An Accidental Nest: Une douce romance Omegaverse en reverse harem

Tying the Knot #1

by Letty Frame, Virtual Voice (Narrator)

Une chaleur surprise ne devrait pas mener à deux petites lignes roses…

En tant qu’oméga accomplie, je suis fière de mon travail. Ma prochaine chaleur approchant à grands pas, tout était parfaitement organisé. Enfin… jusqu’à ce qu’une réorganisation de l’entreprise vienne tout bouleverser à la dernière minute, et que le destin me mette entre les mains d’Uri Rothschild, notre directeur des opérations… et mon nouveau match olfactif.

Un moment brûlant, une montée de chaleur inattendue… et me voilà enceinte – du bébé de mon patron.

Avant même de pouvoir annoncer la nouvelle à Uri, Sterling Carter, le directeur de la sécurité d’Opus Media, m’intercepte, persuadé que j’ai des intentions cachées. Il s’avère qu’il est aussi l’un de mes nouveaux compagnons… tout comme Paxton, le PDG, et Oscar, le directeur financier.

Quatre hommes puissants, tous poussés par l’instinct de me protéger, moi et notre bébé, pourraient bien faire voler en éclats tout ce que j’ai construit. Ils veulent bâtir un avenir ensemble, mais j’ai passé ma vie entière à prouver que je suis bien plus que mes instincts d’oméga.

Ils sont prêts à tout m’offrir – mais suis-je prête à abandonner la vie que j’ai construite pour accueillir celle née de notre Nid Accidentel ?



Nid Accidentel est une romance omegaverse reverse harem, douce et indépendante, remplie d’alphas possessifs, d’une oméga déterminée et d’un bêta bien décidé à ne pas passer inaperçu. Pas de suspense, pas de questions sans réponse – juste un heureux pour toujours pour Emmeline et ses hommes !

Genres: Omegaverse, Reverse Harem, Romance, Why Choose, Fantasy, Mental Health, Smut

Audible Audio

First published April 22, 2025

About the author

Letty Frame is a romance author who writes in the reverse harem genre. #whychoose, right? Letty lives in ever-rainy England with her fiancé and newborn daughter. Between baby playdates and boring household tasks, Letty gives the voices in her head the freedom to tell their stories. Whether that’s in the form of a wolf-shifter on a quest to defeat her stalker or a witch trying to find her place in the world, Letty loves every story they bring her!

Reviews

[Doom Sunshine · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF 33%

Oh man, the book DRAGGED even at the point when I decided to DNF.
I've read some of Frame's other works and I thought she was getting better at chopping down her word count and making a story move, but alas, I was mistaken.

The nicknames are TERRIBLE:
little star, little storm, little treasure, little omega, love, sweet girl, baby, sweet omega, baby girl.
Discounting the little star nickname (because thats from her brother), the FMC has 8 nicknames from 4 mates. One mate gave her 6 names. SIX from one person.

AT the point when I DNF'd, the story was just another copy and paste of SOOOO many out there: Alphas hate all omegas because one used them; one alphas is hell bent on being an asshole to the FMC just cause, one alpha hates himself and one is a Dom.

The plot is similar to so many others. There was NOTHING new here. And it was just so boring.

FMC REFUSES to be strong and stand up for herself. She submits ALL the time. She refuses to speak in full sentences, unless she is angry to which *everyone* finds cute and adorable.

I'm still on the hunt for an A-B-O book where the omegas aren't walking BBS flags.

[Pene|ope • Temp Hyperfixation: WC & OMV · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF.

Long and ranty review warning. I just pasted the notes I took and added things so they're not in order.

‼️ SPOILERS

Repeated sentences, conversations where everything is in text bubbles except one line that's formatted like the rest of the book, a character leaves the room then later speaks as if he'd never left, other things I don't care to add. This needed a really good editor.

The whiplash of whether the beta likes, hates, or even tolerates her....istg this man hates her even when he's supposedly giving her heated looks.

Okay and now he's supposedly trying to make nice with her brother bc he's realized he was an idiot but internally he's just thinking about what a great security expert he is (especially compared to an untrained civilian lol whyyyy), and how great he is at interrogation tactics while pointing out every single way her brother sucks at them. Please release me from this man's suffocating ego.

The whiplash of her feelings!!! The rollercoaster of back and forth emotions when she's simply making her nest, the absolute dread and unneeded anxiety when she's simply getting a checkup with an OB/GYN like 2 days after she was already cleared by another doctor, the internal freakout over a simple meal in the morning, I am EXHAUSTED just picking out a few of these things to mention here.

The whiplash of whether or not her scent matches like her, want her, believe her, are even worried about her, or are just along for the ride. I don't think I've ever before had this much back and forth with myself on whether the author meant for a character to come off that horribly or not and then they'll say something that's supposed to make us think they're falling for her when 2 seconds ago I was sure they were still being untrusting about her.

About the ultrasound photo:

"At the large head and weirdly formed body. The tiny arm stumps where our baby is just starting to grow and develop."

This girl is two (2) weeks along. And like I know they measure your weeks by the date of your last period but your baby doesn't like...magically grow super fast to match up to that time lol.
They told her she was 6 weeks along based on her last period and she decided that's how big her baby was even though they literally only had sex 2 weeks earlier. A head and arm stumps are NOT what you see even at 6 weeks 😅 And don't get me started on how she had pregnancy symptoms ONE whole day after they had sex, and the doctors knew she was pregnant like four days after they had sex.

This is the point where I tried to DNF before rolling my eyes and continuing for reasons even I don't understand.

