Happy release day to author Cynthia Brubaker and congrats on the release of A Christmas Cadence which can now be read on Kindle Unlimited!
A Christmas Cadence (Big Cats of Ilex Creek Book 1)
Release Date: December 19, 2025
Genre: Cozy(ish) Shifter Romance/ Holiday Romance
- Forced proximity
- Spice
- Touch her and ☠️
- Shifter x human
- Unrequited high school crush
- One night stand to lovers
- Hand necklace
- Mental health rep – anxiety
- Possessive MMC
- Mine
- Good girl
- Band class students
- One music chair
Unrequited high school crushes should stay in the past.
Unless it’s the brooding trumpet player from Band class, who’s now a handsome fitness instructor with a staggering supernatural secret.
Freshly single for Christmas, aimless musician Natalie Gardenwood returns to Ilex Creek, attending her twelfth high school reunion with her closest friends. But when she runs into her high school crush, Drake, her entire world changes.
Drake Emery lives a typical small town life as a fitness instructor. But he has a mysterious secret–he’s a black panther shifter. Lonely around the holidays, Drake is instantly drawn to sweet Natalie at their high school reunion. In the throes of passion, Drake accidentally bites Natalie–Marking her as his mate.
With Christmas around the corner and the physical pull of their bond forcing them together, will Drake and Natalie achieve perfect harmony, or will their relationship fall flat?
Content Warnings
This book contains instances of, or references to, the following material. Content warnings include, but are not limited to:
Cheating partner (happens off-page), anxiety, bullying, weight shaming and attempted SA (abuser is thwarted), explicit sexual content, swearing and crude language, marking/claiming, biting, hand necklace, anxiety and mental health struggles, physical violence, fantasy violence
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