He rejected her. She survived him. The Moon was not finished with either of them.
Five years ago, Evangelina Carmichael was cast aside by the man fate had chosen for her. Rejected publicly by Alpha Xavier Romano, stripped of her bond, her pack, and her future, she fled with nothing but her shattered heart and a secret he was never meant to know.
Pregnant. Alone. Determined to survive. She rebuilt her life from nothing.
Now she’s powerful. Untouchable, and no longer the timid wolf she once was. She is a billionaire restaurateur, a fiercely protective mother of twins, and a woman who rebuilt herself from ashes. She doesn’t need an Alpha. She doesn’t need the Moon. And she certainly doesn’t need the man who broke her.
Xavier Romano has everything power can buy—an empire, a pack, a ruthless reputation. But when fate brings Evangelina back into his orbit, the truth shatters his world. The mate he rejected didn’t just survive without him… she thrived. And the children he never knew existed may be the price of his greatest mistake.
Now, as enemies circle, pack politics turn deadly, and old betrayals surface, Xavier must prove he is no longer the man who chose fear over love. Evangelina must decide whether strength means walking away—or daring to risk her heart one final time.
Because love, once broken, is not reclaimed by fate.
It is earned.
What you’ll find
Rejected mate & second-chance romance
A powerful, self-made FMC
A remorse-filled Alpha who must grovel, wait, and change
Secret children
Found family & pack politics
High angst, slow-burn redemption, and a deeply satisfying HEA
Moon’s Betrayal is an emotionally charged werewolf romance about betrayal, growth, and choosing love—not because fate demands it, but because it’s deserved.
Assuming typical werewolf behavior, this MMC, the Alpha, was hooking up with the woman who engineered his rejection of his fated mate. She lied to him and got him all wound up, so instead of believing in his mate, he believed some random woman’s story. His mate, the FMC, was devastated as expected, and she left Seattle for New York.
So he wasn’t celibate. Automatically this gets only three stars for that alone. The FMC was celibate, of course. He did reject her and she accepted the rejection so that might be why she doesn’t feel anything. I guess it’s not really cheating when they hadn’t marked each other, although clearly they mated if children are involved.
I can’t tell if typical werewolf behavior and customs are being used in this story. I’m thinking no …
DNF-Egotistical alpha Xavier rejects his mate Evangelina because he thinks she weak but she actually pregnant with twins. He believes a gold digging bitch, Tatiana and her lies without asking Ev anything, so she leaves and will do this all on her own. He has trauma from an ex, Viv betraying him with his beta but no excuse to lie and reject your mate. She leaves and becomes a super successful restaurant entrepreneur and raises her 2 very intelligent twins, Zander and Selena by herself/with her aunt and friends across the country in NYC. Then he wants to hire her company cause they are the best and feelings instantly come back and he knows that he made a mistake a long time ago, but could never admit it but now can. Then he learns that he has two kids that are five years old and wants to fix all his wrongs. She has no choice, but to allow him to get to know the kids which she is fine with, but he also wants to get to know her, and she’s not ready for that. Then the twins are kidnapped by the ex and Tatiana when he breaks it off with her officially so he can be a family. They rescued the children and capture the two women. This horse is her to realize that she can give him a chance to maybe fix what was broken.
It just got kinda boring and I knew where it was headed.
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Not a bad story, not an original one, either. I wouldn’t have even reviewed if it wasn’t for the kids. I don’t think this author has ever had a conversation with a five year old. I’ve definitely never come across one so pretentious, much less two. Pre-schoolers aren’t really known for their witty banter and understanding of adult emotional concepts. They communicate better than either parent
The first thing I’m gonna say is apparently the author doesn’t know how long babies are in your stomach. The timing for the book is off. She would not have five-year-old twins five years later. Secondly she is absolutely a doormat. She is with no one while they’re apart and the whole time he’s with someone else. You’re gonna tell me that it’s OK that he believes somebody else about your supposed betrayal and you’ve been with no one else but it’s OK and you’re gonna take him back??
The author has to know how bad this was because anytime you’re an author and you give a note at the beginning of the book telling your reader that he grovels and earns his forgiveness means you know he doesn’t. We would not need an authors note if what he did was enough. But no, you’re trying to convince us ahead of time that it’s OK he did what he did. No if you have to tell us what’s gonna happen ahead of time that means it’s not obvious. He was unforgivable. He was with another woman for five years. Five years of her being celibate, raising his kids all because he was coldhearted and couldn’t see past his own trauma supposedly. Yeah no. This was a joke. I will never read this author again.
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So Xavier still got together with Tatiana even after know she lied about Evangelina? And the author redeemed this garbage man because? Evanglina, for all that she went through actually regressed to a spineless version of herself. Five years and she still thought about the man who rejected and humiliated her and chose someone else? People often mistake choosing to trust a person who broke you again as bravery. Sorry, but let’s call it what it is. Naive stupidity. This story had an extreme excess of it. Yuck.
I went into reading this with high hope but it fell short on every level. No reason to forgive him, kids that are totally fine with being abandoned and their dad hurting their mother like that? She rolls over and accepts him destroying and abandoning her and her children so easily? It is very unconvincing and unsatisfying and I wouldn't recommend it.
This was a cute read. I just hate shifter books where they spend 99% of their time in human form. Making it not really shifter book. Also the author really needs to do research on pregnancy. If she left when she was 6 weeks pregnant and gone 5 years the kids would be almost 5 not 6.
Found this book on another app and was glad to read it here. Very well written. Not dragged out and funny. I actually can see another book after this or possibly a series. Worth the read.
The perfect length, to the point, warm, and satisfying. Folks get what they deserve, and the FMC is not a doormat nor exhaustingly unrealistic in making the MMC work for what he wants. Perfecto 🤌🏾.