Future Alpha Cleo Sharpe believes that she has it all: an amazing future, a devoted pack, and a handsome fiancé.  She is horrified to learn that her mate is the pack loner, not the man whose ring she wears. Zander Underwood is a man on a mission: he is determined to find his parents’ murder, even if it means breaking his own heart and abandoning his mate. As Cleo learns more about the dark forces that haunt the wolf packs, she will be forced to choose between the life she has al-ways imagined and the enticing pull of man as intoxicating as he is mysterious.  

The Alpha's Reluctant Mate is created by Katrina Guerin, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The Alpha's Reluctant Mate

I pulled myself away from Zander, and he looked at me with a fire in his eyes. A warmth spread throughout my body under the heat of his gaze. I wanted him like I hadn’t wanted anyone before. It was a strong feeling in my heart that wanted to feel him pressed up against my body again.


"Maybe we can try that again sometime,” Zander flirtatiously said.


I laid my head on his shoulder and said, “Only if I feel like it. Maybe this was a once in a lifetime thing.”


“Maybe I can do that. I convinced you the first time,” he said with a charming smile.


Zander pulled me onto his lap and leaned in close enough that his lips were dangerously close to mine. My heart thudded loudly, and it felt as if time had slowed down.


His lips got close enough to kiss me. Zander’s breath felt hot near my mouth, and he gazed into my eyes with an intensity I had never seen before. It felt as if he was staring into my soul which made me shiver.


Chapter 29: Parlay