Rachel wants nothing more than to hide her baby away from Bastian. However, Bastian might be the only one who can save them.
When Rachel is captured and turned into a bear against her will, she believes all bears are evil and vows to have nothing to do with them. She has no interest in exploring her bear side, and she tries to live a normal human life. She writes off love—for how can she have a … she have a relationship when she has such a terrible secret?
When she meets Bastian and learns he is from out of town, she allows herself to have a one-night stand with him. Months later, pregnant and terrified, Rachel discovers that Bastian is the alpha bear who was behind her original capture and she flees.
Bastian learns he might have a child, a child who would be the heir to his pack, and he vows to find Rachel and his baby. He is prepared to fight for what is his. What he isn’t prepared for is the rush of love he feels when he sees the baby and Rachel.
Can Bastian convince Rachel that not all bears are evil? Will Rachel ever learn to trust Bastian?
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes and lots of sexy shifters. Intended for mature audiences.
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nd we’re off and running again with Lola Gabriel’s fourth book in the “Sanmere Shifters” series. This one captured my interest from the very beginning with Rachel, a human, being kidnapped by a Matchmaker and turned into a bear. After all this, she’s let go because the buyer is not interested. For eight years Rachel has tried to put that behind her and live her life as a human, never turning and trying to ignore the fact she has another side. Then Bastian comes to town and the chemistry between the two is so palpable when they meet a one-night stand comes into play and Rachel finds herself pregnant. After locating someone who knows Bastian she gives them her phone number to relay to Bastian with a message to contact her. What she didn’t know beforehand was that Bastian was the Alpha Bear of the local pack and she was kidnapped for him. Now the chase is on! The unmistakable drama, angst, misunderstandings, and miscommunications run rampant while coming head-to-head with a FATE induced love and chemistry. What isn’t to love about a book that can take you so far away you actually feel a part of the character’s world?
A very well written story which allows you to feel the angst of the characters. It was fast paced and the characters finally got their HAE. I loved reading this book and have no doubt that I’ll be reading it again shortly. Definitely recommend.
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I loved this book. But then again, I love all Lola’s books. 😀 I really liked the heroine and I found her extremely relatable as a person who needs to leave the past behind and have a fresh start in her life, trying to forget everything that happened to her that night. I liked the “pregnancy plot” very much and the fact that the story progressed at different time intervals (i.e. present, 8 years after the incident, 2 years after giving birth etc.) I found this really interesting. The characters are interesting, the story is well-built, there is drama, action, hot scenes and HEA 🙂
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What a wonderfully heartwarming conclusion to the Sanmere Shifter series by Lola Gabriel. Rachel a young woman captured and turned into a bear shifter flees her hometown and her friends to start a new life. When a chance and passionate encounter with Bastian an alpha bear shifter leads to unplanned pregnancy and unknown secrets are revealed, will Bastian help Rachel overcome her traumatic turning and realize that not all bear shifters cause harm? Shifting Truths is a captivating must read filled with heartache, fear, trauma, passion, secrets, danger, suspense, healing, second chances, forgiveness, and love. Readers won’t want to put this book down.
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Rachel was kidnapped because she had the sanmere gene and would be able to be turned into a shifter. The old bear alpha had ordered her from the match maker for breeding. Bastian has taken the alpha postion over from his father. While in town he had a one night stand withy a beautiful woman that he thought was human. Well, that night led to a baby. Their courtship is riddled with deceit and danger and a bit of running and hiding. Exciting and interesting
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Shifting Truths by Lola Gabriel is an amazing story that I have had the privilege to read. This is book number four in this amazing series that I have loved reading. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about bear shifters, contemporary, dark and paranormal romance.
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I loved this fantastic book, it’s full of so much drama, intrigue, suspense, and passion. I loved where the twists took me. Bastion never gave up on Rachel. Loved it from the first page to the last.
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** spoiler alert ** Rachel believes shifters are monsters. Finding a mate wasn’t on Bastian’s radar. The heart wants what it wants. Will Rachel be able to see past what she thinks? Will Bastian get the family he never knew he wanted?
Loved how these two couldn’t help, but be drawn to each other. I didn’t blame Rachel for what she thought after what she had been put through, but loved how she was willing to look past it. I loved how Bastian was determined to do anything to protect his family and prove he was in it for the long haul! Good read!
Shifting Truths is about a woman who gets kidnapped and turned into a bear shifter against her will. When she goes on the run she meets Bastian and her life changes in ways she could have never imagine. Rachel and Bastian go through so much in this book and I found myself wanting them to get their HEA and for her to find a place to settle down. A well written story with likable characters and a storyline that is a page turner make this a must read.
Great story by Lola Gabriel. Rachel gets kidnapped by a crazy bear shifter who plans to sell her to the Alpha of District 212 as his mate. Rachel has a special protein in her blood that will allow her to become a bear if turned and also be able to produce babies.Things go from bad to worse in the blink of an eye. Will she be able to live a normal life?
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This is the fourth book in the Sanmere Shifters series. I really enjoyed every book but, this one is my favorite. Rachel and Bastian’s story is full of drama, suspense, romance, secrets, twist and turns. Great storyline with interesting characters. It is a journey that will captivate you from the start.
