Kitchen witch Hannah Cloyce swore off her best friend’s brother—alpha witch Travis Bradstreet, her own fated mate.

Saying yes means walking into the heart of the family she has only ever watched from the doorway. The danger climbs higher every day—the people who once owned her have learned that someone would finally die to keep her. The bond pulls harder every night. And the rule that kept Hannah safe for a decade—never want the brother—is the one wall that won’t hold. She can stay the friend who is never chosen, or she can be his. Not both.

When being chosen is the thing that gets him hunted—do you finally let yourself belong to someone, or keep him alive by belonging to no one?

Fated Mates   ·   Best Friend’s Brother   ·   Slow Burn   ·   Found Family   ·   Witch / Paranormal Romance

Heat:  Steamy (open door)

Tone:  Suspenseful, emotional

Series:  Book 2 of 6, Fated Witches of Calderon (interconnected standalones)

Length:  ~35,000 words, a fast-paced novella

Ending:  HEA, no cliffhanger

POV:  Dual, third person, past tense

Content Notes:  A controlling, exploitative foster upbringing and estrangement from birth family in backstory, themes of conditional belonging, menace and intimidation from a hostile faction, on-page intimacy; no cheating, no cliffhanger, no graphic violence.