These guys are still recovering from the ex that did them wrong and while that's a very normal storyline, I can't believe this woman is at the center of every damn conversation these people have even after they (allegedly) try to move on with the FMC. It's been years and these are full grown, multi-company-owning men who can't have one conversation with their scent matched mate in more than 400 pages without circling it around back to their ex. I am not exaggerating in how often this woman haunts their every thought and move and now even the FMC, who never met her, is being pulled into it and thinks about her all the time because these guys just can't ever let themselves move on from her even though they supposedly hate her and the FMC is their actual scent match. Please spare me from relationships like this irl, it takes a special level of low self esteem to continue to deal with that fr.

There are 670 pages in this book and even 400+ pages in we're still dealing with the woe is me, I don't deserve you, I don't deserve anything good, all I do is hurt people, my parents should have just killed me (yeah, one of them actually said that), drama that really needed a therapist's help (edit: I skimmed ahead and they finally start seeing someone like 500 pages in but by then I then I stopped caring). And every moment of these endless spiraling thoughts is documented with both internal monologues and long ass conversations that never end and just get brought up over and over again.

Coming up on 400 pages and though 2.5 weeks have now passed, the characters themselves had in only interacted in person for about 4 of those days total and one day was the ONS with only one of them. That's 100 pages per day, which should show you how much emphasis was put into unnecessarily writing out every single thought and action these people had. This could have been so much shorter and maybe I wouldn't have resented myself for continuing to read it by the time I DNFd.

Characters that make everyone else walk on eggshells around them because they're so damn temperamental while everyone treats them like that's normal behavior for adults annoy tf out of me. And there are TWO of them in this book, while another one wasn't far behind until they finally switched it up about halfway through when the author needed them to, but then we were still left with the original two.

Do people really enjoy relationships where you have no idea if someone will fly off the handle because of something simple you say? Or if they'll spiral into depressive thoughts because you simply asked a question? Or if they'll get upset and just up and leave for days until you finally coax them back home?

Not in my fictional romances ✋🏽

[Lammie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3⭐️

So I’ve been on an omegaverse kick lately and have read a lot of good omegaverse books but quite honestly this was not one of them 😕.

At 670 pages the book is about 270 pages too long, and despite the length of the book I never felt like I got to know the pack. The blurb made it sound like our girl would be a kick ass strong omega but she was anything but. The book went into depth about her issues being due the way she was treated by her dads but we got only one scene with them.

And where was the spice 😫. In a book this long it was about 2🌶️/5. Why 😩.

Just one more thing .. there was too much Oscar 😖.

[Zen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

I was looking for a rejected or grovel book, and although this one isn't quite either or those things, it was exactly what was needed. There were a few things here and there I couldn't overlook. The timing was murky in a lot of this book. Two weeks after she was intimate with one of the MMCs, it was already talking about her showing but then came back and said it had been two weeks just a little later in the book? Also, I swear that the day before she went back to work after her leave happened twice. There was also quite a bit of word repetition in this book. Not in a reusing the same word over and over again way, but in a didn't I just read this sentence a paragraph ago way. For example, the doctor asks her how she is doing twice when she first meets her two paragraphs apart, acting like each time was the first time she's asked the question.

Also, be prepared for a weepy heroine. This FMC breaks down a lot in this book She cries almost constantly, it feels like.

[Maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐️ I tried …

Ughhh I wanted to like this one. The setup was promising … girl finds her scent matches, and all the guys are dealing with emotional baggage from a past relationship. I totally get how that kind of trauma can mess people up, but the story just dragged. It felt like a whole lot of internal monologue and not a lot actually happening. I found myself skipping paragraphs just to get to the next bit of character interaction. The emotional depth was there, but the pacing and plot? Not so much.

[Kayla · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 36%.
We were promised a strong, independent FMC but omg that is not at all what we got. Genuinely it feels like the book was written by AI.
I could not get over the lack of communication and self pity from the two main characters and the nicknames, barf. The back and forth from the MMCs was giving me whiplash. One minute they’re all “you’re mine” the next “you’re trying to trap us vile woman”
Kindly fuck off. I’m over it.

[Whitney Saltsman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I laughed and cried. I expected a little more something, can’t put my finger on it, but I still loved it. I will now say “I’m not crying, I’m emotionally moist.” 😂

[Abby Collins-Tester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Accidental meets

Accidental pregnancy, scent matches... idiotic men? Check, check and check
This starts with an error, continues with some horrific miss communication and leads to everything
When they start to talk and explanations are given things can work out

[Jessica Fowler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly good but some problems dropped the reading joy

This book follows the author's typical writing trends, unfortunately. The base storyline is great, the guys are actually well above average characters (I like them all) but the editing is lacking, the FMC is kinda bizarre and the storyline has a few inconsistencies that throw me off.

Emme has some much potential to be an amazing FMC but, like too many of Frame's leading ladies, she devolved into a wuss wholly dependent on the guys and incapable of basic tasks. Granted, we don't see much once they embrace the relationship, so maybe the author just hasn't shown her still being competent but the end result is still a dissatisfying FMC. But that's the bulk of the problem: all I see is an FMC that I *want* to love but have very little respect for due to her lack of depth.

The first 450 odd pages of the book cover less than a week cumulative of the relationship, with 9 months shoved into the last 200ish pages. This time warp makes it difficult to follow certain things when suddenly we're three months later and no idea what happened along the way. The imbalance between the first two days of their connection vs months when we should be watching them fall in love is hard to follow.

