Seven-Day Claiming
Harmony Ellis is on her way to London for the dream career she spent ten years fighting for when a mechanical delay strands her in New York—and in the path of Adrian Calder.
He is calm, devastatingly handsome, and impossible to forget. One night in his hotel suite should have been a reckless goodbye to Harmony’s old life. By morning, she leaves before he wakes, believing she will never see him again.
But Adrian is not just a man.
He is a wolf shifter.
And Harmony is his mate.
When dreams of Adrian begin pulling her into a forest that feels too real to be imagined, Harmony realizes their night together was not the end. Adrian gives her seven days to decide if the bond between them is fate or a dangerous mistake.
Then his brother is murdered, Adrian’s pack is thrown into crisis, and he is forced back to Montana to become the Alpha he was never meant to be. To protect Harmony, he leaves before she can choose him.
Six months later, Harmony has everything she worked for: the title, the London career, the life she crossed an ocean to claim.
But the bond still aches.
When her company sends her to Montana to evaluate Adrian’s luxury wilderness lodge, Harmony returns not as a secret mate or a woman waiting to be chosen—but as the one person who may be able to build a bridge between his world and hers.
Adrian tried to keep her safe by walking away.
Now Harmony is coming for him.
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Chapter: The EmailAdrian woke reaching for her.His arm moved across the sheets before his mind fully surfaced, seeking warmth, softness, the small body that had spent the last hours tucked against him as though she had always belonged there.His hand found nothing.Cool linen.Empty space.Adrian’s eyes opened. For one second, he did not move.Then he sat up sharply.“Harmony?”The room answered with silence.Gray morning light pressed against the windows. The city stretched beyond the glass, wide awake and indifferent. The room service cart still stood near the sitting area, abandoned plates covered in silver lids. One of her shoes was no longer beneath the chair. Her carry-on was gone.Adrian swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood.“Harmony?”He checked the bathroom first. Empty. Then the sitting room. The entry. The second bedroom he had promised her and they had never used.Nothing.She was gone.His wolf rose in a violent rush.Find her.Adrian gripped the edge of the desk until the c
Last Updated: 2026-08-20
Chapter: One-Night StandHarmony turned toward him.Adrian did not move.She liked that he waited.She liked it so much that it made her bolder.“Adrian?”“Yes?”“If I kiss you, are you going to keep working very hard at being honorable?”His gaze dropped to her mouth.“I’ll work harder.”Her stomach flipped.Then Harmony crossed the invisible line between them and kissed him.For one suspended second, he held still.Then his hand came to her cheek, warm and careful, and he kissed her back.The room changed.The city vanished.Harmony had been kissed before. Of course she had. Good kisses. Fine kisses. Forgettable kisses. Kisses where she had wondered if she should move her hand or tilt her head or give the man a second chance because he seemed nice.This was not that.This was heat and recognition and a rush of feeling so deep she had no name for it. Adrian’s mouth moved against hers with all the control he had shown from the beginning, but beneath it was something fierce. Something barely leashed.She answe
Last Updated: 2026-08-20
Chapter: The LayoverCopyright © 2026 by Angela BrightAdrian should have kept walking.His car was waiting. His suite was booked. His meeting schedule in New York began at eight the next morning, and every sane part of him knew that turning around would be a mistake.Harmony had walked off the plane.She had a life to catch.He had no right to stand in the middle of an airport and ache over a woman who had only given him her first name.Then he saw her.She stood near the airline service desk, one hand wrapped around the handle of her carry-on, the other pressed to her forehead. Her thick blond hair had slipped over one shoulder, and her face was flushed with frustration. The brightness she had carried off the plane had cracked just enough for him to see the worry beneath it.His heart kicked hard.Then every protective instinct he had surged forward so fast he was already moving before he decided to.Harmony looked up as he approached.Surprise flickered across her face, followed by something softer. So
Last Updated: 2026-08-10
Chapter: The BrushCopyright © 2026 by Angela BrightAdrian did not change dramatically. Not enough that anyone else would have noticed.Harmony noticed.His body went rigid, the calm in him locking down with sudden force. His fingers curled against the armrest. His nostrils flared once. His gaze lifted to hers, and the bright blue of his eyes turned sharply, almost painfully focused.Harmony’s pulse jumped.“Sorry,” she said, quieter now.Adrian did not answer right away.He looked at her hand. Then her face. Then away, toward the seat in front of him, as though he needed one second to remember where he was.“No,” he said at last. His voice had roughened. “You’re fine.”But he was not.Adrian Calder had spent thirty-four years in control of himself.He had learned it young. In a pack, strength without control was a liability. In his family, power without restraint became cruelty. His older brother had been born to command. Adrian had been born second, which meant he had been given the rare gift of free
Last Updated: 2026-08-10
Chapter: First ClassCopyright © 2026 by Angela BrightAll rights reserved.No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.Harmony Ellis had flown economy her entire life.Not always miserably. Sometimes with snacks packed from home, sometimes with a neck pillow clipped to her carry-on, sometimes wedged between two strangers who both believed the armrest belonged to them. She knew the art of making herself small.At five feet tall, she had spent most of her life making herself small.But not today.Today, she was in first class.Today, her seat had more room than she knew what to do with. There was a real pillow tucked beside her, a folded blanket soft enough to make her suspicious, and a flight attendant had already asked if she wanted sparkling water before they had even pulled away from the gate.Harmony smiled at the glass in her hand and tried not to look too delighted.This was not just a fligh
Last Updated: 2026-08-10
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