His to defend. Hers to trust. Theirs to love.★★★★★ “Haley and Cortez’s story is magical.” ★★★★★A woman on the run…After Haley’s life disastrously imploded, trusting a man again is out of the question. Seeking a fresh start, she lands in the mountain shifter town of Deep Hollow, home to the Silvertip grizzly bear clan. When she meets rowdy bear shifter Cortez, her life might change again—if she … rowdy bear shifter Cortez, her life might change again—if she can allow herself to trust him.
A bear shifter on the edge…
Thrill seeker Cortez lived life on a risky edge—until a terrible accident changed everything. Tormented by his failure to protect his friends, he now struggles to control his troubled inner bear. Then he meets Haley and faces the biggest risk of all: opening his heart to claim the fascinating woman as his mate.
A shifter town about to join together to battle unknown enemies.
But when Haley’s ugly past catches up to her, it will take more than Cortez’s protective instincts and more than her own untapped inner strength to face it. It will take an entire town of wild shifter magic to unleash the fierce courage needed to protect everyone’s safety—and to bring together two hearts destined to belong to one another.
To the reader: This story is filled with heart-pounding romance, page-turning adventure, and some awesome sexy times. If you love big ole grizzly bear shifters who have a soft spot for their fated mates, the charming and funny details of a shifter-filled small town, and the beautiful power of true love to always save the day, this book is for you.
Silvertip Shifters
Hunter’s Moon: Quentin
Mountain Bear’s Baby: Shane
Taming Her Bear: Beckett
Rescue Bear: Cortez
Ranger Bear: Riley
Firefighter Bear: Slade
Christmas Night Bear: Wyatt
Superstar Bear: Bodhi (coming soon)more
How Can You Mend?
I just loved Haley and Cortez’s story, so sad and yet so full of hope, belief and love.
Haley has gone into hiding her Ex of years really did a number on her and all she wants is solitude to write, but it’s been kind of hard lately, she is restless, especially when she gets a look at that Walker brother come to fix a leak for her, but she begins to wonder if it’s the sink, or her that need fixing….LoL But she can’t let herself hope, especially with her past and she really can’t trust anything with testosterone running through their veins, but he seems so sweet?
Cortez Walker is the youngest of the Walker brothers, but he is a broken bear ever since that fateful day in the mountains. He can’t trust his bear afraid that he might not be able to control what he could do. When he sees the sweet Haley, he really wants to run before he loses it, but he senses there is something broken in the sweet girl too and he would love nothing better than to fix it. How can a broken bear hope to rescue a broken human when he can’t even rescue himself?
Title: Rescue Bear: Cortez
Series: Silvertip Shifters
Release Date: #AlreadyReleased
Author: J.K. Harper
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Serial: Standalone, No Cliffhanger
#BearShifters #DragonShifter #WolfShifter
#5Stars
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This is the a story of the Silvertip Grizzly Bear Clan in Deep Hollow, Colorado.
Ms. Harper wrote these stories of
Abby & Quentin in Hunter’s Moon BM Wolves crossover, we had Jessie & Slade of Mountain Bear’s Baby, Then Pixie & Darius in Taming Her Bear which is a collection in Hot Shifter Nights, now Haley & Cortez in Rescue Bear. Definitely a Must Read Series!
Cortez Walker is a Bear Shifter who has always been a dare devil and worked at SAR, Search and Rescue than a year ago a tragic accident happened. Cortez blamed himself making him into a screwed up angry bear. Then he met a women he couldn’t forget.
Haley Adams is human and a writer well almost anyways when her book is published that is. After going through a degrading and abusive marriage she had to get away and get a new start. House sitting for the Walkers at Deep Hollow, Colorado was just her ticket. She knew shifter’s live there, Haley just loved this sleepy little town. Having an adonis for a plumber OMG the day dreams Haley had of her fantasy plumber cleaning her pipes. So what if he really wasn’t a plumber.
Bearific – This book lets you see what happens when the people of a little town helps one of there own when they are threatened.
Why does the song “Starting All Over Again” keep running through my head when I read this? Probably because that is what is happening for both Hailey and Cortez. Both have traumas they need to overcome. It appears that there is some truth to the idea that while one problem could be unsolvable, two problems together could solve each other. At least that is how worked out for Hailey and Cortez. It was inspiring to see how they healed each other and helped each other to get back up. Reading that cheered up my day considerably!
This series is just so enjoyable.
THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS! BYPASS THIS REVIEW IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED!
This story revolves around Cortez and Haley, a human writer who is house-sitting for Patriarch and Matriarch Walkers, heads of the Silvertip Werebear clan.
For starters, I think this was a better-composed book with some decent action/adventure through still formulaic. But I was far more satisfied, feeling “full”. I guess that’s means there was more balance in the storyline than the previous three books. Whoa!! (Notice how I spelled it? W-H-O-A? Not W-O-A-H! I have no clue who started that trend. It’s pathetic!…) Hey! My Kindle Cloud Reader says this novel was 199 pages! (Amazon reports 214, but that’s close enough for me considering font size changes, etc.) Well, of course it contained a better story. We have more pages devoted to plots and subplots! More world-building. More revelations about what is it to be a therian, what it takes to become a therian.
Continuity was maintained, considering that this book had to match the previous three. It also had to match the action found in Taming Her Bear as we had simultaneous storylines from different POVs. And J.K. Harper did it justice.
I was very sympathetic to Cortez and Haley. Cortez for his search-and-rescue experience and Haley for her writer’s career. I did not uncover any continuity issues there. The editing wasn’t bad. The Great Fighting scene had decent choreographics compared to other indie writers I’ve read. (Talk about calling out for the cavalry!) But as a reader, I already knew how this was going to turn out… sadly. For the potential I can see in this writer, I know I’ll be getting an Happily-Ever-After rather than a happy-for-now ending. So this is definitely a book to read if you want brain candy.
