A Field Guide to Fated Mates

If you've wandered into our Werewolf & Fantasy shelf and found yourself confused by words like Luna, rejection, and the bond, this guide is for you.

The bond

In most shifter romances, wolves have a single fated mate, recognised by scent or a pull that defies reason. The bond is not a choice — which is exactly why the stories become about choice.

The rejection

A mate can reject the bond, usually in public and usually cruelly. In Moonbound, Ivy's rejection in the first episode is the inciting wound that powers the entire series. It is also the beginning of her becoming someone far more dangerous than the boy who rejected her ever imagined.

The rival alpha

Enter the rival: older, colder, and more honest. The genre's best twist is not that the heroine finds a new mate, but that she finds herself first.