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The Rejection by S.J. Hayslett
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A Prime's Passion
Shiloh Walker - 2021
Eyes down, little wolf, Zee’s father would say. You aren’t strong enough yet.Zennia Day kept her eyes down and stayed quiet, knowing that one day, she’d escape.When her chance comes, she finds herself on a road that takes her far from Massachusetts, all the way to North Carolina.She has her eyes on the future…until she meets Niko, a dominant Therian male and future Prime. When she looks at him, instead of a challenge for dominance, Zee sees a promise of forever.Niko charmed her, teased her…and stole her heart. Mere days later, after making a public, permanent claim, he crushed that same heart in his fist, tossing her aside in front of the entire world and casting her out of pack lands.Ten years later, she's an outcast, living far from her own when she gets word her father is dying.She can do nothing—she was banned. Violating Niko’s order was to court punishment, even if it was just to tell her father good-bye.“Day is dying.”The blunt words almost had him on his knees until Niko realized his second-in-command wasn’t talking about Zee, but her father.No Therian is ever left to die alone, so Niko sent orders the Day family to come home.Niko is unprepared for Zee’s message. I have no pack. I have no home.The words leave him shattered.Realizing what he’d done in his rage, Niko pushes harder for answers. It doesn’t take long to discover that what he’d heard a decade earlier had been based on lies. Because of those lies, he’d thrown away the love of his life.Zee’s been paying the price ever since.Now he must mend a heart he’d broken...and convince her to give him one more chance.
Moon Touched
Elizabeth Briggs - 2021
Gaining my wolf form and my fated mate is my only chance to change packs and hope for a better life.Except when my fated mate is revealed, he's the future alpha of the Leo pack—our worst enemies. He rejects me in front of everyone, just before the Leos slaughter my entire pack and murder my family.I manage to escape, but then I'm kidnapped by a far greater threat: the alpha of the mysterious lost pack. The 13th sign was banished from the Zodiac Wolves years ago, and I thought they were just a myth.They're real. They're holding me captive. And the dark, dangerous alpha is offering me something I can't refuse—revenge.Moon Touched is the first book in the scorching hot Zodiac Wolves series.
True North
Kelsey Gamble - 2021
I'm fine being the pack wallflower until my fated mate rejects me, sending me off to lick my wounds with my sister’s pack. I build a comfortable life with the new pack, content to settle where I am as I ward off suitors whose interest isn’t entirely noble.Until my presence puts the pack in danger.My only choice is to run, but I don't count on an overzealous shifter forcing me onto the pack land of Alpha Dominic himself. It’s been three years since he rejected me, but my wolf seems to think it never happened at all.Now, I’m desperate to run again, even if it means accepting life as a rogue. But Dominic has other ideas, and he’s happy to keep me in his pack house against my will until I’m ready to comply.When my family’s forgotten legacy is recovered—bringing a rush of power I didn’t know I had—I have to decide if it’s easier working with the Alpha or against him.After all, the fates don’t take kindly to being ignored.And Dominic and I? We’re double-fated. True North is the first full-length novel in the The Northern Shifter Legacies series that will continue with Tasha’s story in Due North and Tevin’s story in New North. This series ends in a HEA for all three couples.
Blind Date With A Bear
Marie Mason - 2014
His family thought it was an hilarious turn of events since the big bear shifter had been looking forward to sowing a few more wild oats before settling down with his one true mate. No one was laughing when Paige got the wrong idea and believed Quinn was just looking for a good time. Paige Matthews had finally given into the cajoling of her co-worker and agreed to a blind date with the woman’s brother. Paige admired the family of bear shifters and had nursed a secret crush on the oldest Blackwood brother, Quinn, since moving to town. Even though she’d known the odds were against it, she was terribly disappointed that she wasn’t his true mate. She did however, decide to take him up on his offer of a good time, cause this good-girl craved the bear’s sweet loving. This story contains adult situation and explicit language.
Shifter Wars
Kelly St. Clare - 2020
Apparently, Mum’s other family play laser tag every Wednesday. Not even joking. Laser tag.What the hell is this place?In hindsight, the massive guy with honey irises was my first major clue. Unusual eyes for a human, right?Perfect eyes for a werewolf.But sexy supernaturals, thongs, and mounting financial strain aside, Mum’s past is buried somewhere in this valley, and I need to dig up the truth or find a way to live with her lies.What do you do when neither option will leave you unscathed?
