He’s got the perfect mate in mind, for five years from now… use a loophole to keep the vow he made to his brothers, mating fever be damned.. He’ll be with Amber Myawayan at the place and time of his choosing.
Amber has spent the past two years in the north looking for her missing brother—and falling in love with the big, growly polar bear at the helm of Borealis Gems. More than once, she’s caught him looking at her with hungry shifter eyes. But getting him to admit it? Ha! Luckily, mating fever is a thing, and she’s happy to get involved as nature forces the issue to the forefront.
But when their mating bond is unexpectedly blocked, Amber and Cooper find themselves in a race against time. She needs to track down her brother while somehow proving she’s tough enough to be with her favourite bear. Cooper plans to protect her at all costs, even if it means secretly stifling his stubborn shifter side.
Somewhere in the wilderness they’ll find the answer…or lose their chance at forever.
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Well, I read a holiday book even when I didn’t know I was reading one! The book takes place, or ends up, over the Christmas season, so I’m calling it a holiday book. What it really is is a shifter who’s bear side knows what he wants, and the human side who knows what he wants, but needs it to fit with his lists and timetable. Our feisty heroine is done waiting around, so she takes matters into her own hands. This does not guarantee the smooth sailing they both want, once our hero re-does his list, but a few new and different issues neither anticipated. It all works out in the end, and we get our HEA, and a heartwarming look into grandma and grandpa’s love story as well in the epilogue <3
Loved Cooper and Amber, sweet office romance
Polar bear shifter, Cooper Borealis at 36, is an attorney and CEO of the family business, Borealis Gems. He is the last bear standing. Grandpa Giles 85 birthday is coming soon.
Cooper is a planner. Claiming his mate isn’t part of the plan for a few more years. He has a few things to do to make it happen. He plans to use a loop hole in his grandfather’s edict to stick to his plan.
Amber Myawagan is PA to Cooper Borealis. She is best friends with his brothers mates. Amber is in love with her boss. Cooper runs hot and cold. With some help from his grandmother and her best friends, Amber makes a move. She is determined to help Cooper through the mating heat.
Cooper tossed his plans and time tables, when Amber staked her claim. While Cooper the man is ready to claim Amber as his mate, his best is holding back. Amber has to prove to the bear that she wants him to.
A lead on Amber’s brother in a remote village has Amber, Cooper and his family, along with several of Lara’s wolves traveling cross country. Along the way Amber and Cooper’s best get to know each other.
A sweet and steamy end to the series. Loved Cooper and Amber ‘s story. Loved Cooper’s best and Lara’s pack. A nice ending to wrap up their story and the series.
With two of his grandchildren already happy with their mates, now all that was missing was the CEO, Cooper Borealis. But unlike the brothers who had fallen in love with shifters, Cooper was in love with his human secretary, Amber.
Very close to having his Polar Bear mating fever, Cooper did not want to bind Amber in an engagement because of the fever. So, he rented a cabin to chain himself and let the period pass, but as his secretary, Amber found out his plans, and went after him.
During the fever period, the two stayed together. After the fever, Cooper told her that they would stay together, but this time there was a huge obstacle: Cooper’s bear didn’t accept his choice. That’s because for there to be a bond between the couple (and they could talk mentally) the female would have to accept his animal side, and it turned out that Amber was afraid of the bear. And there was still a curse involving the delay in claiming the mate (and about that Cooper would have to deal with in due time.)
While looking for a way to convince his bear that Amber would be their mate, Cooper decided to help her find her brother.
Amber and Mason had been raised by foster family, and when their parents’ plane crashed, Mason wanted to find out what had happened… and he, too, disappeared.
Now, Amber had news of seeing her brother in a shifter domain area, and there was no way to get there by plane.
Lara (wolf), Alex’s mate, offered to take them there.
With the joy of meeting her brother, Amber also discovered new secrets, and in the meantime, Cooper’s bear had to decide what the outcome would be between him and Amber. Would they be together forever?
4 stars
Cooper is already courting Amber but in his own, very slow, way because she’s a human who only recently found out about the existence of shifters and he’s hoping that as she starts to trust him she’ll eventually develop stronger feelings. It turns out that both Cooper and his inner bear are very stubborn and although they’ve both chosen Amber neither of them are keen to start the mating dance any time soon.Amber has two goals, one is to find her missing brother and the other is to win Cooper’s heart. When the chance comes along to achieve the first she’s thrilled when Cooper volunteers to join her on her journey into the wilderness.
This is Book 3 in the Borealis Bears series. Cooper is about to go into mating fever and he knows that he’s going to mate Amber but not right now. He has a journal written with all kinds of rules and he’s not ready to mate just yet. No matter what his grandfather wants, this is on his time table and no one else’s! Or so he thinks. His mating bond doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, or does it? Something’s going on with Amber and it’s messing with his bear and the bond. This is one time when the family is going to have to step up and help out! I really enjoyed reading this series. The books are so fun to read. There’s always something happening that keeps you interested in the story. It’s not going to bog you down with unbelievable stuff so you can enjoy it and have a great time with the family. I highly recommend the series to you if you like a fun story.
It was a clean, well written book. No vulgar added.
This is the last book and it was great.
No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings
Good dialogues
Well developed characters that feels familiar
Great storyline
This author makes beautiful stories about families that has unique connections to each other
5 stars
Cooper Borealis, the last of the unmated Borealis bear shifters is about to go into mating fever. But he’s got his timetable written in his journal and he’s got his life planned out. He even know who he wants to mate with, and it’s a good thing Amber is interested in Cooper too.