One of the most dumbfounding inconsistencies is the reaction of both the guys and Emme to the death of someone who is never on page. What should be pure relief for all parties throws Emme, who never met the deceased, into a pure panic shutdown. Paxton was not much better, busting into a meeting as though they thought Emme was in danger. The only one with an understandable reaction is Sterling, who already set the expectation for his response and, thankfully, stayed consistent.

Lastly is my complaint about the editing quality. This release was pushed back by a decent amount "to give it the attention it deserves" but, the number of typos don't equate to investment in quality. It pulls down the story by making the reader decode the writing.

Overall, it's a good story that does not live up to its potential. Which is unfortunate because it has SO MUCH potential. This author has a few other books pending for another series and now we have yet another world being created at the same time. It's a recipe for poor quality. I'm genuinely worried about the FMC in one of her books because I'm not sure her book one potential will be carried into book two, and man do I love Maeve and have high hopes for her!

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was just the kind of sweet OV I was craving! It had a lot of micro tropes I love: misunderstanding leads to MMCs mistreating FMC at first, fated mates, accidental pregnancy, extreme devotion and doting on FMC, positive discussion of mental health and therapy, and so much more. I loved all of the MMCs and the FMC. I also loved the FMC’s brother, so I’m glad to know the next book in the series is his story.

This had drama and tension, but also lots of sweetness and comfort, which was what I was in the mood for. It’s the first book in a while that I was so obsessed with I stayed up too late reading.

The only reason it wasn’t a 5 ⭐️ read for me is that there were a fair few error throughout the ebook, and a few scenes that just felt a bit overdone.

But overall, I highly recommend it! It was such a sweet and comforting read, and I’m sure I’ll be coming back to reread it occasionally.

[Tina_guer · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNFed 43%

I can’t. I just can’t. At first I thought the FL would be “like you’re an ass bye” but nope. How can she think she’s the one at fault? I get that she’s been brainwashed since she was a kid but come on. Also, these guys are horrible, some more than others. How can they say they’re worthy of her? Like go to a psychiatrist to treat that personality before you interject with people.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An omega who doesn't want to be an omega! I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved this storyline. All traumatized by their past only to find their way together.

[SnooRegrets · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 35%
I hated everyone.

[Jacinda - Booked Solid · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wish there had been an actual plot instead of 670 pages of pure miscommunication.

[Sophia Cristello · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was very excited to read this when I first saw it, and quite impatiently awaited it's release.

I have to say that I loved the emotional aspects of this book, how everyone was working through their own struggles. It was all so deeply and emotionally intimate, the kind of understanding and communication you strive to have in any romantic relationship.

I did appreciate how Oscar was autistic (although it's not mentioned until more than halfway through the book, it was easy to tell), and how perfectly represented he was, which most people don't write about especially in a romantic way. He was treated like a normal person by his pack, and that was the absolute sweetest. Also, having the autistic man as an alpha too? There's just something so heartwarming about that that I absolutely loved.

I'm giving this a 4 star rating because I feel like there wasn't as much relationship development as there could be. She did have at least one separate moment with each of her pack members, but for a book that's like 650 pages it definitely needed more connection between them all. I also think that it needs to been looked over again for edits because I found that while there were several typos, there were also several times the wrong word was used (ornate instead of ornery, altering instead of alerting, etc)... so maybe just another once over would be good.

But over all, it was a nice read

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great premise - disappointing execution.

What it promises: A strong, career-minded FMC grappling with her Omega instincts and an unexpected pregnancy.

What it delivers: A wide-eyed, spineless protagonist who sobs and whimpers her way through every single chapter of this extremely long book.

It starts out so well, and the first chapter is proof that Letty Frame can write. we're introduced to Emmeline and it quickly sets her up as professional, organised, and at war with her Omega instincts. Brilliant! She's denied her legally-mandated heat leave, storms into the office to give her a piece of her mind, except - oh no! He's her scent match, they're both overwhelmed by pheromones, and they can't resist but get it on in the office. So far, so good - the sex scene is steamy, and Frame does a great job of getting across the tension and both parties giving into their animalistic nature. All good stuff.

Unfortunately, it goes quickly downhill from there, and then it just drags. For hundreds of pages. Until it comes to an underwhelming and predictable end.

The Protagonist
For the rest of the book, Emmeline is a snivelling mess, constantly on the verge of tears and/or panic attacks. Her mates tell her how independent and career-oriented she is, and she whines about how frustrating it is to be so independent and yet so emotional. The problem is, with the exception of the first few pages (and a couple of brief other moments), we never actually see her being competent at her job - so the theme of "strong, independent woman struggles with her omega instincts" just doesn't work, because the contrast isn't there. We just see her being pathetic, and it gets very annoying very quickly.

The Love Interests
Oscar and Sterling at least had some personality, Uri spends most of the book running away and Paxton is nice but generic.
I really feel like one love interest, Oscar, had the most thought put into his characterisation. It was nice to see an openly autistic love interest who is not infantilised or stripped of agency, and is able to explore their sexual needs. As someone who is myself neurodivergent, I can only speak for myself, but I did like the way the neurotypical protagonist interacted with him - accepting that there are unique challenges in communication but handling them respectfully and with care. I liked that.

By contrast, Paxton had 0 personality at all. He was just a nice guy who immediately starting fawning over Emmeline, five seconds after they'd met. Sterling and Uri had the basis of something interesting there at least, but their character developments felt incredibly rushed (despite the length of the book) so they didn't really stick the landing.

