Denied

Author: Evelyn Flood
Series: The Bonding Trials, #1
Publication date: June 13th 2023
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Sienna Michaels has been waiting for her invitation to the Bonding Trials forever.
It’s her opportunity to match with an alpha pack and show off her training as an omega. But when she’s matched with the Cohen pack, Sienna gets a lot more than she bargained for at their Bonding ceremony.
Tristan, Jax, Logan and Gray Cohen are Sienna’s Soul Bonded fated mates.
Destiny. Made for each other.
Except… they don’t seem that bothered.
In fact, they don’t want her at all. They want someone else.
Sienna has no choice but to work through the Bonding Trials and try to get to know her reluctant alphas.
She needs to pass her Trials to be able to stay with the Cohen pack, and if she doesn’t…
Well. She might be Denied.
Rejected mates
Soul Bonded fated
OW drama
Heat trauma
Buckets and buckets of tears
Emotional damage
an excerpt
Sunlight casts shadows across the path in front of me as Tristan Cohen takes a step forward, his fists clenched. My brow creases before I smooth it out, conscious of the watching eyes waiting to judge us.
He doesn’t exactly look thrilled to be here. Maybe he’s just as petrified as I am.
My body leans forward involuntarily as he stalks up the aisle, his face blank. Taking a deep breath, I choke as his scent hits me, sharp warmth like the bite of whiskey on a winter night wrapping around me. He smells like home. God, I want to rub myself up against him. My mother would be horrified if I did that in the middle of my Bonding Ceremony though.
Jubilation fills me as his eyes finally lift to mine, his nostrils flaring as he sucks in a breath of his own, his step stuttering slightly.
My lips lift in a tremulous smile, anticipation flipping my stomach upside down as he reaches the circle. This is it. This is the moment he realizes that I’m his Soul Bonded.
Any second now.
Tristan pauses before he takes a step closer, his muscular body brushing against mine. I have to tip my head back to look into his face, his body brushing against mine. Tipping my head back, I stare into his eyes, wondering at the blaze of color. One the vibrant green of the forest lining the wall surrounding Navarre, the other the jeweled blue of the ocean.
Tristan studies me just as intently, his full lips tightened into a flat line.
“Hello.” It’s a whisper between us, dropping like a stone in the awkward silence that I’m met with on meeting my god damned Soul Bonded.
It’s not supposed to be this awkward, right? I mean, I can feel him inside me. It’s a yearning, a draw in my chest pulling me towards him, like I’ve suddenly discovered the North Star.
Maybe I’ve done something wrong? Frowning as my eyes slide down to his chest, I think back. I don’t think I’ve missed anything. Tristan’s face tightens and pulls into a scowl.
“Let’s get this over with.”
It takes me a second to process.
My mouth drops open as I stare at him wordlessly, hurt hitting me straight in the chest.
I mean, I’m not anything special, but…
“Don’t you feel it?” I ask him. My lips feel numb. He cocks a perfect brow at me.
“Feel what?” he asks abruptly, glancing behind him. The crowd starts to murmur.
“We need to hurry this up. The others are waiting.”
I lean around him, catching a glimpse of the others waiting. Jax’s face is like thunder.
None of them look happy.
Oh god. They’re… disappointed. Furious, even.

about the author

Evelyn Flood is addicted to books – specifically, reverse harem and omegaverse. She spends her time browsing book groups for recs and adding them to her never-ending TBR, where she promptly forgets about them and then goes back to the book groups for more recs. You’ll never see her without a cup of tea and on weekends she likes to dance and drink espresso martinis.
If you like protective, growly alphas, vulnerable omegas who aren’t afraid to stand up for themselves and LOTS of knotting, nesting and naughty scenes, then settle in.
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