If you have KU, definitely read this for brain candy’s sake.
Cortez, a bear shifter, lost his confidence when a search and rescue team he was leading had a traumatic end for the human members of the team. Cortez’ parents needed a long term house sitter in Deep Hollow, home of the Silvertip Grizzlies.
Haley, a human and a writer had her heart and her confidence shattered by her ex-husband Justin. Haley knew that shifters existed which gave her an advantage over most applicants as a house sitter in Deep Hollow. Haley had known about shifters since childhood as her best friend Pix was a dragon shifter. House sitting gave Haley the perfect opportunity for peace and quiet while writing her first novel without collaborating with her ex.
Can two broken individuals heal each other? Is there any hope of a lasting relationship? And what makes the shifters in Silvertip unique? We find out when Justin comes looking for Haley intending to take her away.
I found this a very entertaining read, cheering for Cortez and Haley while holding my breath when Justin comes to town to get Haley. If you like steamy shifter stories with a great plot and HEA, this is a must read!
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This is the third book in this series and it is lovely to pop back to Deep Hollow.
A very enjoyable, sweet and nice read with two likeable H’s that really need the other.
This pleasant story just carry’s you along and it was great to bump into some of the others from previous books.
The ending was great with everyone turning out to help.
Poor Hailey, she was a bit naive with the ex-husband but understandable as she was young and trusted him. To be betrayed like that was horrible. But glad he got his just deserts.
Cortex, oh boy, wasn’t he punishing himself needlessly but that too was understandable.
Loved that Hailey came good with her career and I will be looking forward to reading about the other new characters we meet in this book.
This is my honest review of this book.
Great read
Awesome love story, full of wonderful characters and fantastic friends. Two broken people find that together they can help each other heal. When danger stalks one, they have to fight together to survive! With the help of all their friends and family they find the strength to win the battle and accept their destiny. True mates and their love will conquer all the chaos of their past.
This had a rather sad start. Cortez dwelling so much on his past he is left in a terminal state of grief, leaving one angry bear. Haley having been so mentally abused she no longer has any self confidence and feels beat. When the past comes full circle to be dealt with, they find out just how much strength they have as they come together as fated mates. This was an emotional journey for both characters and the side characters were right there with them. It was a good story with enough plot, emotion, and angst to keep it interesting.
Haley is trying to leave her terrible past behind and moved to Deep Hollow to start over. Cortez is a grizzley shifter and haunted by an accident to his friends. They both have trouble pasts. But when Haley’s past comes crashing back, can cortez protect and save her?
If you love reading about shifters you will love this book.
This is an exciting book filled with amazing characters, lots of funny moments that will have you giggling, just enough suspense to make it interesting and steamy hot scenes to have you gasping.
After the end of her marriage Haley has taken a job as a house sitter in a town that is filled with both humans and shifters. When she meets the son of the parents who she is house sitting for she cant help being attracted to the bear shifter.
When Haley’s past catches up to her Cortez finds himself fighting for her……. he needs to keep her safe and protect her…….as she is his fated mate!!
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Rescue Bear: Cortez by Cherrylily ARCs is an awesome story to read. I am so in love with this series and I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about bear shifters .
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The plot was well written and well planned and the characters were so well defined that I ended up reading this book in one sitting! I look forward to reading more from this author!
Haley is moving on from her past and moving forward with her life. She is determined to make go at her profession of writing and feels that any fun in life is not needed. Cortez has suffered many tragadies in his life and one that he holds himself responsible for at a great cost to himself. Through patience and kindness Haley and Cortez prove to each that they are worth more than they give themselves credit for. With the hope of friends and family they both find out exactly how worthy they are of love and happiness.
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As a huge fan of paranormal romance I feel this book is a great bear shifter romance. Its full of drama and lust. Their story is very arresting and steamy. Cortez finds his mate Haley. This is a must read.
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This book is about Haley whose ex husband has left her broke, and devastated! Her friend Pixie and her parents try to pull her together. When she gets a house sitting job in a Colorado town with shifters and humans she thinks this is her new start! Trying to write a book and restart her career as an author she meets Cortez a bear shifter! Cortez has his own problems! Working as a part of a search and rescue team two of his human friends get hurt and he blames himself! This book had plenty of romance, and unexpected action. The characters were well written. The clan and family all had different relationships with each other and different jobs as they run a family lodge! You could tell some family members had troubles of their own and different ways to solve them but in the end they are family and stick together! It had an original story line not like some of the shifter romance books. It was an easy read! I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next book in the series.
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I have read the first two book by J. K. Harper and loved them. This is the story about Haley and Cortez. Haley and Cortez have both has some serious stuff happen to them that’s really messed up there heads. When they meet there is an instant attraction. As they get to know each other they find that they really love spending time with each other. They finally tell each other what happen to them that makes them skittich with relationships. They move past that and wow. There is action and a big fight where Haley finds more “friends” then foe. I really have loved these stories and I highly recommend them As always there is an HEA.
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Haley is a writer and has been badly hurt by her ex husband. Cortez is a bear shifter working with his family. She replied to an ad for a housesitter for a year and it is the home of the parents of Cortez. Great story and I lovedit.
A woman fleeing her past, emotionally scarred and starting to heal, takes on the position of a house sitter in Deep Hollow, a town with mostly shifters.
There she meets Cortez, a bear shifter who also still has to grapple with his past. Falling quickly they still are hesitant, until Hailey’s ex catches up with her and starts to threaten her.
A well-written story about overcoming fear and self-guilting, learning to trust in one’s decisions again when other’s are involved, because the alternative is unthinkable.
An enjoyable read for a holiday or a quiet weekend.
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