Rejected Runaway Mate’s Baby for the Lycan King by Elara Haze and KA Iris

4 Stars

I got pregnant with the Lycan King’s baby-

then he rejected me and our child for being human.

I thought I was saving a wounded wolf.

Instead, I saved Fenris Mourningstar- the Lycan King.

A monster in a crown who dragged me to his castle, caged me, and called me his pet.

His pack called me human filth.

He called me mine.

When a guard dared to insult me, he killed them.

Then he pressed me to the wall, his breath hot against my throat, his growl vibrating through my skin.

He worshipped my curves like a man starved-

until I was on my knees, begging for more.

Then I got pregnant his child.

And before his court, he tore us apart.

“No child of mine will have human blood.”

Now I’m disgraced, hunted, and still aching for the monster who destroyed me-

the only man my body can’t forget.

But when he finds me again…

I won't surrender to the bond.

He will have to beg for forgiveness for rejecting us.

I enjoyed this book so much. I loved that MMC kept kidnapping FMC. The book flowed nicely. The breakup was hard to read mostly because in my head there were so many things they could have done differently. When FMC found out why he broke up with her in the way he did she took charge and fixed the issue and also didn’t make it easy on MMC when she came home.

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Never Trust a Hockey Player by Jarica James

 

4 Stars

They say hockey players always protect their own. But my pack proved that was a lie.

After spending my heat completely alone, resulting in a near death experience and a hospital stay, I knew I had to cut my pack out of my life.

One phone call to my brother and I find myself back in my hometown. The local hockey princess has officially returned. Surrounded by my family's hockey legacy, I fall easily back into that life.

A job with the Westgrave Wardens, my brother’s team, seems like exactly what I need to get back on my feet.

The only issue is that I swore off ever trusting a hockey player again… and five of the men that make up the Westgrave Wardens starting lineup are trying to prove that they deserve a chance.

Everything seems perfect… until the media learns that I walked away from my pack. Gossip quickly turns vicious and the Wardens band around me to shield me from the worst of it.

But when their team comes under fire, I know it’s time to fight.

I’m an omega who survived being forgotten and I won’t let anyone steal my voice again. I tell the truth and watch my exes fall from grace, begging me for forgiveness.

It was an interest take on rejected mate and finding your forever. I loved the hockey team and how they stepped up to help her just because her brother asked. The fact that her original pack do finally come back around and try and apologize was fun to read.

I loved that she didn't take them back even after the apology. There was too much bad blood to overcome. I do want to see them get a redemption arc because I truly think they regret their choices.

It was a really good read. I will definitely pick up book 2. It was a really good read. I will definitely pick up book 2. 

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Pregnant and Rejected by the Lycan King by Kiara Sere and Via Thorn

2 Stars

My fated mate is the alpha king…

And I’m too weak to be his queen.

So he rejects me- but doesn't know I'm pregnant with his pup.

I’ve been a punching bag my entire life.

Bullied by my pack, sneered at by my family…all because my wolf refuses to show herself.

So when all unmated females are invited to the alpha prince’s ball so he can find a mate, I’m dreading it.

My sister trips me in front of everyone, and I’m ready to be the laughingstock of the ball.

Instead, the prince catches me.

And our mating bond snaps into place.

His fierce protectiveness takes over and he turns his rage on my bullies:

“Apologize to your future queen, or I will toss you out in the cold after breaking the pack bonds to make you a rogue.”

The heat of our connection and the way I feel when he looks at me…it’s like nothing I’ve ever felt.

But then he realizes I’m a weak omega who’s never even shifted.

He doesn’t want me anymore, but it’s too late—he’s already marked me.

I resign myself to being ignored by my suddenly icy, distant mate for the rest of my life.

But then I find out I’m pregnant.

So I run.

Once I’m gone, will he realize how much he needs me?

Or will I spend the rest of my life brokenhearted and mateless, raising our baby by myself?

The book was so slow and took forever to get to the HEA. I also never got past Talen’s rejection of Elena. This is one I wish I skipped.

