Planning your ex’s wedding?  Yeah, sounds fake—until the groom turns out to be your baby’s father.

Luca Vaughn marked me, broke me, and vanished.  No goodbye. No explanation. Just silence.  Now he’s back. The golden Alpha-to-be.  And I’m stuck planning his damn engagement party.

I keep it cool. Smile. Nod. Pretend I don’t flinch when he says my name.  But then he corners me.  Looks at me like he wants to wreck my lipstick and my life in the same breath.  And the worst part?  He’s already paid off my dad’s debt.  Bought back the house I lost.  And yeah— a damn DNA test.

Now he wants a rewrite.  But this time, I’m holding the pen—

Titles in the Rekindling the Past series include: Alpha-Ex Wedding Ruse ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

Title:  Alpha-Ex Wedding Ruse
Series:  Rekindling the Past #1
Author:  Flora R. Leigh
Published:  August 30, 2025
My Rating:  4.5 stars

Alpha-Ex Wedding Ruse begins the Rekindling the Past series with Leila and Luca, as secrets and deceptions from the past explode into the present… and an unbreakable mate bond can, perhaps, find a way to heal two hearts torn apart by lies.

Luca and Leila’s story is full of steam, danger, and so many lies that watching them reconnect was often filled with heartbreak and even rage at what was done to them.

Told between the present and flashback to five years ago, we get a chilling picture of what they’ve both gone through and where they stand today.  This couple had found that rare thing, a true mate bond, not just an advantageous match.  From different positions in the pack, their young romance rocked the boat for many within the pack.  One lie, one betrayal, and one mate who believed the worst would separate them, each to try to rebuild in their own way.  Each with an empty place in their lives that neither would dare think on for too long.

A politically arranged marriage will put them both back in the other’s orbit as the mate bond flares once again, and even more deception, more lies, more danger will be revealed before the truth will finally come to the surface.

I enjoyed Alpha-Ex Wedding Ruse by Flora R. Leigh so much.  It’s well-written, emotional, intense, and so full of past pain and future hopes that it becomes quite an emotional rollercoaster ride for not only Leila and Luca but for the reader as well.  If that sounds like your kind of Shifter Romance, then you’d enjoy this one.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the author or the author’s team via Booksprout, and I sincerely thank them for their trust. It is my choice to leave a review, giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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