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Possessive Small Town Alpha Kings #1
Alpha King’s Second Chance Pregnant Mate: A Rejected Mate Secret Baby Shifter Romance
I had the Alpha King’s baby in secret.
Now fate has dragged me back- and Ryder won’t lose me twice.
Five years ago, he was my first love.
My fated mate. My forever.
Until his family showed me photos of him with another woman… and promised they'd kill me before they let me wear his crown.
So I ran- pregnant, broken, and swearing I would never trust him again.
Now I’m back in our small town, trying to give my son the childhood I never had.
But at parent–teacher night, my little boy stares up at Ryder and asks the one question that tears everything
“Are you my daddy?”
Now the truth is out.
His family still hates me.
The lies that destroyed us still linger.
But Ryder’s eyes tell me one thing-- he’ll burn down anything to claim us.
But do I risk my son’s safety to admit the Alpha King is his father?
Or do I keep fighting the mate bond that refuses to die and the man who is determined to claim what he lost?
Alpha King’s Second Chance Pregnant Mate is a rejected mate, secret baby, second-chance shifter romance filled with scandal, betrayal, and high-stakes passion. It features an alpha king who fights to reclaim his mate and the heir she hid from him. For 18+ readers only.
Now fate has dragged me back- and Ryder won’t lose me twice.
Five years ago, he was my first love.
My fated mate. My forever.
Until his family showed me photos of him with another woman… and promised they'd kill me before they let me wear his crown.
So I ran- pregnant, broken, and swearing I would never trust him again.
Now I’m back in our small town, trying to give my son the childhood I never had.
But at parent–teacher night, my little boy stares up at Ryder and asks the one question that tears everything
“Are you my daddy?”
Now the truth is out.
His family still hates me.
The lies that destroyed us still linger.
But Ryder’s eyes tell me one thing-- he’ll burn down anything to claim us.
But do I risk my son’s safety to admit the Alpha King is his father?
Or do I keep fighting the mate bond that refuses to die and the man who is determined to claim what he lost?
Alpha King’s Second Chance Pregnant Mate is a rejected mate, secret baby, second-chance shifter romance filled with scandal, betrayal, and high-stakes passion. It features an alpha king who fights to reclaim his mate and the heir she hid from him. For 18+ readers only.
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Published September 1, 2025
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January 22, 2026
Good
This was a great book, interesting from start to finish.
Not only a love story, but also about growing up and realizing that age might say you are an adult but only experiences and time can truly make you an adult.
Lots of drama, angst, romance and steam, ending in a great HEA.
This was a great book, interesting from start to finish.
Not only a love story, but also about growing up and realizing that age might say you are an adult but only experiences and time can truly make you an adult.
Lots of drama, angst, romance and steam, ending in a great HEA.
January 31, 2026
PSA! The perfect MMC does exist and he just so happens to live in the pages of this book with a strangely long and weirdly descriptive name.
October 1, 2025
The fmc was so dumb and lying about her son was such a low blow!
