Reviewed by Sadonna

TITLE:  Fates Mates Anthology

AUTHORS:  Kiki Clark, Vinni George, Ariana Nash, Lee Colgin & Kelly Fox

PUBLISHER:  Rainbow Publishing LLC

LENGTH:  400+ pages

RELEASE DATE:  September 1, 2023

BLURB:

Fated Mates is a Paranormal Romance Charity Anthology from some of your favorite MM authors!

It features new, exclusive stories from Kiki Clark, Mia Monroe, Louisa Masters, Kelly Fox, Sheena Jolie, Jennifer Cody, Nikole Knight, Vinni George, Chloe Archer, Meghan Maslow, Lee Colgin, Kelex, H.L Day, Grae Bryan, AJ Sherwood, Michele Notaro, Lisa Oliver, Ariana Nash, Michelle Frost, and JP Sayle.

All royalties will be donated to the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund and the ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund.

REVIEW:

I pre-ordered this anthology as soon as it was announced 🙂  A number of my favorite authors contributed and i was really excited to see what they would come up with.  Some of them I know from reading their contemporaries and some have also written paranormal but I haven’t necessarily read those.  This segment has 5 stories – all by authors I have read before.  I really enjoyed these stories!  Fans of paranormal/fantasy and fated mates tropes will too I think.

Inferno by Kiki Clark 

Myles and Riggs have been best friends their whole lives – since they were kids.  But Myles has had feels for Riggs for along time.  Riggs has a secret though 😉  And he’s not allowed to share that with Myles.  But it’s clear that the are mates and Riggs isn’t going to be able to control himself around Myles when he comes to visit Riggs in his new home.  With his new pack.  But is Myles ready to know that all is not as it seems with his best friend and his new life?  And all that comes with it?

This is the start to a new series.  I’m intrigued!

Black and White by Vinni George

Nero is an orca shifter bounty hunter (ok – that is just way too much fun).  Felix is an otter shifter who is in over his head.  Nero signs on to protect him – a break from his bounty hunting and oh yeah.  Felix is his fated mate 😉  Nero and his brothers are there for Felix and to take down some bad guys too 😀

I’m a huge fan of Vinni’s contemporary books.  This is the first fantasy/paranormal book of hers that I’ve read.  This is also the start to a new series and I’m there for it.

Violent Secret by Ariana Nash

Aiko is a vampire who was part of the yakuza hundreds of years ago.  He left the yakuza and is part of the Blackrose Brotherhood – vampires who take care of those who don’t follow the rules.  He learns that the new leader of the Yakuza is his former lover.   Can they be together again?

The only series I’ve read of Ariana Nash’s is Shadows of London, so this was a new world to me, but has characters from the Blackrose Brotherhood series.  That being said, I thought it worked Ok as a standalone but I feel like I need more 😉  Luckily are there are other books in this series!

Wounded Mate by Lee Colgin

Valius is an incubus who works at an establishment that provides pleasure for both incubus and humans.  One evening he’s with a customer and he’s struck with a terrible pain in his side.   Nothing is visible, but clearly he’s in pain.  Bela is a wolf shifter.  While making his way through a forest he’s  attacked by the local wolf pack and left to die.  When Bela is found, he discovers that Valius is his mate. As he heals, he gets to know Valius and they forge their bond.

This story is set in the author’s Outcast Mates series, which I have not read.  My only book so far by this author takes place in a Fae world.  I’m intrigued by this world.

Shiny Things by Kelly Fox 

Thorin is a wolf shifter.  He’s come to Texas to get away from his ex.  He meets Poe, a Raven shifter.  Turns out they are mates and end up bonding before they really know each other.   Thorin realized that things didn’t exactly go down the way they should have so he sets out to make it up to Poe.

I’ve not read anything but Kelly Fox’s contemporary stories, so this is new to me.  As usual, they are snarky, steamy and sexy characters here and I can’t wait for more.

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