The Bear's Chosen Mate
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4.1 • 113 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
He thought he could choose his mate. Fate had other ideas.
When James Borealis’s mating fever hits, the youngest of the polar bear brothers has one plan—claim his best friend before the heat drives him wild. Kaylee’s everything he wants: loyal, gorgeous, and off-limits.
But friendship doesn’t stand a chance against a bear’s instincts.
Kaylee knows all about polar bear mating fever—and she’s not about to become James’s convenient cure. She’s a quiet bobcat shifter with scars and secrets of her own, while he’s the charming face of Borealis Gems, living life in the spotlight. They don’t make sense. They never did.
Until one touch breaks every rule between them.
Now passion’s burning hotter than the Arctic sun, and the only thing more dangerous than surrendering… is pretending they were ever just friends.
Fate’s called his bluff—and this time, love’s playing for keeps.
Customer Reviews
Friends to lovers/mates
One of my favourite tropes is the friend to lover, and The bears chosen mate didn’t disappoint. James and his brothers have been served an ultimatum by their interfering but loving grandfather stop trying to avoid finding a mate or he will sell out the family company to the competition. James the youngest brother decides his mate is his best friend Kaylee, but first he has to convince Kaylee to give him a chance. Cute, funny and fun I enjoyed reading their story and look forward to reading the next two books in the series.
Loved it!
I loved the book & look forward to more books in this series:). The characters grew together & it was fun to visit this pack. Keep them coming!
3.5 stars-needed more background history
3.5 stars--THE BEAR’S CHOSEN MATE is the first instalment and novella in Vivian Arend’s contemporary, adult BOREALIS BEARS paranormal, romance series focusing on the polar bear shifters of the Borealis Bears. This is youngest brother businessman James Borealis, and feline shifter / photographer Kaylee Banks’ story line.
Told from several third person perspectives including James and Kaylee THE BEAR’S CHOSEN MATE follows the friends to lovers relationship between polar bear shifter James Borealis, and feline shifter Kaylee Banks. Patriarch Giles Borealis is hoping to hand over the reigns of Borealis Gems to his three grandsons but in an effort to help things along, Giles blackmails his heirs into finding mates, or lose control of Borealis Gems. James, Cooper and Alex have no intention of tying themselves down with one woman but the mating fever is about to take control. When the mating fever hits, James only wants one woman, his best friend, Kaylee Banks. What ensues is the mating dance between Kaylee and James, and the potential fall out as Kaylee doesn’t feel the urge to mate the same way James feels about his life-long friend.
THE BEAR’S CHOSEN MATE is a quick, erotic, paranormal read; an introductory tale that hints at a possible threat to Borealis Gems. A character driven story line, THE BEAR’S CHOSEN MATE is a fun, sassy and sexy look at shifters in love.
A couple of issues: I was hoping for a little more background history with regards to Kaylee and James; and the confusing addition of a shipment of ‘product ‘ from Kaylee’s parents, an addition that appears to come out of left field, without explanation or purpose-perhaps there is something in future instalments that explains this particular story line inclusion.