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Knot Their Damn Problem
Being rejected for my twin sucks.
Even before I came into my designation as an omega, they were mine.
My best friends. My everything.
Godric. The famous classical musician with his reclusive disposition.
Warrick. The former Marine who carries his demons on his shoulders.
Talon. The author with an obsession that borders on insanity.
Stryker. The morally gray, possessive businessman who leads them, even while he’s lost himself.
That is, until they trade me in, saying I’m a problem they can’t afford.
Now, I’m no longer an omega in love with the idea of love.
I'm jaded. Broken. A smiling shell of my former self. A cast-off waitress forgotten by everyone.
At least, that’s the deal until they show up on my doorstep holding a contract with my signature and apologies at the ready.
No matter what they do, I'll never forget.
Because their mess is knot my damn problem.
KNOT THEIR DAMN PROBLEM is a standalone reverse harem Omegaverse within an interconnected world. No choosing, no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA! This book is part of a series of standalone books and can be enjoyed independently, without reading any other in the series. Content Warnings are available on the author's Facebook page.
My best friends. My everything.
Godric. The famous classical musician with his reclusive disposition.
Warrick. The former Marine who carries his demons on his shoulders.
Talon. The author with an obsession that borders on insanity.
Stryker. The morally gray, possessive businessman who leads them, even while he’s lost himself.
That is, until they trade me in, saying I’m a problem they can’t afford.
Now, I’m no longer an omega in love with the idea of love.
I'm jaded. Broken. A smiling shell of my former self. A cast-off waitress forgotten by everyone.
At least, that’s the deal until they show up on my doorstep holding a contract with my signature and apologies at the ready.
No matter what they do, I'll never forget.
Because their mess is knot my damn problem.
KNOT THEIR DAMN PROBLEM is a standalone reverse harem Omegaverse within an interconnected world. No choosing, no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA! This book is part of a series of standalone books and can be enjoyed independently, without reading any other in the series. Content Warnings are available on the author's Facebook page.
410 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2025
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May 18, 2025
I’m sorry what exactly is the reason is has to be Lucy instead of Lyra? This is sloppy writing for ALL the problems to be hinging on one side holding people (the grandmother, the mother of the guys etc) over the heads of everyone. It makes zero sense that Lyra’s parents hate her-if anything she could have been another bargaining chip for them. Also super dumb for Lyra to be well aware of her parents and how they are…and then to simply sign some document they shove in front of her without reading it? Dumb af and again-felt like sloppy writing. It makes no sense also that she doesn’t know anything about her heat etc Hello look it up maybe?
May 13, 2025
DNF
for me there was too much weirdly disjointed writing and phrasing … reminded me of books written in another language and then translated into English : it felt very stilted with no “flow” to the words
managed to get through 20% before giving up as I just didn’t have any connection or interest for any of the main characters or what was going to happen to them
shame …as i liked the idea of the story
for me there was too much weirdly disjointed writing and phrasing … reminded me of books written in another language and then translated into English : it felt very stilted with no “flow” to the words
managed to get through 20% before giving up as I just didn’t have any connection or interest for any of the main characters or what was going to happen to them
shame …as i liked the idea of the story
May 11, 2025
Quads and queens
Contemporary omega verse where alphas form quads and children only come if a pack is scent matched. This story has a ridiculous plot.
Spoilers:
Our heroine, Lyra has an identical twin Lucy, however the parents treat Lyra like Cinderella, favoring Lucy in every way. Lyra has a best friend group of boys growing up and is revealed as their scent match. For some convoluted reason, never really explained, the parents insist that Lucy is contracted to mate with Lyra's matches. The pack's fathers blackmail the men into rejecting Lyra, despite them loving her. Ok, none of this is made clear or explained. It's some weird business deal so why one sister not the actual mate? Then Lucy is killed in a car accident. Meanwhile Lyra has been living in a moldy bug infested apartment for 3 years while working in a diner while everyone else in the book is mega wealthy? Her parents tell her to sign over Lucy's assets and she just does it? Of course that's a trick too. Then there's a whole other plot line about scent matches and hidden parentage that also makes no sense. There's a heat, but not a normal heat for the genre as she suffers through it mostly alone. I kept reading so a logical conclusion would be revealed. Alas. So, no plot, no spice and no groveling.
