Salvus: An MM Rejected Mate Mpreg Romance: The Omega's Alpha Complete Duology

by R. Phoenix

Van doesn’t care if Omar is his “fated mate” — or whatever other bullshit the world believes in. He wants his own life, and if that means he has a chance to start over in Salvus, a city run by betas instead of overzealous, cruel, and overbearing alphas, well… Why not pounce on the opportunity?

Even though their tumultuous relationship is centered around Omar helping Van through his heats, Omar can’t deny that he’s still drawn to the prickly omega. For all that he’s willing to set Van free instead of holding him back, he can’t forget him. When he discovers that Salvus hides sinister secrets, he sets out to find Van and save him from the very fate he’d tried so hard to avoid.

A fate that might destroy them both forever.

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Salvus, a dark dystopian suspense novel, is set in a non-shifter omegaverse universe where male pregnancy (mpreg) is possible and fated mates exist… and can be rejected in favor of other partners.

This slow-burn romance between two fated mates takes place over the course of 113k words — which was originally published as two books, Salvus and Escape — and the main characters are apart for over half of the novel.

Please LOOK INSIDE or visit the author’s website for additional content notes and warnings before proceeding, as many sensitive situations come up during the course of the book.

Genres: Omegaverse

364 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 14, 2023

About the author

R. Phoenix has an unhealthy fascination with contrasts: light and dark, heroes and villains, order and chaos. She believes that love can corrupt and power can redeem. Her muse is a sadomasochistic slave driver who thinks it's terribly amusing to give her the best ideas when she just got comfortable and warm in bed, and she passes on that torture to her readers. She also tries entirely too hard to be funny, and she mercilessly inflicts her terrible sense of humor upon anyone who speaks to her. She'd love it if you'd say hello!

Reviews

[Jacquie Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Complicated

There are a lot of darker themes throughout the book, especially surrounding omega rights that I felt were dealt with well.
As it states in the blurb, both of the MCs are doing their own thing for quite a lot of the book, and this means being with other people. This felt natural considering the state of their relationship when they parted.
I think the ending might be controversial to some, but again, to me, it felt right, and there is a decent HEA

[Ashley -Goldstarreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

This duology was amazing. We start out with Van and Omar being enemies who satisfy Van’s heats together. Though from the get go, Omar seems to feel things for Van but he’s hurt because he’s been rejected and he feels used. Van had something against Alphas. All alphas, even if Omar isn’t like all the others in Pine. Van decides to go to this beta run city he’s heard whispers about. He convinces Omar to take him, and Omar does because in the end he just wants Van to be happy. But Salvus isn’t what it appears. Omar hung around in no man’s land after dropping Van off and when he learns things in Salvus isn’t great for Omegas after all, he decides he needs to rescue Van. Or at least check on him. Unfortunately for Omar, things in Salvus are only good for betas and the traditional omega. This book takes several dark twists and turns. It hurt my heart to see what Omar goes through at the hands of the betas. And while Van goes through his own crap, it’s nothing like what the alphas go through. This book shows that gender norms don’t apply to everyone and that’s okay. Everyone should be who they are, doesn’t matter their gender. The writing is so well done. The characters are all flawed and imperfect but perfect for one another. I absolutely was sucked into this story and this world and didn’t want to leave.

[Brice Dohnt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Salvus:An MM Rejected Mate Mpreg Romance : By R. Phoenix

Beautiful story loved it, and the characters were great, thank you. But as usual, the story ended just as it got interesting.

[Britney rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this

This story was such a good read! Van and Omar were so interesting to watch together lol. 🖤 I loved every second of this. Definitely recommend!!!