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Savage Mates by Allie Santos

3 Stars

I thought I was damaged—a werewolf without the ability to shift. I melted into the shadows, unloved and overlooked, as I served a pack that didn’t care for me.

The ability to call my wolf forward was always present, but I hadn’t known, since my kind were hunted to extinction before I was born. I wasn’t any run-of-the-mill wolf; I was an Omega. Revered. Cherished. Hated.

When I shifted, I got what I always wanted. My true mates. Plural.

But they didn’t want me.

I refused to stand around, pitied as their cast off, so I left, yet being an Omega put a target on my back for any random pack to claim as theirs. So, I molded myself into human society because rejection wouldn’t break me… until they sought me out.

Their excuses were just that, excuses. They had a fight on their hands if they thought they’d get away with hurting me, because I refused to submit my heart to my savage mates.

Rejected Mates are so good. I enjoyed this read but wanted more world building and character development. Liana has a nice arc from beat down to luna and I loved how it all played out.

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Happiness is Earned by Letty Frame

 

2 Stars

I’ve fought death. I’ve mastered survival. Now, I’ll willingly bleed for happiness. Because happiness isn’t given—it’s earned.

Six years ago, I lost everything when my fated mate rejected me—my family, my pack, even my wolf.

But against all odds, I found something worth fighting for again: my mates, the other parts of my soul. They’ve caught me every time I fell. They’ve loved me even when I was broken. And with their unwavering love, I’ve mostly pieced myself back together.

But as I step out of the shadows of my darkness, it makes me a much clearer target for the hunters to attack.

My men are gearing up for the final fight, planning the strike that could end it all, but when fate delivers one last, unexpected gift, everything I thought I knew about my future changes forever.

Family ties shift all around me—the parents who betrayed me when I was rejected, the sister who stole the life that should’ve been mine, and the brother who loved me through it all. Each one is tested—and not everyone survives the reckoning of Alpha Atticus Phoenix.

Happiness isn’t a gift. It’s a choice. A fight. A sacrifice.

And if I want to keep the future we’ve bled for, I’ll have to face every shadow that’s ever haunted me—without losing the men who’ve become my everything.

Reading the last book was a mistake. This series started nicely and then just fizzled out. I would definitely skip it. There was no growth with Nora at all and she never works through her trauma.

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Survival is Hard by Letty Frame

3 Stars

I tried to give up. To let the darkness swallow me whole. But my wolf refused—and now I’m left breathing when every part of me feels broken.

My mates don’t give up on me. They fight when I can’t. They hold me when I fall. And they spend their days teaching me how to believe in forever. To trust that I can be loved… wanted… whole.

But survival is never simple.

Hunters still circle me and my pride, determined to end my life—or the lives of those I love.

The return of my wolf couldn’t have come at a worse time. She’s restless, demanding, and desperate for the bonds I’m still too afraid to complete.

Because my first true heat is coming.

With it comes a terrifying choice: surrender to the mates who hold claim to my soul… or lose myself for good this time.

I’ve fought death. Now I have to fight for life.

And if I falter, I won’t be the only one who bleeds.

Not as good as the first book. It dragged more and there was a lot of regression with Nora. There was a lot going on and wasn’t written well to follow. Still enjoyed enough to read the last book.

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Death is Easy by Letty Frame

4 Stars

“It’s nothing against you,” my fated mate said. “But you’re not good enough.”

On the night that should have been the start of my mated life, I was rejected. Betrayed. Banished.

Cast aside not because I’d done anything wrong—but because I wasn’t enough for him. For my pack. For anyone.

Six years later, I’ve built a quiet life in the shadows of the city. No family. No wolf. No pack.

But fate doesn’t let broken things stay hidden.

Atticus Phoenix. Alpha lion. Ruthless billionaire. The most powerful shifter in the country.

He declares I’m his.

And his inner circle of possessive, unyielding men agree.

They offer me safety. Vengeance. A future I never believed I could have.

