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Alpha's Betted Bride
When Gabriella is told by her father that she is to wed the heir of the country's most feared pack, she falls in shambles, believing that she has finally hit rock bottom.
Aiden, consumed by anger and betrayal after hearing about the deal his parents have made, succumbs to the ultimate if he wants to be Alpha, he must take a wife- a Luna. The rumors were spoken aloud in every pack, Gabriella Santos, the only daughter of the Santos family, was spoiled and uncaring. To make things durable, Aiden accepts a bet from his make Gabriella fall in love with him, submit to him, and give him her heart by the end of the year. A cash prize awaits the winner.
As Aiden watches her walk down the aisle, all that goes through his mind “The pawn has arrived. The bet is on.”
Blurb
“We have all heard the stories- the spoiled princess who is her daddy’s pride and joy, always gets what she wants and never takes no for an answer. The challenge is to grab her feet and pull them back down on the ground. Break her, clip her wings so she doesn't soar in the clouds,” Cole grinned and crossed his arms, “you will be her Alpha. Make her submit to you.”
I cocked my head, rolled back my shoulders. The light from the lamp was flickering. It annoyed the shit out of me, and I grabbed the cue and lifted it.
“We’ll make it more interesting,” he continued, “I bet you won't be able to get it done before the end of the year.”
I scoffed.
“I’ll have her submitting to me by the end of the month,” I said and tightened my grip on the pool cue.
“No-no, not just submit. You have to have her wrapped around your finger, hopelessly and utterly in love with you.”
I clenched my jaw, and Cole stared at me. He leaned forward, the dude was an asshole by a long shot, but he was challenging me, and as the rising Alpha, I couldn’t bow out. Or maybe I just didn’t want to.
“How much?” I asked.
“Ten grand to whoever wins.”
I leaned forward, he reached out his hand, and I grabbed it, squeezing a little harder than necessary and grinning as he groaned from his bones crushing under my grip.
(UPDATED EDITION)
***Please read the Trigger Warning list at the beggning of the book before preceding ***
Aiden, consumed by anger and betrayal after hearing about the deal his parents have made, succumbs to the ultimate if he wants to be Alpha, he must take a wife- a Luna. The rumors were spoken aloud in every pack, Gabriella Santos, the only daughter of the Santos family, was spoiled and uncaring. To make things durable, Aiden accepts a bet from his make Gabriella fall in love with him, submit to him, and give him her heart by the end of the year. A cash prize awaits the winner.
As Aiden watches her walk down the aisle, all that goes through his mind “The pawn has arrived. The bet is on.”
Blurb
“We have all heard the stories- the spoiled princess who is her daddy’s pride and joy, always gets what she wants and never takes no for an answer. The challenge is to grab her feet and pull them back down on the ground. Break her, clip her wings so she doesn't soar in the clouds,” Cole grinned and crossed his arms, “you will be her Alpha. Make her submit to you.”
I cocked my head, rolled back my shoulders. The light from the lamp was flickering. It annoyed the shit out of me, and I grabbed the cue and lifted it.
“We’ll make it more interesting,” he continued, “I bet you won't be able to get it done before the end of the year.”
I scoffed.
“I’ll have her submitting to me by the end of the month,” I said and tightened my grip on the pool cue.
“No-no, not just submit. You have to have her wrapped around your finger, hopelessly and utterly in love with you.”
I clenched my jaw, and Cole stared at me. He leaned forward, the dude was an asshole by a long shot, but he was challenging me, and as the rising Alpha, I couldn’t bow out. Or maybe I just didn’t want to.
“How much?” I asked.
“Ten grand to whoever wins.”
I leaned forward, he reached out his hand, and I grabbed it, squeezing a little harder than necessary and grinning as he groaned from his bones crushing under my grip.
(UPDATED EDITION)
***Please read the Trigger Warning list at the beggning of the book before preceding ***
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Published January 17, 2025
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March 17, 2025
This had a lot of potential but needed heavy editing. The second half of the book had a lot of mistakes, not enough to pull away from the story but still. Also the author decided in the second half to start pairing up all these couples and we got all sorts of POV's which I thought were unnecessary. All those couples could've potentially had their own book.
