Book excerpt: Secrets. Desire. Surprise baby. Curvy Meredith is hiding in plain sight. A gardening teacher for troubled teens, she needs the new owner of the old YWCA building to renew her lease. Her non-profit after school program can’t fund a more expensive location. Steeling herself for a confrontation, she discovers the owner is Liam Conroy, the Alpha Bear whose father was murdered fifteen years ago… Liam doesn't know his mate is the daughter of his father's killer. All he knows is he wants the gentle, courageous beauty- and that she is an answer to a problem plaguing his Den. Only he senses she is hiding something from him, something that could threaten their fledgling matebond. When he discovers her deception, will he reject her... and their baby? A steamy bear shifter romance suited for readers who like BBW and tall, dark and handsome alpha males. First in the Clan Conroy Mates series.