When the mate bond snaps into place across a pool table on an ordinary Friday night, Kacey’s world tilts—hard. Sweet, gentle, cat-loving Kacey, who crochets with her grandmother and teaches first graders, never imagined fate would hand her Jasper Dayton: the town’s intimidatingly hot alpha-leaning wolf shifter, pack trainer, and walking wall of muscle. He’s steady. She’s soft. He leads from the front. She survives on iced tea, quiet routines, and carefully protected energy. And fate? Fate doesn’t care. It wants them tangled. This cozy, heartfelt, low-angst shifter romance proves that sometimes destiny doesn’t arrive when you feel ready…it arrives when you finally deserve softness, safety, and someone who chooses you every day. This cozy, cute, steamy, quick-read story is a special edition pocket book - part of a series of three. See Parrots and Sudden Bonds and Authors and Sudden Bonds for the set.