Oak Fast Fated Mates Series by Rebel Carter

Of all the coffee shops in the world, he just had to walk into hers…When Teresa Ruiz’s Aunt Mary passed away, she lost the guiding light of her life and found herself alone and adrift. But for all her loneliness, Teresa never gave up and made for herself a new life and at the center of it was Barista Witch, the coffee shop she worked at... moreOf all the coffee shops in the world, he just had to walk into hers…When Teresa Ruiz’s Aunt Mary passed away, she lost the guiding light of her life and found herself alone and adrift. But for all her loneliness, Teresa never gave up and made for herself a new life and at the center of it was Barista Witch, the coffee shop she worked at. And for a time her life was good, predictable, and surrounded by a work-family she trusted---a feat in a world of magic, shifters, and fey…In this world of magic, there are mates, and then there are fated mates. What Teresa doesn’t know is that she’s destined for her very own fated mate.But when Cash Strongheart, her fated mate, walks into her coffee shop one day, it’s anything but magic and Teresa is determined to do this on her own terms.Will Teresa learn to trust the magic of mates, and can Cash prove to her that for all the risk, life with a fated mate is just sweeter.Find out both in the first book of the Oak Fast Fated Mates Series! This a sweet, whimsical, and grin-inducing PNR shifter romance set in a small town with plenty of found family vibes, smart-mouthed heroines, magical realism, and cinnamon roll heroes.*This is a novella of approx 32k words* less

The better to see you. Smell you. The better to eat you...Bea Ortega has a great life. She’s smart and loyal, has a job she loves, can mostly run a marathon without dying, plus a pretty great set of friends she adores. She’s even nailed the fine art of magical charms, but do you know what Bea doesn’t have?An anchor.Her best friends are finding fated mates, making families, finding their direction in life, and Bea? Bea feels like she’s drowning... moreThe better to see you. Smell you. The better to eat you...Bea Ortega has a great life. She’s smart and loyal, has a job she loves, can mostly run a marathon without dying, plus a pretty great set of friends she adores. She’s even nailed the fine art of magical charms, but do you know what Bea doesn’t have?An anchor.Her best friends are finding fated mates, making families, finding their direction in life, and Bea? Bea feels like she’s drowning. More than that, she feels like she’s being left behind. But like an answer to a prayer, her mate, Pierce Moon Claw, comes calling. Except, that where Bea thought mates should be good and kind. You know, the kind that make you feel warm, fuzzy, and safe, Pierce turns out to be anything but.Because Bea’s mate is a wolf, and everyone knows wolves cannot be trusted.Things get trickier when Bea realizes she isn’t just half of a fated mate-pair, she’s a Luna---a Luna to a whole pack.What happens when Bea finds out that she isn’t just getting a mate, but a new way of life? And how about when she realizes her new pack are all that stand between the town of Oak Fast and an all-out shifter war?Find out both in the second book of the Oak Fast Fated Mates Series! This a magical and sigh-worthy PNR shifter romance set in a small town with plenty of found family vibes, smart-mouthed heroines, magical realism, and cinnamon roll heroes.*This is a novella of approx 36k words* less

New life, New Me…Ximena is a wolf, er, new woman without a pack. Emphasis on the new, because she’s also a wolf shifter who isn’t much of a wolf anymore. Not after the Fey Queen took her ability to shift along with the rest of her pack.They had it coming. Definitely, no doubt about that. As far as packs went, the Bloodstone Pack was one hell bent on doing harm and taking more than they were owed. They had ruined Ximena’s life since day one... moreNew life, New Me…Ximena is a wolf, er, new woman without a pack. Emphasis on the new, because she’s also a wolf shifter who isn’t much of a wolf anymore. Not after the Fey Queen took her ability to shift along with the rest of her pack.They had it coming. Definitely, no doubt about that. As far as packs went, the Bloodstone Pack was one hell bent on doing harm and taking more than they were owed. They had ruined Ximena’s life since day one. Since the day they had taken her from her family, since they had made her one of them, since the day they took away her future.But now, things are different. Being a newly made human isn’t all bad. There’s good to it, even without her wolf. Ximena can be free, she can have her way in the world...she just has to learn how to be human first. And that’s where her teacher, ah, self-appointed guardian comes into play.Blue, the Fey Guard who found her on that fateful night the Fey Queen struck. He spirited her away then, to a home only they could see, a safe place where she could learn how to be human. She should be happy, ecstatic even, with her freedom finally within her grasp, except for one thing.Blue is her fated mate, and to claim her freedom Ximena will have to find the strength to let him go. It should be easy to do, really, seeing as she’s sure the fairy plans to set her loose once she’s learned enough to pass as human.Then why is it so hard to imagine a tomorrow without Blue? How is it that Blue seems focused on winning her over more than ever if he means to leave?Find out both in the third book of the Oak Fast Fated Mates Series! This a whimsical, fairy-laden, and sigh-worthy PNR shifter romance set in a small town with plenty of found family vibes, smart-mouthed heroines, magical realism, and cinnamon roll heroes. less

The first time Rosie met her fated mate she clocked him with her purse.She’s not sorry about it.For years, Rosie has been just fine on her own. She’s lived all over the world and met all kinds of people, witches, shifters, and even fey folk. She’s been happy, really she has.She’s been just fine... moreThe first time Rosie met her fated mate she clocked him with her purse.She’s not sorry about it.For years, Rosie has been just fine on her own. She’s lived all over the world and met all kinds of people, witches, shifters, and even fey folk. She’s been happy, really she has.She’s been just fine.She even found a new place to call home, or as close to home as any place she’s found before, a place that makes her feel safe enough to think about what it might be like to put down roots once and for all. Oak Fast, Alaska. What she doesn't need is a bear shifter claiming to be her other half barging into her life and turning everything upside down. Eric Waites is the last thing she wants, a bear shifter with deep roots when Rosie has never managed to stay in one place for longer than a few months. Will Eric be able to overcome Rosie’s doubt and show her that life with a mate can be just right if she’ll let it?Find out in the fourth book of the Oak Fast Fated Mates Series! This is a whimsical, heartfelt, and hot PNR shifter romance set in a small town with plenty of found family vibes, smart-mouthed heroines, magical realism, and cinnamon roll heroes. less

Your mate isn’t supposed to reject you, right? Well, Birdie’s did. JFC. Now what? When Birdie Salazar found her mate, she thought it would be a cause for celebration, that her world would finally be complete. Except that when the long awaited day arrives he rejects Birdie before she can even tell him her name.But it’s okay, or at least it will be.So what if she can’t stop thinking about him and the pain she feels when she sees him with another woman nearly brings her to her knees... moreYour mate isn’t supposed to reject you, right? Well, Birdie’s did. JFC. Now what? When Birdie Salazar found her mate, she thought it would be a cause for celebration, that her world would finally be complete. Except that when the long awaited day arrives he rejects Birdie before she can even tell him her name.But it’s okay, or at least it will be.So what if she can’t stop thinking about him and the pain she feels when she sees him with another woman nearly brings her to her knees. She’ll get through this.She will.Just because fate decided to give her an ungrateful Fae mate doesn’t mean she has to live with a broken bond that feels like a knife in her chest. Their world is one of magic and that means the solution to fixing the wound of her broken mate bond is just one Fae witch away. Birdie’s mate will find out that he’s not the only one that can reject their bond, and if he realizes what he lost, well that’s just too damn bad.The Librarian and the Bear is a 40k word rejected mates novella for those that enjoy a dash of angst with their romance, Fae heroes with wings, sassy shifter heroines, a dash of primal chase, magical realism and a guaranteed HEA. less