How long could you wait for true love? No matter how much success Cinda had earned over the years as a investigating journalist, no matter how many prestigious awards she received for her writing, nothing could rid her of the feeling that she needed to be with her mate. But having discovered her mate at 17, she was certain she needed to wait till she matured to be Claimed, and she didn’t want to live a life chained to the kitchen and the bedroom. So by taking birth control, she kept the mate bond hiding from her mate for almost half a century. Now she can no longer deny the unhappiness she had experienced for years from keeping herself from her mate. Now she’ll need to seek him out and make right all the years of wrong. Jarvis was certain that at this point in his life, after 250 some years, that he would never meet his mate. Every day now he needed time to shift in order to keep her Bear under control and refrain from going completely Bear for the rest of his life, but when Cinda walks back into his life, he notices she smells different and come to realize that even though he’d known her since she was young, he is now realizing that she is his mate. There are so many emotions that course through him once he comes to that realization, and the years of hurt might never be completely forgotten or forgiven. As Cinda works to get to know Jarvis and allow the mate bond to flourish, they will both take the time to learn about each other, what they really are like to each other and also their dreams and deepest fears. There will be plenty that they will have to overcome and realize about each other, but one thing for certain is that they are both willing to let go of the past in order to become true mates. After all, it’s what they’ve been waiting for all their lives. USA Today Bestselling Author Becca Fanning brings you a Shifter Romance novel packed full of action, intrigue and steam! Fated Mates have never been so right and wrong for each other!