Contemporary omega verse where alphas form quads and children only come if a pack is scent matched. This story has a ridiculous plot.
Spoilers:
Our heroine, Lyra has an identical twin Lucy, however the parents treat Lyra like Cinderella, favoring Lucy in every way. Lyra has a best friend group of boys growing up and is revealed as their scent match. For some convoluted reason, never really explained, the parents insist that Lucy is contracted to mate with Lyra's matches. The pack's fathers blackmail the men into rejecting Lyra, despite them loving her. Ok, none of this is made clear or explained. It's some weird business deal so why one sister not the actual mate? Then Lucy is killed in a car accident. Meanwhile Lyra has been living in a moldy bug infested apartment for 3 years while working in a diner while everyone else in the book is mega wealthy? Her parents tell her to sign over Lucy's assets and she just does it? Of course that's a trick too. Then there's a whole other plot line about scent matches and hidden parentage that also makes no sense. There's a heat, but not a normal heat for the genre as she suffers through it mostly alone. I kept reading so a logical conclusion would be revealed. Alas. So, no plot, no spice and no groveling.
June 4, 2025
2.75⭐️
I really wanted to love this as it concept was right up my street. I love a rejected mate story as they usually are emotionally gripping and impactful. Lyra being replaced by her twin added an extra layer of turmoil as she battles layers of betrayal.
While the writing and pacing were engaging, there were so many inconsistencies and major plot holes that i was often left a bit perplexed. Big issues within the intricacies that were never addressed. What happened to Quad Black? What were their repercussions and motivations?
However what really let this down for me were the use of fat shaming and discussions of “real” parentage. I know this is a niche complaint for those not experienced (both personally or having close relationships with) parentage that happens outside of biology. There are many forms of parenting through adoption, fostering, a family member, etc. and all are valid and very REAL. Biology is only one avenue to being a parent is short sighted and harmful. Nurturing, loving, teaching and supporting are just (if not more) attributes to parenting. I really wish we could move away from this mindset as it can a cruel invalidation of a lived (and loved) experience.
I really wanted to love this as it concept was right up my street. I love a rejected mate story as they usually are emotionally gripping and impactful. Lyra being replaced by her twin added an extra layer of turmoil as she battles layers of betrayal.
While the writing and pacing were engaging, there were so many inconsistencies and major plot holes that i was often left a bit perplexed. Big issues within the intricacies that were never addressed. What happened to Quad Black? What were their repercussions and motivations?
However what really let this down for me were the use of fat shaming and discussions of “real” parentage. I know this is a niche complaint for those not experienced (both personally or having close relationships with) parentage that happens outside of biology. There are many forms of parenting through adoption, fostering, a family member, etc. and all are valid and very REAL. Biology is only one avenue to being a parent is short sighted and harmful. Nurturing, loving, teaching and supporting are just (if not more) attributes to parenting. I really wish we could move away from this mindset as it can a cruel invalidation of a lived (and loved) experience.
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May 30, 2025DNF: 21%
Lyra is stupid.
Lyra is stupid.
May 9, 2025
𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐋
My biggest issue with this book is that all the characters had a lack of depth to them, except maybe Lyra (FL).
For example, for the villains - it's like everyone was a villain for no explainable reason. Almost like the author wanted to create more drama just for the sake of it and to further torment the FL.
FL's twin sister? Just hated and tormented her for no reason.
FL's mom? Hated and abused her from birth because she wasn't expecting her to be a twin. Which doesn't make sense to me, because if Lyra was so unwanted, her parents could've given her up after birth and just kept Lucy who they loved.
