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My bones still hold the gouges of rejection. It still hurts, watching Clayton love the one he rejected me for, and it probably always will. My body still yearns for my destined mate, the Moon refusing to set us free from the bond that stems from the marrow of our existence. Anguish and heartache with unbearable pain is the life I thought I was destined to live. Until Dallas. Even though he is not the mate destined for me by the Moon, we decided to choose our own paths. Fate was ours to determine. Or so we thought...

420 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 29, 2019

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Rachelle Mills

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A writer of wolves who loves the grey

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rachelle Mills is a 2016 Watty winner for Voracious Reads - Clayton, and Featured Writer on Wattpad where she first published the acclaimed read under her breakout pseudonym, Whiskeyqueenn.

Ms. Mills has won the devotion of her international “Wildflower Pack" fandom, new readers and critics alike for her fantastically realized paranormal universes, where alpha male and luna-made werewolves fight tooth and claw for hierarchy. And the often blood-red path of true love is made as rocky and perilous for them as possible by society and the capricious deities it serves. Her disturbingly relatable shifters at once frustrate and enthrall readers, drawn with an expert grasp of the real-life complexities with which she imbues these primal beings, yielding the eternal conflict between their controlled, infinitely human side and their vicious, virtually untamable were-side. Mills' emotive style is singularly descriptive, bringing her trademark dark romances with their grey characters to vivid life.

She comes by the broad knowledge base that informs her worlds� ethnically diverse characters and mix of global cultural traditions organically.

Ms. Mills lives in Canada with her family of humans and two judgmental dogs.

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16 reviews
March 14, 2021
A book about always being the second choice

I hated this book, both books really. The story had so much potential but it was heartbreaking. Not heartbreaking as in it evoked emotion, which it did, but heartbreaking as in the heroine ended up with the wrong guy. There wasn't even a right guy in this book. She just settled for the least shitty option.

Rya is always the second choice and I kept waiting for someone to make her their first choice. Spoiler, it doesn't ever happen. Dallas gives up on her multiple times. She begged for a chance and he turned his back on her again. Then he comes back months later and asks for a chance and Rya immediately gives it to him. Like within minutes of talking to him again she's cuddled up with him.
This story teaches girls it's okay to be weak and unloved and to just settle for the scraps sent your way. I loved Rya and was so emotionally invested in her, but now I have such a bitter taste in my mouth. She's weak. Dallas is a coward. So I guess they're perfect for each other.

My overall review: Read this book if you like watching a girl get beat down and treated like shit over and over and for her to keep accepting it. If you like a strong female, and a male worthy of swooning over, then this book is not for you.
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1,206 reviews538 followers
June 13, 2023
5 STARS!
An eye for an eye doesn't free you from your past pains.
ABSOLUTELY love this author!

RE-READ: August 2021 ==> 5+ STARS!
RE-READ: June 2023 ===> 5 STARS!


This is the conclusion to Rya's story and like book 1, tragedy dripped from every chapter, every sentence, every word. I cried sad tears, outraged tears, and happy tears - you name it, I felt it.
"You are important, you are supposed to be loved and cherished, and that's what I will spend the rest of my life doing."
I loved how the author didn't shy away from anything; no stone was left unturned. She tackled the mate bond head-on and showed both its evils and its wonders.
"All you have to do is believe in me, in us."
I admit that the story played out in a way that I wasn't expecting, but in the end, it was oh-so-satisfying. What a journey!
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2,319 reviews21 followers
June 11, 2023
Rachelle Mills how did you manage to surpass the greatness of book one with this masterpiece?!

The level of sensitivity, trauma, personal growth, and self discovery written here was EPIC.

I’m not perfect, I’m not a princess, but I am loved like a fairytale ending. He is my ending. He’s not perfect, but for me, he is.

This is an all consuming, ever evolving, spiritual journey, and an incredibly beautiful love story This is not insta anything. It is a hard fought for, emotional maturity, been-through-some-shit kind of love story.

Maybe this was my path the whole time and I was just too blinded by my personal grief to not really look and see how I can help others with a gift that was blessed to me by the moon herself.