They all refuse to communicate and stomp all over Emmeline's boundaries (that is, when she manages to set them), right up until the last chapter when one of them FOLLOWS HER INTO THE TOILET, WATCHES HER PEE AND THEN WIPES HER ASS. Despite her telling him to leave!
I cannot with these men.

The Pacing
I agree with the other reviews saying this needed editing, because good lord is it long, and there's a lot of time where barely anything happens. Pages upon pages of introspection, excruciating amounts of negative self-talk. We get told that there are some secrets in the men's past, which sound honestly interesting, relating to previous jobs and an abusive omega (who is just in jail for the whole book and then randomly dies off-page), but we don't get to explore that. Instead we get chapter after chapter where they go to dinner or the doctor's office, Emmeline lies about having eaten lunch and then starts crying over something daft.
There is a lot here that could be cut. Even in the very last chapter, I kept thinking it was about to end and then it just. Kept. Going.

The Antagonist
Honestly the weirdest part of this entire book, was the fact that most of the men's trauma was attributed to this one horrible, abusive omega who was in the picture long before Emmeline.
Lacey is never encountered on page, she's in jail the entire book and then randomly dies at about 90% through. Emmeline, on hearing of Lacey's death, immediately starts freaking out, crying and throwing up - despite never having met this woman in her life.

Okay.

Having trauma because of a previous betrayal, or abusive romantic partner? Fine.
Having her die completely out of the blue, act like it's a huge significant moment and then just immediately moving on feels so, so odd. There's a hint that there could be more story there - the death was suspicious, and could be homicide! But of course we don't see it because we have to read more pages of Emmeline crying and being perfect and small and cradling her tiny stomach.

Emmeline was the real antagonist of this book, because she caused the most suffering (mine).

Conclusion
This turned into a bit of a rant because rants are fun to write.
But honestly, I'm mostly frustrated. I felt like I was marketed one thing and then given another.

Letty Frame is not a horrible writer, by any means - but she needs a more thorough editing process and more beta feedback. I also think there needs to be better parity between the blurb and the book content.

Clearly there are people who enjoyed this book, and there are people who enjoy reading romance about a delicate FMC who gets doted on by her adoring alphas. That's fantasy for many people, right there! But if that's what you want to write, make sure you don't try and sell it as something else - because it won't find its way to the readers who enjoy that. It will end up with the wrong readers, and we'll get frustrated because it's not what was promised.

I won't completely avoid Letty Frame's books in future, but I will be more cautious about what I pick up - and I'll definitely be checking the reviews beforehand.

[˚•—S—•˚ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Starting her heat with a denied heat leave request and storming into her boss's office to find out he is her scent match, is quite the start to a story.

It is a story of a omega struggling with her designation, a pack scarred by their past, learning to trust and lean on each other, with a surprise pregnancy for them all to deal with.

Its a long one, but a good one!

[BAG of Books · Rating 2 out of 5]

Emmeline (25) is an Omega who just got promoted in her corporate role. The company has denied her mandatory heat leave. She goes up to the boss's office to get her leave.

The boss, Uri (28), ends up being her scent-matched mate, which triggers her heat. He tries to resist her, but they end up spending the night together in his fancy office suite. He thinks she's wonderful and perfect and everything. So there shouldn't be any problem, right? Wrong.

He's resistant because he was always a larger-than-average alpha and is convinced he is going to end up accidently killing her or something, with his unusual strength. I don't think he ever actually hurt anyone, but people have feared him from a young age, and it messed up his self image.

So he leaves the office the next morning, knowing that leaving is bad, but thinking that staying with her would be even worse. She wakes up to find him gone and she feels ashamed. She never stops feeling ashamed of herself for the entire 600 pages, even when things start going well in this relationship. Actually, most of the story is her having panic attacks. It soured the story for me.

So, on his way out, Uri runs into his head of security and packmate, a Beta named Sterling. Sterling gets all weirdly curious about what Uri's hiding in his office, so he watches the door till Emmeline comes out. He interrogates her in the hallway then lets her out of the building.

The reason he's acting like such a creepy asshole is because he thinks all omegas are dangerous and manipulative. No matter what Emme says or does, Sterling thinks she playing some kind of manipulate game. He's not very good at detecting the truth, obviously, but he sure thinks he is.

The reason he's so distrustful is because they have a bad history with a previous omega in their pack (because these books always have ex-omega drama). He thinks he can judge Emmeline accurately because he's not clouded with alpha instincts, but his past experiences cloud his judgment.

Emme very quickly figures out she's pregnant from her ONS with Uri, because her heat never fully develops. Two weeks after the ONS, she calls Uri. But Sterling answers the phone, as part of his plan to protect the pact from this dangerous omega. He threatens to fire her. She says it's illegal to fire her just because he rejected her as a mate. He says he didn't know they were scent matched, and agrees to meet with her to figure it out. (He really set up the meeting to prove that she's lying.) Uri isn't present to confirm that he is a scent match.

So, at this point, here's the situation:

Uri, the alpha, has scented Emme and knows they are mates, but he rejected her and never told anyone.

Sterling, the beta, has scented Emme but ignored his reaction, and convinced himself she's a lying bitch.

Oscar, alpha and packmate, coincidently met her at the grocery store sometime after she slept with Uri, but Emme was wearing scent blockers. So he can't confirm or deny that they are mates. He's autism-coded with a love of numbers, so he's more open minded about her, and less emotionally reactive than Sterling.

Paxton, their head alpha, is the only one who hasn't met Emme. He's trusts what Sterling tells him, that she's a lying gold digger.

***

So they meet with Emme. Even after they all figure out that they are scent matches, Sterling still acts like a cocky asshole.

