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Golden Sanctuary Omegaverse #1
Her Stolen Scent
Omegas are loved. Omegas are protected. Omegas are the pride of society. As the Omega daughter of two Betas, Daisy’s very existence has brought her family nothing but prosperity. So, why does Daisy’s family hate the very thing she is? All she has ever wanted is to be herself, but every time she feels like she gets the chance, they rip it away. When Daisy is pulled from school and forced to deny her designation, she clings to every last piece of her Omega self. But even that can’t save her when she is attacked in her own home and her chances of a normal heat are torn away from her. After feeling like she has spent her entire life fighting for the right to exist as an Omega, Daisy finds freedom from her family at the Golden Sanctuary Omega Finishing School. There, her dreams of an Alpha are finally within reach. Somehow, her family finds a way to ruin it, breaking her down to build her sister up. With society collapsing under her feet and pressure increasing for Alphas to mate Betas, how will Daisy cope with the world thinking an Alpha rejected her for her Beta sister? Will this ruin her chances with the Alpha she actually wants? Her facade is breaking, and underneath, she isn’t as perfect as she wants to be.
374 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 25, 2025
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August 20, 2025
Very different OMV, and it's a M/F pairing, in case you want OMV without any why choose.
I actually loved that this society was so different from most OMV I've read. I don't think the society is perfect, and it has many flaws, but it gave me a new look at A/B/O dynamics. I'll stick around and read other books that are written in this world. It's got an odd formality to it that's almost archaic at times, clashing with backlash from betas who feel ignored and looked over (and maybe they actually were sometimes) and who also don't understand these formal omega/alpha customs or dynamics. Fascinating to be stuck in this world with these polar opposites clashing.
This is a huge slow burn. They don't even officially meet until around the 35% mark.
The main drawbacks for me were:
1. The story jumped around in time and never delved deeper into most of what happened. It just let us know things (sometimes horrible things) were happening and then moved on. Parts of the story felt like they were missing, but we got some of them later on in the MMC's POV, which doesn't come until the end. It's a little confusing at parts but I can appreciate the choice behind revealing things that way.
2. Another story that borderline infantilizes the FMC. She's very naive because of her experiences growing up, making it easy for her to be manipulated by literally everyone. And then the big, strong alpha just comes in and takes over for her so she never even needs to think. Part of this the way their society treats omegas (damnit if I didn't like that part though), and the other part was supposed to be their own dynamic.
Very much insta love. The OW and OM drama is only from people neither of the MCs are ever interested in. They're both vaguely implied virgins but it's never confirmed. I'm adding the tags anyway.
Loved the ending 25 years later.
I actually loved that this society was so different from most OMV I've read. I don't think the society is perfect, and it has many flaws, but it gave me a new look at A/B/O dynamics. I'll stick around and read other books that are written in this world. It's got an odd formality to it that's almost archaic at times, clashing with backlash from betas who feel ignored and looked over (and maybe they actually were sometimes) and who also don't understand these formal omega/alpha customs or dynamics. Fascinating to be stuck in this world with these polar opposites clashing.
This is a huge slow burn. They don't even officially meet until around the 35% mark.
The main drawbacks for me were:
1. The story jumped around in time and never delved deeper into most of what happened. It just let us know things (sometimes horrible things) were happening and then moved on. Parts of the story felt like they were missing, but we got some of them later on in the MMC's POV, which doesn't come until the end. It's a little confusing at parts but I can appreciate the choice behind revealing things that way.
2. Another story that borderline infantilizes the FMC. She's very naive because of her experiences growing up, making it easy for her to be manipulated by literally everyone. And then the big, strong alpha just comes in and takes over for her so she never even needs to think. Part of this the way their society treats omegas (damnit if I didn't like that part though), and the other part was supposed to be their own dynamic.
Very much insta love. The OW and OM drama is only from people neither of the MCs are ever interested in. They're both vaguely implied virgins but it's never confirmed. I'm adding the tags anyway.
Loved the ending 25 years later.
July 31, 2025
FINALLY!!!
This is my first review, but it’s warranted for this masterpiece. The story’s perspective is rare in the ABO genre, as it features an omega who embraces her designation. Most ABO books depict omegas who want to be different by societal standards (people just don’t understand me)or are traumatized (by an insane family or society). It was refreshing, after reading many dark OmegaVerse books, to see an mfc, despite trauma,take pride in being an omega. It is something newer ABO books often lack. I hope more authors adopt this approach. Thank you, author, for expanding the genre and bringing it back to its roots! I look forward to more from you.