Must be read in order, reoccurring characters with a revolving plot. Watching these characters grow and mature, was such a painful treat. This author does not shy away from brutal truth. I loved watching Rya’s growth, and her realization that she doesn’t need anyone else to fully live her life, she chooses her own way.

The intimacy in this one was written perfectly. From the bedroom, to the forests, in human form, and in wolf form. Ends with a beautiful HEA.

I can easily say these two stories are the best shifter books I’ve read to date. I sobbed, I laughed, I almost didn’t think I was going to make it near the end.

BR with Isabella. We couldn’t have asked for two more perfect stories to read together.
97 reviews4 followers
February 18, 2024
Stupid ending. Bad grammar. Unoriginal storyline. Weak main character, that tries to get with someone who is already married in a sense and one that had already rejected her,then that doesn't work and she 'needs' a man so she gets the next best thing. Ha, fuck that. Then second best man, towards the end, tells her I can't commit to you fully as I had a mate before and I want to be with her there in the moon. You are just good for now and are just filling a gap. Ha

There is so much drama when there needs not be. It's like the author is trying to compensate for something. The main character is always second best and is okay with that in the end. The main guy leaves her, hurts her, does not communicate but as soon as he comes back she is all over him and all is forgiven. we should not teach this lesson to people. Get the fuck out if you are not treated well. Girls do deserve love, to be put first, not merely the shit left over.

Most of the book sucks because Rya is never someone's first choice, she just picks the least shitty person. Both main male characters put her second and hurt her. We just see her beaten down multiple time throughout the book and this is meant to make her seem strong, make you feel compassionate instead it makes you hate Rya because she takes the shit and accepts. The worst ending of all time. I wasted so much time and am so disappointed. Bitter authors, fucking playing the martyr.

Fuck no one wanted her. Even her so called mates pack, they just wanted her because of what she could do for the pack. Give them a heir, a way to continue Dallas line as the only other person he could have a baby with died, his previous mate.
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Waste of time and money. Should not have given the author a chance.

Also, the blurb sounds like a cheesy teen romance where everything is the end of the world. God go read classics with lessons, and value like catch 22, great expectations, Lolita,catcher of the rye,to kill a mockingbird, 1984,Lord of the flies, crime and punishment etc.
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29 reviews9 followers
February 2, 2019
Digs into the readers heart and won’t let go.

It kills me not to give this story 5 stars because I loved it so much but I cannot ignore one disappointing part, which I explain at the end of this review.

Dallas is book two of Rya’s story, told from her perspective with a few chapters told from Dallas’s perspective. Generally, I feel like an author ought to stick with one perspective because that’s how life happens, how each of us experience life, including events that effected us outside of our presence. Yet for this story including Dallas’s perspective enriched the story by allow us to get to know more characters.

I’ve finally come to understand it is the nuanced depth of these characters in this story that will not relinquish their hold on my heart.

These characters are flawed, every single one. They show poor judgement, selfishness, anger, resentment, but they also show deep abiding love, passionate love, brotherly love, responsible love, and sacrificial love. The trouble with the romance genre is that the characters are most often not flawed making it impossible to relate to them. Rya, Clayton, and Dallas are full blooded personalities with a mix of flaws both characterilogical and consequential. Rya shows contempt for Kennedy, and who can blame her? For the reader to see Rya’s contempt for Kennedy while Kennedy is suffering from not only the consequences of her selfishness and bitterness but also the physical pain of her slowly starving body while her mate Cash bitterly rejects her. It’s a bit jarring because we want Rya to be better than that.

We continue to see Clayton’s inexplicable disregard for the pain and suffering he has inflicted on Rya. But we get an understanding on what lead him to stubbornly turn his back. Hatred and contempt for his father whose public image as the alpha didn’t resemble who the guy really was; for his mother who cared more about status and image than truth and love; for how they manipulated Clayton’s relationship with Kennedy to exclude all others “and then just expected them to stop once they realized the weren’t destined mates.� Clayton dug in his heels and each time he turned his back on Rya he was passive aggressively flipping the bird at his parents. He really did love Kennedy and that love combined with his contempt for his parents allowed him to be the worst best thing that ever happened to Rya. In my opinion, Clayton redeems himself at the end. His brutal and honest self reporting to Rya shows he holds himself accountable while allowing Rya to ease her inner conflict regarding chosen mate or destined mate. By laying all his flaws painfully exposed for Rya, he helps her grow more attached to Dallas which is very clearly in her best interest.

