Mo Builds a New Home
How to Flirt with A Naked WerewolfMo’s flight from an intrusive past becomes a deliberate commitment to a community, a home, and a future in Alaska.
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Northbound Escape
Leaving Mississippi
After Tim Galloway ends their engagement, Mo Duvall-Wenstein recognizes how much of her adult life has been shaped by rebellion against her parents.
A Chosen Distance
She leaves her job and familiar surroundings for Grundy, Alaska, hoping that distance will reveal what she wants independently.
A Ruined Welcome
A Ruined Welcome
The Meyers Place
Mo arrives at her new rental expecting solitude and a clean start, only to find discarded clothes, beer debris, and dead fish throughout the cabin.
A First Act of Belonging
She cleans rather than flees, and Nate Gogan’s pot roast and welcome ease her sense that she may have made a mistake.
Work Takes Root
Work Takes Root
An Unexpected Emergency
At the Blue Glacier Saloon, Mo steps in to cook when Buzz injures his hand and the lunch service risks collapsing.
A Place in Town
Evie DuChamp offers her steady work, giving Mo both a livelihood and a first meaningful role in the community.
The Town Claims Her
The Town Claims Her
A Celebration She Never Expected
Mo’s neighbors surprise her with doughnuts, decorations, and affection she had rarely experienced on her birthdays.
Belonging Without Control
Their welcome feels different from her parents’ attention: it offers care without demanding that she live by someone else’s rules.
Choosing Grundy
Choosing Grundy
A Permanent Address
Mo buys the Meyers place after deciding that she wants to raise her child in the town she has come to love.
A Future with Room
Her work, friendships, and marriage to Cooper transform a temporary experiment into a home and a lasting commitment.
Before the opening move
On Mo’s first evening in Grundy
During Mo’s first week in Grundy
Around Mo’s thirtieth birthday
By spring, after Eli’s defeat