September 5, 2025
this was a super cute story I enjoyed it. the break up was definitely sad when her mates parents manipulated her to leave ..feeling she was unfit to be his mate & luna. I love how obsessed and heartbroken he was & carried the wedding ring around his neck for years..LOVE how he was celibate the entire time..i hate when mmcs aren't celibate..it ruins it for me. especially if its a mate bond. When he finally finds her.. it's such a slow burn...he doesn't realise the child is his ..doesn't help that she doesn't tell him for safety of her child. but he spends everyday with her son & neice takes them out once a week..for i think this went on for like a month or more..? & he is giving her space...instead of fighting for her. .that part bothered me like u finally found ur mate..& ur giving her space? like he only hung out with the kid ..yes she shut him out walked away from him .but I feel like he could of tried much harder...but him spending time with her son even thinking it wasn't his son was super cute....so anyhoo during him giving her space .what confused me was when in his povs ..if the other women...that he was supposed to be engaged to ...wrote him..he would block her..ignore her delete her messages ..he wouldnt even hang out with her or give her the time of day..the parents would have her at the pack house..in his place making meals for him..so he would always sleep in his office or a hotel to avoid the women..so it confused me when the mfc was walking down the st with her son..& seen him next to her at i forget if it was a coffee shop..or something.. & she had her hand on his chest..whispering to him or something.. & im thinking.. i thought he avoided her at all costs..so we didnt even get his pov...to see what happened that day at all..Just days went by as if that part didnt happen.. it was never mentionined again. & another part where they finally hook up..& she says something like i cant believe u weren't with any ow...& he says nope only u..but there was this one time..a girl was all over me..& i thought if im drunk enough maybe ill try & fuck her..But she i think like kissed him & her smell made him want to vomit...so he didnt go through with it..that part ticked me off a bit tbh lmao..just it didnt need to be mentioned it didnt fit in his obsession to wait for his mate..he said he waited for her..but he had intentions cuz he was so depressed to sleep with ow? so in my eyes he would of went through with it...if it wasn't for the mate bond stopping him? I like hearing a mmc saying girls tried but I always shoved them away from me..but what he said irked me...lol..I didnt like it..it kinda ruined the moment the romance mate bond type thing for me..so I forget I ever read that part lol..the rest of the book was really good. I read a lot of these and some can be super cheesy lame..but this one honestly had a really good story line. I recommend this story for anyone who loves rejected mates stories. they might not be that popular but I enjoy reading these in between my other books.
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November 12, 2025
The FMC was awful. (Possible spoilers ahead) She ruined this book for me.
h has always known H since she’s BFF with his sister. h has been away at college for a couple of years. She returns and both h and H get hit with the “fated mates”
H is absolutely happy because he has always felt something for h. They spend 3 days making love. On the 4th day he needs to go take care of alpha stuff. H’s mom and OW are not happy about the fated mates, so they go tell h a whole bunch of lies. 🙄
h doesn’t even give H a chance to explain anything. She immediately rejects him. She takes off. H is devastated.
——-
For 5 years, H has been searching for h. He is almost feral. He’s been celibate this whole time.
h has a 4 year old. She teaches school. There’s an OM there at the school who is a creep. OM is stalking her. She calls H, but OW answers his phone. 🤪 h hangs up.
Then she calls H’s sister. BFF comes to get her and the kid.
(The whole plot about hiding h within the pack was just dumb) The BFF agrees to keep h’s secret about the kid. Wut?
So…..from this point on, h gets worse. She will continue to lie to H about the kid. She makes this poor man believe she was with another man and had a kid with him. The little kid even knows H is his dad, but she will keep lying to the kid. THEN, in the middle of all the lies, she will shag H. H does everything he can to prove he loves her, but she will keep treating him like shite. I wanted to scream
Every new page, I think I hated h more and more.
There was absolutely no reason for her to keep doing the things she was.
H never finds out it’s his kid until the final showdown with OM (who has kidnapped the kid because he wants to experiment on wolves🤨)
h is NOT the one who tells him. There was no grovel on h’s part for keeping the son hidden. NONE. I wouldn’t have blamed H if he took the kid and left h. 🤷♀️Nah! He marries her and makes her Luna.
Ffs
h has always known H since she’s BFF with his sister. h has been away at college for a couple of years. She returns and both h and H get hit with the “fated mates”
H is absolutely happy because he has always felt something for h. They spend 3 days making love. On the 4th day he needs to go take care of alpha stuff. H’s mom and OW are not happy about the fated mates, so they go tell h a whole bunch of lies. 🙄
h doesn’t even give H a chance to explain anything. She immediately rejects him. She takes off. H is devastated.
——-
For 5 years, H has been searching for h. He is almost feral. He’s been celibate this whole time.
h has a 4 year old. She teaches school. There’s an OM there at the school who is a creep. OM is stalking her. She calls H, but OW answers his phone. 🤪 h hangs up.
