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    Donner's Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven)
    Donner's Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven)
    Donner's Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven)
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    Donner's Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven)

    By R.E. Butler

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    Jack, a quad shifter from North Pole City, has come to the human world on the advice of Mrs. Claus, who is certain he’ll meet his fated mate at a small-town bar.

    Ivy Donovan just wants to write music and sing, feeling most at home with her beloved guitar on her knee and a song in her heart. After parting ways with her bandmates on less than friendly terms, she’s been the Holly’s Bar house band all by herself.

    When Jack takes a job at the bar, he can’t keep his eyes off Ivy. She calls to his beasts, and he knows in his heart that she’s his fated mate. He takes her to a remote cabin to get her away from the toxic mess her former band created. A walk in the woods takes a terrifying turn, and he’s forced to change forms in front of her to protect her.

    In the snowy dark night, Ivy has to make a choice – run away, or stay with the only man who has ever truly touched her heart. Can she lay her heart on the line for a man who has a larger-than-life secret, or will this be the last time she has a chance at love?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.E. Butler
    Release dateNov 26, 2018
    ISBN9780463252468
    Donner's Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven)
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    R.E. Butler

    A Midwesterner by birth, R.E. spent much of her childhood rewriting her favorite books to include herself as the main character. Later, she graduated on to writing her own books after "retiring" from her day job as a secretary to become a stay-at-home mom.When not playing with her kids, wrestling her dogs out the door, or cooking dinner for her family, you'll find her typing furiously and growling obscenities to the characters on the screen.Her best-selling series Wiccan-Were-Bear, The Necklace Chronicles, Hyena Heat, Wilde Creek, Were-Zoo, Arctic Shifters, Norlanian Brides, Saber Chronicles, and Ashland Pride are available now.

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      Donner's Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven) - R.E. Butler

      Donner’s Fated Mate

      Arctic Shifters Book Seven

      By RE Butler

      Copyright 2018 R. E. Butler

      Donner’s Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven)

      By R. E. Butler

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      Cover by CT Cover Creations

      This ebook is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locations is coincidental.

      Disclaimer: The material in this book is for mature audiences only and contains graphic sexual content and is intended for those older than the age of 18 only.

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      Editing by Hot Tree Editing

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      For Clarise, who makes me the most amazing covers and offers support and encouragement…I’ve finally named a character after you!

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      Hugs and thanks to Shelley for beta reading.

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      Special thanks to Michael Bange for helping me understand the musical setup of the bar, you’re the best (next to Joyce that is).

      And much love to the bestest sisterfriend in the world – Joyce.

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      Donner’s Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Seven)

      By R. E. Butler

      Jack, a quad shifter from North Pole City, has come to the human world on the advice of Mrs. Claus, who is certain he’ll meet his fated mate at a small-town bar.

      Ivy Donovan just wants to write music and sing, feeling most at home with her beloved guitar on her knee and a song in her heart. After parting ways with her bandmates on less than friendly terms, she’s been the Holly’s Bar house band all by herself.

      When Jack takes a job at the bar, he can’t keep his eyes off Ivy. She calls to his beasts, and he knows in his heart that she’s his fated mate. He takes her to a remote cabin to get her away from the toxic mess her former band created. A walk in the woods takes a terrifying turn, and he’s forced to change forms in front of her to protect her.

      In the snowy dark night, Ivy has to make a choice – run away, or stay with the only man who has ever truly touched her heart. Can she lay her heart on the line for a man who has a larger-than-life secret, or will this be the last time she has a chance at love?

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

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      Cupid’s Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book Eight)

      Chapter 1

      Mrs. C, wife of Santa – otherwise known as SC – enjoyed traveling to the human world during the twenty-four hours that her home, North Pole City, was unlocked of its magical protection. She didn’t always leave after SC took the reindeer and sleigh and headed out to leave gifts for the believers in the world, but sometimes she did.

      And this Christmas was one of those times.

      The reindeer shifters, known as quads, were able to transform into four different animals: snowy owl, arctic fox, polar bear, and the all-important reindeer. Only quads were able to drive the sleigh with her husband, and only quads had a special sort of mate – their likli fanna, or fated mate. It was the sort of magical, romantic connection that was akin to the human version of love at first sight. So far, six of the eight quads had found their fated mates, each of the females was human except for Dreama, who was Sandman’s daughter.

