Black Gold: Takhini Wolves #1. Northern Lights Shifters, #9

Lone wolf Shaun Stevens has never believed in happily-ever-after. Watching his packmates fall for their mates has him wondering if love might actually exist-but if it does, his perfect woman would have to out-hike, out-cuss, and out-stubborn him. Instead, fate delivers Gemmita Jacobs. Refined. Brilliant. And raised in a world nothing like the Yukon wilderness Shaun calls home. Gemmita arrives in Whitehorse to study the caribou migration-and to finally claim her independence from a life of expectations.
But the moment she meets Shaun, something inside her awakens. Something primal. Something that refuses to be ignored. The attraction between them ignites instantly-but when the dust settles, reality crashes in. Their lives, their worlds, and their futures couldn't be more different. Yet every wolf in the north knows one thing about fate-when a wolf finds his mate, nothing can stop the bond. And Shaun is about to learn that some bonds can't be outrun.no matter how hard he tries.