A Reign of Shadow and Frost

Book Three of the Fated, Cursed, and Claimed series · N. E. Henderson · Releases November 2026

A debt owed.
Two years ago, Caleb Drake helped me find my best friend after a vampire kidnapped her, and the price was a year of my life. My word is the one thing that's never let anybody down, so when he finally called it in, I loaded my truck and drove to the Yukon for a year of training his fighters.

It's just a job. I do the work, I clear the debt, I go home.

A lie unforgiven.
He let me believe across a continent and again standing in front of him that she could have been dead when he'd known exactly where she was before I asked for his help. A mate is supposed to be your number one. Caleb chose his secrets over me before he ever touched me, so he's never getting the chance to do it twice.

I'll run his fighters into the frost at dawn. I'll sit at his table. I will never end up in his bed—I lasted six days.

A question asked.
Something dark is out on his land taking young wolf shifters. It leaves no trail, no scent, nothing but snow, and the ones who survive it come back with the memory wiped out of their minds. The pack thinks it's monster hunters but I know a search when I see one—something is looking for one particular man. And every instinct I own says it's the man I'm trying my hardest to keep hating.

I swore two things on the drive here from Moonwake. I'd pay what I owed, and I'd never forgive Caleb Drake. I'm going to keep exactly one of them.

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Couple
Ashleigh & Caleb Drake
Type
Wolf shifters, fated mates
POV
Dual, first person present tense
Ending
Happily ever after, no cliffhanger
Spice
4 out of 5
Formats
Ebook in Kindle Unlimited
Series
Book 3 of Fated, Cursed, and Claimed
Releases
November 2026

Tropes

Content warnings. Explicit on-page sex, heavy power exchange and BDSM, knotting, shifter heat, age gap; graphic violence and character death; child endangerment and long-term psychological abuse of a child; captivity, mind control, and memory theft; grief and parental loss. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. 18+.

Questions readers ask

When does it come out?
November 2026.
How spicy is it?
A 4 out of 5. The sex is explicit and on the page, and there is a fair amount of it.
What are the content warnings?
Explicit on-page sex, heavy power exchange and BDSM, knotting, shifter heat, age gap; graphic violence and character death; child endangerment and long-term psychological abuse of a child; captivity, mind control, and memory theft; grief and parental loss. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. 18+.
Can I read it as a standalone?
Every book in the series follows a different couple and ends in its own happily ever after. Ashleigh and Caleb both appear earlier in the series, so reading in order gives you their history, but their romance starts here.
Is it dual POV?
Yes, alternating between Ashleigh and Caleb in first person present tense.
Is it a fated mates romance?
Yes, and an unusual one. She already knows he's her mate when the book opens, and she has no intention of forgiving him for choosing his secrets over her before he ever touched her.
What should I read first?
Start with A War of Hearts and Fate, then A Cage of Blood and Light. The full reading order is here.