Book three of my Mate Me series. Evelyn Tate knows that Anderson Jones is her mate. She knew it the minute she met him at Roxie's house. Unfortunately, Anderson doesn't see her as his mate. She breaks things off and tries to date other men. Until she finds her Mr. Right, Anderson offers to remain friends with benefits. She takes him up on his offer. Who could resist his sexiness? Josie and Roxie both want Evelyn to find her mate, Josie suggests dating someone else, and Roxie introduces her to Preston Reese. Anderson Jones refuses to take a mate. Too much has happened in his life for him to believe he will get his happily ever after. His tiger insists Evelyn is their mate, with her dark eyes and caramel skin he dreams of her every time he closes his eyes. To keep his tiger happy, he asks Evelyn to be friends with benefits. Everything goes smoothly until Preston Reese enters the picture. The two men have been rivals since high school. Never one to let Preston get the best of him, Anderson takes Xander's offer to become the main point of contact for their artists. Will Evelyn finally get her happily ever after? Will Anderson move passed his objections to having a mate? This is the first 10 chapters. If you would like to read the book in full it is available on Amazon under the author S.M.Merrill. Have not edited.

Annaleigh Crenshaw has left her life in LA for a more peaceful life as a kindergarten teacher in Oak Grove. She remembered summers visiting her grandmother is the little town and was excited to give her daughter the same. Connor Barret is the sheriff for Oak Grove, his mate left him fifteen years ago with no reason. Suddenly she is back in town with a four-year-old daughter. It thrills his bear she is home, and he finally has his mate back. Annaleigh never thought her life in LA would follow her back to Oak Grove, now she and Connor are fighting off her abusive ex-boyfriend all the while falling back in love. #3 in Romance (8/4/19) #1 in Police officer and Sherriff (8/23/19) #1 bbwlove (4/5/20) #1 bear (5/6-5/7) #1 paranormal 2/23/21 THIS BOOK IS LEGALLY PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW. PLEASE DON'T TAKE WORK THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU.

This is part of a series of interconnected books. Can be read alone. Rob Zephyr moved to White Valley on the advice of his brother Marcus and his sister-in-law Ellie. Rob struggled to find his mate in Texas, so he packed up his ten-year-old son and his things and came out to Virginia. He has spent the past year living with Marcus and Eloise looking for his mate. He started up a web design business which exploded with work. It took away his time to find his mate and spend time with his son Adam. His bear kept demanding he find his mate, so Rob spent many nights at the Mate Me events Josie Austin hosted. A year later and he still hasn't found his mate, he was giving up with his son told him he'd been spending time with a librarian who was his mate. Myra Juleston befriended Adam Zephyr, a little boy who came into her library to hide from his swimming lessons. She moved to White Valley six years ago to become the head children's librarian for White Valley. Her childhood held horrors she would never wish on her worst enemy. Her lynx pined away for a mate and latched onto Adam. To her surprise, Adam is adamant about her being his dad's mate. Unfortunately, Myra's past spills over into her current life, putting both her, her new mate, and son in danger. Rob refuses to let her face the danger on her own. #1 librarian 2/23/21

Book four in the Mate Me Series! Jordan Howard became the legal guardian for his niece Daisy two years ago. Her mother died from breast cancer and his deadbeat brother was too hopped up on drugs to be a good caretaker. Two years later, he is helping Ellie with her court case against William. On a run to the grocery store with Daisy, he runs into his mate. Her light blond hair and gray eyes captivate him. Georgia Stevens is a New York Times best-selling children's author. Her early reader chapter books about Bethany and her dragon friend Felix have won her fame. She moves to White Valley to be closer to her sister Caroline and away from the hustle and bustle of northern Virginia. After finding out her agent Bert sold one of her new book ideas to her rival she breaks her contract. Now she needs a competent lawyer to help her fight her contract. #1 mates 12/31/20