FL's fathers? Hated and abused her because..... I don't even know why. They're almost always mentioned with the mother, only. It's like they're not in charge of their own autonomy, their only role is to follow what the mom does because she's the ringleader.
The beta? Was tasked to kill the FL but becomes obsessed and psychotically possessive over her after failing to do it, out of nowhere.
MLs' fathers? Only cared about business and not losing what they had. Similar to Lyra's fathers, most of the MLs' fathers had no autonomy of their own. They followed what Stryker's fathers did because they were the ringleaders of their group.
I get that evil and psychotic people exist, and there doesn't have to be a reason for them to do the things they do. But when you have so many villains in a standalone like this, I want to see some motives or an inkling behind their reasonings. Otherwise, having so many villains with no personality besides "they're the bad guys", it becomes too OTT and unnecessary. The FL's fathers, and a lot of the MLs' fathers are a good example this - they were unnecessary NPCs.
Dissapointingly, the MLs were also surface level deep (moreso at the beginning only, but it ruined things for me).
The initial reason they rejected Lyra is because they were afraid, afraid of losing their reputation and causing an issue to their parents.
One of the male leads literally says this straight out of his mouth- "When did we become such assholes? How did we let our fear of confrontation, our dread of disrupting the status quo, blind us to the pain we inflict on Lyra? Each time I see her, I’m reminded of our cowardice, our deceit." (Chapter 6, pg 48).
Just because what is jeopardized (went from protecting their reputation and status quo to protecting Lyra and Stryker's biological parents) is changed later, doesn't erase the fact that this was their INITIAL reason for rejecting Lyra. It's hard to take their words of love and care for her seriously when initially they cared more about their reputations than her.
I'm stuck between rating this standalone 2.5 - 3 ⭐️ because while a lot of the characters were lacking and disappointing, it did deliver what it meant to do with the angst and second chance forgiving.
My biggest issue with this book is that all the characters had a lack of depth to them, except maybe Lyra (FL).
For example, for the villains - it's like everyone was a villain for no explainable reason. Almost like the author wanted to create more drama just for the sake of it and to further torment the FL.
FL's twin sister? Just hated and tormented her for no reason.
FL's mom? Hated and abused her from birth because she wasn't expecting her to be a twin. Which doesn't make sense to me, because if Lyra was so unwanted, her parents could've given her up after birth and just kept Lucy who they loved.
FL's fathers? Hated and abused her because..... I don't even know why. They're almost always mentioned with the mother, only. It's like they're not in charge of their own autonomy, their only role is to follow what the mom does because she's the ringleader.
The beta? Was tasked to kill the FL but becomes obsessed and psychotically possessive over her after failing to do it, out of nowhere.
MLs' fathers? Only cared about business and not losing what they had. Similar to Lyra's fathers, most of the MLs' fathers had no autonomy of their own. They followed what Stryker's fathers did because they were the ringleaders of their group.
I get that evil and psychotic people exist, and there doesn't have to be a reason for them to do the things they do. But when you have so many villains in a standalone like this, I want to see some motives or an inkling behind their reasonings. Otherwise, having so many villains with no personality besides "they're the bad guys", it becomes too OTT and unnecessary. The FL's fathers, and a lot of the MLs' fathers are a good example this - they were unnecessary NPCs.
Dissapointingly, the MLs were also surface level deep (moreso at the beginning only, but it ruined things for me).
The initial reason they rejected Lyra is because they were afraid, afraid of losing their reputation and causing an issue to their parents.
One of the male leads literally says this straight out of his mouth- "When did we become such assholes? How did we let our fear of confrontation, our dread of disrupting the status quo, blind us to the pain we inflict on Lyra? Each time I see her, I’m reminded of our cowardice, our deceit." (Chapter 6, pg 48).
