He’s a bear. She’s a wolf. They shouldn’t be together, but they can’t be apart.Rowan needs some time away from the pressures of being an alpha and a weekend trip to Seattle. He needs to produce his heir, and his mother is convinced he needs to find his mate as soon as possible.At a small dive bar, he meets Holly, a petite, green-eyed force of nature. Holly just happens to be a wolf shifter. She’s … to be a wolf shifter. She’s been dragged to the city by her alpha father to be matched with the son of a neighboring pack’s alpha.
Against the odds, the Rowan and Holly hit it off, and they come up with a plan. Holly needs to get away from her pack, and Rowan needs a mate. Why not kill two birds with one stone and have Holly go back with Rowan, posing as his mate?
It’ll work for a while at least. Or that’s what they think. Their plan begins to unravel when it turns out they’re a lot more than friends. In fact, they’ve been meant for one another all along, despite the fact that this is unheard of between a wolf and a bear.
Will the star-crossed lovers overcome the odds against them?
If you love bear shifter romances, bad boys, secret baby romances, and alpha shifters who know how to take charge, then you will love Bear’s Fake Bride!
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes and lots of sexy shifters. Intended for 18+ audiences.
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A really good shifter romance.
Rowan, an alpha bear, was just looking for some time to himself when he flew from Anchorage to Seattle. He certainly hadn’t planned on meeting Holly, a wolf shifter, running from an arranged marriage. Both knew that nothing could come of their friendship because they were from different clans and shifter species but that didn’t stop their connection or Rowan from wanting to help hide Holly until things calmed down. The thing is though… the longer they are together, the deeper the connection is getting.
This book is part of the Bears of the Wild series but each book can be read as a standalone with no trouble at all.
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Absolutely Awesome Read, well written, great characters, Awesome story line, easy read to hold you on their journey, this genre might not be for everyone but its a really wonderful story cannot wait for more from this Author.
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I liked it. It’s a nice fun read.
This story is alot of fun and I don’t know who those two were fooling? The pack or themselves? All I know is that you never get away with lying, especially if you already have made your father upset and he is bound to come looking for you. These two are crazy together, but realize reality has come back to bite them, and while they are at it, they just might start a war. The banter between these two is funny, yet I wonder if they unconsciously knew what was going on between them.
Rowan goes to Seattle for a break.He meets Holly and they start as friends. She’s running from an arranged marriage. Over time they realize they truly love and care about each other. But can they convince her father to approve their bond? Nice ending.
A very nice turnabout. Very good story. Dramatic fight. Holly’s brother and his lies. If not for him things would have been very different. I received a complimentary review copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving a honest review.
Two people running away from their worries find themselves together. She wants to make her own choices and he wants to find his mate with out having interference. These two from different worlds will try to stop a war.
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Bear’s Fake Bride by Lola Gabriel is a good quick read; interesting,entertaining shifter romance between Rowan an Alpha Bear Shifter and Holly a Wolf shifter both being pressured by their family.. good storyline,interesting characters with great chemistry,great addition to the sezries,well done!
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I love bear’s and I love wolves – I can’t choose between them, but why should I? Super love
Ok that’s the soppy bit over with.
I enjoyed this story from the start. I loved the fact that the big male bear Alpha was the insecure, geeky one in the relationship and she was the fun loving, take charge, impulsive one – a nice turn of characteristics.
I also loved the ending – as if they’d be left out!
I can see many merges between the packs and I hope we get to hear about them.
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The third book in the Bears of the Wild series a well written story that held my interest throughout. There is suspense, drama, danger, twists, turns, two packs fighting, two people that should not be together yet find love with each other. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Rowan, an alpha bear, is feeling the pressure from his mom who feels it is time for him to find as mate and produce grandchildren. He decides to take the weekend off in Seattle to relax a little over the weekend. In Seattle, he heads over to a small bar and meets Holly, a wolf shifter. Holly has problems as well since she was brought to Seattle by her father who wants to arrange her marriage with another clan for political advantage. The meeting with her intended does not go well!
