Book 10 in Angel's Peak · Small-town romance · Guaranteed HEA
About the book
Hero: Dr. Wyatt Calhoun, a veterinarian who served in the Army
Heroine: Bella Coleman, a crisis-line counselor from Denver
She came to sign the papers and sell her half. The blizzard — and the man at the door — had other plans.
Bella Coleman talks strangers back from the edge for a living. She just couldn't save the one person who saved her. Six weeks after she lost her cousin Jesse — the boy who raised her, the Big Brother who taught her to throw a punch that landed — she drives up nine thousand feet of switchback to settle his estate: sign here, sell her half of his mountain animal shelter, rehome his aging war dog, and get back to a grief that keeps to its lane.
Dr. Wyatt Calhoun was braced for a corporate shark. What lands on his porch is an exhausted woman in the wrong boots, a developer's number in her phone — and Atlas. The retired military working dog he kept alive on a folding table downrange. Jesse's dog. The one piece of his lost Army brother he begged to bring home.
Then the storm slams the pass shut, and two people who each believe they failed the same man are snowed in together with an old dog, a shelter full of strays nobody came back for, and a buyer circling the only thing Jesse left standing.
Tropes, heat and content notes
- Tropes: snowed in, war dog, wounded hero, grieving heroine, reluctant co-owners, save the shelter, small town
- Heat: steamy, with open-door love scenes
- Point of view: first person, present tense, told by both Bella and Wyatt
- Ending: a happily ever after, with no cliffhanger
- Content notes: grief, a secondary character's death by suicide (off the page), an old dog in a medical crisis (he survives). No harm to the dog. Adults 18+.
Where it fits in the series
Sheltered by the Veterinarian is book 10 of 11 in Angel's Peak. Every book is set in the same Colorado mountain town.
- Before it: Reunited with the Hometown Hero.
- After it: Rescued by the Dog Trainer.
Questions readers ask
Can I read Sheltered by the Veterinarian as a standalone?
Yes. Wyatt and Bella's love story is complete in this book. Couples from other Angel's Peak books stop by, but you don't need to know them.
How spicy is Sheltered by the Veterinarian?
Steamy, with open-door love scenes.
Does Sheltered by the Veterinarian end on a cliffhanger?
No. Wyatt and Bella get their happily ever after.
Is Sheltered by the Veterinarian in Kindle Unlimited?
Yes. Every Angel's Peak book is in Kindle Unlimited.