Anyhoo, this is an arranged/forced marriage between two packs. Neither MC's want the marriage, but have to go through with it. The fmc comes from abusive parents, which we see the extent of throughout the book. My heart truly broke for her. The mmc is a huge asshole. He had more power to say no to the marriage. But he does through with it. He also still keeps his GF after they're married, and his gf and pack bully the fmc. Fortunately, his mom is nice, and she makes a friend. She was stoicly strong.
He eventually realizes his mistakes, but by then, too much damage had been done, and her brothers help her escape the pack.
Unfortunately for her, her misery had just begun, and she goes through A LOT. There are evil villains, witches, and spells.
I think the book was too long, and the other side characters should've had their own book. I wanted the mmc to go through more because he was a POS. He was remorseful and did kinda grovel.
But overall, the storytelling was really good. I hope the author writes more.
*This also has a lot of TW's.
Anyhoo, this is an arranged/forced marriage between two packs. Neither MC's want the marriage, but have to go through with it. The fmc comes from abusive parents, which we see the extent of throughout the book. My heart truly broke for her. The mmc is a huge asshole. He had more power to say no to the marriage. But he does through with it. He also still keeps his GF after they're married, and his gf and pack bully the fmc. Fortunately, his mom is nice, and she makes a friend. She was stoicly strong.
He eventually realizes his mistakes, but by then, too much damage had been done, and her brothers help her escape the pack.
Unfortunately for her, her misery had just begun, and she goes through A LOT. There are evil villains, witches, and spells.
I think the book was too long, and the other side characters should've had their own book. I wanted the mmc to go through more because he was a POS. He was remorseful and did kinda grovel.
But overall, the storytelling was really good. I hope the author writes more.
*This also has a lot of TW's.
April 9, 2025
It was a DNF for me
I can’t do “To Stupid To Live” characters. I am sorry. For some I am sure that this book will awesome. I LOVED the premise and plot. There were a TON of plot holes though. SPOILERS WITH A MASSIVE TW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want start by saying there is on page gr@pe. It is described and somewhat graphic. It is on the FMC but NOT committed by the MMC. If you have triggers understand that. I wanted to warn because there is no TW in the description or at the start of the book, and it is a disturbing scene. I don’t have TW’s for that and even I was affected and to skim. So PLEASE proceed with caution.
Ok. So onto my other problems. So Ben is Gamma and Cole is Beta, but Cole is not as powerful as Ben. I am lost as to how Noah is able to just allow for Cole shifting all of his problems on Aiden being the bad influence but doesn’t give Aiden grace because he said that Asher groomed him to be selfish. 🤨. It doesn’t work.
Also, why when Aiden KNOWS Sam sold them out to Asher because Ben told her the plans knowing it would happen does Ben die, but Sam is allowed to live AND enter in the pack house?!?!?! What kind of sense does that make?!?! Sam betrays the pack at least 3 times BEFORE she sells them out to Asher and she still lives after all of that?! I get it. You need her to add yet ANOTHER plot twist to the story, but when you have not flushed out the last 3…🤦🏼♀️. It starts to wear on you.
Aiden is a joke. I am trying so hard to like him, but he is like that character that has so much potential to be amazing, but to keep the story going you have to water him down every so often to make him available to use in a weak a$$ way.
So on the FMC. Ok. I am SO torn on her. She is actually the reason I can’t finish. Her plot holes are physically painful. There is no reason behind her decisions at the 60+% point in the book because if the author allowed them to be flushed out the reasoning would crumble and the author would have to move on from the plot twist that she is trying to create. Too many holes had to combine for what I am hoping is the final twist to culminate and if Gabby had been a sentient being with the capacity for thought she would have known that what she was doing would only make things worse. So, she wasn’t written as the smart, capable and genuine likable character she usually is, she was written as the TSTL FMC that is making this book so dang difficult to finish.
In all, I understand why the book well received. I get it. But, for an almost 700 page book it makes it hard to stomach in one sitting. If you are going to commit twist after twist and not close anything then break the book up so I can perform a pallet cleanse read and come back to it. This just a painful read. If you are a patient reader and capable of massive suspension of disbelief then this book will be well-received and you will love it. Otherwise proceed understanding that this might be painful.
