Part of Claw Haven, book 2
First published 2024
Arthur Pineclaw never planned to return to Claw Haven. The chimera left this quiet monster town over ten years ago and built a career as a movie star in LA. Now he's back for two weeks to film a holiday romance in a local café. The job seems simple until he discovers the café owner is Emma Curt, the high school girlfriend he dumped on Christmas Eve before leaving town. Emma would never have agreed to the filming if she'd known Arthur was involved. She has no interest in being polite to the guy who abandoned her to chase fame. But as filming progresses, old chemistry resurfaces between them. They fall back into familiar patterns and end up in bed together. Their physical connection remains strong, but Emma isn't ready to trust Arthur with her heart again. Their reunion brings back both the passion they shared and the unresolved pain from their breakup. Arthur must prove he's changed while Emma decides whether to risk loving him again.
Genres: romance, fantasy, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: bittersweet, emotional, intimate, nostalgic, romantic
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, second-chance-romance, small-town-romance
Setting: Claw Haven, Los Angeles
Period: Christmas, Present day
190 pages · Paperback · Isabelle Taylor