Just because what is jeopardized (went from protecting their reputation and status quo to protecting Lyra and Stryker's biological parents) is changed later, doesn't erase the fact that this was their INITIAL reason for rejecting Lyra. It's hard to take their words of love and care for her seriously when initially they cared more about their reputations than her.
I'm stuck between rating this standalone 2.5 - 3 ⭐️ because while a lot of the characters were lacking and disappointing, it did deliver what it meant to do with the angst and second chance forgiving.
May 20, 2025
I am an avid reader and have no issues with getting through a 400 page book in a few days... but this book was very hard to get through, I had to force myself to read it and take frequently breaks just to get through it in over a week. It lost my interest on numerous occasions, not from the plot itself per se, but because the author had a rather annoying tendency to drone on about random details without getting to the point or double talking points that were already stated. Like there's only so many times I can read about the full detail of a room down to the ropes used to tie back the drapes, without even having that much detail given to the description of the characters; or even how massive diatribes will be written about how one of the characters is excited, and then continue on for several internalized paragraphs about how excited they are, which in itself wouldn't be bad if there was at least dialogue in between the paragraphs (spoiler: there wasn't). This book just dragged on forever no reason, and if you took away all the double talk and frivolous text I think it could be condensed to be a 250 page book easily.
This book didn't excite me, it felt more so like all chore or task to get through rather than actually enjoy reading. Like i said, the plot wasn't bad, just dragged on forever no reason, and the writing didn't capture attention the way a good book should.
This book didn't excite me, it felt more so like all chore or task to get through rather than actually enjoy reading. Like i said, the plot wasn't bad, just dragged on forever no reason, and the writing didn't capture attention the way a good book should.
May 11, 2025
I’ve been desperately waiting for this one to be released and couldn’t wait to read all about the betrayal. Unfortunately this one disappointed me and I skimmed a lot of the chapters. The entire book was chock full of metaphors and analogies and it was just too much. It was unnecessary, didn’t add to the story and made it confusing to read the paragraphs and understand what the point of that paragraph was. It could have easily been cut down to 1/2 the book if the excessive metaphors were removed.
It needs editing outside of that. Some paragraphs or statements were repeated several times in different chapters, incorrect characters were named in places and other small errors like that need to be corrected.
The plot line of the “bad guys” working in the background was also confusing and didn’t make sense at times. It could have been made much simpler. I’m still not sure if Stryker’s mum was good or bad by the end. She was made to sound like a victim, until the end when it comes out she’s known about everything and has extraordinarily powerful scent matches who could have fixed the situation at any point.
It needs editing outside of that. Some paragraphs or statements were repeated several times in different chapters, incorrect characters were named in places and other small errors like that need to be corrected.
The plot line of the “bad guys” working in the background was also confusing and didn’t make sense at times. It could have been made much simpler. I’m still not sure if Stryker’s mum was good or bad by the end. She was made to sound like a victim, until the end when it comes out she’s known about everything and has extraordinarily powerful scent matches who could have fixed the situation at any point.
May 22, 2025
I enjoyed this book, but I felt it was missing a few important elements. Firstly, there was a lack of understanding regarding why her mates rejected her. Secondly, I noticed the absence of a pregnancy subplot. Throughout the story, there was no mention of her taking any precautions against pregnancy, such as pills or injections. So, where was the pregnancy?
In most, if not all, of the Omegaverse books I've read, there are discussions about children, pregnancy, and birth control options. However, none of these topics were addressed in this book.
Thirdly, there was a lack of making her mates grovel for hurting her. When did the begging, promises, and pledging scenes occur?
Fourthly was the lack of sex scenes, within her heat cycle, we got one truly, but a second one was iffy to me.
This could use a rewrite on some points, but overall, it was still good.
In most, if not all, of the Omegaverse books I've read, there are discussions about children, pregnancy, and birth control options. However, none of these topics were addressed in this book.
