Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

This one didn’t work for me. Maybe the reason why is someone elses reason for loving it. The previous MM Farmer book I read was an erotic novella, which is fine but not what I was in the mood for this time around. It was longer and when it was advertised as romantic suspense, I jumped on it. And it is romantic suspense, but the first 40% was basically just another kinky, erotic novella. I was surprisingly okay with the kink, but it felt like it would never end. The MCs had no connection going into it, so all of the heat sex didn’t feel like it was building their relationship either. It just felt very repetitive.

When the suspense kicked in I was excited, but it turns out the next 50% of the story was just this one suspenseful situation really drawn out, repeating the same kind of situation over and over. The whole thing could’ve been avoided if it wasn’t for a conveniently left behind phone and an ex cop main character bringing a civilian into a criminal situation instead of going home and calling for help. It felt very contrived.

I love romantic suspense a whole helluva lot, so I know I can be quite critical. I imagine many readers will love it. Unfortunately it felt like the book didn’t know what it was supposed to be. I expected family intrigue, tension and lots of drama with the arranged marriage situation, but instead it was 50% boning and 50% running back and forth in the woods. A lot of omegaverse novels are high on spice and low on pretty much everything else, but I guess I had too many expectations based on the book’s description.

There were also some story and book universe inconsistencies that really pulled me out of the story.

TL;DR: Perfect if you want tons of kinky spice and simple action, but maybe not much else.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Omegaverse
Romantic suspense
Primal play
Slick/knot/heat
Size difference
Alpha/omega
Mpreg
Former police officer
Bondage
Breeding kink
Fisting
Consensual non-consent
Rape fantasy kink

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Slick/heat/knotting
Primal play
Explicit sexual content
Consensual non-consent
MCs acting out rape fantasy (all consensual)
Breeding kink
Mpreg
Brief mentions of past drug use (party drugs)
Degradation and humiliation (e.g. ‘fuck hole’, ‘disgusting whore’, etc.)
Facial (not a spa treatment)
Face-fucking
Bondage (tied up during sex)
Throat-fucking (w/breath play)
Fisting
Mentions of human trafficking (past police work)
Gun violence
Mentions of MC being shot in the past)
On-page murder
Endangerment of a pregnant character
Injured MC (stab wounds)
Lactation kink (epilogue)
Age: 20 and ‘early thirties’
Roles/POV: 1st dual, strict

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: MC has a fiancé due to an arranged marriage. The wedding never happens and nothing goes down between the MC and douche-canoe fiancé.
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Omegaverse, romantic suspense
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 20 and ‘early thirties’
Series: Interconnectd standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 241
Happy ending: Yes





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