I can’t do “To Stupid To Live” characters. I am sorry. For some I am sure that this book will awesome. I LOVED the premise and plot. There were a TON of plot holes though. SPOILERS WITH A MASSIVE TW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want start by saying there is on page gr@pe. It is described and somewhat graphic. It is on the FMC but NOT committed by the MMC. If you have triggers understand that. I wanted to warn because there is no TW in the description or at the start of the book, and it is a disturbing scene. I don’t have TW’s for that and even I was affected and to skim. So PLEASE proceed with caution.
Ok. So onto my other problems. So Ben is Gamma and Cole is Beta, but Cole is not as powerful as Ben. I am lost as to how Noah is able to just allow for Cole shifting all of his problems on Aiden being the bad influence but doesn’t give Aiden grace because he said that Asher groomed him to be selfish. 🤨. It doesn’t work.
Also, why when Aiden KNOWS Sam sold them out to Asher because Ben told her the plans knowing it would happen does Ben die, but Sam is allowed to live AND enter in the pack house?!?!?! What kind of sense does that make?!?! Sam betrays the pack at least 3 times BEFORE she sells them out to Asher and she still lives after all of that?! I get it. You need her to add yet ANOTHER plot twist to the story, but when you have not flushed out the last 3…🤦🏼♀️. It starts to wear on you.
Aiden is a joke. I am trying so hard to like him, but he is like that character that has so much potential to be amazing, but to keep the story going you have to water him down every so often to make him available to use in a weak a$$ way.
So on the FMC. Ok. I am SO torn on her. She is actually the reason I can’t finish. Her plot holes are physically painful. There is no reason behind her decisions at the 60+% point in the book because if the author allowed them to be flushed out the reasoning would crumble and the author would have to move on from the plot twist that she is trying to create. Too many holes had to combine for what I am hoping is the final twist to culminate and if Gabby had been a sentient being with the capacity for thought she would have known that what she was doing would only make things worse. So, she wasn’t written as the smart, capable and genuine likable character she usually is, she was written as the TSTL FMC that is making this book so dang difficult to finish.
In all, I understand why the book well received. I get it. But, for an almost 700 page book it makes it hard to stomach in one sitting. If you are going to commit twist after twist and not close anything then break the book up so I can perform a pallet cleanse read and come back to it. This just a painful read. If you are a patient reader and capable of massive suspension of disbelief then this book will be well-received and you will love it. Otherwise proceed understanding that this might be painful.
April 1, 2025
Sometimes the ending of a book can be wrapped up a little too nicely, if that makes sense. Sure, I'm reading these silly, smutty romance books for the hot alphas, and the HEA. But even so, it does seem like a cop out when everything gets resolved too perfectly. I say this knowing that I'd be screaming my head off if the author killed someone off or a couple that I rather liked together rejected each other, and stayed that way. Oh, who am I kidding - even when it's all tied up nicely, I still want everyone to be happy and in love.
This was a sort of, kind of, a rejected mates story. Specifically, an arranged marriage that neither participant wanted. He was the rich alpha of his pack with a possessive, jealous girlfriend, and she was supposedly the spoiled princess, daughter of the alpha of a neighboring pack. He basically told her that he didn't want to get married to her, it was forced on him, and he ain't changing his ways for her. In fact, on their wedding night, she stumbled into his room only to find him in flagrante delicto and he was not at all ashamed about it either. Neither was his jealous girlfriend.
Of course, they find their way into each other's hearts and the cherry on top of the cake of life is how everyone ended up mated to everyone else. Not one person left out . . . well, except for our jealous girlfriend. But oof, her treatment, while deserved, was brutal. What was also brutal is that the author did not hold back in some scenes. Whereas another author would have our hero barge in right in the nick of time to save his maiden from certain "bad things," that does not happen here.
The only reason I'm giving this 3 rather than 4 stars is for grammar and spelling issues. There were some incorrect pronouns as well. Enough of these language problems to pull me out of the story. Perhaps a good editing would be in order. Like another reviewer mentioned here, I agree that rather than have everyone's ending all at once, each of her brothers should have had a separate book and had their stories told in a bit more depth. I did like those characters and would have loved to have seen them fleshed out a bit more.