His To Claim
Ashley Michelle - 2016
No one told Scarlett reaching maturity would hurt this much, but she came out the other end stronger, braver, smarter, and a little less naïve. Seeking to pick up the torn pieces, she leaves her pack for a town well away from her home, far away from her ex-mate who just can’t let her go even after claiming someone else. All seems well until she wanders into Alpha Noah’s territory and she finds an unfortunate blessing. The Goddess has given her another chance at a mate—only it has to be with Noah, a demon wolf plagued by his own dark past. With tainted hands and a shattered heart that almost drove him to madness once more, he has turned ice-cold. Their wounded souls push and pull, but some things just won’t heal. Rogues have been ravaging their world, and in a war where hundreds of lives have been lost, revenge is all that’s left. Is the Goddess playing a cruel game this time? When utter carnage surrounds her, will Scarlett’s inner luna rise to the challenge? Will Noah ever get to claim her as her mate? In a world where families are pitted against families and bonds are severed as soon as they are formed, there are no guarantees.
Alpha’s Unwilling Mate
Lacey Thorn - 2017
My father’s dictate has me ready to run and never look back. I won’t be the virgin sacrifice used to entice Bastion James to accept my community as part of his pack. Nothing will change my mind. Especially not the man himself. Not the way he looks at me, the way he touches me, or the heat of his kiss. Bastion From the moment I saw her, I knew she was mine. Raina Byrd belonged in my arms. More importantly, she belonged in my bed. One glimpse at the fire in her eyes and I knew we’d burn the world around us until nothing else existed. One touch of her skin and I was lost to anyone else. One taste of her lips and I knew I’d kill to possess her. I warned her what would happen if she tried to run. Now, I won’t be satisfied until I’m buried inside her and she’s screaming my name.
Rejected by the Alpha
Skye Alder - 2021
Right?As the Alpha of the Black River Pack, Killian has to be strong. He’s been the leader since he won power from his father and now it’s time for him to think about finding his mate. When he pictures her in his head, she’s strong, maybe a wolf like him.Then he smells her and she’s nothing like he thought she would be.Sascha is a deer shifter. She’s always been the runt of any pack and has been cast aside more times than she can count. She’s always gotten over the hurt because she knew that one day she would find her fated mate and finally have a place where she’s wanted.Then she meets Killian and he’s nothing like she thought he would be.After Killian rejects her, he realizes his mistake. Will he be able to win her back or has Sascha been pushed away one too many times?*If you like sexy, shifter paranormal romances, with humor, steam, a tough heroine and a sexy hero, then this book is for you!
The Wolf's Royal Baby
Milly Taiden - 2017
When she finds out her father traded her for his life to a wolf king, she's ready to escape. Even more confusing is the fact Sebastian tells her she must have his baby. The craziest part is she's actually considering it. Clearly, she lost her mind on the car ride to the castle. Sebastian Roarhart is shifter royalty. He's been cursed and needs to have a child or die. Now, he has to convince Harper to see him as more than some man holding her hostage. He needs her to fall for him. But it's harder than he realizes when someone in his castle keeps trying to kill her. Sebastian has secrets he's keeping to save Harper from heartache. Harper knows one thing for sure: she can't let him die. Not when he's the first man in her life to show her how special she is. Time's running out. When truths come to light about her family and past, only the man she's come to love will be able to keep her safe.
Sold to the Alpha
Cara Wylde - 2015
It’s the full story of sexy, curvaceous Avelyn and her hot Alpha, Max Blackmane. No cliffhangers! Avelyn is a shifter bride, which means she has been raised and educated to become the wife of a shape-shifter and bear his children. The problem is that she doesn’t want to accept this fate. She will do everything in her power to gain her freedom and build a new life far away from shape-shifters and what society expects of her. Alpha werewolf Max Blackmane is in search of a bride. When he comes to Alma Venus Boarding School, one of the best schools for shifter brides in the world, he is determined to buy a young woman who would bring him political advantages. However, when he sees Avelyn, his plans are turned upside down. He can’t imagine his life without her. Avelyn uses every trick to convince Max to buy another bride. It doesn’t matter that his perfect body and smooth voice make her weak in the knees. She has a dream, and her dream does not include a wolf-shifter who thinks he can simply own her because the peace treaty between humans and shape-shifters says so. This book contains explicit language and sizzling hot scenes that might set your Kindle on fire. Intended for readers 18+.
