Unarmed (Knitting Club #1) by Austin Bates

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He’s home to recover, not fall for a younger man …

Blaze’s time in the military unraveled him, but now he’s knitting himself back together one stitch at a time. He needs to focus on recovery, not the young omega he finds himself doting over.

Logan is back home to lick his wounds, not the hot older alpha who just happens to be his landlady’s grandson. He can see the cracks in Blaze’s armor, and he wants to squeeze his way in, but the ex-soldier has more defenses than a military base.

Until an ill-timed heat changes everything …

Blaze’s demons are a tangled mess he may never fully recover from. Can he really expect an omega who could have anyone to settle for him? Or is the only way to protect Logan to let him go?

Review 

My Rating - 4.5 Stars!

Austin Bates' Unarmed is the first book in the Knitting Club mpreg series. And yes, it actually revolves around a knitting club. I love it. The idea is great and the execution even better. 

Blaze is a man drowning in his PTSD nightmare since leaving the military. Meanwhile Logan is back in town after being cheated on by his ex. Add in two meddling grandmothers and let the fun begin.

The way they come together is delightful. Their developing feelings are wonderful, with sizzling chemistry.

Their story has some heat, emotions, and humor. It's a mix of struggles and healing. The use of knitting to help relieve stress is spectacular and the author does a great job with this aspect.

The writing is fun and fluid with interesting characters. The side characters are intriguing and add immensely to the storyline.

The PTSD is written in a careful manner, illustrating the power one's past pain has on their lives. Blaze is clearly shown to be living in the shadows of his former life. 

Unarmed is sweet and tender, with a fantastic ending. This Austin Bates omegaverse story is perfect when you're in the mood for a feel-good romance. I am definitely looking forward to the rest of the series.

Secret Family by Aiden Bates

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Peter

You know that saying: the bigger they are, the harder they fall? It can refer to love too, not just kicking giant jerks in the balls for getting too handsy.

I’ve had crushes, but I’ve only fallen in love once. It was huge and all-consuming. It was also the biggest mistake of my life.

My Mr. Right turned out to be Mr. Mob Boss. I lost everything to my childish fantasies of Prince Charming the day I testified against him and was shuffled off into witness protection, never to see anyone I knew again.

So. Yeah. I don’t ‘do’ love anymore.

And then along comes my new client, Keegan Cunningham. He’s not just Mr. Right, he’s Mr. Perfect as far as I can tell. And I can tell a lot about a person’s flaws. His just…aren’t there.

He’s an alpha without being an asshole. Rich but not a snob. Eccentric without being off-putting, and when he smiles at me…ugh, it’s the worst. Nobody can be this perfect. I thought they could once, and it was just the perfect trap. I’m not falling for it twice, not when I finally have a life worth losing again.
So why the hell can’t I stop falling for him?

Keegan

My appearances are meant to be deceiving. When you’re used to everyone having an agenda, the best defense is a good illusion. Be nothing like they expect. Like you truly are.

It’s a good defense. It’s protected me. Gotten me everything I want in life.

Except love.

I have no one to blame for my own loneliness. I’m the architect of my own fortress of lies and misdirection. But then Pete DiAngelis strolls past every defense I have like it’s not even there. My answers to his questions are genuine. My compliments are real. The way my heart sings when he laughs….my god, I’m like a twelve year old schoolgirl.

But I have responsibilities, as my parents’ heir and an officer in the Hellion Club. I can’t afford to put one omega before all that.

But when his own secrets put him in very real jeopardy, I can’t afford not to.

How can I have anything else to lose, when he is the only real thing in my life?

This 50,000 word tale from The Hellion Club series proves you can’t run from your past forever, but you can find a sizzling hot alpha to face it alongside you and get that HEA. Along with all the sex you should not be reading unless you’re eighteen and up!


REVIEW
My Rating - 5 Stars!


Secret Family is a fun, romantic and action-packed mpreg romance by Aiden Bates.

I enjoyed every second of this tale, as the plot has a great twist. And how can one not fall for a man who fights back against such a bad guy to protect his love? 

Pete and Keegan are a super sweet couple, who are just so perfect together. But, as Pete is under witness protection, they enter their relationship not knowing when it will end, as Pete is sure to have to move and change identities again.

And in the meantime, well, they fall in love and find themselves expecting a baby. But the best part, is that Pete has to lie low, and thus no one even knows they are a couple. So, now what will happen when Pete is in danger again?

The action and suspense is fun and will keep you entertained. And the romance will keep you rooting for this sweet as pie couple! And, in general, you'll enjoy a lot of laughs as the humor is fantastic.

I haven't read the previous books in the Hellion Club series, but I definitely want to go back and check them out. And I recommend Secret Family to anyone looking for a light-hearted mpreg romance that's mixed with a little suspense. 

His Dirty Secret by Adian Bates

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ANTHONY
I never thought I was the guy who loses his head when someone tall, dark and dangerous looks my way. Who’d risk everything for a taste of something that’s never as good as it seems.
It only takes one night with my best friend’s brother to change that.
The secrecy is what drew me in, not the way my skin tingled from the moment I lay eyes on him. No, it was intrigue that led me to seek out the eldest Roscoe prince, the mysterious black sheep of the family.
Where had he been until now? Why did scandalized whispers follow him into every room? What sins in his past had even my best friend wanting nothing to do with him?
I don’t know if he’s as dangerous as everyone claims. I don’t know why I’m the only one who thinks there might be more to him than this darkness everyone else sees.
All I know is I can’t stop looking for proof I’m right…because I’m already in way too deep.

RYAN
I thought prison had prepared me for this. The stares, the cold shoulders, the contempt…but it doesn’t matter. I can’t take back what I’ve done. I’m not sure I would, even if I could.
There’s only one shining light in the darkness, a brightness I can’t look away from, no matter how many people warn me I should.
Anthony, my little brother’s best friend.
They say I’ll only hurt him too, and they’re not wrong. Yet every time he shows up at my door, I can’t help but let him in. I don’t know why he believes I’m worth it, what he sees that nobody else does. I just know that I need it.
Crave it.
Crave him.
And when a one-night stand leads to unexpected consequences, when he finally starts to listen to them and pull away…all I know is I’ll do anything to stop it.
I don’t know how he convinced me I could be the man he deserves, but he did. I can.
And I’ll do anything to prove it. This book is 55,000 words of American royalty and their dirty family secrets, mpreg and a brooding ex-con’s love child, not to mention blackmail, bar brawls and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Come for the sex and scandal, stay for the sweetness….but only if you’re over eighteen! 


REVIEW
My Rating - 5 Stars!

His Dirty Secret, by Aidan Bates is a unique twist on the best friend's brother romance.

When Ryan returns home to wish his brother Jamie a Happy Birthday, he hooks up with Jamie's friend, Anthony. As Ryan is intrigued by Anthony, he ends up changing his plans and staying in town.

Ryan, back in town after spending time in jail, trying to protect someone else, is considered the loser of the family. As Anthony starts learning about Ryan via Jamie and others, he is warned away from Ryan, being told that anything he touches ends up destroyed.  Everything Anthony hears is so contradictory from the man he spent the night with, leaving Anthony confused.

Ryan is extremely misunderstood, and has been shunned by his family. One can't help but to route for him to find joy and love, as well as prove his family wrong. Anthony may just be the one who can help him, just by showing him that someone cares about him. 

This story is a compelling story full of strong attraction, family drama, secrets, threats and some sweet romance. I was sucked in from the first page and couldn't put His Dirty Secret down.