When he walks back into my life covered in ash and carrying survivors from that bridge collapse, I instantly know two things. I never stopped loving him, and I never should have let him go.

SARAH
“His eyes are pale green and haunting, seeing parts of me I’ve kept hidden for five years. But there’s something beneath the surface I never understood before. Something wild and dangerous. Something that explains everything about why he left.”

Ethan.  He’s the firefighter who shattered my heart and disappeared without explanation.  The commanding type.  The impossibly intense type.  He’s tall and powerful. He’s devastatingly broken.  And he’s been lying to me from the start.  I think I fell for him all over again the moment he walked into my ER after seventeen hours of chaos.  Something inside him is primal. Deadly.  And that should send me running.  But desire for him is stronger than common sense.  Can I possibly accept what he truly is beneath the surface?  Can I survive the truth when assassins are hunting royal bloodlines?

Ethan Blackwood has spent five years running from his fate. A wolf shifter prince with a target on his back, he rejected his destined mate to keep her safe. But some bonds can’t be broken, and some women refuse to stay protected. Sarah Chen thought she’d moved on from the man who destroyed her. Nothing has prepared her for the truth. He’s not just a man. He’s a wolf shifter, and she’s his fated mate. Being with him paints a target on her back.

Will Sarah’s strength be enough to tame Ethan’s rage, or will secrets and assassins destroy them both before they can claim what was always meant to be?

There are more than 71 titles in the Company 417 Shifters series.  I’ve read several, but certainly not all (yet).  They are (for the most part) standalone titles contained within the world of the fire station where our shifters work.  If you’d like to learn more, you could visit the Series Page at Amazon for the complete list.

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

Title:  Angry Wolf’s Rejected Mate
Series:  Company 417 Shifters #69
Author:  Amelia Wilson
Published:  November 13, 2025
My Rating:  4.5 stars

Angry Wolf’s Rejected Mate is the sixty-ninth title in the Company 417 Shifters series.  Ethan and Sarah were once passionately in love, but Ethan did that “protect you for your own good” disappearing act and left her devastated… and angry.  Years later, they will meet again during the highly intense aftermath of a multi-car accident as Ethan is being checked out in the ER.  As a firefighter, he’s used to heading into danger, and as a royal shifter constantly on the lookout for danger to himself and those he cares about, Ethan is floored to come face to face with Sarah once again.  She’s his fated mate, and leaving her tore him to pieces.  Their second chance at being together will paint a huge target on Sarah, yet neither will continue to be apart, and they will face the coming storm together.

As always, the Company 417 Shifter series draws me right into the action and rarely lets up enough to breathe.  If you haven’t read the earlier books, and there are a lot of them, don’t fret, for you can easily read Angry Wolf’s Rejected Mate by Amelia Wilson on its own, as what you’d really need to know is provided within the story.  I enjoyed myself in Sarah’s and Ethan’s story; it’s well-written, passionate, and full of danger and secrets.  I’d not hesitate to recommend their story, or any title in this series, to any Paranormal Romance reader who loves a quick, spicy, emotional, engaging Shifter Romance.

*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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