This is book two in the Mate Me series, please read Loved by a Dragon before starting this book. You can read this book without Loved by a Dragon, but you won't know who some characters are. Eloise Rucker is a fourth-grade teacher and bartender. She works at Club Cerulean, and Josie Austin is her best friend. Josie runs a company called Mate Me held at the club. Unfortunately, Josie's Mate Me events have opened Eloise up to being hit on regularly. One particular man wouldn't take no for an answer and tried to drag her off. Now she has a stalker who leaves her notes everywhere she goes, at school, the club, her mailbox and front door. Enter Marcus Zephyr, bear shifter. He owns his own protection agency, Rhett Austin hires him to supply extra bouncers for his club on Mate Me event nights. The first night he meets Eloise a curvy teacher and his bear goes insane yelling she is their mate. Marcus argues saying they have no mate, she rejected them fifteen years ago, he'd been an idiot at eighteen. When she rejected him, he joined the Marines and left his little town in Texas. Now he was living in White Valley and unable to get Eloise out of his head, he offers to help her track down her stalker and protect her until they catch him. Will the two be able to find love with each other? Can Eloise learn to trust a shifter and can Marcus accept he has found his true mate? #3 Happy Ending 3-20-20 #1 adult romance 3-22-20 #1 Bear 4-12-20 THIS BOOK IS LEGALLY PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW. PLEASE DON'T TAKE WORK THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU. Have not edited.

Roxie Jones was once a budding artist until her ex-husband Mitchell destroyed her confidence. Mitchell never supported her dream of becoming an artist, even though he ran his parents' art gallery in New York. Mitchell leaves her for his thinner, younger secretary, saying her being an artist is why he couldn't stay faithful, she did not meet his needs. Xander Austin owns Dragon Lore Art Gallery and is searching for new talent. He discovers Roxie, and to his surprise, she tells him no to showing her art. Even more surprising, she is his mate. The second his eyes land on her at his sister-in-law's launch event for her new matchmaking business, his dragon roars to life, yelling she is their forever mate. Roxie is not convinced they are mates and doesn't think her work is good enough to showcase in his gallery. Xander has his work cut out trying to convince her she is the one, and her work is worth showing to the world. #1 BBW 10/26/19 & 2/6/20 #1 adult themes 11/3/19 #1 LOVEATFIRSTSIGHT 11/10/19 & 1/6/21 #1 Artist 11/17/19-01/15/20 #1 Happily ever after 12/4/19 #1 foreverandalways 2/14/20 #2 Modern 4/6/20 #1 Dragon 11/3/20

Layla Rea Merritt has had a terrible childhood sense she was four. Her dad left them for a striper when she was ten, and her mom became a drunk and abuser who came home with different men every other night; and left her alone for weeks on end. All she has to look forward to at 16is her three bestfriends Hazen, Cornena, and violet; and her job at "Paradise Café" of course. All she ever wanted was a better dad. Maybe things would have been different for her. Anthony Storm is a werebear shifter. He moved to South Carolina from Scotland to get away from his past. But it seems his past has found him just as he has found his young mate ( we'll see just how young she is). He tries to keep his distance and watch from afar, but all that did was make her depressed. Werebears and their mates need each other more than air. Now all he can do is protect what is his.

Diana , an 18 year old girl , has been tortured and abused by her pack as long as she can remember because of her position as the omega of the pack. Her pack had told her everything about mates and that she surely would never get one. Alpha Kaiden , the alpha of the most feared pack in the world. He is ruthless. He is 20 years old and hasn't found his Luna yet. What happens when alpha Kaiden goes to visit his neighboring pack and meets a skinny and bruised Diana there? || WARNING : THIS BOOK CONTAINS ABUSE , SELF-HARM AND DEPRESSIVE THOUGHTS AND CAN POSSIBLY BE TRIGGERING! DONT READ IF YOU CANT HANDLE THAT ||

I have nothing left to give up. At least that's what I thought until she walked into my life. I never thought I'd find my mate, not after this long, and I sure as hell never expected to fall so hard. But suddenly, I have everything to lose. Not all that long ago the wolves were on the verge of extinction and now the balance of peace and destruction lies in my hands. It's either her, or go to war, and the decision isn't an easy one to make. The Fae king wants blood, more importantly, my blood. I'm not afraid of him, or even dying for that matter, but if I revel my secret, lives are sure to be lost. The Fae king will stop at nothing to destroy me, but that's if I don't destroy myself first. *Warning: Contains some strong language and mature scenes*

Leila lived with her pack all her life. It was until she was forced into an arranged marriage that she ran away from home. She turned into a rogue and while running away from an Alpha, she ends up kidnapped by another one. The exception for this was one: this Alpha was her mate.