But this story was titled Dallas and he doesn’t get away without showing his own flaws. As we saw in the first book ‘Clayton� Dallas is very afraid of getting rejected because Rya has a living mate and he knows full well how powerful that bond is. Dallas showed cowardice for rejecting Rya when he realized Clayton was weakening in his rejection of Rya. Dallas knew that if Clayton ever decided to pursue Rya, the mate bond would make it impossible for Rya to reject him. In book two, just when everything is looking rosey for Rya, Dallas rejects her again, leaving Rya twice rejected and utterly broken. “Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, you foolish foolish man,� the reader thinks.

Then there are the side characters who are also flawed. Cash, the mate to Kennedy and Dallas’s brother is at first pig headed, mean, and a bully toward Rya and Kennedy. In the first story Cash is shown to be a real jerk, utterly unlikable. But a tearful confession as he sits by Rya’s side after indirectly causing her to be painfully injured, shows how his own pain has caused him to be his own worst enemy. Characters redeem themselves through suffering and Cash, tragically, gets more than his share. Dallas’s father, alpha Clinton (or the Silverback as Rya has dubbed him) is perhaps my most favorite side character. A man of little words who has a deep fondness for observing people, who doesn’t shy from making tough choices and accepts the success or failure of those choices. He leads by setting the example and he shows respect for the inner strength, or potential inner strength of those around him. He offers up his body in sacrifice to protect his son, and his passionate love for his mate Luna Grace is palpable. He relishes making his pack fight it out until one submits, which is not a very human like sentiment but contextually it makes sense. I love how he has Knick named Rya as Little Moon. Luna Grace is the biggest dichotomy in the story. She can be motherly, supportive, understanding, and gently embrace others in her powerful mother love. She can be a real hard ass, down right frightening, and as strict as a drill Sargent.

Through suffering redemption is found. But not just experiencing pain, the pain has to cause introspection and insight. The insight has to be offered up for public consumption. To declare outloud that we should be held accountable for our mistakes is what makes redemption such a satisfying offering. I think it is the rich redemptions in this story that makes it so persuasive in its lesson on forgiveness. It is not easy to offer forgiveness when we have been truly harmed by another.

Now to my least favorite aspect of this review, and I honestly hate that I feel compelled to include this at all. I did not like the ending. Not the actions at the end, not how the story ends, but the tone Rachelle Mills utilized to draw this story to its close. I felt it too expository, too surmonish, and it didn’t really mesh with how this story was told. I think the sentiments reflected in the exposition should have been revealed some other way, through dialogue or voice mail messages, or even emails, letter or cards. I think Rachelle Mills over flows with story telling talent and excels in creating relatable characters with realistic dialogue. I think the ending of this story could be reworked so it more closely matches her talent.

I write reviews for readers, not for writers. What do readers want to know about and should they take a chance on this story? Yes absolutely readers should take a chance on this story!!!

But this next part is directly for Rachelle Mills: I would rather shoot myself in the head then discourage you in anyway. I could be wrong, which may have happened once or twice before, but my opinion is that the ending didn’t quite fit with the overall tone.
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592 reviews612 followers
May 4, 2021
Trigger Warnings: This is a little harder to put trigger warnings on since it's a werewolf romance and I'm new to the genre/trope. So here we are:

This is the second book in the Wildflower series, recommended by Shilpa, I am so glad I was able to read this series it was actually so entertaining. You have to read the first book to read this, it follows what happened in the first book. This series is very depressing, this book concludes the story following Rya and the next book follows another character in this series. I don't think I will be reading it since I read some reviews and don't think I will like it very much. I would give this 3.5 stars, I was emotional while reading this and I really liked the fact that the author added more POVs in this book, not only following Rya but many others which made it a lot more interesting. This book showed that everyone is flawed in some way and everyone makes mistakes making us all human, it wasn't about who's bad or good, this book showed the more grey area of characters. The book can be slow for some since it focused on character development and different journeys characters had to take in order to move forward. There were many points where characters were on their own to figure out stuff, I feel like a quarter of it was with the characters together but for the most part, they spent a lot of time on their own. It was interesting for me but I know many may find it to be slow or boring. I was able to understand more of the werewolf terms even though I am still not an expert lol, I have a lot to learn.


