She drove into the wilderness to escape her life. She didn't expect to find a werewolf waiting for her in the dark. Maya Chen had nothing left to lose — no job, no apartment, and a car that chose the middle of nowhere to give up on her. Running from her past seemed like the only reasonable plan. She never planned for a massive wolf with glowing gold eyes to appear out of the trees and change everything. Marcus Thorne is the Beta of the Pacific Northwest pack — disciplined, controlled, and absolutely certain he has no business falling apart over a human woman. But the mate bond doesn't care about discipline. It chose Maya the moment she crossed into pack territory, and nothing in thirty-two years of werewolf life prepared him for what that actually feels like. Now Maya is caught between two worlds: the ordinary life she was running from, and a supernatural one she never knew existed. Marcus wants her to stay. His Alpha brother wants her gone — permanently. And the longer she stays, the more she realises the bond between them isn't just magic. It's a choice she's going to have to make. Claimed by the Beta is a slow-burn, fated mates paranormal romance built for readers who love a possessive alpha hero who protects first and explains later, a heroine who refuses to be swept along without a fight, and a wolf pack romance with real emotional depth. This is a world of mate bonds and moon-lit forests, Alpha challenges and pack loyalty — where choosing love means choosing an entirely new life. If you devour wolf shifter romance, fated mates stories, or steamy paranormal fiction with a human mate who earns her place in a pack, this book was written for you. Scroll up and grab your copy of Claimed by the Beta today — because some bonds aren't meant to be broken.