The Bear and the Lamb
A Dark Western Romance

The Bear and the Lamb is a dark historical western romance about a woman desperate for freedom, the outlaw who may be the answer to her prayers, and a love that feels written in the stars.Alice Sherman has learned to survive by making herself small. Trapped in a brutal marriage and isolated on the American frontier, she has little reason to believe escape is possible—until her husband brings home a wounded fugitive.Kodiak is dangerous, wanted, and exactly the kind of man Alice should fear. Instead, he sees too much. Her bruises. Her loneliness. The quiet defiance she has nearly forgotten how to use.What begins as a bargain becomes something far more dangerous as Alice and Kodiak are forced together by violence, pursuit, and the growing certainty that neither of them wants to leave the other behind.Gritty, emotional, and intensely romantic, The Bear and the Lamb is the first book in Halle Oak’s Fated Outlaws series, featuring a morally gray outlaw hero, an abused heroine reclaiming her life, reckless devotion, frontier danger, high heat, and a guaranteed HEA.Rooted in the Past. Written in the Stars.