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- Content warnings: Stalking, Depression, Anxiety, Toxic relationships, Violence, Blood, Child neglect, Trauma
Cold Hearted
by Heather Guerre
Book 1 in Tooth & Claw
A grumpy wolf shifter and a woman on the run snowed into small-town Alaska. The slow burn delivers, the spice goes primal, and the setting is its own character.
goodreads 3.78/5 9,393 ratings
storykind_community 4/5 1 rating
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length304 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- The swoon
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- Grumpy protector
- Fated mates
- Rough / primal
- Feral brain activated
- Shifter alpha
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- Possessive love interest
- Marking / biting
- Comfort reread material
- Possessive alpha
- Protective love interest
- Primal / feral style
- Scent kink
- Marking hickeys
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Possessive/protective
- Rough but consensual
- Primal play (hunting/chasing)
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Marking
- Claiming
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Size difference
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Shifter romance
- Small town / village
- Paranormal
- Werewolves
- Snowed in / stranded
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- Cottage / cabin / homestead
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Shifters
- Forest / wilderness
- Snowed in / cabin romance
- Arctic regions
- Found family
- Bodyguard/protection detail
Reading experience
- First person
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Runaway / on the run
- MC 20-30
- Cozy
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- Warm
- Survivor
- Steamy
- Immersive
- Soft/gentle
- Intense
- Character-driven
- Feral
- Yearning
- Frozen wasteland
- Protect at all costs
- Bonds forged in war
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Book details
- Length
- 304 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book