Thirdly, there was a lack of making her mates grovel for hurting her. When did the begging, promises, and pledging scenes occur?
Fourthly was the lack of sex scenes, within her heat cycle, we got one truly, but a second one was iffy to me.
This could use a rewrite on some points, but overall, it was still good.
June 9, 2025
Long winded
The bones of the story were good. But ultimately I found the inner monologuing to be repetitive. They rejected me, I can't get over it, i must stay mad. And to top it off this author is long winded. There were 4 paragraphs just for an MMC to put his clothes on. Detail is great... when it matters, but the overly descriptive writing slowed the story down. She's rushing to her mom's because her mom asked for help.. but first let's pause to re- describe the house we already got a long winded description of earlier. So while I did enjoy the idea of the story, the pacing, repetitive thoughts, and purple prose made it just a 2 star book for me.
The bones of the story were good. But ultimately I found the inner monologuing to be repetitive. They rejected me, I can't get over it, i must stay mad. And to top it off this author is long winded. There were 4 paragraphs just for an MMC to put his clothes on. Detail is great... when it matters, but the overly descriptive writing slowed the story down. She's rushing to her mom's because her mom asked for help.. but first let's pause to re- describe the house we already got a long winded description of earlier. So while I did enjoy the idea of the story, the pacing, repetitive thoughts, and purple prose made it just a 2 star book for me.
September 17, 2025
The idea itself was interesting. But the author did not tell the story in a continuous line, it was all over the show so the story felt very disjointed.
Also the reasoning for entire thing made no sense. It was not fleshed out enough.
So they’re holding the mums and actual dads life over the guys head but the mum won’t say who the dads are, but then 60% of the way through the book you find out she still sees and is with her quad and she all of a sudden feels the power of her quad behind her enough to tell the truth. It was just weird.
I was really hopeful that Lura wouldn’t forgive them quickly but she did because she’s so very understanding.
Also the reasoning for entire thing made no sense. It was not fleshed out enough.
So they’re holding the mums and actual dads life over the guys head but the mum won’t say who the dads are, but then 60% of the way through the book you find out she still sees and is with her quad and she all of a sudden feels the power of her quad behind her enough to tell the truth. It was just weird.
I was really hopeful that Lura wouldn’t forgive them quickly but she did because she’s so very understanding.
June 24, 2025
This book started sooo good. I love a rejected mate trope and then all went downhill.
The alphas were meh. Something that a lot of these types of books have is a lack of communication. To be honest, they didn't even make sense as to why they hurt their mate so much. As always, she forgave them way too fast. Why is the groveling always lacking?
If you are putting your FMC through hell and back, make sure she gets retribution.
The alphas were meh. Something that a lot of these types of books have is a lack of communication. To be honest, they didn't even make sense as to why they hurt their mate so much. As always, she forgave them way too fast. Why is the groveling always lacking?
If you are putting your FMC through hell and back, make sure she gets retribution.
May 10, 2025
Oh, WOW!
Such a compelling debut. I liked the relationship build between the characters, and the groveling they did to win back their omega. It’s not my favorite read of 2025, but it’s nonetheless a terrific one. There were many subplots but she author executed them well and wrapped them up nicely. 10/10
Such a compelling debut. I liked the relationship build between the characters, and the groveling they did to win back their omega. It’s not my favorite read of 2025, but it’s nonetheless a terrific one. There were many subplots but she author executed them well and wrapped them up nicely. 10/10
June 4, 2025
It started good....
It had a good premise but didn't live up to it. The whole reason the pack left the FMC made no sense. The FMC just blindly signing papers from people who hate her, forgiving so easily. Also, the conflict with the quad and the father just disappeared at the end even though it was a major part of the book. Could have been better
It had a good premise but didn't live up to it. The whole reason the pack left the FMC made no sense. The FMC just blindly signing papers from people who hate her, forgiving so easily. Also, the conflict with the quad and the father just disappeared at the end even though it was a major part of the book. Could have been better
June 22, 2025
DNF @ 75%
This review is for readers and not the author.
