Rejected: A Novel (Shadow Beast Shifters, 1)

Rejected

Author: Jaymin Eve

Series: Shadow Beast Shifters (Book 1)

Genre: Dark Paranormal Romance / Romantasy

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

Description

Life in the pack should have been simple for Mera Callahan, a wolf shifter destined to grow into her place among her people. Instead, she lives as an outcast.

After her father attempted to assassinate the pack’s leader, Mera became the one everyone blames. Mocked, bullied, and treated like nothing more than a traitor’s daughter, she endures years of cruelty—until she finally decides she’s had enough and runs away.

But the pack refuses to let her go.

Dragged back before her first shift, Mera faces the moment that will reveal her true mate—the person meant for her soul.

When the bond forms, she believes her life might finally change.

Instead, her mate rejects her.

The betrayal awakens something dark within her, pushing Mera to the edge of vengeance. In her desperation, she accidentally touches the shadow realm, summoning a terrifying being whispered about in legends—the Shadow Beast, a powerful entity feared even among shifters.

Now Mera is caught between two worlds: the pack that cast her aside and the dangerous force that answered her call.

And the rejection that once broke her may be the very thing that unleashes her true power.

Tropes

Rejected mate
Morally gray antihero
Outcast heroine
Wolf shifters
Enemies to lovers
Shadow realm magic
Strong female lead
Dark fantasy romance

Trilogy Reading Order

1. Rejected

2. Reclaimed

3. Reborn