Overview
Two wolf shifters agree to be fake mates but unexpectedly find something real in this steamy paranormal romantic comedy by Lana Ferguson. Mackenzie Carter has had some very bad dates lately. Model train experts, mansplainers, guys weirdly obsessed with her tail--she hasn't had a successful date in months. Only a year out of residency, her grandmother's obsession with Mackenzie finding the perfect mate to settle down with threatens to drive Mackenzie barking mad. Out of options, it feels like a small thing to tell her grandmother that she's met someone. That is, until she blurts out the name of the first man she sees and the last man she would ever date: Noah Taylor, the big bad wolf of Denver General. Noah Taylor, interventional cardiologist and all around grump, has spent his entire life hiding what he is. With outdated stigmas surrounding unmated alphas that have people wondering if they still howl at the moon, Noah has been careful to keep his designation under wraps. It's worked for years, until an anonymous tip has everything coming to light. Noah is left with two options: come clean to the board and risk his career--or find himself a mate. The chatty, overly friendly ER doctor asking him to be her fake boyfriend on the same day he's called to meet the board has to be kismet, right? Mackenzie will keep her grandmother off her back, and Noah will get a chance to prove he can continue to work without a real mate--a mutually beneficial business transaction, they both rationalize. But when the fake-mate act turns into a very real friends-with-benefits arrangement, lines start to blur, and they quickly realize love is a whole different kind of animal.
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- ISBN-13: 9780593549377
- ISBN-10: 0593549376
- Publisher: Berkley Books
- Publish Date: December 2023
- Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 400
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Lana Ferguson’s The Fake Mate is the perfect introduction to the wild world of the omegaverse, a romance subgenre where people (who are often also wolf-shifters) are divided into a hierarchy of alphas, betas and omegas. Fun and easy, The Fake Mate is all pheromones and big, sexy energy. It’s the literary equivalent of a really delicious snack, the kind that once you open the bag, you just can’t stop before it’s gone. Despite being a successful doctor, omega Mackenzie Carter can’t seem to get her grandmother to register that she'd rather focus on her career than dating. And after a string of horrible dates who seem more interested in her tail than her mind, it only makes sense to lie and tell Gram that she’s met someone. Enter Noah Taylor, a gruff cardiologist at Mackenzie’s hospital who has kept the fact that he’s an alpha hidden from the board. When his secret gets out, he needs to convince everyone that he’s happily settled down and nothing like the stereotypical aggressive alpha. It’s a practically perfect setup for a fake-dating arrangement. But once Mackenzie and Noah become friends with benefits, it’s almost impossible for this alpha and omega to ignore the pull of fate. The Fake Mate pulls out a bunch of tropes that rom-com readers know and love: fake dating, workplace romance and a good, old-fashioned grumpy/sunshine pairing. But the omegaverse has its own tropes, like the alpha/omega dynamic, heat cycles and knotting. (Google at your own risk.) Ferguson doesn’t compromise when blending these two worlds, creating an exciting entry point for folks who want to dip their toes into the omegaverse but aren’t quite sure where to start. Mackenzie and Noah are easy to fall for and fun to root for, and the stakes of their story are breezily low. There’s something reassuring and deeply satisfying about a book that’s easy to slide into, a little banana-pants and blessed with an almost alarming amount of spice; judging by The Fake Mate and her debut, The Nanny, that particular combination seems to be Ferguson’s specialty. Whether you’re new to the omegaverse or a longtime fan, the scorching The Fake Mate will thrill those in search of a book that turns the heat all the way up.
Lana Ferguson’s The Fake Mate is the perfect introduction to the wild world of the omegaverse, a romance subgenre where people (who are often also wolf-shifters) are divided into a hierarchy of alphas, betas and omegas. Fun and easy, The Fake Mate is all pheromones and big, sexy energy. It’s the literary equivalent of a really delicious snack, the kind that once you open the bag, you just can’t stop before it’s gone. Despite being a successful doctor, omega Mackenzie Carter can’t seem to get her grandmother to register that she'd rather focus on her career than dating. And after a string of horrible dates who seem more interested in her tail than her mind, it only makes sense to lie and tell Gram that she’s met someone. Enter Noah Taylor, a gruff cardiologist at Mackenzie’s hospital who has kept the fact that he’s an alpha hidden from the board. When his secret gets out, he needs to convince everyone that he’s happily settled down and nothing like the stereotypical aggressive alpha. It’s a practically perfect setup for a fake-dating arrangement. But once Mackenzie and Noah become friends with benefits, it’s almost impossible for this alpha and omega to ignore the pull of fate. The Fake Mate pulls out a bunch of tropes that rom-com readers know and love: fake dating, workplace romance and a good, old-fashioned grumpy/sunshine pairing. But the omegaverse has its own tropes, like the alpha/omega dynamic, heat cycles and knotting. (Google at your own risk.) Ferguson doesn’t compromise when blending these two worlds, creating an exciting entry point for folks who want to dip their toes into the omegaverse but aren’t quite sure where to start. Mackenzie and Noah are easy to fall for and fun to root for, and the stakes of their story are breezily low. There’s something reassuring and deeply satisfying about a book that’s easy to slide into, a little banana-pants and blessed with an almost alarming amount of spice; judging by The Fake Mate and her debut, The Nanny, that particular combination seems to be Ferguson’s specialty. Whether you’re new to the omegaverse or a longtime fan, the scorching The Fake Mate will thrill those in search of a book that turns the heat all the way up.