This was a sort of, kind of, a rejected mates story. Specifically, an arranged marriage that neither participant wanted. He was the rich alpha of his pack with a possessive, jealous girlfriend, and she was supposedly the spoiled princess, daughter of the alpha of a neighboring pack. He basically told her that he didn't want to get married to her, it was forced on him, and he ain't changing his ways for her. In fact, on their wedding night, she stumbled into his room only to find him in flagrante delicto and he was not at all ashamed about it either. Neither was his jealous girlfriend.
Of course, they find their way into each other's hearts and the cherry on top of the cake of life is how everyone ended up mated to everyone else. Not one person left out . . . well, except for our jealous girlfriend. But oof, her treatment, while deserved, was brutal. What was also brutal is that the author did not hold back in some scenes. Whereas another author would have our hero barge in right in the nick of time to save his maiden from certain "bad things," that does not happen here.
The only reason I'm giving this 3 rather than 4 stars is for grammar and spelling issues. There were some incorrect pronouns as well. Enough of these language problems to pull me out of the story. Perhaps a good editing would be in order. Like another reviewer mentioned here, I agree that rather than have everyone's ending all at once, each of her brothers should have had a separate book and had their stories told in a bit more depth. I did like those characters and would have loved to have seen them fleshed out a bit more.
June 28, 2025
I tried, I really tried, but I just can't finish this. The absolute mess of editing, typos, formatting is migraine causing. Half the time I can't tell who's actually speaking without backtracking due to the lack of proper reference. The book is filled with disturbing triggers that seem gratuitous. For some readers the scenes are likely to be very upsetting, I'm just going to say it, sexual assault and gang rapes. Context is always important, but so much of this excessively long book is disjointed and shallow. I managed to slog through over 500 pages before saying the heck with this, I don't care about these characters, I have no real idea what the actual plot is, and the HEA is going to be one cliche after another. Maybe this was a really badly done AI attempt. Hate to think a human wrote this. Can not recommend.
November 3, 2025
I'm sorry I started this book. I put aside the heavy need of editing thinking this was going to be a nice "loose her, win her back" werewolf story. Oh, was I wrong. I didn't have the trigger warning in my edition, but I could have really done without the graphic gr@pe scene mid-book. I'm deleting the book and starting a new one at 4 am because I don't want to go to sleep with that awful scene in mind.
Sidenote: if you cared about your readers, you would put the trigger warnings at the end of the summary/book details so that people who cannot or do not want to read such content know not to buy it.
Sidenote: if you cared about your readers, you would put the trigger warnings at the end of the summary/book details so that people who cannot or do not want to read such content know not to buy it.
January 15, 2025
I really liked this story about Gabriella being forced to go through with a political mating. This story delves deep into Gabriella and Aiden’s personalities. Since this was a longer read, it wasn’t a simple story, but there were multiple story arcs and sub-plots to unravel as well.
I really enjoyed this book and will be keeping an eye out for any new books by this author.
*Please read the triggers before reading this book otherwise, some could be very hard-hitting*
I really enjoyed this book and will be keeping an eye out for any new books by this author.
*Please read the triggers before reading this book otherwise, some could be very hard-hitting*
June 5, 2025
Really good
This book is really good. When you can hate a character at first. Then, really warm up to them later is a really good story. And the characters that were just downright nasty girls ended up getting what they deserved. It's really a good story♡♡♡
This book is really good. When you can hate a character at first. Then, really warm up to them later is a really good story. And the characters that were just downright nasty girls ended up getting what they deserved. It's really a good story♡♡♡
June 9, 2025
DNF AT 55% way too long
Great Plot, started strong minus the formatting issues. Then went sideways. Continuation issues popped up. Intact forgiveness with no real grovel. Everything just got drawn out I lost interest.
Great Plot, started strong minus the formatting issues. Then went sideways. Continuation issues popped up. Intact forgiveness with no real grovel. Everything just got drawn out I lost interest.
March 20, 2025
Omg I cried during Aidens redemption arc oh my godddhdhfidhfjf 😭
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April 7, 2025
Beautiful book
I love this book. I'm hoping for more in depth look at the brothers story. But this book was amazing. Took only 2 days to read it i was hooked.
I love this book. I'm hoping for more in depth look at the brothers story. But this book was amazing. Took only 2 days to read it i was hooked.
April 14, 2025
ok
Book had some construction issues. The story had great potential but catered around sex more than I expected it to be.
Book had some construction issues. The story had great potential but catered around sex more than I expected it to be.
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