“Hey Adam, I’m so glad you could make it,” Drew said to hiscousin.

“I didn’t mean to stay away for so long, but things have been busy back at the ranch,” Adam said. “You guys should come visit when you have a chance, we’d love to have you. Maybe you could bring some of your mate attracting magic our way. My brothers and I are all still single as the day wewereborn.”

“I’ll see what I can do,” Drew said with asmile.

“We’d love to come and see your ranch,”Cindysaid.

“You’re welcomeanytime.”

After Adam wandered off to the buffet, Cindy gazed out at all of the happy, loving faces. She couldn’t believe how blessed she was to be surrounded by so many good people. Soon, the ranch would be inundated with guests and she knew that she and her sister-in-laws would have a great timeentertainingthem.

As the sun crested the sky, the caterers rolled out an enormous white wedding cake. Atop the cake sat two plastic bears dressed as bride and groom. Drew’s eyes lit up as he approachedthecake.

“Did you do this?” heasked.

“Yep.”

He looped an arm around her waist and tugged heragainsthim.

“I’m the luckiest man in theworld.”

“Married to the luckiest woman in the world,”shesaid.

“Absolutely. And now…caketime.”

Drew cut a small piece of cake. He picked up a piece and fed it to her. She did the same. Everyone cheered and a live band filled the makeshift stage. As the music played on, friends, family, and guests of the Curvy Bear Ranch danced well into the night. Fate smiled down on the cowbear brothers who had finally found their perfectmates.

Part VII

The Cowbear’s SummerofLove

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In a decade definedby Flower Power, social unrest, and the Vietnam War, two unlikely lovers form an everlasting love. This is the story of the Grant brothers’parents...

Daisy will doanything to save her brother from the war, so she devises a plan to smuggle him into Canada. Everything’s groovy until their VW bus breaks down leaving them stranded. As if things couldn’t get any worse, they find themselves at the business end of a shotgun, and the cowboy pointing it is the sexiest man she’s ever seen. She can’t stop staring at his washboard abs and rippedchest.

Greg is stunnedby the hippie girl’s curvy body, flowing golden hair, and bright blue eyes. As much as he wants to kick her off his property, he can’t. With his brothers off fighting in Nam, they need a few extra hands around the ranch. As long as his old man doesn’t find out he’s harboring a draft dodger, everything will be copacetic. But as the summer of ’69 heats up, Greg must find a way to convince his fated mate that she belongs in his armsforever.

Excerpt

Greg hidbehind a thick pine tree as he strained to hear the hippies’ conversation. Last night, when he’d been in his bear form, he’d been out strolling through the woods when he’d run into a stunning woman. He hadn’t been able to see her very well in the darkness. But now, in the pale morning light, her flowing golden-brown hair glistened as it swished across her curvy butt. High cheekbones and full lips made her even morebeautiful.

“It was a huge bear,” the sexy woman said as she wove wildflowers together to form a crown. “It had to be half as tall as thetrees.”

“I don’t think bears get that big,” a manresponded.

His short, military-style haircut contrasted with a pair of torn jeans and a flowing Indian-style shirt. A second man crawled out of a separate tent. His long, stringy hair hung over his bare chest and beer belly. He scratched his back while his mate scrambled out to join him. Her long black hair hung in a loose braid down her back. They interlaced theirfingers.

“Hey Andy, can’t we take a dip in the lake before we go?” the second woman asked the man with theshorthair.

“We should get on the road soon,”Andysaid.

“Come on, just a quick swim?” the womanbegged.

“We need to leave,” the first woman said. “Who knows when that farmer’s going to show up to shootatus?”