K. R. Treadway
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Introducing: Charlotte's Reject
🕑 Added 2024-01-09 22:00:05 +0000 UTC
[ Note: Charlotte's Reject is no longer available on this page. After winding up the story, I began extensive revisions for the ebook version. The final book (with a new prologue) can now be found on Amazon's store and Kindle Unlimited. The direct link is here. ]
Joseph Barden’s senior year can’t end fast enough. As a shifter who can’t shift, he’s found himself tormented by Charlotte Fender and her “Spiders.” The beautiful wolf shifter and her notorious girl-gang run the school, and she won’t leave him alone!
Then it happens: after weeks of bullying, a searing connection pulls Joseph and Charlotte into a mate bond, awakening heated instincts that tell them they belong together. Joseph thinks he's going crazy, but Charlotte gets pissed.
What happens when a mean girl with a wild side can’t help but fall for you? You get the most dangerous—and desirable—kisses of your life.
Charlotte’s Reject is an open door m/f shifter romance stuffed with high-calorie tropes from the 2 AM drive-thru. A female bully, her rejected mate, evil plots, and multiple brawls are in the bag. Plus nachos.
This story owes its existence to the Romance for Men discord. Months ago we were chatting about paranormal romance (often shortened to PNR), and I was trying to describe the unique tropes of shifter stories, particularly “fated mates.” I wrote a quick gender-swapped scene to get the point across and impulsively slapped on more tropes like they were cheese slices on a triple burger.
The final example included fated mates, rejected mate (when one of the fated pair fights the bond), and bully romance (because I still haven’t found a good one for men). The intention was to craft a male-friendly snippet, something to show the appeal of shifters to skeptics. It went over well, we all had fun, and that was the end of it.
Or so I thought.
Almost three months later someone mentioned the scene fondly and wished there was more of it. I gave it some thought…and realized I had more. So I started writing. In the end, what I thought was a novella turned into my longest novel to date.
