I opened a dog grooming salon to start over.
I didn’t expect four hockey players’ dogs to drag them straight to me.
Paws & Claws is mine. Every wash station, every towel, every inch of the daycare yard I check each morning. I moved to Puckridge with my rescue pit bull Tank and one promise: build something that belongs to me. No alphas. No one close enough to reach the soft parts.
Then a golden retriever named Biscuit shows up matted to the ears, and Tank — my stoic, doesn’t-wag-for-anyone sentinel — decides this dog is his. Inseparable within a week. Which means Biscuit’s owner keeps coming back. And his teammates keep tagging along:
Jude — six-four, gentle hands, a voice that makes my knees forget how to work.
Tate — all kinetic energy and a grin that could talk me into anything.
Keegan — shows up with a toolbox and fixes my drainage without being asked
Love burned her once.
She’s not letting another Alpha close enough to do it again.
After heartbreak and loss, Norah Knightly thought her flower shop would be enough.
Quiet mornings, cocoa by the window, and peace she built with her own two hands.
But peace doesn’t last long in Fox Hollow. With the Christmas Eve Festival fast approaching, her shop’s overrun with wreath orders, she’s managing the festival’s floral décor—and the last person she expects to see steps out of the snow.
Dorian—the Alpha who once swore forever, then left without a word.
Now he’s back, working with Pack Built Construction to get the town ready for the celebration. Which means Norah can’t avoid him…or the two Alphas standing at his side.
Jude, the quiet craftsman with sawdust in his hair and gentleness in his bones—the way he cares for his niece is impossible to ignore.
Ryker, the rugged, flannel-clad builder who guards his heart almost as fiercely as he guards hers.
They’ve both carried scars since losing their bonded Omega—but Norah’s warmth starts to heal what grief left behind.
The snow is falling. Her suppressants are failing. Her heat is rising.
And Norah can’t keep away from the three Alphas who are determined to claim her.
Beneath the mistletoe, she discovers that love doesn’t follow blueprints.
It breaks rules. It rebuilds what’s broken.
It’s Knot by Design.
Knot by Design is a standalone MFMM why choose omegaverse holiday romance in the Packs of Fox Hollow series. Get ready for knotting, heats, irresistible alphas, and cozy small-town Christmas vibes. No shifting. No choosing. Ultra swoony HEA.
. His hands know how things fit together.
Levi — the quiet beta who brings his anxious greyhound to daycare and sits on my floor in silence until I forget I’m supposed to be withdrawn.
Their scents fill my salon every day — pine resin, bonfire smoke, fresh-sawn oak, bergamot. My suppressants are cracking. My skin runs warm. And I keep finding their hoodies draped over the nesting nook Keegan built in my back room before anyone used the word nest.
I have one rule: I don’t need anyone.
They don’t push. They just keep showing up — lattes on the stoop, my fence rebuilt overnight, sitting outside Tank’s walls the way I once sat outside his kennel. Patient. Steady. Still here.
And the harder I grip the life I built alone, the more I realize the dogs figured it out before any of us.
Knot a Good Boy is a cozy, steamy omegaverse why choose romance featuring forced proximity, fated mates, a nesting nook, generous knotting, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Perfect for readers who love:
• Rescue dogs who choose your pack for you
• Hockey alphas who fix your plumbing
• A quiet omega who notices everything
• Found family built one borrowed hoodie at a time
• Nesting, knotting, and scent recognition that won’t quit
• HEA for the pack and furever friends for the dogs
