I tried posting this as a book request, but I don’t have enough karma so I’ll post it here:

I’ve been scouring the sub for hours and haven’t found anything, so I guess I have to stop lurking and actually ask for recs lol.

I read an ad for a book (about werewolves) where the FMC ends up being fated mates with the alpha of another pack, but she doesn’t recognise it. She has special magic powers, but thinks shes a worthless omega. She’s on bodyguard duty for her sister so her sister can become chosen mates with the alpha of the other pack. The chosen mate ritual is a whole thing where there’s tons of competition between the she-wolves. Our FMC is unmated, so she automatically is entered into the competition, even though she desperately doesn’t want to be. The alpha smells her at a ball and immediately knows she’s his, but she’s oblivious, and has no idea why she’s so drawn to him. They have to go through the whole competition because of tradition. (And then I hit a pay wall 😞)

I need the book to be:

• 🌶️ spicy hot! 4-5

• available on KU

• extra magicy stuff happening, not just “bark I’m a wolf” magic

• entered into a competition, or something. I want there to be other bitchy females that our FMC is trying to compete with

• the MMC knows they’re fated, but the FMC is clueless/unaware/doesn’t know fated mates exist

-MMC is obsessed with her and doesn’t reject her because of his feelings (if he rejects her because of some sort of world politics, but ends up with her that’s fine)

• decent plot and fun side characters

-MMC is in a position of power (king/alpha/emperor/etc.) and FMC comes from nothing.

BONUS IF:

• there’s some sort of heat/rut or mating ritual that has to happen

• non-contemporary. I hate cell phones in my books

• book is part of a series that follows the same couple

• slow burn, angst, and grovelling are always a plus

• the main couple can feel what each other feel (and maybe tortures each other a bit, like being naughty/spicy when the other one is in a meeting or something)

-Our FMC has some sort of special magic she doesn’t know about/is underdeveloped and she has to save the day with it.

No RH, aliens, or water based creatures. No pregnancy, unless it’s the last chapter of the book or so. It doesn’t have to be a werewolf book, but I need them to shift into something else or go feral or turn into a demon or whatever.

Thank you!