follows the first book in this series , following a girl named Rya whose mate does not want her. Her mate Clayton is in love with Kennedy and wants nothing to do with Rya. Rya makes a mistake is punished and shunned by her pack, leading her to live a lonely life until she decides to transfer packs until she is called back again. After four years, her pack calls on her to come back and she is forced to confront the mate that rejected her along with his lover. But she finally finds someone that might possibly have an interest in her. Will she win back her mate or fall for someone else?


Now for spoilers



Anyway, that is all, stay safe folks!
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1,259 reviews645 followers
March 20, 2022
I guess I’m cynical because all I could think about is that one word came to mind once I finished reading. Settle. Settle is all I could see because I don’t believe the love between Dallas and Rya. She’s STILL second best. Always will be. And that makes me sad.

I don’t care what anyone says. Or that I sound like a bitch. But I think it’s disrespectful to have pictures of your dead wife on the wall at the home. Knowing how Rya feels about it. Then telling her that it was his first love and mate and that it would stay because she’s still part of the family. It’s cruel. Don’t want to ever forget your mate? Fine. But take the pictures down and put them away. She’s not part of your life anymore! So screw you, Dallas!

I’m sooo glad she never took Clayton back. That man deserved everything he got. I don’t even understand how he or cash could love Kennedy. She’s a plain old bitch. Her character change in the end didn’t change my mind about her either. She was a bitch. She knew that Rya was the mate to Clayton from the beginning but was selfish enough to keep him. In the end, if she didn’t die, I believe her and Clayton belong together. They could be miserably in love with one another.

These books have kind of turned me off to rejected mate books. The whole debacle with Rya, Clayton, and Kennedy just gives me a horrible taste in my mouth. Kennedy and Clayton set off a chain of events that ruined everything. And yes I know, it’s the parents fault for putting it in their heads from the time they were children that they would be mates. But I thought the mate bond was supposed to be a hundred times stronger than mere “love�. Just makes the mate bond seem like trash. That they could throw it away so easily.

I’m not sure I want to read about Cash. Especially with him pining over that horrible bitch. I need to find another book where the heroine isn’t second best. Because that’s all this book is. It’s not romantic at all and I’m definitely in the minority. This I know for a fact. No one could change my mind. This isn’t a romance.
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1,017 reviews1 follower
July 26, 2020


This story wasn't at all as angsty as Clayton's story was, but that didn't mean this story doesn't have its own sadnesses. I loved this sequel every bit as much as the first story. This author has an amazing talent for spinning a tale that's so realistic and believable, with characters the reader can't help but fall in love with. I adored everything aboyt Rya's journey to finally finding her happiness, as well as all the family she collected along the way. This was the perfect ending to this beautiful story.
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1,902 reviews282 followers
August 3, 2020
4.5 stars

Own in:

So excited these books are available for my kindle. I like the way it ended. However, I did soften toward Clayton a little. I can't believe I said that. I came to feel sorry for Kennedy, but I will never like her. Both, raised in the culture, should have respected the mating bond. I also blame Kennedy's and Clayton's parents. All 6 people caused their own and others suffering. None deserve a happy ending - and in these 2 books, none of them do.

I am so glad that Rya came into her own sense of self, that she is who she is, unique and special. Enjoyed reading again.

Why knock 1/2 star? That's a long discussion for another day:)
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2,675 reviews634 followers
February 29, 2024
I wanted to give the series a second chance since so many GR friends loved it, but it's still a half glass full kind of romance. More angst than I care for, but well done.

It did pick up steam, readability not sexiness, towards the end when the h gains the Wildflower crew.