This is my first review, but it’s warranted for this masterpiece. The story’s perspective is rare in the ABO genre, as it features an omega who embraces her designation. Most ABO books depict omegas who want to be different by societal standards (people just don’t understand me)or are traumatized (by an insane family or society). It was refreshing, after reading many dark OmegaVerse books, to see an mfc, despite trauma,take pride in being an omega. It is something newer ABO books often lack. I hope more authors adopt this approach. Thank you, author, for expanding the genre and bringing it back to its roots! I look forward to more from you.
August 11, 2025
I was unprepared
The blurb did not prepare me for how amazing this book would be. I almost didn't read it, and that would have been a shame. It has depth, it has intrigue, it has more than one twist, and it has a full on hea. I really hope I find more books from this author because this one is straight-up awesome and will go into my to be read again pile. It makes me wish I could give it more than 5 stars and makes me want to knock down others. I have rated as a 5 because they shouldn't share a rating.
Daisy does not live in a safe or happy home. She is an omega when omegas are scarce and she loves her designation when it is very clear that her beta parents and sister resent her designation even though they gain status based on her existence and she is abused. She finds a way out and is enrolled in a government funded omega finishing school. She excels there and really blooms. Her parents won't let her go easily, though, and it comes to a very serious head. I hope Anna gets her own book.
The blurb did not prepare me for how amazing this book would be. I almost didn't read it, and that would have been a shame. It has depth, it has intrigue, it has more than one twist, and it has a full on hea. I really hope I find more books from this author because this one is straight-up awesome and will go into my to be read again pile. It makes me wish I could give it more than 5 stars and makes me want to knock down others. I have rated as a 5 because they shouldn't share a rating.
Daisy does not live in a safe or happy home. She is an omega when omegas are scarce and she loves her designation when it is very clear that her beta parents and sister resent her designation even though they gain status based on her existence and she is abused. She finds a way out and is enrolled in a government funded omega finishing school. She excels there and really blooms. Her parents won't let her go easily, though, and it comes to a very serious head. I hope Anna gets her own book.
June 9, 2026
I don’t know how to feel about this book. Despite the stale and amateurish writing style, I generally enjoyed reading this. It’s a very interesting world that was built. But I wish that the world was fleshed-out and explored more and I generally feel like this was a lackluster storyline to focus on within this worldscape
First, I need to start by saying that this book really could have used an editor. I have never considered editing in my ratings before; I’m pretty used to reading absolute trash writing, note it, but generally ignore it and not let it reflect in my rating. But this book is absolutely littered with odd phrases (eg «He lays me down on my feet »), uncreative/clumsy sentence structures (eg 4 back to back sentences that all end with the word « arms »), missing words necessary to complete a sentence structure, confusing descriptions of physical positions that are anatomically impossible, somewhat disjointed scenes that read choppily, and some odd and sometimes confusingly ill-fitting adjectives. I often felt like the novel was written with AI cuz it lacked style and at times a realistic understanding of human emotion.
Here, we have a world in which omegas are seemingly dying out, and betas are using that opportunity to move themselves higher up on the social ladder, trying to replace omegas in their companion-roles with alphas. Omegas are groomed to be submissive and reliant on alphas, almost in a cult-like manner. And alphas rely on omegas as their emotional regulators, because they seemingly cannot do this on their own without violence. This world is so toxic, on so many levels, that there are obviously so many directions one could take to craft an interesting storyline.
But what we get is a story of this world’s « perfect omega, » defined by her severe infantilisation and stepford wife qualities. She is happy being what she is, so it is satisfying seeing her be able to finally achieve the life she wants; but it’s also extremely uncomfortable at times to read about a young woman who acts like a child. It’s also at times incredibly frustrating, because she never matures and never learns to fight or speak up for herself — she can’t within this story structure, otherwise she wouldn’t be the perfect omega. But, again, it’s not that she’s acting this way against her own volition; given her abusive childhood, she very much had to strive to be able to be an infantilized stepford wife omega.
It’s also worth noting that by the end, I couldn’t tell you much about the MCs’ personalities or what makes them tick, beyond each other and being the epitome of their respective designations. The MMC is worse off than the FMC, but not by much.
