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Last updated: July 6, 2026

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Choose the Bear

by Lauren Smith

2024

Hadlee Wilson flees her violent boyfriend into the Colorado woods and is saved by something even more unbelievable, a bear shifter named Indiana. Safety, desire, and trust become tangled in the wilderness.

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Choose the Bear
by Lauren Smith
2024Choose the Wild, Book 1

Series background & context

Choose the Wild strips things back to a very primal setup. Wilderness, survival, a shifter hero, and a heroine whose old life has just cracked open are the key pieces.

The tone is more intimate than sprawling. Nature matters, the body matters, and trust has to be earned in a place where human rules no longer feel very useful.

If you want a paranormal romance that feels a little rawer and more secluded, with danger coming from both the forest and the past, this series delivers that mood.