I like to keep things short and lively: 'The Viking's Mate Hunt' officially hit the market on March 8, 2018. That was the ebook debut, and it’s the date you’ll see listed on most retailer pages and bibliographies.
What I appreciate about that March 2018 release window is how it placed the title in the middle of a wave of indie fantasy-romances that leaned into playful mythology and found-family vibes. After the ebook launch, print copies trickled out in later pressings, so if you’re hunting for a specific cover or ISBN, check the edition notes — but that original March 8, 2018 date is the one that kicked everything off. I still find it fun to bookmark those release anniversaries and see how fan art and discussions spike every year around that time.
March 8, 2018 is the publication date I use when citing 'The Viking's Mate Hunt.' It began as an ebook release on that day, which was common for independent authors and small imprints exploring genre blends between historical fantasy and modern romance. The subsequent paperback and print-on-demand copies surfaced in later printings, often with alternate covers or tweaks to the back-matter.
Beyond the date itself, the book's 2018 appearance is interesting because it landed just as more readers were embracing quirky, folklore-tinged romances; that timing probably helped it find its audience. I still like marking that March day on my calendar each year and giving the book a celebratory reread because it feels like honoring a tiny piece of fandom history.
Here's the scoop: 'The Viking's Mate Hunt' was first published on March 8, 2018. I dug into the publication details because that little date marker is one of those things fans love to commemorate — anniversary reads, re-reads, that kind of silliness — and March 8, 2018 is the one that keeps popping up as the original ebook release.
I found that the initial release was digital-first, which makes total sense for this kind of niche romance/folk-fantasy mashup. A lot of indie authors and small presses in this lane rolled out ebooks first around that time to build momentum. A paperback edition followed later the next year, so if you prefer a physical copy you might see 2019 dates on some listings. For collectors, there are different cover variants floating around depending on retailer and edition, but the canonical first publication date to remember is March 8, 2018.
I still chuckle when I think about bookmarking that date to celebrate with a reread — nothing like revisiting a quirky Vikingrom-com on its birthday. It’s neat to watch how a book quietly grows a little community around it after that first release.
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"Little bunny, little bunny. Wolf is HUNGRY!"
The voice taunted me, followed by an evil cackle.
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"Run, rabbit. RUN!"
A monstrous bellow boomed through the night sky and crashed into my soul like a sledgehammer. I could feel a chill sweeping across my body and my heart pounding in my chest. The echoes of howls and laughter followed me from behind as I ran for my life.
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Elisabeth's life had been harder than most since she was a child--a distant and often cruel mother and her never-ending cycle of addiction that had taken over her life. But on this fateful night, something far more sinister was lurking in the darkness, ready to take her away from it all.
Massive figures appeared out of nowhere, growling and taunting her. She tried to scream, but nothing would come out; before she knew it, she was waking up in a world where Viking werewolves ruled with mysterious faeries at their side.
Every five years, they traveled to the human realm, collecting ten girls for their mate run--and tonight, Elisabeth was one of them.
With only a white dress and her bare feet, Elisabeth stood beside the other nine girls as the beasts prowled around them menacingly.
A silver dagger pierced each of our wrists, signaling the start of the hunt!
“We honor the moon goddess; let your blood lead your mate to you!”
When Athena, a hybrid, meets Cameron, the billionaire Lycan King's son, in the parking lot of Silverwood Academy, an unlikely bond forms.
But Athena has been trained to resist the mate bond at all costs, believing it will lead to her mate's death. Cameron's legacy depends on activating their bond and he's determined to win Athena over. Can they defy the goddess's warning and risk everything for love, or will their forbidden attraction seal their fate?
I suddenly stop screaming when I felt something wet slide into my neck. My eyes grew wider.
"Did you just licked me?!"
He realeased a deep chuckle.
I kept on fighting to get away from his grasp but he tightened his grip on me instead.
Then I felt his breath traveled to my ear and then he whispered something that sent a surge of electricity all through out my body.
"You can't run away from me. You're my mate. You're mine."
Alpha Jacob has been the Alpha for The White Moon Pack for two years and took over from his father when he turned twenty. He did not find his mate when he turned seventeen and still has not found her. He has lost hope of finding her, so he plans to make his long-time girlfriend, Gianna, his Luna.
But what happens when a float of strange ships lands at the beach, lining up to The White Moon Pack's borders? An on-board is a large group of men and women looking vile and fearless, ready to fight anything they meet on their way. But not all look the same to Jacob because one girl catches his eye, his mate.
Freya grew up being looked at as a curse her whole life. Now, her father is tired of no man wanting her, so he has sold her to another man to be his. And she was to live in a strange country, take care of farming, and be at his service when he came visiting.
