The Mate Masquerade Series by Brigitte Delery

Promised to a stranger in an arranged marriage masked ball he wasn't supposed to attend. Paired for life with a monster she doesn't know how to tame. The last thing either expected to find was love.Wolf shifter Malin Fenren of the Dark Claw Pack should have been celebrating his first days as a happily mated future Alpha... morePromised to a stranger in an arranged marriage masked ball he wasn't supposed to attend. Paired for life with a monster she doesn't know how to tame. The last thing either expected to find was love.Wolf shifter Malin Fenren of the Dark Claw Pack should have been celebrating his first days as a happily mated future Alpha. Instead, the woman he thought was his forever mate left him at the altar for someone else and his exciting future turned into something far more horrific- a fate where he turns into the worst kind of monster he could imagine before succumbing to his own destruction. In a last ditch effort to save him from a quick decline into madness and death, Malin's parents swap him in for a spot in the Mate Masquerade, where volunteers from each supernatural community are paired in arranged marriages with strangers to maintain peace between them all. As part of the often-maligned human community, Isabella Thompson stepped up as a volunteer for this year's Mate Masquerade in exchange for payment of her father's debts. She doesn't quite know what she's gotten herself into, but if it saves her sisters from poverty and destitution, she's going to make the best of things. Getting paired with a monster who might kill her at any moment was a risk she'd have to take. But falling for her assigned mate definitely wasn't part of the plan.This book is part of a collaboration with other authors. All books are separate standalones and can be read in any order. Each features an arranged marriage that takes place at a masquerade ball. less

He came to the supernatural masked ball searching for a wife. She came intending to assassinate the man who wanted to claim her kingdom for his own. But the fire between them could burn hotter than duty or revenge.As part of the dragon shifter nobility, Lakkais had always been destined for an arranged marriage to someone outside his kingdom. His only real desire was to find a partner who could handle his strength and bear his heirs without crumbling to ashes... moreHe came to the supernatural masked ball searching for a wife. She came intending to assassinate the man who wanted to claim her kingdom for his own. But the fire between them could burn hotter than duty or revenge.As part of the dragon shifter nobility, Lakkais had always been destined for an arranged marriage to someone outside his kingdom. His only real desire was to find a partner who could handle his strength and bear his heirs without crumbling to ashes. But when his king ordered him to attend the Mate Masquerade ball, he wasn’t expecting to fall for a fiery beauty whose plans included murder.Calida didn't sign up for the Mate Masquerade to find a husband. She signed up to kill a dragon. The war between their kingdoms had been raging for longer than she could remember, and one well-timed assassination could end it all. If she could accomplish her mission, it would be worth the sacrifice of one lonely phoenix. But fate had other plans, and the dragon she intended to kill might turn out to be a different kind of destiny.This paranormal fantasy romance is part of the Mate Masquerade series. Each book can be read as a standalone, and all cross over at the point of the masked ball where supernatural participants are required to wed and bed a stranger at the end of the night. less