Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing,  December 2, 2025

Format: ebook

Pages: 400

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Summary (From Goodreads):

My father made a terrible mistake. 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.

My Review:

Thank you Harlequin Trade Publishing for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: rejected mates, werewolves
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Mera is an outcast in her pack due to her father’s betrayal, and when she turns for the first time, she is rejected by her true mate and finds herself in the hands of the Shadow Beast.
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This was my first rejected mate’s story, and it was interesting. I think I expected more romance, but this book is obviously meant to set up the rest of the series, so I think there will be more in the next book!