She's been really sick because of the rejection during pregnancy, so she ends up staying at their pack house after fainting (forced proximity). When they find out that rejection during pregnancy could kill her and Uri's baby, they start to soften a little, even Sterling. This is around 40%.

She's still having panic attacks over people at work figuring out that she had sex with her boss. Even though . . . they are mates? This is a good thing, right? She hates it. Also all their emotional baggage makes them act emotionally distant and that makes her panic, too. It was exhausting.

[Midnight · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF 80% I just can't take it anymore
My thoughts are all over so here are some points instead of paragraphs

-Over 500 pages in and the characters are STILL whining and not communicating. She hasn't moved in, its' only been two weeks, and she would rather die then consider that maybe she is an omega who is knocked up and needs her alphas to live. *rips hair out*

-It took 200 pages for the FMC to even tell the MMCs she was knocked up

-The main plot point of Uri leaving right after he knocks her up makes no sense. He was all alpha and delicious then when it got to his chapter he turned into a whipped dog for ZERO reason and left. Not once, but twice. It made no sense.

-Emme hates being an omega and fights against it, but does nothing but whine while she hates on herself. for HUNDREDS of pages. It's exhausting.

-She keeps saying she wants her baby, but nearly lets herself die instead of asking for help. She'd rather die then ask for a hug. *rolls eyes*

-I appreciate the autistic character, Oscar, but it was strangely done. Some of the things he did, like staring at the monitor then acting like he'd been shot while he stares around and does nothing made no sense. He was fine going in, fine during the exam, then freaked out to the point of a panic attack, then fine when he came back in. That whole scene was..not great representation.

-The whole book so far is just trauma. Everyone is hurting over something profoundly horrible for them and they all need therapy, which is fine and all, but nothing is happening because it's been two weeks total in the book.

-The FMC complaining about never being good enough because she's an omega, then taking it out on everyone that they treat her like an omega, while purring and being happy because they are treating her like one.

-She got knocked up two weeks ago and says she has a bump or is bloated...seriously? I thought maybe I had missed a time jump but nope.

-She's freaking out over anyone finding out that they are knocked up because they are her bosses, but like, this is permanent. They are scent matches. This isn't going to just go away after a few weeks and everything will go back to normal. They'll have a freaking baby which will grow into a child...this is forever. So get the frick over it. Not to mention that scent matches are the get out of jail free card. So what is she freaking out about?

-It felt like the FMC just needed an excuse to be upset. Literally anything could send her over and I just didn't care.

I'm trying to think of anything I liked about this book and the only thing I liked were Paxton, Sterling, and Oscar. Sterling is hardly in it but I appreciated how he realized his mistake and apologized, while planning on making up for it. Paxton is just a super sweet alpha. Oscar was methodical and takes better care of the FMC then she does of herself. They're the only reason I kept reading. But even they weren't worth it.

I don't recommend this book to anyone. There's not really any good romance in it that feels healthy or genuine enough to bother. The FMC is a nightmare. One of the MMCs is an idiot. It's just hundreds of pages of trauma whining.

[Belle · Rating 1 out of 5]

Spice 🌶️🌶️/5

I really didn’t look much into this book when I started it. I just picked it randomly from the books you may like list and I kinda wish I passed over it. Just a warning, this is just a lot of ranting that I’m typing out at 3AM.

It starts out strong. The story had potential. It just falls flat and leans really heavily into the mental health issues. Like 70% of the book is a big ass self pity party from each individual about how much they hate themselves, or kicking themselves in the ass or just anxiety. The main character Emme really needs a Xanax prescription and she has a lot of obnoxious overly dramatic reactions to situations or is super whiney. For example, at the end when the pack gets the news that the pack’s Ex, Lacey, died; Emme has the most over the top reaction to it that doesn’t make any kind of sense considering she’s never met the person. The author also shoves Oscar into the limelight ALOT. The vibe I get is the author is trying to show off that she has a neurodivergent character in this book.


The pacing was kinda weird, like 90% of the book takes place in the first 11 weeks of Emme’s pregnancy then the last bit is random times up till she goes into labor and has the baby. I understand that most of the dramatics is in them establishing their relationships in the pack and managing their mental heath but it made it feel like the last bit was just shoe-horned in. A lot of the conversations went on way longer than they needed to. Not necessarily in the conversation but that they were constantly interrupted with internal over thinking dialogue. Like the conversation Emme, Oscar and Paxton are having with the doctor at the first doctor’s appointment they have together; I had to skim through like 2 pages of internal over thinking, melodramatic dialogue before the conversation continued.

Also, the pet names in this book were AWFUL. “Little treasure?” “Little Star?” Holy F***, with the amount of cringing I did every time I read those nicknames, I’m surprised it didn’t trigger my TMJ pain. Every single one of Emme’s pet names had “little” at the beginning of it. Like yes, let’s constantly belittle this omega who feels like nobody takes her seriously because she’s an omega.

Now onto the smut. I like immediate spice in the first few chapters as much as any other woman but don’t deprive me of it until 70% into the book. You get spice in the first few chapters then she doesn’t get laid gain until 70% in. That’s a lot of pages considering this book is well over 600 pages. Then the scene between Emme and Sterling felt like it was shoe-horned in because she needs to do each one of them at least once before the end. It was very disappointing.

Over all, I’m not gonna recommend this book to anyone. It was hard enough for me to read it, I’m not going to suggest anyone else to. I didn’t stop reading it part way through though, that’s a win I guess.

