This Fate that Guides Us by JC Belenac

3 Stars

When the photography job of her dreams falls into Omen Powell’s lap, she finds herself face to face with the band she’s spent the last year fantasizing about.

Primordial Covenant, the masked musicians whose sultry melodies and poetic lyrics have taken the music world by storm.

Meeting the men behind the masks, their comforting scents and easy affection turn her life upside down. She was prepared for two months of sleepless nights and concert crowds, not for falling in love.

Everyone has secrets, this omega more than others. Forced into hiding after escaping her anti-designation family, Omen wears her own mask. One designed to keep her safe.

Can she set aside her fear of the past and take off her mask? Or are she and these masked rock stars just knot meant to be?

This book ends on a cliffhanger ending. I enjoyed the drama and the trauma Omen and the guys were dealing with. The guys screw up so much and Omen ends up on the run from her birth family and rejected by her mates. The book had so many feelings and it was an interesting read.

Book 1 Soulbound Omegaverse

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Pack Apollo by Brandy Slaven

3 Stars

Welcome to North Five University a place where both independence and packs can be found.

Billie Bardot has lived in poverty her whole life and wants nothing more than to make something of herself. Disregarding North U's reputation for omegas finding their packs, she wants to be able to support herself and her mom without any help. Working at the bar pays the bills, but she can dance circles around social media. When word gets back to Pack Apollo, they decide she's exactly what they need for their business and maybe for their pack too.

The book had potential but need more fleshed out characters. Even if a book is short it still needs good character development. I also felt the ending was rushed with not enough groveling for what happened between characters.

Book 1 North Five University

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Alpha’s Savior by Reece Barden

3 Stars

Hayley's on the run from a stalker who's determined to make her pay. When she saves the life of the local alpha, exposing her new location, Cooper decides he has to make her his.
His to possess, his to love, his to protect.
He's waited a long time to find his mate. He's not going to let her go.
She risked her cover and her life to save him. He's willing to do anything to keep her safe.

Will Hayley be able to accept this whole new world of wolf shifters, packs and fated mates that she never knew existed, or will her past catch up to her and ruin it all?

The secrets that were being kept got old fast and was so frustrating to see it be dragged out. I enjoyed the give and take between Hayley and Cooper. I loved that she worked on being a strong woman even though she had a werewolf mate that could protect her.

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Crossroads by Devney Perry

3.5 Stars

I met West Haven when I was eight years old. He taught me to play poker when I was nine, and we made paper airplanes together when I was eleven. He kissed me when I was sixteen. He was the best part about my family’s summer vacations to Montana. He was the boy who stole my heart. I was twenty-three when life ripped us apart.

Years later, I’m breaking my vow and returning to the ranch, not as a guest but its new owner. West might want me gone, but even he has to admit the only way to save his family’s legacy is with my help.

It’s not easy working side by side and facing those old memories. But this situation is only temporary. We’re at a crossroads. And as long as I don’t let myself fall in love with West Haven again, maybe this is our chance to put those ghosts to rest. Maybe this time we’ll finally be able to say goodbye.

I enjoyed this one a lot but Indy was a lot and West deserved better. The story flowed nicely and was well developed. I loved learning about their history when they are kids and what led to their separation. Once they met up as an adult it was interesting to see how they grew and worked so well.

Book 1 Haven River Ranch

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Unexpected Bond by Kaylee Ryan

2.75 Stars

Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, the universe decides to tilt your world on its axis.

I had a plan, and I was moving forward until the day my world was flipped upside down.

It’s a challenge I wasn’t prepared for, but one I had to face.

How do you combine the life you thought you had to the one you’re living?

One breath.

One second.

One minute.

One hour.

One day at a time, you learn to live with your unexpected bond.

OMG this was just weird. Seth meets his forever with Mara but finds out he got her best friend Amelia pregnant. Now this was before they got together so no cheating but I still have the ick cause he knew it was her friend and he wanted Mara. Amelia ends up with terminal cancer and Seth expects Mara to be all in and help him raise his kid. Mara did step up to be mom but overall the book was just meh.

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Omega Lost by CT Rhames

2.75 Stars

I had the perfect pack. Until I wasn’t enough for them.

Omegas are supposed to be cherished. Protected. Loved.

I thought I was—until my pack found their true scent match and threw me away like I meant nothing.

They sent me to the Reassignment Center, where rejected omegas are supposed to find new packs. But omegas like me don’t get fairy-tale endings.

We get two choices:

A low-class pack that no one else wants.

The heat dens—where omegas are used until there’s nothing left of them.

After nine months in hell, I’ll take any pack that will have me. Even if they’re dangerous. Even if they live outside the law.

They claim I’m their scent match. But I’ll never make the mistake of giving my heart away again.

This was a weird one. I wanted to like it more as I liked aspects of it and the idea was there. But the actual book needed work. There was no world or character development. Add in the book being all over the place it was a pass for me.

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Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis

4 Stars

When Olive Porter’s off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all.

As a special investigative agent for the National Park Service, Noah’s used to living under intense pressure. Or he was until he got injured on the job. Now unhappily recuperating at home while being smothered by his loving but nosy family, he’d love nothing more than a good distraction.

So when Olive shows up looking like a million bucks, he has to do a gut and heart check. Because nope, no matter what, he can’t fall for her again, the woman who once blew up his entire life and never looked back. How ironic then that his own personal hell (Olive) is also his ticket out of town. The question is, will the risk be worth the reward?

I really enjoyed listening to this book. Olive has had an interesting life. I liked Olive with Noah. Loved that the his sister and mom and her grandma were trying to push them together. They both fought the valiant fight to their HEA. When you find out why Olive left that was heartbreaking and I still don’t know exactly why Noah’s dad did what he did. Overall, good listen.

Book 7 Sunrise Cove

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