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Luna Trials: Mating Season, Book 1
by Heather K. Carson
About this book
She wants to escape. He wants to win. Neither was looking for love, but sparks fly and their fates collide on the popular wolf shifter dating show, Mating Season.
Aspen
I'm the lowest-ranking wolf from a pack that only exists to guard the shifter prison in our territory, but I've been planning my escape for years. I just have to make it through one more heat, then I'm done with this pack and the alpha-holes that run it.
Everything changes when my pack gets an invitation to Mating Season, the reality show where Alphas and Lunas from around the country meet to pick their chosen mates. And my Alpha is sending me.
I'm forced into a dangerous world where TV producers dictate the rules. As if that wasn't crazy enough, a powerful and sinfully handsome Alpha has his sights on me, making me a target for the elite shifters from other packs.
I never wanted to pick a chosen mate or settle down as some Alpha's bride. I wanted freedom. But now I have to act the part viewers expect if I have any hope of surviving this year's Mating Season.
Ranger
The unmated Alphas may be on this show to find a match, but I came here for one reason… And it wasn't her.
When she walked into the wolf den wearing an oversized fluffy sweater and blinking those big brown eyes, my beast immediately staked his claim.
I'm here to play the Alpha Games but I intend to win so much more.
I know what she is to me. She knows it too even if she denies the pull.
Aspen is mine.
Luna Trials is book one of Mating Season. It's a dual POV wolf shifter romance set in a future world where fated mates have become a thing of the past as humans and shifters integrate into a blended society. These books will tease you mercilessly with spice as they progress through the trilogy to the overall HEA.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
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Reader Reviews
June 14, 2025
I don’t usually leave reviews but this book is worth my time and solid 5 stars. I love the fresh spin on this werewolf story. I loved the author’s humor and writing style. It has good spice, a moody alpha, a smart and strong female lead, great side characters that help the story, and a touch of mystery. Looking forward to Book 2! ) 6 people found this helpful
September 2, 2025
This might just be my guilty pleasure read. I love a good goofy romance, and a shifter dating show? That’s exactly my kind of chaos. The drama was nonstop, which made it perfect for a reality TV-inspired story. I enjoyed watching the lunas compete in different trials. It added a fun and unique twist to the usual shifter trope. We got a solid look into Aspen’s personality and her home life, which helped ground the story. I only wish we got more depth from Ranger. He felt like a pretty standard...
October 7, 2024
Loved this story! Didn't think much of this book but the title Luna Trials had me intrigued Aspen a shifter has had Stop hard life living with her papa who was injured working at a penitentiary they hated being in their current pack but In only one month and a few days they would be free to move out. But she's been strong with her heats and has not taken a mate for that reason But her alpha pack leader shocked her by sending her to the Luna trials! She's blindsided and knows that something...
November 17, 2025
This book was NOT what I expected at all!! I wasn’t sure if a “ dating game show” shifter book was for me , but since Heather Carson wrote it literally I had to at least give it a chance. BEST decision ever!! I would have missed out on a fantastic book if I hadn’t!! This extreme page turner has you on the edge of your seat still at 2AM not sleeping because you can’t put it down!! Well I’m off to start book 2 and yes I went and bought the rest of this series as to not would be a massive...
June 29, 2024
I can proudly say that I finished most of this book in one night because I could not put it down. The characters are relatable, I love their conversations and inner-monolog with their wolf and brain. She just wants to get out of her pack but she can't so the Alpha of her pack strikes a deal with her to go to the Dating Show \"MATING Season\" with his son (the future Alpha) and help him. She reluctantly does, going in almost completely blind, with only a little idea of what's going on. While on...