[Kenadee Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was intense.
I'll admit it, I hated Uri and Sterling at the beginning. Leaving when your scent match is in heat in your office without a note plus the rest of her heat alone and finding her way home. It was cruel but I understand he wasn't exactly in his right mind. But they both grew on me, they acknowledged their wrongs, made up for it and got help.
Sterling felt dangerous in a really attractive way but also caring. When he accidentally dropped his first courting gift out of his pocket and we see him nervous, that's when I started to like him. It was fun watching her be more aggressive with him than the others bringing out a nice balance. I would've lived to see some of their bonding be actual puzzles.
Uri was so subdued at the beginning, trying to control himself to the point where he wasn't listening to anyone. When he does get help from Emme and his therapist, he becomes so much more of a person to me.
I also love the different dichotomy between Emme and Stacey that is shown through their relationships with Uri and Oscar. Stacey tried to push down Uri's alpha nature especially his growls and Emme finds them arousing even when he is angry. And while Stacey ignored Oscar, mocking his personality, Emme brings him back and he became a safe place for her.
My favorite was Oscar. I loved his statistics and lists and spreadsheets and the way he says things at the wrong times but is still so kind to Emme. His relationship with his sister is adorable and I'd love to get some background on their parents in her book.
Paxton is so sweet and amazing. He is an amazing leader for the pack; steadying Emme's and Oscar's anxiety, making rules and boundaries, and communicating with everyone.
Evander is the brother I wish I had. He is so caring for his sister, fighting against anyone for her even their dads. Evander and Emme really are alike with that fierce and protective storm they have. I cannot wait for his book. I hope Isaac is in his pack as he seems like the calm to Evander's storm in the little time we hear about him and see him in the book.
Stacey was a extreme trauma in the pack's lives and I can't imagine having a partner like that but I'm sure for people with abusive partners the way she acted towards the pack and hurt them probably resonated with their recovery and pain around their own traumas.
This book was insanely well described, every feeling, fear, and texture feeling so real. Its also different from other omegaverse books since the heat and baby was first and dates and marking was later. The only thing I will comment on negatively is how she goes to pee after birth as there is way more to it like the bottle that you used to clean yourself, pads in your underwear, etc.

[Grace Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adored the tension and conflict in the first half of the book...And while it did feel necessary to have the conflict resolution in the second half of the book, it felt like the main plot finished by about 50% and the rest was them working through their issues and becoming a healthy and happy pack before the baby arrived. It's not that it was bad or even felt unnecessary, but I was frustrated at the lack of, well, flow? I don't know, it felt like it was just one giant conflict resolution for about 300 pages and I wanted more overarching tension and build up to something. It almost felt like two different books.

Furthermore, I was frustrated with Emme's character, though I understood the logic. Perhaps if the blurb was framed differently it would have been less disappointing? in the blurb, Emme comes across as a strong independent woman who loves her career and doesn't want to be a typical omega. In reality, she has trauma from growing up in a household that made her feel ashamed of basically everything about being an omega or female. As a result, she decided to prove herself/try to make her dads proud by being a successful corporate woman/omega and denying all the omega parts of her. When she meets her scent matches, it's like that dormant part wakes up and takes over. She gets really sad and stressed and, honestly, pathetic towards the end. It was like she never wanted to be a corporate omega and wanted to be pampered instead but she actually does want to work? Maybe the book was trying to say "it's okay to be comfortable and not be strong and independent all the time and still be a successful corporate woman".

As for the guys, they all had their own trauma that needed to be worked through together and independently, just like Emme. Sterling was mistrustful and hardened, Paxton felt like he was failing as pack leader, Uri thought he was a monster, and Oscar is just neurodivergent with severe health anxiety. Oscar was actually my favorite, even though some people complained about how much attention he got in the story.

It truly felt like two different books. Perhaps the second half could have been shortened by a lot? There are several scenes that stick out to me as necessary but a lot of them were too...sweet? so much discussion about relationship dynamics and how to be better people with no real tension to keep the reader interested.

I did like the book and concept, despite the way the story dragged out and I plan to read more of Letty Frame's books!

[Mahia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book reads like it was written by someone new to writing. There was promise in the idea and the writing style, but there were several things that could have been improved.

--there were a lot of typos, instances where characters were accidentally called by someone else's name, and even an instance of the chapter heading incorrectly naming the POV (which made the next couple of pages confusing)
--this book did not need to be as long as it was. it would have been better if it had been refined down into a tighter arc.
--there was too much dialogue. half of this book is the main characters sitting around talking, and there is very little action, which dramatically slows the pacing.
--the other half of the book is the POV character ruminating on the same topics. introspection is good for characters, and a great way to let readers into their heads, but the characters all seem to dwell on the same couple of things for the entire length of the novel without ever really growing. sometimes there are back to back pages of characters thinking and continually restating the same things in different ways, which isn't great for pacing or storytelling.
--sometimes the blocking got weird? like it would seem like a character has moved, or done something, but then a few paragraphs later it is mentioned that they are doing that action (i.e. getting up from a chair, or moving closer). it just got confusing. there was even a scene where it is mentioned that one of the characters has left the room, and then spontaneously a few pages later, he is part of the conversation again, but it is not mentioned that he came back in the room.
--the plot feels slow and all overall the place at the same time. random problems are brought up to be solved, but there's not any real tension. it seems like a lot of the conflict takes page "off--screen" (i.e. we never really meet the "villain" of the story, the MCs therapy/realizations on how to grow aren't shown, they're told to the reader during group conversation.)
--there is far too much telling over showing in the book, which lends to the weaker plot and character arcs.

overall, I just think this book needed like three more rounds of intense editing. again, the writing and the concept have promise, but not sure if I'll be coming back to this author based on the points above.

