The Afters Brothers are Cursed.
Every winter solstice for the last eight years, grizzly shifter Clayton Afters has roused from an enchanted slumber brought on by a dark curse. While his brothers are locked in their own forced hibernations, Clayton is allowed three months to tend to his family’s wintering apple farm.
With only two winters left before the curse swallows him whole, Clayton faces the impossible task of finding the one road to salvation: his true mate. Bordering on hopelessness, he has no reason to think his ninth winter under the curse will be any different from the last eight. True mates are rare, after all. Clayton isn’t even sure he has one.
He isn’t sure, that is, until he almost rear-ends her Camaro in the midst of a blizzard.
Penitent witch Clementine Weatherspoon has a penchant for fire, a knack for communing with the dead, and a complicated family tree. She never expected to meet her beloved in the middle of a snowy country road. She definitely didn’t expect him to be a towering bear shifter, either. But from the second she sets eyes on Clayton’s inner light, she is smitten by the wild beast lurking beneath his golden stare.
On the darkest day of the year, Clayton and Clementine’s connection sizzles the snow. But fate has a peculiar sense of humor, and the winter solstice proves to be full of surprises for this fated pair.
This novella is the prequel to the Ever Afters series. It is intended for mature audiences. 
Note: Presently, Winter Solstice is available as a bonus with Rite of Spring on Amazon.
A wolf walks into a bar…
The Afters Brothers are Cursed.
