Focus on the work. She’ll be back. She has to come back…Bear Shifter Sheriff Marcus Stone had a missing person’s case to work, but his heart just wasn’t in it. This missing pastor was probably off “hiking the Appalachian trail,” as the politicians liked to say. His heart was with Angie, over a thousand miles away in a world that couldn’t be more different than his simple small town life in … than his simple small town life in Charming. New York City had everything you could ever want, and Marcus knew that Angie was a big city kind of girl. Focus on the work…
Angie needed to get back to Marcus, to her new home in Arizona. The future was an unknown dark path that seemed to stretch out forever, but as long as she had Marcus she’d walk it without hesitation. But the night before she is to fly back to the man of her dreams, her past catches up with her. Put into an impossible situation, she has to choose between lying to the man she loves or losing him altogether. Who knew choices could weigh on you like chains of iron?
But things go from bad to worse as three strange individuals are seen around Charming, asking questions that hit a little too close to home. What’s even worse is that Marcus can tell they’re different, yet somehow familiar.
To hell and back, if that’s what it takes to be with her…
USA Today Bestselling Author Becca Fanning is proud to bring you this Fated Mates story, packed with all the action, steam and great chemistry you can handle!
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Fate’s Reaping is action-packed with vivid imagery. It offers drama, intrigue, and romance with twists and turns that made the story interesting. I appreciated learning more about Angie and her past, as well as gaining insight into the workings of Marcus’s mind. I enjoyed the ebb and flow of Angie and Marcus’s relationship as they endeavor to build a life together. The ending left me yearning for the next book- Mate’s Harvest. Overall, good read.
This second Bear Sheriff book picks up where the first left off and loaded with even more action that its predecessor. The tortured soul that is Marcus still has his doubts about good things happening in his life, but with Angie he’s found some hope. Except, this pair just can’t catch a break. Between seemingly random acts of violence against one or both of them, a couple of disappearances, trouble from the past on both sides, and another danger lurking, Marcus and Angie barely get a chance to breathe let alone work on their new relationship. However, we do get some romance as our sexy bear and his lady love do manage to sneak in some time together, both for communication and steamy goodness, even if they have to steal a few minutes between disasters. The story moves along at a breakneck speed and the many twists make it next to impossible to put down. This is the second book in a continuing story and while it would technically be possible to follow most of the story on its own (we do get some backstory), I would highly recommend reading the books in order. We also get a cliffy with this one, which has left this reader not so patiently tapping her foot in anticipation of what’s to come for Marcus and Angie.
I finished reading this late last night. Marcus is really falling for Angie hard and quickly he is afraid that he doesn’t have much to offer her. There are secrets within him that he hasn’t shared with Angie. Angie wants a life with the good Sheriff of Charming but she too has secrets that she hasn’t shared. These secrets come out in this story. Sharing them has only made their love stronger as well as the commitment to each other.
I cannot wait to see how this couple handles what was shared at the end of this story. I have read Ms. Fanning for awhile now and I am impressed with her improvement in her story telling. I will definitely recommend her stories now. I voluntarily read an advance copy and have not been compensated in any way for this opinion.
Angie and Marcus are separated while Angie ties up loose ends in New York before returning to stay with Marcus. Marcus, so damaged by the loss of his first wife and abandonment by his father doubts that Angie will return, but is overjoyed when she shows up on his porch one summer night.
Thinking that his life was finally taking a turn for the better, Angie and Marcus are once again stalked by a killer and must figure out who it is before the killer can claim another victim.