[Fleur · Rating 3 out of 5]

🌟 2.95

It started out great. I liked the tension. The main characters were interesting. I needed a palate cleanser between heavy books, and this seemed to fit the bill.

However…these main characters had 𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓮𝓼. Heavy mental issues that caused serious problems. All except one, Paxton. What. A. Darling. I mean, Pax did have issues but it never spilled over into his relationship with Emme. He was a freaking adult who handled it.
Uri - I wanted to strangle him. His insecurities were so huge, and he ran away. Twice. Because yeah that’s how a 27 year old man handles his problems.
Oscar - tbh I liked his logical way of thinking. Ive met and worked with people like that and enjoy the unemotional way they approach life. It’s never personal, or an insult. It just is. And it’s up to you whether you get upset or not. Her overreaction to Oscars heavy-handedness was annoying.
Sterling - Hmm. He was ok.

The worst was Emme. The FMC. Her Anxiety! So overwhelming. And constant. And self-destructive. But all this I can handle in small doses. Emme twisted 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠 into a panic induced, anxiety ridden, emotional crisis, where she worries herself to almost death. Literally. She cannot live without the men in her life. And she’s a liar. I hate when someone asks a genuine question and you lie back. She’s dying and yet says she’s fine. She can’t handle something her men do but when they check in with her for permission she says it’s fine. Like girl, communicate!!!! How on earth does anyone get anything done if both parties withdraw and become introspective? And Emmeline is so 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜. She flip flops from one extreme to another at the drop of a hat. She’s crying and withdrawing and telling herself she’s not worth it, and most of it over silly inconsequential things, like a look. One single look and her life is over. She’s over the moon pleased and settled, then in the dumps distraught. I get that this was due to pregnancy and bond hormones, but I still have to sit here and read for hours about her being like this. It’s exhausting. She is like this almost from chapter one, and I am sick of it.

[Jennifer G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Emme is a rare Omega succeeding in business. She has worked hard, sacrificed, and gone against her fathers' demands to work her way up in the corporate world. When her Heat Leave is denied, she decides to confront her new boss in person. It doesn't go as planned. The COO is her scent match and triggers her heat. After the best night of her life, Emme wakes up alone and humiliated, and soon after discovers she's pregnant. She realizes she must tell the father, Uri, but before she gets the chance, his packmate, the Company's Chief Security Officer, Sterling, intercepts the call and sets up a meeting with the entire Pack. There are plenty of misunderstandings and reservations, but Emme and the Pack can't deny the scent match and want to do their best for the baby. However, with four overprotective Alphas, will all of Emme's hard work and her future plans be undermined?

Commence ranting: Great premise, uneven execution. This book needed editing. It dragged on and seemed more work than entertainment at times. It was repetitive. It was repetitive. It was repetitive. Get the point? Worse, Emme was portrayed as a fierce, successful Omega, but instead, we get a pitifully weak woman who cries constantly, whimpers and whines nonstop, and can't stand on her own two feet or use her voice. The men weren't much better. I want her, I don't deserve her, I want her, I don't trust her, I want her, she's trying to trap us. Add their mixed messages with the fact that they are still hung up on their last Omega, and I kept thinking about the generational trauma their baby was going to need therapy for in the future. Finally, I wish authors would ease off on the "nickname". Sure, maybe one has a special nickname he uses now and again, but each Alpha having at least one pet name for the Omega and constantly using it IS TOO MUCH. Seriously, do you know anyone in real life who goes around referring to their wife as Little Treasure in every conversation? I can't decide if it's more ridiculous or irritating. This book gave me Kindle-avoidance and took me triple the time to finish than it should have. Rant ended. Now I desperately need a great Omegaverse ead to get me back on track.

[Sarah D · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had a strong start, but it definitely bogged way down and never recovered.

Our cast:
Emme - an independent, competent, career-driven Omega
Sterling - a beta and security expert
Paxton - the pack leader
Uri - another guy in the pack
Oscar - neuro-divergent (autism, I think?)

Our book opens with Emme accidentally getting her heat triggered by Uri. He immediately abandons her and she runs into Sterling, who is a grade-A jerk to her. She gets pregnant and then sick, because she was abandoned. There was so much promising angst here.

Almost immediately upon discovering her pregnancy, Sterling has a personality transplant and becomes a Nice Guy. Uri stays away for awhile due to his extreme mental angst (his two psychologist parents did a really poor job of noticing that their kid needed help), but when he finally comes back, he also becomes a generic Nice Guy. Paxton starts off as a Nice Guy. So here we have three Nice Guy mates, all with identical personalities, dialogues, and issues. They all go to therapy, which they talk about a lot.

Oscar is the only one with a personality, and he's pretty endearing.

Emme, who you may recall was an independent, competent woman, just cries for 90% of the book. She might cry in every scene. She's also basically non functional at work. As it turns out, once she gets pregnant, her whole personality is erased and she becomes an non-functional crybaby. She's really afraid people don't take her seriously, and she should be. Because no one would.

So the back 75% of this book ends up just being Emme crying while one of her generic Nice Guy mates comforts her. There's no plot. Nothing happens. It's actually very tiresome. Once in awhile, there's foreshadowing that maybe something will happen with the old Omega, but then nothing does.