All in all, not sold on the love between the H and h, and still feel like the shifter/alpha theme is a metaphor for a men get to have their cake and eat it too double standard.
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2,313 reviews2 followers
Shelved as 'avoid'
July 13, 2022
Self note
Poor girl. Her fated mate doesn’t want her, he loves the ow.
And then she meets the H in this book, he loves her but loves his dead fated mate and probably wouldn’t have been with the h if she hadn’t died.

So basically the h ends up being a 2nd best consolation. What kind of a HEA is that?🙄 this is romance?

Avoiding.
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4,234 reviews349 followers
January 29, 2019
This is a really good story.
I would say you should read book 1 first as this book picks up right where book 1 ended.
The premise of book 1 and 2 is unusual, all fated mate shifter books I have read have been about the fated couple getting together, except this one.
The couple are separate when the book starts.
Rya has gone off to be educated about her wolf side.
I enjoyed the story, the authors writing style is a bit unusual esp when she is in wolf form.
It's a bit moody, poetic.
At a certain point a whole group of new characters are introduced and it's the only bit where I lost interest. I think the author was trying to set up interest in future storylines but rather than breadcrumbs dropped for future books, to me it felt like half a loaf.
The reader is already dealing with Rya, Dallas and Clayton, plus Kennedy and Cash, as we see the development of their relationship, or parts of it but then there is quite a lot of detail about this new set of characters, to me it felt like a detour.
Maybe I'd feel differently on a reread.
HEA.

Spoilers below for the safety gang.

Dallas is devoted to Rya but he has loved before and his deceased mate does still hold part of his heart, there are references to their life together though nothing intimate.
He never looks elsewhere while he is with Rya.

There are no intimate details of anyone other than Dallas and Rya but she does kiss Clayton.
I thought this was handled well, the whole story is how although feeling the fated mate pull, they both find love elsewhere so it was bound to happen.
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556 reviews117 followers
December 8, 2021
Same issues as the first installment, half of it was really good and well written but then the direction the other half of the story took was weird and frustrating. I don’t understand the need to put all this twist and turns, it was just messy and not pleasant to read.
Excessive amount of drama.
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1,053 reviews260 followers
July 26, 2020
This was a wonderful conclusion to Rya’s story. I really loved her character. She was very pragmatic. She briefly succumbs to the magnetic pull for of her mate and Dallas is devastated, understandably.

Rya is left alone and with an unexpected complication. Dallas finally realizes what he’s thrown away, but he’s almost too late. Rya is so damaged from always feeling like a B side, or afterthought. I really felt her pain as she lamented always being someone’s second choice, never first. Cassius’s and Kennedy’s story is very tragic. I felt for Clayton as well.

Great storytelling and an excellent series!
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1,868 reviews249 followers
August 12, 2022
I haven’t read the first book of the series because I DNF after reading the first chapters.
I tried to read this one but didn’t enjoy.
The heroine has been rejected by her true mate who’s in love with another woman.
She falls in love with the hero who’s lost his true mate.
So she’s second best.
In this book she tries to be accepted by the hero’s pack.
Her true mate loses the woman he loves because she gets pregnant with her true mate and dies giving birth to twins.
The heroine kisses her true mate because.
The hero sees her and leaves her.
She’s pregnant but doesn’t tell him.
He eventually understands he loves her and goes to her.
There’s still some strange questions about what happens afterlife if he meets his dead mate? Will he go to her or will he go to the heroine?
Really???
Her true mate understands he made a mistake and wants her back but seriously, the heroine is not a Lynne Graham heroine, she’s a RM heroine and these one never forgive nor forget, so go west boy.
True mate boy finds his karma and remains all alone. Thank for for lil mercies.
And the heroine bonds with the hero. But how?
- two stars because the bond/ true mate issue is not dealt correctly. If you write a werewolf book you have to take this matter seriously.
No way a true mate bonds with another one. Why the bonding if it is possible to love and bond with everyone?
- this is more a story of second loves, where both the heroine and the hero finds their second chance of happiness having lost their first love. It could have been done without the bond issue.
- I enjoyed that the heroine’s true mate and his woman never finds happiness together. She dies and he is rejected by the heroine who’s in love with the hero. After all they put the heroine through, the rejection, the humiliations, the hurt.
Karma is a bitch.
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23 reviews33 followers
March 24, 2021
Again, I just really didn't like this. I felt like we were supposed to be on the side of those who treated Rya terribly? But also to hate those who treated Rya terribly? Depending on if they're connected to Clayton or other Clayton- oops, I mean Dallas.

