Beta's Surprise Mate - A Fated Mates Shifter Romance #980105

He was supposed to find his mate first. Instead, he found her.
Dante Ashford has one job: be the perfect alpha heir. Find a strong wolf mate. Secure the bloodline. Lead the pack when his time comes.
At thirty-three, he's failing spectacularly.
Mateless. Virgin by choice. And watching his younger brother plan a wedding while the pack whispers behind his back.
Then he walks into a flower shop for one simple consultation, and his wolf loses its damn mind.
She smells like honeysuckle and rain. She's human. And she's absolutely, impossibly his mate.
Everything he was raised to want just became everything he can't have.

I built my flower shop to escape my controlling family. I wasn't looking for love.
Amara Bennett left Atlanta and her overbearing parents to build something that mattered. Bloom & Root is her dream—her independence wrapped up in petals and soil.
The last thing she needs is a brooding, gorgeous client who can't decide if he wants to kiss her or run away.
Dante Ashford is infuriating. Hot one minute, cold the next. He looks at her like she's the answer to every question he's ever asked, then disappears for days.
When he finally tells her the truth—that he's a werewolf, that she's his fated mate, that choosing her means losing everything—she should laugh in his face.
Instead, she says yes.
Because sometimes the craziest choice is the right one.

Their bond could destroy his future. Or save it.
The pack council doesn't want a human Luna. Dante's rival sees her as the perfect weakness to exploit. And Amara's learning that loving a werewolf means navigating pack politics, territorial fights, and a world where she'll always be the vulnerable one.
But she's stronger than anyone thinks.
And when Dante's enemies come for her—vandalize her shop, threaten her life, force him into a challenge that could cost him everything—she refuses to be the reason he fails.
She'll prove she belongs in his world.
Even if it means risking her life to do it.

He gave up his title for her. Now she'll fight to give it back.
This is the story of a werewolf who chose love over duty.
And a human woman who chose courage over safety.
Together, they'll show the pack that true strength isn't about bloodlines or tradition.
It's about the bonds we fight to keep.