Debbie Cressey

Leah Steven has always believed her future was already written. Before she was even born, a promise was sealed between her grandparents and the Paul family: the first grandson and granddaughter born into their families would marry, binding their companies together forever. At twenty, that promise becomes reality when Leah is arranged to marry billionaire heir Luke Paul. To the world, Luke is the perfect man—wealthy, handsome, and influential. But a month before their wedding, he invites Leah to his luxurious home in a distant city. Trusting the man she’s destined to marry, Leah accepts, unaware that she’s walking straight into a nightmare. Behind Luke’s flawless image lies a web of terrifying secrets that no one dares to expose. Trapped in a world she never imagined, Leah begins to lose hope of ever escaping. Just when darkness threatens to consume her, fate intervenes. Gabriel Stone, a powerful being from the werewolf world, has crossed into the human world on a deeply personal mission—to find the human mother who gave birth to him. But his search takes an unexpected turn when he discovers that Leah is his fated mate and risks everything to save her. Now Leah is caught between two impossible choices: return to the man who turned her life into a living nightmare, or trust a werewolf whose supernatural world is unlike anything she has ever known. Will Leah accept Gabriel and the bond fate has chosen for them? Will Luke Paul let the woman he considers his possession slip away? And what shocking truths await Gabriel as he searches for his birth mother? Join Leah Steven and Gabriel Stone on this thrilling adventure and discover what fate has in store for them. Series: Book 1: Rejected by My Mate, Claimed by Alpha Ryder Book 2: Falling in Love with a Supernatural Being

“I, Julius Armstrong, reject Doris Charles as my mate.” The laughter came right after. This was the second time my mate rejected me because I cannot talk. In the pack, they call me dumb not because I am stupid, but because I am mute. When I turned eighteen, my first mate rejected me for that reason. Today, it was the Gamma. He is twenty-one, the same age as the Alpha and Beta. This was his third rejection. The first girl was too fat, the second was too short and now, I was dumb. I never wanted to attend the mating ceremony. I knew how it would end, but my stepmother forced me to go, and my stepsisters came just to watch me get mocked again. The next day, wolves who had found their mates returned to officially claim them before the Alpha and pack leaders. I went only because I was forced, just to stand there and watch my stepsister get chosen. Then something happened that no one expected. The Alpha claimed me as his mate in front of everyone. Was I shocked? Yes. Did I believe him? No. Did I think it was a cruel joke? Absolutely. Because no Alpha would choose a rejected, mute girl like me.