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Shifting Truths is very well written and has some interesting variations on the typical shifter story. Rachel, the heroine, was not born a shifter – she was kidnapped and forcibly changed to a bear shifter in a sort of human trafficking scheme. Although she is ultimately released, Rachel considers bear shifters to be monsters. Her immortality and lack of aging force her to change jobs and cities every few years. Being a shifter is not a positive thing for Rachel – she has no close friends or romantic relationships. She has occasional one night stands, but cannot allow anyone to find out that she is a monster.
When Rachel and Bastian have a steamy encounter, neither thinks anything of it. As alpha of the bear shifters, Bastian thinks he knows all the bear shifters so he assumed Rachel is fully human. The only bear shifter Rachel knows is the s
creepy shifter who turned her into a bear and planned to sell her to the local alpha for forced breeding. It never crosses her mind that Bastian is a bear shifter until she finds that she is pregnant.
The author builds some interesting ethical and moral dilemmas into this story. The resolution of these issues drives the story and the personal growth that Rachel experiences. I recommend this book for readers interested in a different view of shifters with lots of heat.
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Rachel is kidnapped and turned into a bear shifter to be sold for breeding but is then let go.
Rachel was walking home from a dude date and is kidnapped by Lewis a Matchmaker who finds women carrying the Sanmere protein and sells them to shifters to produce female babies which the shifters had been cursed never to produce. She is told that usually the shifter buying them would change them but that the Alpha of District 212 only wants them to breed not be wives so Lewis changes them for him. When later he lets her go she runs not looking back. Eight years later she meets Bastian and goes to bed with him in a rush of emotion then finds herself pregnant so she knows he has to be a bear shifter. WHen she tries to trace Bastian she asks the man in the house she had seen him leave the day they met but Brady refuses to give out his number and as she gives him her number he lets slip that Bastian is the Alpha of District 212. She runs and leaves town.
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Poor Rachel. Thrown into a circumstance that she could never fathom or imagine, without any instruction whatsoever. Just when things became more settled, her surroundings changed again. She should get a medal for how she handled life.
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Ten years of her life she had been afraid of herself. Then to find out she had some things wrong.(Shaking my head.) What a waist. She could have had a different life if she had not been afraid to turn into a monster. What if’s never made things right. She needed o find out more information and she did not know how to do that. Good story, I enjoyed it very much. I received a complimentary review copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
An act of violence changes Rachel’s life forever. Wary of entanglements, she risks reaching out to Bastien, however, when she finds out who he is, she runs. He cannot imagine why she disappeared, but continues to search for her. I loved reading how their relationship blossomed when all secrets were told.
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Rachel is tricked, kidnapped and turned to a bear against her will. She is then released instead of sold and is told that if she tells anyone that she will be killed. She researches information about shifters and learns some things but there isn’t a lot of information about them since no one knows of their existence. Years later she has a one night stand with Bastian and fall pregnant. When she finds out that his pack is responsible for her turning she runs. Bastian looks for Rachel and his unborn child and is unable to find them. By chance Bastian finds Rachel and his child. Now he must set wrongs right and fights for his mate and child. What happens now? Must read to find out. An adventure worth reading.
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This is an absolutely fascinating bear shifter romance that caught my attention within the first few pages & kept it until the end. The plot is well-paced & flows smoothly throughout the story-line. There is good scene descriptions & world building. The characters are well-developed & interesting with good chemistry between them.
It is about: a young woman (Rachel) who was turned against her will by a bear shifter matchmaker (Simon) based on an order of an alpha bear shifter looking for female mates/breeders with the Sanmere gene but is later released. Rachel since then has been hiding in plain sight but then meets a man (Bastian) with whom she has a one-night stand & becomes pregnant. Rachel later discovers that Bastian is the alpha bear shifter of District 212 whom she assumes is responsible for her abduction & involuntary turning & goes on the run to a new town where she has a baby girl (Stephanie)
There is: adventure, some action, twists & turns, drama, intrigue, mystery, secrets, suspense, humor, conflict, mild violence, conflict, attractions, discovery, emotional turmoil, paranoia, confrontation, accusations, apologies, misunderstandings, explanations, compromises, contentment, some steamy scenes, love & a satisfying conclusion.
This is the well-written book, Shifting Truths by Lola Gabriel is book 4 in the Sanmere Shifters series and it continues the Matchmaker and the Sanmere protein scenario first introduced in the District Shifter series. She is suppressing her bear and has a one night stand with a bear shifter without knowing. When she finds out she’s pregnant she thinks he has done it on purpose to breed her and runs. Can she learn to trust him so she and her baby will be safe. These characters are well written have good chemistry.
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Rachel is kidnapped by a matchmaker and turned by him into a bear shifter, as ordered by the alpha bear of the local pack, to procure mates to the clan. The matchmaker told her what he would do, but after she was turned and waiting to be delivered, she is suddenly released. Not trusting herself around her friends she moves to a new town.
10 years later she has a one-night stand with a man and realises that he must have been a bear shifter. Looking for him she finds out he is the local alpha and runs, not knowing that there was a new alpha…
The story is fairly typical for the Sanmere Shifter series, except that the turning had happened a long time ago. Still the matchmaker plays a role in the story up to the end.
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