Bred: Primal Instincts Book 1

by R.R. Rivera

Plot? What plot? We're here for the AUDACITY.

Listen This is 200 pages of a billionaire CEO with a breeding kink and the backbone to make it everyone else's problem. If you're looking for slow burn, character development, or literally any subplot that doesn't involve Rhett Stone putting a baby in Petra Novak, this ain't it.

What you WILL

A man so unhinged he set up an entire corporate security breach just to meet his future baby mamaZero to "I'm going to knock you up" in approximately 3.2 secondsLactation content that would make a dairy farmer blushSurveillance that makes the NSA look like amateursThe kind of obsessive behavior that should come with its own restraining orderA heroine whose common sense left the building faster than you can say "red flag"Rhett Stone doesn't want a girlfriend. He wants a breeding project. Petra's job interview just became an audition for permanent pregnancy, and honestly? She's into it.

This book

Breeding kink (it's literally the title)Lactation themesStalking presented as romancePower dynamics that would horrify HRPregnancy contentA male lead who thinks "consent" means "I asked nicely once"Absolutely ZERO plot beyond "rich man wants babies NOW"This book does NOT

Realistic relationship pacingHealthy communicationCharacters who make good life choicesA plot you can explain to your book club without getting judgedIf you're still here after reading this, congratulations! You've found your people. If you're clutching your pearls, please see yourself out and go read something with actual character arcs.

Ages 18+ because duh.

225 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 23, 2025

Reviews

[Regina Harris · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not even sure why I'm even bothering with the spoilers tab, everything about this book is in the title and the book's description. There is no build-up. We instantly jump into Rhett wanting to breed Petra. Do we get told how the knowledge of her existence is brought to his attention, no, but we're briefly told that he has been majorly stalking her for 4 months and that he has watched her every waking moment from cameras that magically appeared with her knowing all over her home. Anyways, he breeds her, that is literally the book. There is added mini drama where he can't have s*x with her because of early labor, and he finds out that he gets addicted to her breast milk. This book is just a giant case of meh.

[Catherine Elizabeth Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could have been good

To be perfectly honest I only made it 50% of the way through the story before I gave up. The author has a good story line basis but needs to work on their writing and character development. The main characters repeatedly have the same conversation over and over again and their conversations are stilted one or two very short sentences back and forth, no one actually talks to each other like that! Also there seems to be some confusion in the author's plan for how the story was supposed to flow. At the beginning the contract that the FMC signs there is a clause about breeding, they even discuss it before becoming romantically intimate. Then, a few chapters later the FMC gets the MMC to "confess" that his need for her is because he wants to breed her and is self conscious about whether or not she wants that too... like they didn't just discuss wanting this a chapter before? This could be a good steamy breeding novel, but the author needs to go back and work on the writing.

[Lydia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was wild. I’m genuinely flabbergasted by this book. I definitely thought Petra would be a more unwilling in the sense that she wouldn’t be as into the relationship as he was but she wasn’t. Also Rhett was not as OTT as I thought he would be. Shockingly this was oddly a very consensual relationship despite what the synopsis lead me to believe. I kept thinking Rhett would actually do something that would be too much but he never did. Everything he did was very “normal,” for a lack of a better word. I was honestly kind of disappointed. I also noticed a lot of errors in the story like the contract mentioning he wanted to breed her but then him later confessing to wanting to do that. I think this could be a good book if there was more editing involved.

[Darylyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Was Warned

The Author gave a warning and I said bet but ended up opened mouth the whole time. MMC is totally unhinged and the FMC? Ho is you ok? Blink once for no, twice for yes? I know she is not but still GIRL?
I do feel this is more 3.5 stars just because of the repetitiveness and inconsistencies, did she switch doctors throughout her pregnancy or did we forget?
However, If you don't mind a controlling MMC and sheep-like FMC with absolutely no plot and possibly a newfound lactation kink then this might be right up your alley!

[classy cliterature]

If you want a book that meets the k!nk of the title, this is it. Plenty of brěěding and 🥛 kink here. But man, this book is repetitive and filled with inconsistencies. (Like at one point she is on bed rest for 6 weeks, but literally the next paragraph says “after 20 weeks on bed rest.”) overall this book could have done with some major editing. Had that been the case then it would have been something I would have bought and kept on my kindle.

TL;DR: you want the kink, it’s there. You want a good plot that flows and isn’t repetitive, not going to find that here.

[Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

enjoyed

I think that you’re a really good writer and I really love storyline. But there’s a lot of repeat I have would’ve liked to have seen more interaction with the job maybe taking the first baby up there I don’t know just something a little more, but I absolutely loved it. This is the first book of yours. I’ve read, and I will read another one and then I’ll do another review and see how it goes. Thank you. Entertainment, though I love the whole breeding kink.

[Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

While there is lots a spice, there is also a lot of arguing and complaining about not getting pregnant fast enough when I finally got to the positive pregnancy test I was so frustrated I returned the book to kindle unlimited. I still have 3 stars because I feel the potential in the book and I think the author had something good on their hands and in their head.

[Angela M. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I STRUGGLED through this one. Stopped it and came back to it several times. The storyline could have been good, but the writing is too rudimentary to take the characters in the right direction. It became so reporting and whiney. No communication skills between the MMC/FMC. The storyline didn’t really go anywhere. Wish I would’ve started something else instead of coming back to this one.

[Agatha’s Reading Room📚 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I probably should have listened to the author’s note, because I genuinely felt like I lost brain cells reading this. The writing was really repetitive, with the same things dragged out over long chapters—even though the book itself felt short, if that makes sense. It had some spice, but it wasn’t very detailed or memorable. It’s fine if you’re just bored and not looking for anything serious.

[Pj · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unfortunately, this story got to be so boring. Time lines do not add up in several parts of the book. I would assume someone in cyber security makes a lot of money, but she struggling to make ends meet??

[Temi Amoye · Rating 4 out of 5]

OMG

This book is insane. I mean the author did warn me but... still. I mean dark romance for real. Wow!

[Tay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok so ....

This book isn't terrible. Lots and lots and lots of sex and it warms you what you're getting into for the intro.... But damn. Like I have no words.

[Jessica Hoffman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, I love this story. The plot twists kept me on the edge of my seat, and the characters felt so real I could almost touch them. The breeding scenes were written with such visceral detail—the way you described their bodies moving together in that abandoned lighthouse, illuminated only by moonlight filtering through salt-crusted windows, was absolutely top-notch. I found myself wishing it were longer, especially with more of those deliciously explicit encounters that made my cheeks flush while reading.

I'm DYING for more! I would sell my soul for a full-length novella following Petra and Rhett four years later—their house bursting with more children, Petra heavy with another pregnancy, her body ripe with new life while Rhett's possessive hands claim every inch of her swollen form. The raw hunger between them only intensified by the chaos of their growing family!

[Jenah Guidry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ehhh

It was good, and great for people with breeding k*nks but it’s repetitive. The MCs are constantly saying the same thing over and over throughout the story. Other than that, it was good.