The Alpha's Hidden Mate
Aria Montgomery thought she was escaping the city to raise her eleven-month-old nephew in peace. She traded her chef’s apron for an abandoned, dusty bakery on the edge of Thornwood Peaks, desperate to hide from her devastating grief.
She didn’t know the mountain town belonged to a pack of shifters.
And she definitely didn’t know she had just set up her home directly inside the Alpha’s territory.
Kaelen Thorne is forty-one, lethal, and strictly controlled. He hasn't wanted a mate in decades. But the moment Aria drives into his town smelling of vanilla, woodsmoke, and an ancient, dormant power, his wolf demands only one thing: Claim her.
Kaelen tries to keep his distance, terrified his dark nature and the twelve-year age gap will scare her away. But when little Milo fearlessly claims the terrifying Alpha as his own, Kaelen’s legendary iron control begins to snap.
Aria believes she is just a human. She believes her sister's death was a tragic accident. But as a dormant Luna bloodline awakens in her veins, and a ruthless rival pack closes in, the truth threatens to shatter everything. To keep his fated mate and his new family safe, Kaelen must go to war. But to win Aria's heart, the ruthless Alpha will have to do something much harder: fall to his knees and let her choose him.