The Winter Bear’s Bride
ARe
Dubious
by Mina
Carter
Date of
Publication: May 1st 2016
Publisher:
All Romance eBooks
Cover
Artist: Erin Dameron Hill
Genre:
Paranormal Shifter Romance,
From The Book Junkie Reads . . . The
Winter Bear’s Bride . . .
A past of pain. A present
filled with abuse and misuse. Analise has to keep her composure to deal with
her father and all that he rains down on her because she is not her mother and
not a son. With all this in life she finds a way to endure and move forward.
She knows when to make the sacrifice, but will some sacrifices be more than
what was called for.
His past has made him who he is. His future was in the hands of the one woman he should not have but desperately wanted. He was willing to start a war for her. Once he got her he did not know how to keep and care for her. Was his past too much to over come to make a future that would last?
Good world building and provided a vivid picture of the world of arctic bears and the human or partial human women that do not shift but bare children for the clans.
His past has made him who he is. His future was in the hands of the one woman he should not have but desperately wanted. He was willing to start a war for her. Once he got her he did not know how to keep and care for her. Was his past too much to over come to make a future that would last?
Good world building and provided a vivid picture of the world of arctic bears and the human or partial human women that do not shift but bare children for the clans.
**This ARC was provided via Bewitching Book
Tours in exchange for an honest review.**
BLURB
To stop a war, she must become
his.
Analise, daughter of the Bear
Elder, has status and luxury, though she’s a prisoner of her birth and despised
by her father because she’s not the alpha son he needs. She keeps her head down
and hoards lost knowledge that nearly destroyed the planet. She dreams of
escape, but her father decides it's time for her to marry.
He's hated her and all she
represents for years. But once he meets her...
Scar, rebel leader and were-polar
bear, wants nothing more than to burn the clan system to the ground. It's
cruel, unfair, and dedicated to keeping most of the populace in its place. To
do so, he needs to take out the Bear Elder and his scheming daughter. As soon
as he sees the delicate beauty of his enemy, though, all he can think of is
making her his. And he's prepared to go to war to do so.
Not all battles need to be fought
in the field. Some are of the heart and the mind and he intends to win hers,
whatever it takes. Trouble is, what it takes might be all he has.
“Whether
you like it or not, Analise, you will marry and ensure the continuation of our
bloodline,” Magnus, alpha of the Asmundr clan and Elder of all the bear clans,
bellowed loud enough to rattle the hall windows. “Do you understand me?”
Analise
stood before the dais and throne-like chair that marked her father’s status as
alpha, gritted her teeth and answered with a nod. There was nothing else she
could do. Her father ruled the clans with an iron rod, and argument was not
tolerated. Ever.
Duty,
honor and sacrifice.
The words
had been drilled into her relentlessly from the day she’d been born. The day
her mother had died giving birth to her. In one fateful moment, she’d not only
stolen his wife, but also a bear-mate, one of the few women capable of bearing
him an alpha son. He’d never forgiven her for that.
“Speak
up, girl!” Magnus roared. The guards who flanked the dais looked ahead. All
bears, they were used to their alpha’s rage and volume. There would be no help
from that quarter. None of them would risk incurring her father’s wrath. Not
for her.
“Yes, Father.
I understand.”
The words
were dust in her mouth and her stomach churned. She’d always known she would
have to marry one day; she just hadn’t expected it to be so soon. Most of the
time her father ignored her existence as long as the holding ran smoothly and
when he did notice her, his disdain was apparent. It didn’t help that she was
small and slight. Her appearance, though, had its advantages. Most people
assumed she was years younger than she was. Being called a “girl” had gone from
being an insult to a cloak to hide behind.
She’d
thought she had years yet before her father realized she was of marriageable
age. Years to study the books their ancestors had brought from the south lands
after the wars and learn something useful. Years to learn how to survive in the
snowy wastes outside the thick walls of the stronghold so that one day she
could make her escape.
But she
didn’t have years after all. She had to marry, and that marriage would not be
of her choosing. Her father would trade her in marriage to further the clan’s
interests and his own agenda.
Taking a
deep breath, she ignored the crushing disappointment. Her happiness was not a
consideration. It never had been.
“Good!”
Magnus levered himself out of his chair, stomping down the steps to tower over
her.
She
looked up at him, her expression carefully neutral. Not too happy, but not
cold. She’d perfected the look years ago. Nothing that could be considered
insolent or anything other than the perfectly dutiful daughter in any way.
“The ball
will begin at nine,” he rumbled, reaching out and gripping her chin in one
massive hand.
Author Info
Mina Carter is a New York Times
and USA Today bestselling author of romance in many genres. She lives in the UK
with her husband, daughter and a bossy cat. For more information on other books
by Mina, visit her website: www.mina-carter.com
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