Then she calls H’s sister. BFF comes to get her and the kid.
(The whole plot about hiding h within the pack was just dumb) The BFF agrees to keep h’s secret about the kid. Wut?
So…..from this point on, h gets worse. She will continue to lie to H about the kid. She makes this poor man believe she was with another man and had a kid with him. The little kid even knows H is his dad, but she will keep lying to the kid. THEN, in the middle of all the lies, she will shag H. H does everything he can to prove he loves her, but she will keep treating him like shite. I wanted to scream
Every new page, I think I hated h more and more.
There was absolutely no reason for her to keep doing the things she was.
H never finds out it’s his kid until the final showdown with OM (who has kidnapped the kid because he wants to experiment on wolves🤨)
h is NOT the one who tells him. There was no grovel on h’s part for keeping the son hidden. NONE. I wouldn’t have blamed H if he took the kid and left h. 🤷♀️Nah! He marries her and makes her Luna.
Ffs
September 2, 2025
A great story!
Another great story by Elara Haze & KA Iris. I love everything about this book. The flowing, emotional plot, the multi-dimensional characters – I loved some of the secondary characters dearly and I even loved hating the bad ones. Jasmine and Ryder are fated mates. When they find out, they are both ecstatic. But Jasmine is the maid’s daughter and according to his parents not a fit to become Luna. So, they use lies and manipulation to drive her away. Ryder is devastated, but tries to be a good Alpha to his people. 5 years pass until Jasmine needs to come back. But when she does, she has a 4-year-old secret coming along. Grayson, her sweet, curious and extremely smart for his age, son. He recognizes his father sooner than Ryder does him. Will Ryder be able to forgive Jasmine from running away and keeping his son away too? Will Jasmine realize that she was deceived? And will this broken family be able to become whole again, as fate – and the Moon Goddess – indented to? Many different people try their best to keep them apart, but will they succeed or will true love conquer all? I really loved both Ryder and Jasmine’s determination, protectiveness and fighting spirit. I couldn’t put the book down and devoured it in one sitting. 5 stars
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Another great story by Elara Haze & KA Iris. I love everything about this book. The flowing, emotional plot, the multi-dimensional characters – I loved some of the secondary characters dearly and I even loved hating the bad ones. Jasmine and Ryder are fated mates. When they find out, they are both ecstatic. But Jasmine is the maid’s daughter and according to his parents not a fit to become Luna. So, they use lies and manipulation to drive her away. Ryder is devastated, but tries to be a good Alpha to his people. 5 years pass until Jasmine needs to come back. But when she does, she has a 4-year-old secret coming along. Grayson, her sweet, curious and extremely smart for his age, son. He recognizes his father sooner than Ryder does him. Will Ryder be able to forgive Jasmine from running away and keeping his son away too? Will Jasmine realize that she was deceived? And will this broken family be able to become whole again, as fate – and the Moon Goddess – indented to? Many different people try their best to keep them apart, but will they succeed or will true love conquer all? I really loved both Ryder and Jasmine’s determination, protectiveness and fighting spirit. I couldn’t put the book down and devoured it in one sitting. 5 stars
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 3, 2026
Ryder cares about Jasmine through the drama
This is book one in the series about the future Alpha Ryder. He accidentally discovers his mate Jasmine at a function with another woman, Mira, on his arm. Ryder is pleased, but Mira and others are shocked by this revelation. Jasmine is the cleaner’s daughter and this upsets Ryder’s parents, the current Alpha and Luna. Ryder is unaware and just happy to have a true mate. Jasmine runs off trying to pretend that the mate bond thing did not happen. Ryder takes off after her because he truly wants Jasmine. This is a cute and humorous, at times, romantic story. The BFF Mickey aka Mick (female) is the best and keeps both Ryder and Jasmine on their toes. There is a happy ending. Read On!