But with hunters closing in, my sister flaunting the mate who destroyed me, and a heart that refuses to trust again… nothing comes easy.

Because no matter what they see in me—

I’m still not good enough.

Pretty solid start to a new series. Rejected mates is one of my favorite tropes and this one hit all the notes nicely. FMC was both strong and weak. She had a lot of trauma to work through. I liked the men she ends up with as they help elevate her. However, adding new mates was a bit weird. Overall, it was good enough to read the next book.

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Alpha King’s Second Chance Pregnant Mate by Elara Haze and KA Iris

4 Stars

I had the Alpha King’s baby in secret.

Now fate has dragged me back- and Ryder won’t lose me twice.

Five years ago, he was my first love.

My fated mate. My forever.

Until his family showed me photos of him with another woman… and promised they'd kill me before they let me wear his crown.

So I ran- pregnant, broken, and swearing I would never trust him again.

Now I’m back in our small town, trying to give my son the childhood I never had.

But at parent–teacher night, my little boy stares up at Ryder and asks the one question that tears everything apart:

“Are you my daddy?”

Now the truth is out.

His family still hates me.

The lies that destroyed us still linger.

But Ryder’s eyes tell me one thing-- he’ll burn down anything to claim us.

But do I risk my son’s safety to admit the Alpha King is his father?

Or do I keep fighting the mate bond that refuses to die and the man who is determined to claim what he lost?

I really enjoyed this book. I loved Ryder and Jasmine. Add in their kid and Ryder’s sister the book was good. I did question how the bad guy found them. I also wanted Ryder’s parents to suffer more for their part in the separation.

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Knot Here for You by Tana Rose

3 Stars

I thought I found my fated pack when I was seventeen. The Werth pack promised me they would always take care of me, never let me hurt. I thought we were going to spend forever together. But in one moment of betrayal, they ripped it all away.

Shattered and rejected, I ran.

Seven years later, I’m forced to come back to the scene of my biggest heartbreak. I plan a quick visit. Get in. Sign some paperwork. Get out. No longer than twenty-four hours. But what’s that they say about the best laid plans?

As soon as the Werth pack hears I’m in town, they seek me out, determined to explain. To make me listen to the reasons they picked another omega over me. They want me to give them another chance to prove to me they still want me, that I can trust them, that they’ll never hurt me again.

I can’t say I’m not tempted.

What they don’t know? Another rejection from them just might kill me. I can’t give in, can’t let them back into my life, my heart, my body.

No, I have to make it clear: I’m not here for them.

I still hate the guys so much. I get they were all young and they were doing what they thought was best but they nearly killed their fated mate by rejecting her. Even though that’s not what they intended. Maybe loop her into the conversation would have helped. I never felt they made it up to her.

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Alpha King’s Runaway Mate by Elara Haze

2 Stars

I spent a night with the alpha king

Then he rejected me and said “You’ll never be my mate.”

The night I was supposed to be presented to an alpha like a good little omega, I ran.

I wanted nothing to do with him, nothing to do with the bond.

So I slipped away into the gardens… and straight into the arms of a gorgeous, mysterious guard.

His dark eyes and scars screamed of danger, but I let myself have one forbidden night.

But the next morning, our bond snapped into place.

But it turns out, he wasn't a guard. He was Magnus Ashfjord, The Alpha King.

The ruler of over a hundred wolf packs.

And the man my pack once betrayed.

So when he found out, he rejected me.

And I did what I had to—I ran.

For three years, I’ve built a life without him.

Until fate rips us back together.

Because when I see Magnus again, with another woman around his arm, I want to tear her throat out.

My wolf snaps. I thought our bond had died, but it's stronger than ever.

And when I go into heat, there's only one king that can satisfy my needs.

But this time, I won’t let him break my heart…

There was so much repetitiveness in this book. I started skimming the story to finish the story. I liked the king and he tries so hard to make up with his mate but she was just awful. I struggled so much with her character and why she did what she did. Overall, I would skip this one.

