Lupe’s Digital Bookstore
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Lupe’s Digital Bookstore
by Lupe Page
She was bitten by a dying wolf and woke up dangerous.
Sage Blackthorn didn't ask for power that can shatter minds, a mate bond that ignites every time He breathes, or a fated connection to the most devastatingly gorgeous panther shifter she's ever seen. But when Hawk Nightshade's golden eyes find hers across a blood-soaked arena, something ancient and hungry snaps into place — and neither of them will ever be the same.
He crossed mountains to find her. Fought monsters to keep her. Defied his entire pack to claim her.
Now an enemy is building an army from broken shifters, and Sage is the weapon they want most. But she's done being hunted. Done being caged. Done pretending the heat in Hawk's eyes doesn't burn her from the inside out.
The bond is fated. The danger is real. And the chemistry between them?
Absolutely. Combustible.
The Panther's Mate — because some bonds can't be denied, some powers can't be contained, and some men are worth burning the world down for.
Blade Nightshade has led the Nightshade panther territory for twenty-three years. He negotiated the three-territory alliance. He dismantled a forced-shifting operation that nearly destroyed everything he built. He watched his children find their fated mates and felt, in the quiet of his empty lodge, the particular satisfaction of a man who has done everything correctly and arrived somewhere he did not entirely choose.
She was human on a Monday. By Friday, everything she thought she knew about the world was ash.
Sage Blackthorn was walking home through Old Pine Trail when a dying wolf sank its teeth into her shoulder and changed her life forever. One bite. One transfer of raw, uncontrolled power from a rogue Alpha who had no right to give it. And suddenly, Sage can feel every mind within a hundred yards pressing against hers like a tide she doesn't know how to hold back.
She doesn't get time to adjust. Within days, she's captured by the people who've been hunting the rogue — a shadowy organization running illegal shifter fighting rings for the entertainment of the wealthy and powerful. Sage is thrown into the cage with nothing but her wits, a gift she can't control, and the stubborn refusal to break that's kept her alive through worse than this.
She just has to survive long enough to find a way out.
Then a pair of golden eyes find hers across the arena, and surviving suddenly gets a lot more complicated.
Hawk Nightshade is the best tracker in his father's panther pack — patient, lethal, and utterly certain that the fated mate bond is something that happens to other people. He's spent years watching his brother and sister-in-law navigate the consuming intensity of a fated connection and has quietly decided he wants no part of it. He has work to do. A mission to complete. A fighting ring to infiltrate and destroy.
He does not have time to find his mate in a cage.
But the bond doesn't ask permission. The moment his hawk's vision locks on the woman in the arena, something ancient and irrevocable detonates in his chest — and the mission just became a great deal more personal.
Getting Sage out is only the beginning.
Because the power she carries isn't just unusual. It's unprecedented. A mind-bending gift inherited from a dying Alpha, amplified by a fated mate bond that neither of them asked for, capable of reaching into consciousness itself and bending it to her will. In the wrong hands, Sage isn't just a shifter. She's a weapon.
And Commander Rhys — the silver-eyed operative who's been building a forced-shifting army from the bodies of captured shifters — wants her back.
Hawk will burn the mountain down before he lets that happen.
But keeping Sage safe means bringing her into the heart of Nightshade territory, facing down a pack that fears what she carries, and fighting the pull of a bond that grows more consuming with every hour they spend in each other's orbit. It means watching her learn to wield the most dangerous gift the supernatural world has seen in a generation. It means accepting that the woman he crossed mountains for is not someone who needs his protection.
She needs his partnership. His trust. And the particular kind of surrender that only comes when you stop fighting the one thing in the world that was always meant to be yours.
The Panther's Mate is a scorching paranormal romance set in a world where shifter politics run on blood and loyalty, fated bonds are as real as gravity, and the woman everyone underestimated is about to become the most powerful person in the room.
Expect:
• A fated mates bond that ignites from the first moment and burns hotter with every page
• A heroine who starts the story in a cage and ends it with an army at her back
• A brooding, golden-eyed panther hero who will cross any distance, defy any order, and fight any monster to stand beside his mate
• Found family dynamics, pack politics, and two rival shifter clans learning to trust each other against a common enemy
• A villain with military resources, a forced-shifting program, and absolutely no idea what's coming for her
• Steam that earns its heat — because some bonds can't be completed without it
• A love story built on partnership, not possession, between two people who are each other's greatest strength
Perfect for fans of Zodiac Academy, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Fated Mates romantasy with bite.
I am a Paranormal romance fiction author. You may also see useful digital journals and other downloads like calendars in my store. I may feature authors from time to time as well.
This bookstore will feature a wide range of genres, with a focus on shifter romance. However, I have several literary pieces that I will feature as well as digital downloads that will be useful. Digital journals, calendars, planners, and coloring books will be available. This will be akin to a regular bookstore.
Lily's Ascent book 2
Lily never expected her one night with Jax Thorne to change everything. Now she carries his child—half human, half wolf—and every day brings whispers of danger. The pack healer warns her that shifter pregnancies rarely end without blood. Jax swears he will protect her, but the bond between them is as volatile as it is irresistible.
When Jax brings Lily into his world, she is thrust into the heart of pack politics, rival jealousies, and ancient secrets. Longing for the comfort of her human life, she begs to see her mother again, only to uncover truths about her past that shake her to the core.
But nothing can prepare Lily for the moment her body betrays her, when instinct collides with destiny. Because inside her isn’t just a child—there’s something else waiting to rise.
And when it does, neither she nor Jax will ever be the same.
Lily's Ascent Book 3
Love was the spark. Power is the awakening.
Lily once thought falling for a wolf shifter was the greatest risk she could take. Now, as her half-shifter child grows within her and the magic of her blood begins to stir, she realizes her destiny is far greater—and far more dangerous—than she ever imagined.
When the truth of her lineage is revealed, Lily learns her absent father was a Moonborn wolf—a being of rare and ancient power. His legacy pulses through her veins, drawing both allies and enemies to her door.
With hunters closing in and a jealous entity determined to tear her from Jax’s arms, Lily must embrace the strength that has always been hers. Because love is no longer enough to survive…
She must rise as Moonborn.
A spellbinding human/shifter paranormal romance filled with danger, passion, and destiny.
A Prequel
The Other Daughter asks the questions that literary fiction does best: How much do we owe the people who share our blood? What do we do with a love that has been damaged but not destroyed? And is it possible, after the silence, after the secrets, after the worst has already happened, to choose each other again?
