Mating the Band

She’s perfectly happy being a fangirl, but when her favorite boyband needs a fake mate to save their reputation after one of their “Alphas” almost goes into heat, exposing him as an Omega, this Beta is trading fanedits for the real thing in the third book in Lola Rock's bestselling Pack Darling series.

Life for Dany is pretty great. The beta little sister of a wealthy alpha pack, her life is drama free, and being connected to a pack that owns one of the hottest record labels in the industry? Yeah, Dany isn’t complaining. She’s content to blend in, kick back, and avoid any pack drama outside the pages of her fanfics. Maybe she fantasizes about heats with her favorite pop stars, APOCAxLIPS—a sexy boy band of powerful, hot, domineering alphas—but she’d never act on them.

Jason, Skye, Bank, Minsoo, and T-Foxx are an A-List pop group and an alpha pack who claim to be searching for their perfect mate. It’s kind of their brand. Every fan imagines they’re the one—until a surprise heat nearly outs one of their members as a secret male omega. To save their reputation, Dany agrees to stand in as their public-facing mate. And between their stalker fans and the guys’ fake affection, Dany’s about to find out that kisses can kill.

Set in the world of Pack Darling, Mating the Band is the first novel of a steamy, emotionally gripping omegaverse duology.

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