The amount of times it was written that there was no choice, or the OVER explanation of every single scene. Her walking, but we had to experience the exact way her soles squished under her feet.. its just not necessary. It completely felt as space filler where a teacher read the first draft and said make it longer, give more details.
My only really big beef was naming the FMC Lyra, but then having her mom (whose the main baddie in the book) as Lyla....the amount of times I was so confused thinking it was an editing error or then trying to figure why the FMC was suddenly power hungry? Literally so confusing for no reason.
This review is for readers and not the author.
The amount of times it was written that there was no choice, or the OVER explanation of every single scene. Her walking, but we had to experience the exact way her soles squished under her feet.. its just not necessary. It completely felt as space filler where a teacher read the first draft and said make it longer, give more details.
My only really big beef was naming the FMC Lyra, but then having her mom (whose the main baddie in the book) as Lyla....the amount of times I was so confused thinking it was an editing error or then trying to figure why the FMC was suddenly power hungry? Literally so confusing for no reason.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 29, 2025
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May 9, 2025
Silly. I hate when MCs reject the Fmc for silly reasons. Like seriously all they had to do was leave and take her with them. I'm sure they could have figured it out and been fine. Instead they tow the line like 5 year olds. DNF
May 12, 2025
This was so bad I DNF’d it at about 20%. None of it made sense. The opening chapter was confusing and it wasn’t really part of the plot - or was it just a dream?
From what I read there’s no spice in it. No heat sex in an omegaverse? Don’t write it then.
From what I read there’s no spice in it. No heat sex in an omegaverse? Don’t write it then.
May 25, 2025
Disappointed
This was so wordy. I don't need 5 paragraphs to describe a houe or repetitive long inner monologuing. It has alot of potential for the plot, but I found the writing lacking.
This was so wordy. I don't need 5 paragraphs to describe a houe or repetitive long inner monologuing. It has alot of potential for the plot, but I found the writing lacking.
May 9, 2025
“She is my obsession.
My life.
My salvation.”
-Talon, from Knot Their Damn Problem by Mara Onyx
My life.
My salvation.”
-Talon, from Knot Their Damn Problem by Mara Onyx
May 10, 2025
This felt like it never went through an editing process. Repetitive, typos, grammar mistakes and missing words. The story was very disjointed and felt like it was all over the place.
May 13, 2025
Med burn
May 16, 2025
Captivating
I like that she forgave but it wasn't an instant thing they had to work for her all over again.
I like that she forgave but it wasn't an instant thing they had to work for her all over again.
May 17, 2025
Suspenseful
Heartbreaking moments collide with suspenseful drama and utter betrayal in this entertaining story. I enjoyed reading their story. Nicely done.
Heartbreaking moments collide with suspenseful drama and utter betrayal in this entertaining story. I enjoyed reading their story. Nicely done.
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May 19, 2025This was not for me. The reasoning behind their rejection was so weak, it made me unreasonably angry. Over a book!
June 2, 2025
Good
All of them go through a lot of pain. Honestly
It sounds like there was more to her sister’s story as well. Tho we will never know. I’m glad they worked through their troubles.
All of them go through a lot of pain. Honestly
It sounds like there was more to her sister’s story as well. Tho we will never know. I’m glad they worked through their troubles.
June 4, 2025
DNF. Ive developed a tolerance for bad writing over the years for escapism but I cannot stand it when the plot does not make sense, when the characters actions dont make sense.
July 8, 2025
A very ambitious debut novel. I can see the potential.
July 17, 2025
This book wasn't bad, but the repetitive exposition killed me. I am now deceased.
December 10, 2025
Lyra had zero spine and for all the pain the pack caused her she completely folds because of her heat. I was so excited for a huge betrayal and grovel book. This was just stupid.
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