Not everyone is a shifter by choice. In T.A. Chase's Understanding Forgiveness a shifter must learn to embrace who and what he is and forgive the son of the man who genetically manipulated him and held him in a cage.
Fiona Glass entertains us with Feathered Friend, a story about a man who finds a surprise in his bird coop.
In Emily Veinglory's The Rat Burglar a guard protecting an ancient artifact meets a charming man who is intent on robbing his museum.