What happens when he leaves, and the tall, handsome stranger starts coming by the lands they were given to use and farm at? She felt a strange attraction towards him, and even though her dad had married her off, she was alone.
And what happens when he finds out why everyone in her old home called her a curse?
Raised by human parents, Emma never knew she was a wolf. Her world came crashing down when she turned eighteen and found out the truth about her identity. To make matters worse, she began to feel a sudden attraction towards a man, a man who was too dangerous to be her mate.
Jamie was the Alpha in line but he was not your typical hero. He was rude, arrogant and on a dangerous mission. He only had one goal: To eradicate the evil rogue wolves that plagued their lands. He was a wolf-hunter in disguise.
But what happens when he realises that he is on a mission to kill his own mate?
What comes first? His love?
Or his revenge?
Izzy, Kate, and Susanna are on their way to their very first, and very possibly last, Hunt.
During The Hunt, for three weeks in June, unmated shifters converge on Castle Rouge where a week of opening games and festivities sends them into barely contained frenzy of excitement. The five-day hunt gives every omega a chance to run or hide from their mates if they dare try to last five days unclaimed. Izzy can barely contain her excitement now that her Hunt is finally here but when tragedy strikes, she finds herself desperate to evade capture. The girls will find that the hunt is far from ordinary, and secrets from years past threaten to destroy the bonds they hold most dear.
Alright — I went down a little rabbit hole tracking this one and here's what I found from my digging. There isn't a widely recognized, traditionally published novel under the exact title 'The Queen's Mate Hunt' that pops up in big databases like Goodreads, WorldCat, or mainstream retailers. That usually means one of a few things: it could be a fanfiction or web-serial title hosted on sites like Archive of Our Own, FanFiction.net, Wattpad, or Royal Road; it might be an indie self-published ebook with very low discoverability; or it could be a translated work where the English title varies between releases.
If you stumbled across 'The Queen's Mate Hunt' on a specific platform, the quickest way to find the credited author is to check the story header or the author profile on that site — fanfic platforms and web-serial hosts keep that front and center. If you found it as an ebook, the product page and the book’s copyright/publisher information usually list the author and any translator. I also cross-checked possible alternate titles and similar-sounding works because small-title novels often get retitled in different postings.
All that said, I couldn't pin down a single, canonical author name from mainstream records. My gut tells me it’s likely a niche web novel or fanfiction piece rather than a big-print release. If you want to know where similar hidden gems hide, I love trawling web serial sites late at night — they’re a treasure trove.
I've dug around a bunch of catalogs and used-book sites to try and pin this down, and I want to be up-front: the exact phrase 'The Viking's Mate Hunt' doesn't turn up a single, well-documented book by that precise title in the databases I checked. That said, titles get mangled all the time (spaces, subtitles, author surname attached, etc.), so my first instinct is that you might be looking at one of three situations: a) it's actually two separate short titles, like 'The Viking's Mate' and 'Hunt', b) it's an indie/KDP or small-press ebook whose metadata is inconsistent across stores, or c) it's a retitled/anthologized piece where the original author is hidden under a collection title.
If I were tracking the author down for real, here's the route I'd take: search WorldCat and Library of Congress with both the exact phrase and permutations ('The Viking's Mate', 'Viking's Mate', 'Mate Hunt'), check Goodreads and Amazon (use the 'Look Inside' or product details to get the copyright/ISBN), and look at used-book marketplaces like AbeBooks or Alibris where older or small-press works often pop up. If it’s indie, the Kindle product page usually lists the author and publisher info, and the copyright page inside the ebook will confirm the creator. I've solved similar mysteries before by finding an ISBN on a listing and then searching that ISBN across library catalogs — it's remarkably effective. Hope that helps you track the writer down; I love this sort of bibliographic treasure hunt and find it oddly satisfying.
I dug around for a while and here's the short, enthusiastic take: I haven't found an official sequel or a publisher-backed spin-off for 'The Viking's Mate Hunt'. What I did find, as a rabid fan who follows indie romance and historical fantasy spaces, is a lively afterlife in fan works — readers have written continuations on fanfiction sites and there are a few author-updated epilogues or short freebies floating around on personal blogs or newsletter exclusives. Sometimes authors drop a novella or a character spotlight as a thank-you to readers, so those slip under the radar unless you follow their socials or mailing list.
Beyond that, there are a couple of translated iterations and amateur comic adaptations that reimagine scenes — they feel like spin-offs to me even if they're not canonical. My gut says the world of 'The Viking's Mate Hunt' is popular enough to spawn more content eventually, and I'm secretly hoping for a proper follow-up that digs into the secondary characters. I’d absolutely read anything that expands the lore; the chemistry and setting still stick with me.