Is this an interesting storyline? Yes. But as a reader living in the real world which has problems analogous to the fictional one in this book, it’s hard not to feel like this was a wasted opportunity for the author to say something that ties back to reality. Without that connection to real world sensibilities, I almost felt like an anthropologist learning about a person from another culture in an emotionally detached way, and it’s never good when a reader feels emotionally detached from a novel. Add in the poor, almost computer-generated writing style, and I ended this book feeling rather disconnected
First, I need to start by saying that this book really could have used an editor. I have never considered editing in my ratings before; I’m pretty used to reading absolute trash writing, note it, but generally ignore it and not let it reflect in my rating. But this book is absolutely littered with odd phrases (eg «He lays me down on my feet »), uncreative/clumsy sentence structures (eg 4 back to back sentences that all end with the word « arms »), missing words necessary to complete a sentence structure, confusing descriptions of physical positions that are anatomically impossible, somewhat disjointed scenes that read choppily, and some odd and sometimes confusingly ill-fitting adjectives. I often felt like the novel was written with AI cuz it lacked style and at times a realistic understanding of human emotion.
Here, we have a world in which omegas are seemingly dying out, and betas are using that opportunity to move themselves higher up on the social ladder, trying to replace omegas in their companion-roles with alphas. Omegas are groomed to be submissive and reliant on alphas, almost in a cult-like manner. And alphas rely on omegas as their emotional regulators, because they seemingly cannot do this on their own without violence. This world is so toxic, on so many levels, that there are obviously so many directions one could take to craft an interesting storyline.
But what we get is a story of this world’s « perfect omega, » defined by her severe infantilisation and stepford wife qualities. She is happy being what she is, so it is satisfying seeing her be able to finally achieve the life she wants; but it’s also extremely uncomfortable at times to read about a young woman who acts like a child. It’s also at times incredibly frustrating, because she never matures and never learns to fight or speak up for herself — she can’t within this story structure, otherwise she wouldn’t be the perfect omega. But, again, it’s not that she’s acting this way against her own volition; given her abusive childhood, she very much had to strive to be able to be an infantilized stepford wife omega.
It’s also worth noting that by the end, I couldn’t tell you much about the MCs’ personalities or what makes them tick, beyond each other and being the epitome of their respective designations. The MMC is worse off than the FMC, but not by much.
Is this an interesting storyline? Yes. But as a reader living in the real world which has problems analogous to the fictional one in this book, it’s hard not to feel like this was a wasted opportunity for the author to say something that ties back to reality. Without that connection to real world sensibilities, I almost felt like an anthropologist learning about a person from another culture in an emotionally detached way, and it’s never good when a reader feels emotionally detached from a novel. Add in the poor, almost computer-generated writing style, and I ended this book feeling rather disconnected
January 9, 2026
3.75⭐️
This was such an engaging read from a new-to-me author. Kate has created an Omegaverse setting where omegas are on the decline and the lack of dynamics with designations is creating violent and horrific ramifications. Daisy is a victim of her beta parents’ discriminatory biases and suffers greatly at their hands.
There are some deeply impactful moments (check content warnings) and I enjoyed watching Daisy blossom as she found love and acceptance. However, this does read as a debut. There were a lot of machinations happening; but it all felt a bit surface level. The plot at times felled malformed and I craved much more emotional depth that just felt lacking. I do think this will come as Kate’s pen finds more experience and will definitely look forward to reading Anna’s book.
This was such an engaging read from a new-to-me author. Kate has created an Omegaverse setting where omegas are on the decline and the lack of dynamics with designations is creating violent and horrific ramifications. Daisy is a victim of her beta parents’ discriminatory biases and suffers greatly at their hands.
There are some deeply impactful moments (check content warnings) and I enjoyed watching Daisy blossom as she found love and acceptance. However, this does read as a debut. There were a lot of machinations happening; but it all felt a bit surface level. The plot at times felled malformed and I craved much more emotional depth that just felt lacking. I do think this will come as Kate’s pen finds more experience and will definitely look forward to reading Anna’s book.
March 1, 2026
Sometimes I read so many books, I don't bother to write out a review. Once in a while a book is worth it.
Amongst other omegaverse books, this one is just better. Not a reverse harem which is why it took me so long to start it. I loved the concept, but when I am in the mood for Omegaverse it is usually because I'm in the mood for RH.
I did nothing else this morning except read this book. My husband, accustomed to how I act when I find a good one, just made breakfast and started laundry and let me finish.
It's wonderfully written, the characters have depth and I was so excited with the final chapters.
I can't wait to read more from this author.
Amongst other omegaverse books, this one is just better. Not a reverse harem which is why it took me so long to start it. I loved the concept, but when I am in the mood for Omegaverse it is usually because I'm in the mood for RH.
