Stolen Mates Series by Sarah Spade

There's no escaping him...Fate sucks.As a shifter, I’ve always known that Fate—in the form of our goddess, the revered Luna—would have the final say when it came to my life. That includes everything: my pack, my rank, even my forever mate.And I hate it.I want to choose. I want my life to be mine, and if that makes me the odd one out in our pack? Oh, well. As a delta, it’s not like the higher ranks—our Alpha, his Beta, and the pack council—have much use for me anyway... moreThere's no escaping him...Fate sucks.As a shifter, I’ve always known that Fate—in the form of our goddess, the revered Luna—would have the final say when it came to my life. That includes everything: my pack, my rank, even my forever mate.And I hate it.I want to choose. I want my life to be mine, and if that makes me the odd one out in our pack? Oh, well. As a delta, it’s not like the higher ranks—our Alpha, his Beta, and the pack council—have much use for me anyway.Still, even I’ll admit I’ve always been drawn to the Beta of the Sylvan Pack. When I discover that he’s my fated mate, it seems like giving in to the Luna’s demands might not be such a bad thing after all—until he rejects me for a female he can’t even have.Because, yeah. Not only does Fate suck, it has a twisted sense of humor when it comes to me.So that’s that. I have to pretend like my broken bond isn’t a constant ache while watching as my fated mate begs for table scraps from another wolf.Is it any wonder that I start spending my free time in the woods surrounding our territory?I wasn’t afraid. Even at my low rank, I know I’m scarier than anything else that lurks in the darkness of the trees. But I was wrong—and when I see those insane golden eyes staring at me, I know I’m in deep, deep trouble.My name is Quinn Malone, and I’ve just been captured by a feral…****The Feral's Captive is the first full-length book (~60,000 words) in the Stolen Mates duet of two interlinked standalones. Set in the same world as Never His Mate, shifters are an open secret, most humans are off-limits, and a feral wolf shifter male is wiling to sacrifice everything to steal the female he believes will make him sane again. And though it may not be fated, Quinn and Chase’s bond is just as undeniable…This book is a rejected mates romance -- with Quinn first being rejected, then doing the rejecting -- but it's also a captive romance. It isn't dark, though shifters and vampires can be violent, and the smirk on Quinn's face depicted on the cover is pretty accurate. A shifter takes being chained up a little differently than a human would, and it doesn't take much for her to realize that her feral is actually trying to court her -- and she wants him to. less

'Til death do they part...Omegas are prized. I’ve always known that. Just like I grew up knowing that I would need a powerful mate to protect me.I wasn’t worried. I had Bishop—my overprotective alpha brother—to watch out for me, and then I fell in love with his best friend, Weston. A beta wolf, he was high enough in the pack that he would be a good match. And he loved me, too.I couldn’t choose anyone better.Too bad it wasn’t my choice... more'Til death do they part...Omegas are prized. I’ve always known that. Just like I grew up knowing that I would need a powerful mate to protect me.I wasn’t worried. I had Bishop—my overprotective alpha brother—to watch out for me, and then I fell in love with his best friend, Weston. A beta wolf, he was high enough in the pack that he would be a good match. And he loved me, too.I couldn’t choose anyone better.Too bad it wasn’t my choice.Three years ago, I discovered that I was fated to be the mate of the future Gravetail Alpha. Because of his rank, he couldn’t claim me as his until after he was installed as Alpha, but it didn’t matter. From the moment the Luna whispered my name to him, I was as good as promised to Rafael. With our alliance on the line, I had no choice.And that meant I had to say goodbye to West.Only… he didn’t take it too well. Even after the Luna blessed him with a fated mate of his own, he rejected Quinn Malone, even while I counted down the months until I’d finally have to leave Hickory.It’s my duty. As the Omega, I don’t have the luxury of choosing my own mate like Quinn did, and as much as it hurts, it’s for the best when West finally becomes as cold and distant with me as he is with others.I should’ve known better. After a five-year love affair, I should’ve known that meant he was up to something.And when I wake up one morning in an unfamiliar den with a ring on my finger and a mark on my shoulder, I find out exactly what it is.Weston Reed has stolen me from our pack, and he won’t let me go until I accept what he swears he’s always known: that, fate or no fate, we’re meant to be.This Omega will be the Beta’s bride—or no male’s.****The Beta’s Bride is the second book in the Stolen Mates duet. After Quinn found her forever with Chase, West decides it’s now or never. He’ll either have Helene for his mate, or… well, there is no or. And Helene? Alone with the male she's always loved, she begins to accept that he might be right. less

Before Chase found Quinn, Bishop met Sofia...Bishop Dupuis is the new Alpha of the Sylvan Pack—and, it seems, my fated mate.A powerful wolf shifter raised to follow his duty, when the revered Luna—the wolf shifters' goddess—whispers my name into his ear following his Alpha Ceremony, he has no doubt what to do send for me and offer to mate me sight unseen. After all, according to the new Alpha, if the Luna says I'm supposed to be his mate, who is he to decide otherwise?And then there’s me... moreBefore Chase found Quinn, Bishop met Sofia...Bishop Dupuis is the new Alpha of the Sylvan Pack—and, it seems, my fated mate.A powerful wolf shifter raised to follow his duty, when the revered Luna—the wolf shifters' goddess—whispers my name into his ear following his Alpha Ceremony, he has no doubt what to do send for me and offer to mate me sight unseen. After all, according to the new Alpha, if the Luna says I'm supposed to be his mate, who is he to decide otherwise?And then there’s me. Sofia Russo, a gentle delta who has no idea what to do with a dominant alpha...It's not going to stop me, though.On the other side of the country, I’ve grown tired of my place in the River Run Pack. I love my job as one of the pack's teachers, molding young pups, but all that does is remind me that I’ve never had a mate of my own. My wolf has always been choosy, and none of the males in my territory have caught my attention. So when I find out that I’m the fated mate to this young Alpha from Louisiana, I can’t help but jump at the chance to go.And then I meet the towering, bearded Bishop with his grunts and his snarls and his fiery gold eyes and, despite my determination, I nearly flee all the way back east.For Bishop, it's love at first sight. For me... I still can't understand why the goddess would give me such a terrifying male—until I get to see beneath his Alpha nature and realize that I couldn't ask for a better male.Too bad there’s another wolf from River Run who isn’t so keen on me choosing to be the Alpha’s mate...**This book is part of the Stolen Mates series, but while it's the third entry, it's actually first chronologically. All three are interconnected standalones and can be read in any order, but Bishop and Sofia's story happens first -- and they're happily mated in books one and two (so think of this as a prequel or a flashback). less