      Early that Christmas Eve morning, Mrs. C had awoken from a dream in a panic, though she didn’t remember the dream so much as the feeling that there was a problem, and someone needed help. She’d called the security office at the same time a shifter who lived in the human world with his human mate had called to reveal that he’d shifted in front of his mate’s cousin. Humans didn’t know about shifters, and their people wanted to keep it that way forever. NPC, SC, and Mrs. C were all myths to humans. If they knew the truth, it could spell disaster for everyone and everything she held dear. She’d had a feeling that Declan, one of the quads, should go to the shifter and help the situation, either by magically erasing the memory of the human or – she’d hoped – taking the human female as his fated mate.

      Mrs. C had a special sort of magic that set her apart from her husband called mate-magic. She could perform a spell and draw together two people who would be perfect for each other. NPC was home to shifters and elves, and because their city was closed for three hundred and sixty-four days a year, the ability for their people to find mates on their own was limited. When a shifter or elf decided it was time to settle down, they came to her and she found their perfect match.

      That particular Christmas, Declan – the Dancer position on the sleigh team – had found his fated mate in a sweet human named Ellie. Ellie worked for a couple who owned a flower shop, and she’d wanted to spend time with them on Christmas Eve before she left to join Declan in NPC. Declan had to leave for the Christmas Eve run and needed someone to pick up his mate, and Mrs. C had been happy to volunteer.

      After Ellie had said goodbye to her former bosses at the flower shop, she and Mrs. C had stepped out into the chilly night.

      Mrs. C’s gaze snapped across the street, where a carved wooden sign that said Holly hung over the bright red door of a tavern.

      I think we should stop over there for a minute, Mrs. C said.

      A bar?

      I just have a feeling.

      A good one, I hope?

      She chuckled and said, Yes, dear. This has been a very magical Christmas, and I don’t think the magic is done yet.

      Lead the way, Ellie said, hooking her arm through Mrs. C’s. I’m all for magic. It’s what brought me and Declan together.

      They crossed the street, and Ellie held the tavern’s door open for Mrs. C before following her inside.

      The bar was half-full, patrons at the long counter hunched over drinks and seated at small round tables in front of a stage. A young woman sat on a stool on the stage with a guitar plugged into an amp and a microphone on a stand in front of her. A single spotlight shone on her, highlighting the long golden hair that flowed over her shoulders in soft waves.

      She plucked at the strings effortlessly as she played an old Christmas song.

      The moment the woman’s mouth opened and she began to sing, Mrs. C’s magic sparked within her so hard that she was concerned her skin was going to erupt into flames.

      Are you okay? Ellie whispered.

      Mrs. C looked down at her hands, half expecting them to be glowing. With a chuckle, she said, I think I just figured out why I needed to be here.

      Ellie looked at the stage and then back at Mrs. C. Her brow furrowed, her lips twitched, and then she grinned. Oh. Cool.

      It can be.

      Mrs. C sat at the bar and Ellie took the stool next to her. A clearly frazzled young woman with dark hair pulled into a high ponytail rushed from the back with a tray laden with food. She plopped baskets down on various tables, collected empty glasses and bottles, and took drink orders without writing anything down.

      What can I get for you? she asked as she set the heavy tray on the bar and ducked under the counter. She began to fill the drink orders, setting them on an empty tray.

      Ginger ale, Mrs. C said.

      The woman glanced at Ellie, who replied, Same for me.

      She nodded, finishing the other orders before filling two glasses with ice and soda. Popping red stir sticks into the ginger ales, she placed them on coasters and scooted them across the counter with an ease that said she’d spent many, many hours serving drinks. Then she took the tray of fresh drinks to the tables before hurrying back to the bar.

      What’s your name? Mrs. C asked.

      The woman paused, her hands hovering over the tray of dirty glasses. Holly.

      Ah, you’re the infamous Holly on the sign.

      Infamous? She snorted. Nope, nothing infamous about me. If you want anything to eat, I only have appetizers. The kitchen is closing in an hour.

      We’re fine with the drinks, thank you.

      Holly disappeared with the tray through a swinging door that had a Kitchen

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