I hate the Alpha for taking my heart and breaking it. But now I’m selected as his mate. We were friends who became lovers. Before he rejected me because I’m a witch. He said the pack would never accept me. And he was right. I was always the weird one. I left, until I was summoned, because the ritual has selected a mate for Me.
I’ve known I’m a witch all my life. But I had to keep it a secret. He was the only one who knew. The only one who really saw me. The only one who could really hurt me if he wanted to. I didn’t think he wanted to. Until he did.
I wish I hadn’t come back to this forsaken pack of wolves. I don’t know why I did. The council has designed a ritual that matches humans with Alphas to save the pack. I’m forced to go through the ritual and be his mate. And he makes one thing very I’m his now. He will not let me go, whether I want him to or not.
Will the Alpha who rejected me claim his outcast mate for good?
For the first time in recorded history, the fated bond among the Riverville wolves is failing. The council has designed a method for identifying suitable mates. There’s only one the mates are human outcasts. And they have no choice but to give in to their Alpha mates…
A great slow build shifter/witch read with a second chance romance, great re-developing chemistry between the main characters, mate bonds, rejection, betrayal, danger, magic, forced proximity, a caring protective Alpha, a healer FMC who is protective of those she loves, light banter, love and a great HEA. A great page turner, I couldn't put it down.
Elize and Troy had been together at high school and he'd never been put off by the fact she was a witch, though she did worry about it, and when he rejected her after the summer break she left to start a new life.
Troy had been pushed to reject her, having hunted for her afterwards, and is surprised but delighted when he sees her again at the council rooms. He's more surprised to be told that she is his mate by the Council. Though she reluctantly agrees to marriage she makes it clear it's just for the bond to help the pack, but Troy's lost her once and he's determined not to lose her a second time as he knows she's his fated.
It was great seeing them reconnecting and learning about who they are now (I particularly liked their "1st date").
He chuckled. "Do you want to act like this is a first date? Or do we want to act like exes that spent years apart and still don't get along? Or do you want to role-play? I can have amnesia if it helps." I looked back at him, and I could see he was being sincere. I nodded. "I'd like that. So, did you say your name was Troy?"
But things are getting worse with the darkness possessing pack members, can Elize learn to control her power to save Troy's pack?
I look forward to the next in this series and seeing the other alphas find their mates.
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Rejected fated mates with a good grovel and 2nd chance are my favourite type of shifter novels. I wanted to love this….But it was just average. Did not add much from the original novel in the series. No unique take on the trope. Character development was there but not hugely, I felt like we learned more about the MMC from the first book and it didn’t really add up in this one. Also needed a good edit. Picking up on basic grammar and spelling errors just detracts from the flow on the novel. Not the best, which is disappointing as it had the potential to be better.
Book 2 of the Riverville Fated Mates series, this is about Elize and Troy. I like that Elize is protective of the people she cares for, that Troy has a chance to make the past right, and that they work as a team to figure out what’s been causing the problem.
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Very good book but a lot of mistakes names were mixed up throughout the story. He's and she's. All these errors took away from the story itself. As you get confused which character is saying what. Otherwise it was a very good story. Looking forward to the next one in the series.
An incredible book 2 of the Riverville Fated Mates series by Blue Thorne and she did not disappoint. The story has plenty of action, friendships, enemies-to-lovers, betrayal, black magic, wolf shifters and witches. The story arc was well written with memorable characters. The two MC'S, Elize and Troy, have a back history and they have a chemistry that really sizzles. As always, Blue's world is captivating, brilliant, vivid and lush, and pulls you right in. I absolutely recommend reading this book!