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Christmas Midlife Mate

Shifter Nation: Destined Over Forty

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Christmas Midlife Mate

By: Meg Ripley
Narrated by: D.C. Cole
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At 45, Santa finally brought me the right guy for Christmas—until he turned into a bear.

Christmas is supposed to be merry and bright,
But as a single mom with my only kid studying overseas,
The magic of the holidays has lost its luster.
My bestie in Cape Cod invites me to her place,
And her family makes me feel right at home—
Especially the hunky guy dressed as Santa.
With his tough exterior and checkered past,
Will isn’t my usual type.
And when he takes me on a date in his boat,
Vengeful brothers he’d wronged long ago
Threaten us and prove that point even further.
Maybe it’s all the mistletoe and rum punch,
But there’s something about Will I can’t resist.
Looks like the holidays are turning bright after all—
Until a Christmas party turns into a circus sideshow.
A puppy joins the festivities,
Happily barking and herding the partygoers.
Then it turns into a toddler before my very eyes.
My friend does her best to talk me down,
Telling me about the world of shifters,
And that almost everyone there is one of them—
Including Will.

Steamy shifter love scenes and a HEA inside! No cheating or cliffhanger in this standalone romance. Listeners 18+.

©2024 Meg Ripley (P)2025 Meg Ripley Fantasy Women's Fiction Celebration Winter Christmas Heartfelt Feel-Good Shifter
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Steamy Romance • Emotional Growth • Vivid Character Portrayal • Action-packed Plot • Heartwarming Storyline
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I love that Will is working on himself. I love that he is reconnecting with his family and being a present and loving member of the family. I love that he takes responsibility for his actions when he was young and dumb. He offers real solutions to those that he wronged. I love that he knows he needs Julie almost from the moment he sees her. I love the clan. This family is loving and kind and all in for each other. I like how the drama turns out. I like that we get action in this love story. I love how she stands up for him, almost as if there is no way she can't. The audio is well done. The single narrator uses inflection and tone to differentiate the person speaking. It is easy to feel the emotions conveyed in the tone and voice.

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he feels it immediately

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Christmas Midlife Mate Book 4 in the Shifter Nation: Destined Over Forty by Meg Ripley and narrated by D.C. Cole is a great continuation of the series and I have enjoyed every minute of it. I have really enjoyed this series, and I loved this book!! Julie comes to spend Christmas with her friend and meets her "mate" Will, a bear shifter who has finally turned his life around. Sweet holiday romance with a midlife couple and lots of family and friends. I highly recommend this and all of Ms. Ripley's series!.

Christmas Midlife Mate

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The narrator will bring this story to life for you and you won’t want to stop listening till the end. It’s so exciting it will instantly grab you, and you and bring you into a different world. Loved the twists, surprises, well rounded characters, and so much more. Julie is so vibrant and open for so much. Will has so much potential, I loved how he excelled.

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So exciting

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Julie and Will
Julie, human goes to stay with her best friend Stacy gor the holidays. She misses her daughter who's over seas at this time. She meets Will, Stacy's brother-in-law . When she learns that Will is a shifter, she struggles with the fact. Will has trouble from his past as he who's Julie. Another clan of bears are out for revenge for something that happened when he was young and bearly an adult. This makes things between then even more strained.
Love all the wonderful characters and fated mate story with plenty of steam, drama, danger, and happily-ever-mated.
The audiobook is narrated by D. C. Cole. He does such a wonderful job with the narration as I've come to expect from listening to his other narrations of Meg Ripley's books.

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awesome audiobook

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Will and Julie meet when she comes to stay with her best friend and her family for Christmas. I enjoyed reading their story and seeing how she handled finding out about bear shifters, and how they got got their happy ending. I enjoyed listening to D.C. Cole narrate their story.

Will and Julie

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I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. Julie goes for Christmas at her friends family the brighams and finds more then she knew about this family. Cute

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I really enjoyed this book. A was a fun, sweet romance. Julie was lonely alone for Christmas with her daughter away and decides to spend it with her friend and their large family. And all the supporting characters definitely felt like family- the bustle, teasing, the banter, the closeness; warm, kind, and welcoming. It's also where she met bear shifter, Will, and he was almost awestruck at the sight of her. The attraction was mutual, though she tried to resist, having gotten out of an unsatisfying relationship. She doesn't know about shifters. And Will's past catching up to him adds tension and suspense. D.C. Cole does another great job bringing these characters to life.

Overall: 4 stars
Performance: 4 stars
Story: 4 stars

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I enjoyed listening to Christmas Midlife Mate, which is part of the Shifter Nation: Destined Over Forty series. It introduces us to Will and Julie, she's forty-five years old and works as a software analyst, and he is a shifter black bear who works as a commercial fisherman. They met when Julie was visiting her friend Stacey and her family for the holidays. Dylan, Stacey’s husband, has a twin brother who turns out to be Will

There is an instant attraction between Julie and Will which neither can deny, their story is packed full of emotion, love and chemistry as well as action. I enjoyed the narration by D.C. Cole

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Translated good to an audiobook. I think that this was a good story with Will going from bad- boy in the previous story his character was in to good guy. He's grown and made amends for past trouble he caused. He now he gets to try for his HEA.

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A good Christmas Shifter listen.

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Julie spends Christmas with her best friend Stacey little did she know she would find her mate. Let alone know what a mate was. Dylan is rugged bear who lives by the sea. He doesn’t plan on finding a mate anytime sure. But when he sees Julie love may be in his favor. It was a nice short romance that I highly enjoyed.

Fated

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