This is book one in the series about the future Alpha Ryder. He accidentally discovers his mate Jasmine at a function with another woman, Mira, on his arm. Ryder is pleased, but Mira and others are shocked by this revelation. Jasmine is the cleaner’s daughter and this upsets Ryder’s parents, the current Alpha and Luna. Ryder is unaware and just happy to have a true mate. Jasmine runs off trying to pretend that the mate bond thing did not happen. Ryder takes off after her because he truly wants Jasmine. This is a cute and humorous, at times, romantic story. The BFF Mickey aka Mick (female) is the best and keeps both Ryder and Jasmine on their toes. There is a happy ending. Read On!
January 28, 2026
Idk if I downloaded a wrong version or what but there were many missing scenes, like the confrontation that made her run away, the kiss at the carnival, the rejection, how the fight ended!! I mean the chapter pf the kidnapping ended with the villain just near killing jasmine and boom next chapter she’s in Ryder’s arms and he’s taking them to the hospital !!! and still not telling Ryder that the kid is his even though they are together?? it just felt rushed like the author couldn’t care to finish it off good
January 17, 2026
Returning Home
After being away from the Pack for almost 5 years she returns to protect her son who is starting to show signs of being an early shifter a just 4 years old.
The job as a school teacher at the Pack school keeps her solvent.
The new Alpha has been away from the Pack for nearly as long searching for her.
Now that they are both in the same town maybe some old misunderstanding can be addressed. Good Adult Read.
After being away from the Pack for almost 5 years she returns to protect her son who is starting to show signs of being an early shifter a just 4 years old.
The job as a school teacher at the Pack school keeps her solvent.
The new Alpha has been away from the Pack for nearly as long searching for her.
Now that they are both in the same town maybe some old misunderstanding can be addressed. Good Adult Read.
November 17, 2025
needs editing and consistency reading
Feel a little rushed in spots. Could use more character development for sure. Worth a read. Would be much better with professional editing, there were weird parts where things that were previously established were forgotten and side characters just piped in and out oddly.
Feel a little rushed in spots. Could use more character development for sure. Worth a read. Would be much better with professional editing, there were weird parts where things that were previously established were forgotten and side characters just piped in and out oddly.
January 10, 2026
not good
Dnf. The characters were supposedly in their 20’s and then later 20’s and yet it read like a teenage relationship. The amount of misunderstandings, incorrect assumptions, and immaturity the fmc displayed for someone she supposedly grew up with is not believable and is clearly just plot device to create unnecessary conflict and push the story forward.
Dnf. The characters were supposedly in their 20’s and then later 20’s and yet it read like a teenage relationship. The amount of misunderstandings, incorrect assumptions, and immaturity the fmc displayed for someone she supposedly grew up with is not believable and is clearly just plot device to create unnecessary conflict and push the story forward.
January 14, 2026
not bad!
It was a nice read, I wouldn’t say it was good or bad. Plot was up and down, no real progression. The main leads were very childish even as adults and never really communicated much. But ohhh did they have sex lmao!! I’ll be reading the next book in the series! 🤣🥴🫣
Not bad!
It was a nice read, I wouldn’t say it was good or bad. Plot was up and down, no real progression. The main leads were very childish even as adults and never really communicated much. But ohhh did they have sex lmao!! I’ll be reading the next book in the series! 🤣🥴🫣
Not bad!
January 14, 2026
I read this book in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. The pacing was well balanced and I loved the chemistry between the MCs. I found the reason the fmc ran was kinda stupid but I still really enjoyed this story. Completely addicting. Both the MCs stayed loyal to each other even though they were apart for so long. I loved that so much.
January 21, 2026
I absolutely devoured this book. I couldn't stand how the FMC kept the secret from Ryder for stupid reasons, but I also in a sense understood why. The thing that really made this book though was the son Grayson. He was so stinking adorable with his love for dinosaurs that I wanted to keep reading just to see what he would say or do next.