But the family and the mating fever have other plans for Cooper and he soon finds that is timeline is null and void. Amber is with him and he needs her. When the mating bond fails to develop, it’s Cooper’s inner bear that has the answer. Amber has some unresolved issues, and it’s going to take the entire family to help her get things on the right path!
I’ve really enjoyed this series. It’s light and fun. Vivian Arend does an amazing job of incorporating the shifters into the human world, and the inner dialogue between man and animal has been the shining star of this series.
If you are looking for a lighter, sexy, low-on-conflict paranormal tale, this one might be for you!
I love Vivian’s stories!
I voluntarily offered to review this book with no obligations and my opinions are honest!
This was a great book !
Cooper is all about the getting married, just not now.
He even knows who he wants to be mated to.
But he has a plan.
Amber is tired of waiting for Cooper to make a move.
How much longer does she has to wait ?
Loved the characters + the storytelling !
It has all the ingredients that you need for a great book!
These Borealis Bears took us on quite an adventure!
I can’t wait to see what other adventure this author is going to come up with.
I enjoyed Cooper and Amber’s story. Ms. Arend has a way of telling stories about family and this is no different. At first, I wasn’t sure why Cooper was delaying the inevitable mating with Amber but then I understood his hesitation about her being a human and how she would deal with him being a shifter. The search for her brother and family helped in solidifying their lifetime mating. Too bad we won’t be reading more about elder Borealis’ and their meddling.
***4 Stars***
This was a quick, fun read and while I’m sad that this is the last in the series, I loved the way everything ended up for the Borealis clan.
Amber is all kinds of awesome. She’s had an interesting life, one filled with ups and downs that have shaped her, but she’s persevered and is living her best life possible. Cooper is all about his family and their company. He’ll do anything for them ~ well, almost ~ but he’s also all about his ‘lists’ obsessively (and kind of irritatingly) so, but his heart is in the right place.
Cooper and Amber’s journey to their HEA was a fun one, especially since Cooper the adorable polar bear puts his paw into the mix. I loved their bantering and how Amber constantly kept Cooper on his toes, while he in turn became even more enamored of the woman. Their bump in the road was an interesting one, but made sense in the context of what a mating is and I really enjoyed how it all worked out in the end.
The Bear’s Forever Mate was a great addition to the series. I loved catching up with Alex, Lara, James and Kaylee and the ever interfering Grandfather Giles and finally getting to spend some quality time Grandmother Laureen. I’m also crossing my toes that we’ll get to spend some time with the wolf shifters ~ especially Dixon ~ and some of the other shifters we got to meet along the way. As for the ending/epilogue…I have to say it was perfect, especially when it comes to the Borealis family.
~ Copy provided by the author & voluntarily reviewed ~
THE BEAR’S FOREVER MATE is the third instalment in Vivian Arend’s contemporary, adult BOREALIS BEARS erotic, paranormal romance series focusing on Borealis polar bear shifter brothers. This is eldest brother Cooper Borealis, and Amber Myawayan’s story line. THE BEAR’S FOREVER MATE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
SOME BACKGROUND: Patriarch Giles Borealis is hoping to hand over the reigns of Borealis Gems to his three grandsons but in an effort to help things along, Giles blackmails his heirs into finding mates, or lose control of Borealis Gems. James, Cooper and Alex have no intention of tying themselves down with one woman but the mating fever is about to take control.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Cooper and Amber) THE BEAR’S FOREVER MATE follows Cooper Borealis as he struggles with the approach of the mating fever. Believing Amber Myawayan is his fated mate Cooper wants to wait a few more years before tying himself down to one woman forever but Amber wants nothing to do with waiting for Cooper to make up his mind, and sets about to seduce the man with whom she is in love. The problem, Amber is human, and Cooper’s ‘bear’ struggles with Amber’s intentions, as she continues to search for her missing brother. What ensues is the friends to lover relationship between Amber and Cooper, as the bears and their mates go in search of Amber’s brother, and the potential fall-out as Cooper’s bear stalls in his attempts to make Amber their mate.
The relationship between Cooper and Amber has been building for a long time but Cooper has a five year plan before he settles down with his fated mate. Hiding away in a cabin the woods, Cooper is surprised when the woman in question arrives with plans of her own. The $ex scenes are passionate and seductive without the use of over the top sexually graphic, language and text.
All of the previous couples return including Alex and Lara, James and Kaylee, Giles and Laureen Borealis, as well as several shifters from various packs, towns, and shifter types.
THE BEAR’S FOREVER MATE is a story of family and friendships; acceptance and love. The premise is engaging, entertaining and fun; the romance is flirty and energetic; the characters are colorful and charismatic.
Such an entertaining read.
A nice conclusion to the tale of three brothers manipulated into mating by their interfering grandfather.
The dialogue between Cooper and his bear had me in stitches. And how the communication worked between Amber and his bear was wonderfully clever.
Poor Cooper and his five-year plan, just didn’t work out as his OCD list making lifestyle expected.
He was very lucky that Amber wanted him so much, any other woman would have given up.
I didn’t feel as much connection or spark between these two H’s as I did the previous two couples but it still worked very well due to Amber and Cooper having known and worked together for a couple of years.
Really enjoyed travelling through the wilds of Alaska as Amber tracked down her missing brother. The dog sled trekking idea and laughed out loud at Dixon’s antics.
Loved the ending, so entertaining and a great surprise.
This is my honest review of this book.