His to Save
Katrina Fox - 2018
She knows that she can’t compete with you so she is trying to make you doubt yourself. I promise that you are a hundred times better than she is.” What would you do if you found out that your boyfriend and best friend where seeing each other behind your back? What happens when a simple high school football game turns in to fate? Ella is a senior and head cheerleader, but her life is far from perfect. Her best friend of 13 years has been fooling around with her boyfriend behind her back. What was supposed to be her best year of high school has turned into the worst. Everett is a senior and starting cornerback for his high school football team. When he travels to their cross-city rivals to play he never expected to find his mate. The day that Everett and his wolf find Ella is the day she finds out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her. Now Everett must convince Ella that love is not dead and to give him a chance. What happens when Ella figures out that Everett is not a normal boy, that he is hiding something from her? Will Everett's secrets tear these two apart or can Ella learn to trust again? A complete standalone novel with a HEA. 55,000+words.
My Second Chance Mate
Anna Gonzales - 2020
Getting rejected by him, however, is a different story. And it’s Harmony’s story. Her mate chose her sister over their bond and she’s forced to hide the painful experience to avoid hurting someone she loves.When she can’t bear seeing them together any longer, she decided to move away and join her aunt’s pack in Hawaii. It was her first day in a new school when she locked eyes with Trevor and her heart starts beating for this gorgeous man. Mate. How is this even possible?Fate plays with her again when he rejects her too. How is she going to face all the problems life had thrown at her? Will Harmony be done with mates or is she finally getting the love of her life with her second chance?
Mave Fortune
Elizabeth Dear - 2021
But the Moon decided to prolong my torture by placing my fated mate in front of my face on my first day at Blackstone Academy. He's the Alpha's son and king of a school crawling with shifters, and it turns out he doesn't care to be saddled with a Moon-chosen mate who he thinks is a nobody-omega wolf. When he rejects me in front of every shifter in school, I vow to harden my heart, become impervious to the constant, deep hurt of the rejection, and figure out how to be the first wolf in known history to shake the taint of a rejected fated mate bond. I'm also becoming closer to a new student—a smoking hot and intriguing human, who I can't manage to scare off even with the drama that surrounds me and the poisonous pack politics that I can't seem to escape. I can't even tell him what's really going on, but I think he's keeping secrets from me, too.I'm Mave Fortune, and my mate threw me out like yesterday's garbage. But fuck that guy.This is a new adult, M/F rejected mates standalone story. It is intended for the 18+ crowd and contains foul language, some mild violence, and sexual scenes. If you're a fan of upper YA/NA, wolf shifters, academy romances and the tropes associated with each, dive right in!
The Traitor's Daughter
Mary Goldberger - 2013
Unfortunately, she lost her both of her parents in an attack on the pack and if that was not enough, the pack blamed her father for the attack. From the age of 14, either the pack ignored her existence, or as for those of her own age, she became the local walking insult. Grace learned to deal with the bullying and insults, even the rejection of her mate she takes in stride because the death of her parents left her without anyone. As the years past, Grace learns more about who her parents really were, so she makes a plan. On her 21st birthday, she will say goodbye to the pack that made her life miserable after her parents’ death. Everything changes though when a new pack arrives seeking some aid and Grace’s world turns completely around. In this pack, she will meet a man who is her mate, a mate she was not suspecting and at the same time, strange things began to happen. She starts getting late night calls that go from harassing to threatening, and if that is not enough, her once ‘best friend’ learns that the man she thought was her mate for the last six years is not, and even more, the man who marked her was the one who rejected Grace. What is Grace to do when all of this comes out into the open? What about the new man that her wolf claims as her mate? Things become even more complicated when she learns that he had another mate before and a woman who believes that he is just right for her. Well, Grace knows one thing; her life will never be the same even for the ‘traitor’s daughter’.(Some sexual content so please be advised.)
Rejected
Jaymin Eve - 2020
One I’m left paying for. As a wolf shifter growing up in a strong pack, I should be living my best life. But after my father tried to kill the alpha, I’m labeled an outcast, traitor, less than dirt.When I can't take pack life any longer, I run, but apparently they don't like losing their punching bag. Torin, the alpha’s son, drags me back before my first shift... a shift that will reveal my true mate.I never could have predicted who mine would be, but the moment my wolf looks upon him, I’m filled with hope for a brighter future. After all, no one ever rejects their true mate, right?Wrong. Very wrong.When the wolves attack, my soul screams for vengeance, and somehow I touch the shadow world. Somehow I bring him to our lands.The Shadow Beast. Our shifter god. The devil himself. Turns out being rejected by my mate was only the beginning.