[Jordan Bailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

had promise, didn’t manifest

Let it be known that I like Letty Frame and I usually like Letty Frame books. I just finished the Second Chance series and wanted to continue to another book … perhaps I’m not in the right mood but I found this book incredibly annoying. Like Emmeline is increasingly annoying. She had all this supposed toughness to then lose it all. Pax (alpha) and Ev (brother) are the only ones that didn’t bother me. EMME’s HEALTH IS AT STAKE AND WE ARE ACTING BRAND NEW?!! Where did URI go?! Why are we not dragging him back?? Oscar needs to tell us explicitly about Lia (sister) already! Sterling needs to stop being so antagonistic!! Obviously and understandably Emme can’t change her views on her self worth in a moment’s notice - but like … we could suffer less if it wasn’t always her POV and we were learning more about the other characters.

When you know that the Pack’s absence is making you sick, and you continue on like that’s not the case- is when the book becomes infuriating. At 64% of the book, we should be making progress, not still fighting it.

The way I concerned quitting at 80% and again at 95%. I’m already skimming for dialogue. It went from being a mid book to being boring. Nothing is happening. She told off her dads, and it turned out they just didn’t know how to be girl dads. We find out about Lacey and … everyone has THE WEIRDEST reactions, that are not explained at all. We meet Lia for like a second and that’s allusion to more or another story, but who would suffer through it?!

Ultimately, nothing happens in this story. She’s immediately in heat, she’s immediately pregnant, she is miserable and then tells them that she’s pregnant. There’s nothing going on at all. And yet there are 670 pages?!

It had promise and coming from Letty Frame, it should’ve been good. It wasn’t.

[Kyrie Mangus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Happy Accidents

Lettys Frame new book and series starter of interconnected stand-alones is here, and it's amazing! I absolutely fell in love with the books storyline and characters within the first 2 chapters. There was no stepping away from this book until it was completed. There are so many emotions in the book that has you going from extactily happy to overwhelming sadness to raging for the characters to come together and get their HEA.

Emmaline is our omega, who, after being denied for her request leave, goes to work to demand it off since it was an illegal denial. What she didn't expect to find was her sent match of an alpha. Who also happens to be her boss. Things get steamy from there real quick only for Emmaline to be disappointed when Uri leaves. This leads her to run in with his security of the company and pack mate Sterling. Sterling is rude. He is unapologetically himself and doesn't care. When Emmaline finds herself pregnant, she gets the courage to tell Uri, and this leads her to her whole pack. Now it's not all sunshine and rainbows because she found them. This group is very broken but together. Uri deems himself unfit for an omega. Sterling has been burned before, so he doesn't trust no one but himself. Oscar is the introvert who sees everything in numbers and needs facts to make it through his day. And Paxton head alpha who has the whole world on his shoulders and doesn't know if he can take anymore. This group comes together and heals each other innways they didn't know needed healing.

This is a wonderful book on a journey with healing and learning to love yourself and others. I can't wait to see Evanders story and how he gets his omega.

[MsRHReviewer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is on the longer side, yet it's full of... not much. 

I can summarize the whole book for you here in less than fifteen sentences (warning, some spoilers):

An independent, work focused Omega has recently been promoted. She requests two weeks off for her heat, and it's declined. She goes to speak to her boss directly about it, gets a whiff of his scent, and she goes into heat. They hook up once, he leaves, she feels hurt, then finds out she's pregnant. She tries to tell him and his pack, but they assume she's trying to manipulate them. They learn she's actually their scent match and begin to court her.
She's self-conscious, doesn't think she's worthy, and doesn't want to be held back.
The men all have their own issues.
They work on each other. They have the baby. The end.

I was looking forward to this book, but it kind of fell flat for me. I can't count how many times I strayed from the book to do other things (social media, games on my phone, etc). I won't even mention how many errors there were in the book, lines that more or less repeated each other, minor inconsistencies, etc.

I liked a few of the characters. Oscar was probably my favourite. There really wasn't much for them to do, though. There was the possibility of some drama or action, but then nothing happened.

If you want a VERY basic read that has no action, no real drama, and is essentially just people talking, getting to know each other, and working on themselves, here's a book for you. It's not BAD, but it's a bit dull.

Personally, unless someone wants something a bit brainless to read that has some heart to it, I wouldn't recommend this.

[Caroline Miller · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF @67%

“Strong-willed omega”?? Where??? I’m sorry but if you’re going to advertise your book as featuring a “strong willed” FMC, you absolutely cannot have her break down in tears, become overwhelmed and sob at the slightest hint of MMC displeasure, and shake/whine/whimper at everything, every two paragraphs. The woman had multiple breakdowns just trying to get through a doctors appointment, for crying out loud! I just wanted to scream “PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!”. And if you’re thinking, well she’s pregnant, that has to account for some of the reason why she’s so pathetic- No. I am literally pregnant right now and I am still able to function without crying every 30 minutes like our FMC does. Also, for being a “career minded” woman, the FMC is literally not able to get through a single day of work. Her career is barely mentioned.

The MMC’s are also a mess. Uri’s issues literally don’t make sense (he’s upset at himself because he beat someone up in SELF DEFENSE literally years ago?? Come on). Oscar started out as likeably quirky but the author completely over did it with his whole “I like numbers” bit. All of the MMC’s (and the FMC for that matter) can barely function due to their individual, irrational self loathing. It’s just way, way too much.

Finally, there is absolutely no reason why this book is over 600 pages. The author needed to cut way, waaaaaay down. Perhaps if we had less of the FMC’s exhausting inner monologue of “I want them but I don’t deserve them but they love me and want to give me everything I’ve ever wanted but NO I can’t accept it because I’m BROKEN” then this book would have been palatable.