No one ever really treated Rya like as worthy, or like an equal. No one. She has no family or friends in her life that aren't there in the first place strictly because of who she's dating.

When she finally finds somewhere she seems to actually belong with people who could be true friends, Dallas shows up and fucks it all. It was the most depressing part of this book, how it started with her on the outside looking in, and ended with her feeling like she was finally on the inside as a part of something again, but in reality she's still not really a part of this family. They didn't choose her for who she is, but rather what she can do for them, their pack, and Dallas.

In the end, I couldn't really tell what the theme of this book was. I thought, going into it, that the theme would be more geared towards our choices being more powerful and great than whatever fate or destiny has in store for us as I assumed Rya would choose Dallas and see that she ended up happier with him than she could've ever been with Clayton.

But if that's true than why did things end up so horribly for Clayton? He, too, chose to follow the power of love rather than the pull of fate and that ended up shit-the-bed bad for him.
19 reviews1 follower
April 5, 2021
It seems to me that this is a story of a girl who is forever emotionally abused by everyone. And it ends with her making her peace with the fact that it will never get better.

Now I know that there are people who are into bittersweet ever after endings, but for me it was a deeply unsatisfying experience. I honestly regret reading this series if only because I can’t come to terms with the ending.

I would have prefered if the h told everyone to go to hell, and lived with the misfits on the beach. I mean, if we saw her fall in love with herself and realize that neither the true nor the second mate are worthy, I would have been happy with it. The book implies that she will suffer even in her afterlife. I am just so crushed by her Jesus-like fate that I cannot stand it, even a little.
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711 reviews19 followers
February 8, 2021
4.5 stars

I loved this book.

Rya’s growth and strength of character
Her travels and helping other packs
Her helping her old pack regardless of how she thinks they might feel about her

Clayton eventually seeing the light

Dallas� love

The supporting cast was great! I can’t wait to read their stories
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503 reviews307 followers
June 12, 2023
it’s so satisfying to see the guy she ended up with wasn’t the conventional one for a shifter.
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1,924 reviews55 followers
January 23, 2024
True happiness

Finally Rae will get her happiness. However she goes through her training. It was interesting seeing her train as wolf and then skin.

Better yet she went through some turmoil and goes on her own journey. She at least has found a pack that loves her with open arms.

First book was better though.
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Author11 books39 followers
November 6, 2019
”Why me? All I ever wanted in life was to be loved, to be put first. Is that too much to ask for? . . . I deserve to be first . . . I would rather be alone than know that I’m just being used for company. To fill a void left by your dead mate . . . I’m worthy to be someone’s first.�

Rya’s inner turmoil resonated with me. I’ve been this girl, feeling like I was a man’s consolation prize. It hurts to believe someone is just passing time with you until he gets a better offer or because he couldn’t get the girl he really wanted.

It was Rya who drew me into this story and it was her who kept me reading. Her journey is the heart of this story.

Clayton, Kennedy, Dallas, and Dallas’s brothers were not as interesting, but their tales are interwoven in this plot. I would like to see Clayton, Cash, and the gay brother get stories of their own.

This book is Part 2 of Rya and Dallas’s story. While it had a happy ending as any romance novel should, Rachelle Mills took me on a hell of a ride to the HEA. Expect a few disappointing outcomes and a lot of angst.

3.5 ⭐️ ‘s
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159 reviews46 followers
November 13, 2023
Dnf @ 33% I wanna give you a zero, but that’s not possible� so I give you a 1.

I’m sick and tired of reading this depressing ass book, I skipped ahead to the end and saw that she ends up with crusty dusty Dallas. They have absolutely no chemistry. There’s no way this book counts as a romance� it’s a depression fest.

