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The Fake Mate

Written by: Lana Ferguson
Narrated by: Samantha Summers, Joe Arden
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Two wolf shifters agree to be fake mates but unexpectedly find something real in this steamy paranormal romantic comedy by Lana Ferguson.

Mackenzie Carter has had some very bad dates lately. Model train experts, mansplainers, guys weirdly obsessed with her tail—she hasn’t had a successful date in months. Only a year out of residency, her grandmother’s obsession with Mackenzie finding the perfect mate to settle down with threatens to drive Mackenzie barking mad. Out of options, it feels like a small thing to tell her grandmother that she’s met someone. That is, until she blurts out the name of the first man she sees and the last man she would ever date: Noah Taylor, the big bad wolf of Denver General.

Noah Taylor, interventional cardiologist and all around grump, has spent his entire life hiding what he is. With outdated stigmas surrounding unmated alphas that have people wondering if they still howl at the moon, Noah has been careful to keep his designation under wraps. It’s worked for years, until an anonymous tip has everything coming to light. Noah is left with two options: come clean to the board and risk his career—or find himself a mate. The chatty, overly friendly ER doctor asking him to be her fake boyfriend on the same day he’s called to meet the board has to be kismet, right?

Mackenzie will keep her grandmother off her back, and Noah will get a chance to prove he can continue to work without a real mate—a mutually beneficial business transaction, they both rationalize. But when the fake-mate act turns into a very real friends-with-benefits arrangement, lines start to blur, and they quickly realize love is a whole different kind of animal.

©2023 Lana Ferguson (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Paranormal Paranormal Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Science Fiction Wolf
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The Fake Mate delivers the best of my two favourite worlds: a grumpy dark-haired doctor who–literally–howls to the moon, and the high stakes fake dating conundrum he’s thrusted into. Make no mistake, Lana weaves fantastically the elements we love from a paranormal romance (namely, attractive shifters with extremely interesting drives), with the humour characteristic from the best contemporary rom-com you can get your hands on. This book is addictive, epically smutty and the breath of fresh air the romance genre didn’t know it needed.”—Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author

"This fun, steamy romance has interesting, well-drawn characters who happen to be shifters...Fans of fake relationships will appreciate Ferguson’s paranormal twist on the trope."—Library Journal

“What begins as a typical fake relationship story quickly slides into a delightfully endearing study of two people overcoming expectations.”—Publishers Weekly

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Sound technic off / beautiful story

My experience was tainted by a sloppy sound technic: when the woman narrator talks, she is very loud and high pitched, so I turn down the sound but when she reads the line from the male character, her voice is so low that I had to turn up the sound. So I ended up both hurting my eardrums and rewinding the book and putting the sound louder when the male narrator came in or when the woman narrator played the male character. Extremely annoying!!!

The story is very sweet and heartwarming.

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Grumpy/sunshine where he falls first

Super cute story with a different angle on omega/alpha dynamics. I liked the hospital setting and all the fun side characters. The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was the third act break up. If that happened differently it would have been 5 ⭐️

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Fun Lighthearted Book

I am surprised how much I enjoyed reading her books. They’re funny and lighthearted. highly recommend if you don’t want commit to a big series.

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If Ali Hazelwood's Bride and Love Hypothesis had a baby

It was perhaps a bit too long, I wanted more things to be fleshed out a bit more. Also, so many spice scenes, which isn't awful, but kinda got old fast. I liked their chemistry though! Really good!

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Lana Ferguson can do no wrong!👏🏼

Fake dating. Banter. Grumpy X sunshine. Meddling grandmother. SPICY spice.
I adored this book! Lana effortlessly created a world I would like to live in, and chose the perfect narrators to bring the story to life.
I just finished and am ready for another listen!

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entertaining and spicy!

I really enjoyed this book.It was really entertaining and super spicy at times. I would definitely recommend this read.

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So much fun

A fake dating doctor werewolf smut romance novel? That was really well done? With great performances from the narrators? Are you kidding me? I loved it.

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