December 23, 2025
Misunderstandings and Lies
As soon as their eyes met, they knew they were fated mates. But his family tore them apart with their lies. I enjoyed the storyline of how they reunited against troubles trying to tear them apart and achieved their HEA.
As soon as their eyes met, they knew they were fated mates. But his family tore them apart with their lies. I enjoyed the storyline of how they reunited against troubles trying to tear them apart and achieved their HEA.
January 9, 2026
Sooooo Good
The emotions this book brought to me felt insane. Cried, laughed and kept me guessing. To have someone who loves and cares like Ryder is every woman’s dreams. Really well done!
The emotions this book brought to me felt insane. Cried, laughed and kept me guessing. To have someone who loves and cares like Ryder is every woman’s dreams. Really well done!
January 27, 2026
Cute story
I really liked the story but the constant inconsistencies kept throwing me off. Like how he was named alpha then was still referred to as future aplha or didn't k own where her room was when he'd been there tons of times. Easy details that shouldn't have been mixed up
I really liked the story but the constant inconsistencies kept throwing me off. Like how he was named alpha then was still referred to as future aplha or didn't k own where her room was when he'd been there tons of times. Easy details that shouldn't have been mixed up
January 28, 2026
Ryder & Jasmine
Could not put this down. The story was beautiful, the characters were fun and there some emotional and drama aspects. Love a second chance, surprise baby romance & then add shifters, yes please. I was so sad when I finished, but so happy with how it ended.
Could not put this down. The story was beautiful, the characters were fun and there some emotional and drama aspects. Love a second chance, surprise baby romance & then add shifters, yes please. I was so sad when I finished, but so happy with how it ended.
September 10, 2025
Storyline: 📙📙📙📙📙
Intimacy Level: 🍒🍒🍒
Character Development: ➷➷➷➷➷
HEA: Yes
Intimacy Level: 🍒🍒🍒
Character Development: ➷➷➷➷➷
HEA: Yes
December 15, 2025
Amazing
This was one of the best shifter books I’ve read in awhile. Excellent writing from beginning to end. Can’t wait to read more from this author
This was one of the best shifter books I’ve read in awhile. Excellent writing from beginning to end. Can’t wait to read more from this author
December 16, 2025
💜💚💛💙
Ahh, why was this so perfect!!?? Great storyline, characters, everything. Loved the scenes with Grayson. Wish the book was longer.
Ahh, why was this so perfect!!?? Great storyline, characters, everything. Loved the scenes with Grayson. Wish the book was longer.
January 7, 2026
Honest review
Loved the characters and the love in this story. Takes you on quite a journey and has quite a who done it mystery.
Loved the characters and the love in this story. Takes you on quite a journey and has quite a who done it mystery.
January 10, 2026
Alpha mate
She meets her mate , the future alpha and is ran off by his Mom. But she comes back with her son and finds trouble only an alpha can handle.
She meets her mate , the future alpha and is ran off by his Mom. But she comes back with her son and finds trouble only an alpha can handle.
Read
January 15, 2026Ok
January 19, 2026
Couldn’t put it down!
Really enjoyed the angst and the suspense and the heat! Read LOOONG into the night! Lots of emotion and a few tears from me.
Really enjoyed the angst and the suspense and the heat! Read LOOONG into the night! Lots of emotion and a few tears from me.
January 19, 2026
pretty good
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January 20, 2026
Alpha kings 2nd chance
Loved this book.
This is my first read from this author.
I enjoy the storyline. The characters had life.
I am looking forward to what's next
Loved this book.
This is my first read from this author.
I enjoy the storyline. The characters had life.
I am looking forward to what's next
January 24, 2026
This is straight up reelshort plots as books, heavy on the drama
January 27, 2026
Liked
It was simple and entertaining to me. Funny parts.. loved the ending. Definitely recommend it if you want a light read.
It was simple and entertaining to me. Funny parts.. loved the ending. Definitely recommend it if you want a light read.
January 30, 2026
I read ahead so I know there's other books in the series that are better, but everyone in this was just so stupid.
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