee-or Shifter Town, as the locals call it-has the biggest population of shifters co-existing with humans in the country. Lions, bears, wolves . . . you name it and this town has it. They're the lawmen, bartenders, construction workers. These strong, sexy men find their mates in the women of Rosewood, some willingly and some a little less so, but always in a story worth telling in this hot new series with small-town charm by Novalee Swan.