I hate how flip floppy it is with rya trying to “choose”between the two of them� like girl you can’t have both please just do me a favor and settle on one of them Jesus Christ. But that’s not saying much bc both Clayton and Dallas suck ass, she’s always going to be the second choice no matter what. I can’t keep reading bc I’m prioritizing my mental health YALL..


0/5 in my hater era
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2,432 reviews409 followers
September 20, 2019
This is the second and final book of the Wildflower Series. It is not your typical were , or jilted lover book. It is Rya’s journey that is both heart warming and wrenching. Life is messy and Ms. Mills writes a beautiful story of hope, loss, love, forgiveness, strength... I highly recommend
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1,456 reviews70 followers
October 28, 2020
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Stars! An ok read.
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637 reviews98 followers
December 29, 2019
2.5 Stars!

It was great at first with enough angst to stir excitement in me but around 60- 70ish I started to get bored. Bored with unnecessary characters (in my opinion). I believe they will the be the main character of the next book in this series but having continuously reading about them just bores me to death. I have to skim a good portion just to be done with it.

The moment the story picked up a bit was when the magic "question" was asked.

Also, I noticed that the "saturate" word were used a couple of times in this book making my eyes roll 😒😞

Oh well... it has HEA if you're asking.
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750 reviews62 followers
February 2, 2019
This book is all about regret,forsaken love,a bitter love,a lost love as a whipped rejected she wolf now moon blessed with the choice to rise above a broken mate bond claws out her own destiny with a bite of forgiveness.
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231 reviews
May 13, 2023
Reread 5/13/23. Another 5🌟read with plenty of gut punches and angst throughout! Just SO GOOD!!!

Note-this isn’t a stand-alone. Need to read Clayton first to know what in the heck is happening. It’s worth it-total gut punch, too!
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4,234 reviews349 followers
January 29, 2019
This is a really good story.
I would say you should read book 1 first as this book picks up right where book 1 ended.
The premise of book 1 and 2 is unusual, all fated mate shifter books I have read have been about the fated couple getting together, except this one.
The couple are separate when the book starts.
Rya has gone off to be educated about her wolf side.
I enjoyed the story, the authors writing style is a bit unusual esp when she is in wolf form.
It's a bit moody, poetic.
At a certain point a whole group of new characters are introduced and it's the only bit where I lost interest. I think the author was trying to set up interest in future storylines but rather than breadcrumbs dropped for future books, to me it felt like half a loaf.
The reader is already dealing with Rya, Dallas and Clayton, plus Kennedy and Cash, as we see the development of their relationship, or parts of it but then there is quite a lot of detail about this new set of characters, to me it felt like a detour.
Maybe I'd feel differently on a reread.
HEA.

Spoilers below for the safety gang.

Dallas is devoted to Rya but he has loved before and his deceased mate does still hold part of his heart, there are references to their life together though nothing intimate.
He never looks elsewhere while he is with Rya.

There are no intimate details of anyone other than Dallas and Rya but she does kiss Clayton.
I thought this was handled well, the whole story is how although feeling the fated mate pull, they both find love elsewhere so it was bound to happen.


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Quick rundown: female wolf rejected by her true mate, finds love with another wolf, while struggling to fight the pull of the true mate bond.

I go back and forth with this duet. I felt SO bad for Rya as she struggled with her mates rejection of her. Part of me felt like she was a weak main character, but the author did a good job of stressing how strong of a pull the mate bond has on you, so it helped me to understand why it was so hard for her to walk away from her mate even after everything he put her through. Then I was proud of her as we watched her come into her own and get her confidence back. But then she back peddled some. So where I really liked rya, I also didn’t like her. Confusing, I know. I also really didn’t like how Cash treated her. He was pissed because she “didn’t fight enough� for her true mate. I’m sorry, so you want her to break your brothers heart after everything he’s been through? But then I felt sorry for Cash with his mates rejection. Uhhhh I really don’t know how to feel lol I kept turning pages to find out what happens next, but then I’m pissed off at what’s happening. I’m left feeling.... confused!!! I want to reject this duet, but then I want to root for it! What the heck. There was also ALOT of nature imagery that I found myself skimming, and not enough character imagery? Read and decide for yourself.
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