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Come Back to Me by Sirena Song

3 Stars

Lizzy Lockstead recognized her pack as a girl. Too bad they didn’t.

After years of pinning for Jacob and his pack, Lizzy has given up on fated mates, scent-matches, and love. Coming into her twenty-first year after graduating from the state Omega Finishing Academy, she makes her way back home to Knotty Pines, resigned to settle for a life without her alphas by her side. Just when she has given up hope, the pack comes for her, pleading forgiveness. Will she find room in her heart to forgive her alphas and join the pack she knows is meant for her? Can she trust them with her heart after all this time?

Jacob Edwards lost his omega right out from under his nose.

After years of searching for his pack’s omega, he realizes she was there all along. His best friend's younger sister wasn’t the omega he was expecting, but when he finds a trace of her scent the summer she turns twenty-one there is no denying who she is to them. The hunt is on, but Lizzy blocks them at every turn. How could he, Mateo, and Rhett make such a huge mistake? How will he ever get her to come back to him when they denied her for so long?

The men in this book just pissed me off so much. Add in Lizzy’s mother I just wanted to bash so many heads together. Lizzy deserved more groveling and care than she got. She told so many people that they were her mates and they all made out like she was crazy and it was just a girl hood crush. Then when they figured out that she was in fact their mate she was just supposed to forgive and forget. Ultimately I did enjoy the read and the drama but I so wanted her to reject all of them and make them crawl.

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Trueborn’s Queen by Leona Page

1 Star

Warning Mature Language and Content, including abuse, violence, and SA

Ophelia
I never wanted this. I never asked to be a Luna. I only wanted a mate who loves me and cares for me as I do him. A simple life; happy and secure. I never knew that there was no humanity left to soften the Beast. I didn't understand until it was too late. I ran. I ran into the arms of another wolf. A good wolf. A knight in shining armor. A fairytale prince... but royal blood will never be stronger than a TrueBorn.

Gideon
I am TrueBorn alpha and no runt princeling will take her from me. She is mine. If I need to become King to Claim her, then so be it. I will make her a Queen.

Luna's are fought over... a Queen is worth dying for.

 

I’ve loved most of Page’s books but between errors in spelling and grammar plus the redemption of Gideon. I just hated this book. Gideon never redeems himself from all that he did to Ophelia. Ophelia tried so hard to get away from him and when all avenues are blocked she caves to his demands. I loved the secondary characters and Ophelia but Gideon just ruined the story.

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Alpha King’s Secret Baby by KA Iris

3 Stars

I thought fated mates were forever. Then the alpha king rejected me—

and left me pregnant with his secret baby.

When I met Alpha Trick at the Omega ball, I thought I had finally found my mate. But that same night, he ended up rejecting me.

It was all it took to rip my world apart. I ran away, hiding my heartbreak—and the secret baby in my belly.

Months later, he’s found me, He says he’s sorry.He says he’s been searching for me for years. He says he wants us to be a family.

But I’m not the broken omega who ran from him. If Trick wants me back, he’ll have to prove it. Because this time, I’m not just fighting for myself. I’m fighting for my unborn baby— and I'll protect her at all costs..

Trick was an idiot from beginning to end. She forgave him way too quickly. He kept so many secrets and instead of apologizing he doubled down. She was too good for his pack and him.

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Rejected to Pregnant by the Alpha King by Ada Night

2.75 Stars

My alpha mate rejected me and threw me to rogues. Then I was saved by an Alpha King. Now, he wants me to give him a pup.

Alpha Zaid was everything I ever wanted - powerful, possessive, and sexy. I thought we were perfect mates- Until I find out he’s supposed to marry another woman. Now, I’m degraded to being a surrogate.

She’s beautiful and perfect, but Zaid swears that he wants me instead.

Can I trust him? Or is he just using me to get what he wants?

Falling for an Alpha King wasn't in my plans, but now I have to decide: do I protect myself, and my unborn child, or do I fight for a future family with Zaid as my mate?