As Rowan and Holly talk about things, they decide they might be able to help each other by saying they are mated. Instead, it causes them even more trouble since no one wants to accept an inter-species mating. However, what was being faked is beginning to turn real as the two of them develop real feelings – they really are true mates! Can they make others understand their odd relationship? Will the others be able to accept their mating?
I love shifter stories! These two characters had a difficult time of things, issues to overcome, pressures and expectations of family to deal with. But fate, as it always does, brings them together to fulfill their destiny. I liked the characters and the story line that felt well-paced. Grab your copy and enjoy seeing how this couple navigates the difficulty of going against what others define for you.
Bear’s Fake Bride by Lola Gabriel is a sweet story of a bear shifter alpha Rowan, who on a weekend away from home in Anchorage, Alaska meets his fated mate a wolf shifter named Holly in Seattle, Washington. Holly is visiting the city to meet up with a wolf shifter alpha’s son who her father wants her to bond with but Holly has no intention of being sold or traded off to someone she doesn’t love. Rowan and Holly meet up in a dive bar and that is the beginning of a wonderfully sweet and surprising love story. This is a wonderful sweet and steamy love story with a happy ever after ending. Bear’s Fake Bride is a surprise fated mate story.
This was a great and well written book with characters that I loved from the start. Chemistry between the couple was steamy and the storyline flowed with ease.
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I enjoy reading shifter stories and this one doesn’t disappoint. There is plenty of conflict, surprises, and I still get my HEA. Lola Gabriel is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.
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The title doesn’t really have any meaning to the story. It is a little different from this type of book. Rowan and Holly don’t acknowledge their connection; he’s a bear and she’s a wolf. I didn’t think I would like Holly but she settles down over time to be more of the kind of person who should be mated to an alpha. He is kind of “mushy” for an alpha but his character is also redeemed as the story unfolds. I did find the story engaging and interesting and would recommend for shifter fans.
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Its refreshing to meet a modest, humble alpha. The repartee between Rowan and Holly was quirky, but so them. I liked the action and outcome at the end.
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Rowan is a bear-shifter alpha with a mother on a mission to find him a bride To get away from the pressure he goes off to Seattle to have a weekend by himself. Through a dating app he meets Holly, who is escaping for a few hours from the pressure her family puts on her to have an arranged marriage, so that he can continue the pure bloodline of her wolf-family. Wolf and bear are a bad combination- right? Wrong! They hid it off immediately and when Holly runs away from her first meeting with her soon to be fiance, they come up with the idea to fake being mates.
Realising that they actually are mates should solve the problem, but: bear and wolf –
It takes a while for them to find their HEA.
A nice book, entertaining and well-written. A good read for a quiet weekend or a holiday.
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This was a fantastic paranormal romance with n unlikely couple making a pact or an engagement agreement in order to prevent advantageous marriages by their parents. When Rowan an alpha bear shifter meets Holly a female wolf shifter an attraction burns bright and a friendship is struck. However what they least expected was to be destined for each other. Full of laughter, family/clan drama, passion, and love. This is a must read paranormal romance that will have readers captivated from beginning to end. I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
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Alpha bear Rowan needs not only a break from his clan but also from his mother who won’t stop hassling him about getting a mate so he heads to Seattle for a break. While here he heads to a small bar where he meets Holly She is a wolf shifter and has been dragged to Seattle so her father can marry her off to another clan to strengthen ties with them After talking they realise they can help one another if they say they are mated them it will solve both there problems What it actually starts is more problems no one will accept an inter species mating and to top it all off they are developing feelings for one another There will be plenty of drama before this story reached its conclusion but will it be a happy ending
This totally intriguing story is so exciting, I kept turning the pages, couldn’t put it down till the end. What Rowan and Holly went through to be together is so intense, I’m so glad it worked out for them.
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