I did nothing else this morning except read this book. My husband, accustomed to how I act when I find a good one, just made breakfast and started laundry and let me finish.
It's wonderfully written, the characters have depth and I was so excited with the final chapters.
I can't wait to read more from this author.
September 11, 2025
Wow, this book really took me by surprise. I love this world and I really hope we get Anna’s story. I don’t know if this is her first book but I honestly loved it. This omegaverse is different but in a good way. I enjoyed the angst and how positive Daisy stays and how they don’t break her or make her hate her omega. The book, despite everything Daisy goes through, doesn’t feel like a dark book. It feels like hope after a storm. Sad I couldn’t find another book or when the next book will come out. I can’t wait.
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March 2, 2026
I adored this book. I read it in one sitting yesterday and had reread my favorite parts over and over today. I would give this book 6 stars if I could. Wonderful “twist” on the Omegaverse that had/has me in a chokehold. I want to read every book by this author but so far there are only two! I have been looking for more information on this author, but so far, no dice. So please, Ms. Kate, if you read this, please get a insta or Tik page so I can find out about your upcoming books. You have a newly devoted fan!
August 25, 2026
3.5 ⭐️
I love a story with a rejected omega…in this case by her family (and others) but I did have a hard time with Daisy tbh. Yes, she was treated horribly by her family, which caused her insecurities, but jeez. Talk about a pushover. I got tired of her allowing herself to be walked all over. She seemed incredibly immature.
It might be that I prefer the fmc’s to be stronger so I can’t say the book is bad, especially since I adore Alpha Knight and his wife! 🥰 I also loved the epilogue!
I love a story with a rejected omega…in this case by her family (and others) but I did have a hard time with Daisy tbh. Yes, she was treated horribly by her family, which caused her insecurities, but jeez. Talk about a pushover. I got tired of her allowing herself to be walked all over. She seemed incredibly immature.
It might be that I prefer the fmc’s to be stronger so I can’t say the book is bad, especially since I adore Alpha Knight and his wife! 🥰 I also loved the epilogue!
September 7, 2026
this was an interesting story but this book is in desperate need of an editor. there were so many misspelled words, typos, awkward sentences, past and present tense in the same 6 work sentence that it took me out of what what going on. typical insta love and a bit cliche (which i see nothing wrong with) and a genuinely interesting plot outside of the romance and i actually am curious to see what happens with her friend anna but if it's as badly edited as this one i don't think i'll be able to make it through it
June 5, 2026
miss pushover to end all pushovers over here. this girl kept letting randomers walk all over her, like it gets to a point where its actually ridiculous. how can you never learn from your mistakes omg??? also the writing felt super choppy, it reads like a summary rather than a fully fleshed out story. i had to dnf for the sake of my personal wellbeing
August 6, 2025
Unbelievably GOOD!
I am so happy I read this book and seriously can’t wait for more!! My first by this author, and was not disappointed. My only complaint is that it’s over! I want more!!
I am so happy I read this book and seriously can’t wait for more!! My first by this author, and was not disappointed. My only complaint is that it’s over! I want more!!
October 6, 2025
Felt like a collection of random scenes, extremely disjointed with time, characters, and plots all passing by with no meaning. Also at the beginning plurals and ‘s were being interchanged randomly whole thing needed an edit
September 24, 2025
So good... Can't wait to read more from this author.
October 4, 2025
Her Stolen Scent
Was kinda of triggering, but handled with care and insight. Loved the ending, would like to how the younger two go.
Was kinda of triggering, but handled with care and insight. Loved the ending, would like to how the younger two go.
November 21, 2025
Must Read
Well the female main character can make you question her sanity, it's a great story with depth and emotional roller-coaster.
Well the female main character can make you question her sanity, it's a great story with depth and emotional roller-coaster.
December 16, 2025
Great storyline! Worth Reading
Now this is an Omega story truly worth reading. It's got a great storyline and isn't just smutty sex lol. I absolutely loved this story!
Now this is an Omega story truly worth reading. It's got a great storyline and isn't just smutty sex lol. I absolutely loved this story!
January 6, 2026
love this story! read it instead of sleeping because I couldn't put it down! now I am going to sleep after this review!!!!
February 9, 2026
I don’t feel connected to the characters.
May 28, 2026
Wonderful Read.
Although this novel is dark, it is wrapped in an epic love story between two soulmates. It’s a story of how love conquers all.
Although this novel is dark, it is wrapped in an epic love story between two soulmates. It’s a story of how love conquers all.
September 6, 2025
Though predictable, a cute love story.
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