It was too long. Plus the characters irritated me. FMC is abused by everyone and falls into bed with MMC. He does everything but mate her. This mating would have protected her but nope lets let her be abused some more. It just didn’t work for me.

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Heir Apparent Reject Mate Cate C Wells

3 Stars

He rejected me for “reasons.” Too bad for him. No take backs.

Rosie

Fate made a huge mistake when she mated me to Cadoc Collins. He’s the heir apparent. I’m a scavenger. My people are so low in this pack, we don’t even rank.

I should have known better, but for one night, I let myself forget the facts of life in Moon Lake. Cadoc Collins might be powerless to resist me, but he’s not going to claim me, either.

A pink line on a stick makes it a much bigger problem than my bruised heart.

I’m eighteen, knocked up, and publicly rejected by the future alpha. And this baby in my belly? It might as well be a target on my back.

Lucky for me I’m a scavenger. My kind are good at finding things, but we’re great at getting lost.

Cadoc

The fate of Moon Lake rests on my shoulders. I can’t claim the scavenger female.

The pack is on the verge of a revolt, and a mating so controversial could push our warring factions into open conflict.

All I need is time. I’ll do what’s expected of me as our future leader, and when the politics are sorted, I’ll do right by the odd little scavenger.

I’m the heir apparent. She’ll be there when I’m ready.

Right?

So slow to begin plus limited world building led to a hard read. It is a part of a series so book one might have what I need. I did get through it and I liked how it ended but it took me a while to get there.

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Rejected and Pregnant by the Alpha King by Via Thorn; Knotted by the Alphas by Via Thorn

2 Stars for both

Rejected and Pregnant by the Alpha King

I spent a night with the alpha king

Then he got me pregnant, rejected me, and left me for another.

I attended alpha king’s ball as a disgraced beta.

But Imagine my surprise when at the party, I come across the man of the hour himself, Aiden Summers.

Our eyes lock, and an unexpected mating bond snaps into place.Aiden and I share a hot night together, and all signs point to our union.

Then I find out I'm pregnant, and Aiden seems to have moved on with another woman.

I have a choice to make:

Do I confront Aiden and his soon-to-be Luna?

Do I leave the Andromeda Pack, disgraced and alone?

Or do I accept the proposed alliance of the alpha king of the south, allowing him to become my ally and maybe something more…

Knotted

I was rejected and left for dead

Until three alphas rescued me.

Now they want me to give them a baby.

In their pack, omegas are breeders.

And to survive, I have to become one.

Especially when my first heat is coming...

The only way to escape my past and secure my future is to be with them.

Ryder—the forbidden alpha’s son.

Kian—the sexy, violent killer.

Axel—the ruthless pack hunter.

I want them all.

But the problem is- they're forbidden, and no one tells me why.

I’m a lowly omega, raised as a pariah and despised by all.

I want a life with them.

But my old alpha is hunting me down-

And my dangerous past threatens to destroy everything.

Can I convince my alphas to claim me as their mate?

Or will I be rejected by them all when they find out what I'm hiding?

Reviewing together because it is the same comments for both books. These two books are set in a shared world and they don’t match with what the other books do. Which makes it a confusing read since I went in expecting certain things because shared world. I not only was disappointed by this but I also didn’t like the author’s writing style and just overall didn’t enjoy them. This is so disappointing as I love rejected mates.

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Bound to the Alpha King by KA Iris

4 Stars

An evil alpha is coming to kill me for revenge.

And to top it off,

I’m pregnant with Alpha Jax’s pup.

But our entire pack's livelihood is at stake,

And I have an ultimate choice to make:

Do I hand myself over to the enemy in order to save the lives of my pack?

Do I take my pup and run, alone?

Do Jax and I try to escape and start a new rogue life for our family?

Or do we stay and fight, knowing that we may lose everything…

Still not a huge fan of Jax. He again screws around in this one without finding out any consequences and I am frustrated by this. I do love all the other characters. I also loved how everything plays out with the overarching plot from book 1 to 2. There are more books in the series and I will be checking them out.

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