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Briar Boleyn
Tor (Westerly Cove Book 1)
by Lauren Esker
About this book
Jump into a cozy, spicy paranormal romance series featuring a magical shifter town, a sexy protective hero with a chaotic polar bear family, a tough heroine picking up the pieces of her shattered heart, a maybe-haunted lighthouse ... and a cat only his owner could love.
She has two things: a haunted lighthouse and the worst cat in the world.
Pennywise is a cat only a doting owner could love, but Bernie brings him with her anyway when she runs to the edge of the world—or at least the edge of the North American continent. Heartbroken and grieving, she finds a lighthouse to live in, and a quiet, secluded fishing town to call her own.
All she wants is to be left alone with her horrible demon cat.
But her lighthouse appears to be haunted, someone is trying to kill her, and the most gorgeous guy she's ever seen just walked into her world.
He only wants something to call his own.
Big, burly, gruff bear shifter Tor is a born protector who has spent his life taking care of his rowdy, unruly family. But what he truly craves is a den and a mate of his own.
Then a beautiful, wounded woman moves into the lighthouse on the point.
The moment Tor lays eyes on her, he knows that she's his fated mate.
And he would do anything to keep her safe—whether that's unmasking a killer, solving a ghostly mystery, or even learning to love her truly unbearable cat.
This is a steamy, funny, full-length paranormal shifter novel with a guaranteed HEA!
Originally published under the pen name Zoe Chant.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B09PPR6CSL
Reader Reviews
May 28, 2025
I saw the length of this story and thought that this was going to be a fairly uneventful story as far as shifter stories went. But two things were introduced into this story and one of them was the twist that made this a much more interesting story than what I was expecting. No, I’m not going to tell you what that is, but I will give you something. The cat. Nice little story that is thrilling and sweet. I was going to say something about my first impression of the female MC but once I reminded...
December 23, 2024
This story was so interesting and different. It had a bit of everything like family drama, shifters, mystery, and romance. Like I said highly entertaining. )
July 3, 2024
A great read for anyone else who's ever wanted to buy a lighthouse in the boonies and likes to read mysteries. The romance was sweet and the side characters were really entertaining - tbh I enjoyed some of that drama more than the romance. All the tropes you expect from the author with subtle tie-ins to her other series. ) One person found this helpful
August 28, 2025
This book is short but fun. Moves along quickly. Has a lovely plot. I enjoyed reading this story and am thinking about getting the next one. )
January 6, 2022
A spin-off from the Stone Shifters series, while you can easily read this on its own, there is some crossover, especially with Stonewing Guardian, so reading that first will give you additional background on Tor and his family and friends. A very enjoyable story, with great characters and plenty of humor and suspense, with a couple of real surprises here for me. I would note that like many of the series by this author, there are some underlying plot lines that (I expect) will go through the...
