The Fake Mate
an unmissable steamy paranormal fake dating romcom
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4.0 • 39 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
'Addictive, epically smutty and the breath of fresh air the romance genre didn't know it needed' ELENA ARMAS, New York Times bestselling author
Two wolf shifters agree to be fake mates but unexpectedly find something real in this steamy paranormal romantic comedy by Lana Ferguson, perfect for fans of Rosie Danan
Fake mate . . . or perfect date?
Mackenzie hasn't had a successful date in months. She's only a year out of residency, and her grandmother's obsession with finding the perfect mate threatens to drive her barking mad, so it should be a small thing when she lies about meeting someone . . . until she blurts out the name of the last man she would ever date: Noah 'The Big Bad Wolf of Denver General' Taylor.
Noah, interventional cardiologist and all-round grump, has spent his entire life hiding what he is - an unmated alpha. But when an anonymous tip brings everything to light, he's left with two choices: come clean to the board and risk his career or find himself a mate. So, when the chatty, overly friendly ER doctor asks him to be her fake boyfriend the same day he's called to meet the board, it must be kismet, right?
Mackenzie gets her grandmother off her back, and Noah gets the chance to prove he can continue to work without a real mate - it's a mutually beneficial business transaction. But when the fake-mate act turns to a very real friends-with-benefits arrangement, lines start to blur, and they quickly realise love is a whole different kind of animal.
Praise for Lana Ferguson
'Like if Ali Hazelwood and Tessa Bailey had a smutty baby. I devoured every page' RUBY DIXON
'Smart, fun, sexy, and sizzling with romantic tension' SARA DESAI
'Charming. Funny. Primal. Ferguson's paranormal romance manages to be sweet and spicy at the same time' Booklist
'Rosie Danan fans should snap this up' Publishers Weekly, starred review
'Funny, sweet, and very hot' Shondaland
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For this spicy paranormal rom-com, Ferguson (The Nanny) gleefully toys with shifter tropes, drawing on omegaverse fan fiction, where alpha and omega wolf shifters have distinct, inhuman sexual characteristics that uniquely complete each other. Doctor Mackenzie "Mack" Carter is a rare omega in wolf shifter hierarchy. Her matchmaking grandmother is determined to find her a decent man, but her recent blind dates have been "scraping the bottom of the barrel," and she's not interested in going on any more. Enter Dr. Noah Taylor, a fellow shifter and "the Boogeyman of Denver Memorial Hospital." He's as taciturn as Mack is bubbly and has a ("grossly overexaggerated") reputation for making nurses cry. His status as an unmated alpha comes with stigma (stereotypes include fits of rage and sexual violence)—and now that it's been leaked to the hospital higher-ups, he's afraid he'll lose his job. The solution to both their problems? Pretend to be fated mates with one another. What begins as a typical fake relationship story quickly slides into a delightfully endearing study of two people overcoming expectations. The kinkier side of omegaverse tropes won't be for those expecting a more traditional shifter romance, but readers willing to go with it will have plenty of fun.
