Unclaimed

Knot My Alpha #1

by River Thorne

Kieran Ashford destroyed the best thing that ever happened to him the night he walked away from his fated mate.

He had his reasons—good ones. His omega deserved better than a broken alpha drowning in his own darkness. So Kieran did the cruelest thing he he rejected their bond in front of everyone who mattered, then spent five years trying to forget the look in Damon’s eyes.

Now Damon works for his company. They’ve perfected the art of pretending the bond doesn’t exist, of staying professional while their instincts scream at them to close the distance. It’s working. Mostly.

Until Damon’s heat hits without warning, and there’s only one alpha he trusts to get him through it.

Three days in Kieran’s apartment changes everything. Kieran finally proves he’s not the monster he feared becoming. Damon finally understands the rejection wasn’t about not wanting him—it was about wanting him too much.

But five years of hurt doesn’t disappear overnight. And wanting each other doesn’t mean they know how to be together.
Kieran has spent half a decade becoming someone worthy of a second chance. Damon has spent those same years learning to stand on his own. Now they have to decide if the bond they’ve been fighting is worth the risk—or if some rejections leave scars too deep to heal.

UNCLAIMED is a second-chance omegaverse romance featuring fated mates, heat assistance, a protective alpha determined to do better, and a hard-won happily ever after. No mpreg, no shifting, just two men learning to trust each other again. This is Book 1 in the Knot My Alpha series. Each book features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, though characters appear across the series.

Genres: Omegaverse

238 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 6, 2025

Reviews

[Meghan Blackbourn]

While overall I enjoyed the story, this author really needed some more beta readers and a thesaurus. It was so repetitive, there were several times I had to double check that I wasn’t rereading the same couple pages. Definitely too much use of copy/paste and overuse of the same adjectives and similes to the point of annoyance.

[P.J. Friel]

This book desperately needed an editor or a few good beta readers.
Issues:
-Repetitive language. The same thoughts get repeated numerous times, using the exact same verbiage.
-Zero world building/nonsensical world building. We're told this is an ABO world but none of that is addressed outside the characters' designations. Damon's parents are betas but apparently know nothing about "pack dynamics." How is that possible?
-Major continuity issue. Kieran's father is dead one chapter, then alive and causing problems in the next. This has been repeatedly mentioned in other reviews and could be fixed fairly easily with a one scene rewrite.
-Most of the book was spent at work with them staring at each other through a glass wall....day after day on repeat.
-We're told Damon is the next thing to dead because he's been on suppressants too long but then the meds just conveniently stop working and he has a couple rough (not really) heats and then he's fine.

It was a great idea and the writing isn't terrible (outside of the repetition) but there are just too many hot button issues for me. I doubt I'll read more of the series.

[megan]

DNF @ 27%

Super repetitive and no cover artist or author’s note which makes me sus. I always think if authors are willing to use AI for their covers what’s to stop them from using it on the writing. Idk but I’m not wasting any more time. Such a shame because “rejected mates” is a common trope in MF romance but I rarely see it in MM romance.

[Rachel]

3.5 stars

There's some repetition and some confusing wording in this book, but the biggest issue is a whopping contradiction about Kieran's father. During Damon's first heat, they have a brief chat about Kieran's father being dead and how he hadn't gone to the funeral. But during Damon's second heat, Kieran says that his mother had divorced his father three years ago. Then, shortly after they're back at work, Kieran's father shows up at Kieran's company and makes a scene forcing Kieran to have him thrown out. I felt like Damon accepted Kieran's claim too quickly. Kieran might have had good reasons for rejecting Damon five years before, but that doesn't take away the pain, and they wouldn't have gotten to know each other that well after only a few weeks where they either avoided each other at work or spent heats together where Damon isn't lucid most of the time. I didn't believe that they were in love that soon, or at least that Damon wasn't in love with Kieran that soon. It just felt too fast for me.

[Cinda Vickery]

written by a 13yo with AI

Dang I wanted to finish this. But it was so bad. The amount of repeating and restating like a book report needing a word count met. The lack of body parts and sexual feelings in a book that appears to be smut. The confusion on rather this is a shifter or non-shifter book. The continuity on timelines, office layout, and even characters…his dad died three years ago, he didn’t go to the funeral, but then he showed up to dinner? The wall was solid, then it had a window, then it was glass? Friday night to Monday morning was 72hrs? My head was hurting so much trying to figure it all out and there wasn’t even any spice to make you not care about the plot-there wasn’t much of either, tbh. Just skip this.

[Sandy]

This was repetitive. The initial heat scare didn't sound all that scary. The characters were inconsistent. Kieran's dad died two years ago and then a few chapters later, he somehow showed up for dinner at Kieran's mom's house. I stopped reading there, at around 67%.

I wanted to like this because the author's written other books I loved. But this is not good. At roughly 35%, I was thinking this would be three stars. Then by 50% it had dropped to two. At 67%, the dead dad showed up as though he'd never been dead at all. That inconsistency dropped this to a one star.

[Amandaluvstoread]

3.5 stars. I did like this book and it could have been a solid 4 star read for me but I didn't love the repetitiveness. Conversations were repeated almost word for word. Is that to bring the word count up to make the book longer? I don't really know. I would much rather read a short, well written book than something mediocre. That being said, I really enjoyed the story line. The slow burn was good as well, although a sprinkling of more would have been nice. All in all it was a decent book and I will most likely continue the series.

[Val]

Dnf @ 67%

Normally I’m not one to review my DNFs and there was nothing horrible about this book but at 67% almost nothing has happened except repetitive chapters about work. And inconsistent backstory.

For example, it’s mentioned earlier on in the story that one of the characters father is dead, but apparently also is alive and separated from his mother? It’s inconsistencies like this that turn me off from completing a story.

[Beverly Harris]

good plot but…

If you take out the redundancy the book would be half as long. As an adult reader it’s hard to enjoy a book that says the same things over and over as if you didn’t get it the first time. It’s also hard to enjoy when the writing is childish with 3-5 word sentences that are not actually sentences.

The characters were cute though and the plot was good. The story just needed to be fleshed out better and loose the redundancy.

[Samantha Hines]

Would have been a really solid book if the word “biology”hadn’t been said in every other sentence. After the first 2-3 times I think we can gather that it’s because of his biology, there is not reason to keep saying it. By halfway through the book it felt like every inner monologue and conversation was repeating itself. This book could have been 150 pages if you cut out all of the repetitiveness.

[Tom Stein]

No mpreg but not needed

Well written, good full story in omegaverse. The meddling brother and heat-suppresant subplots both worked well. Would've liked more scenes (dinners, at bookstore) with all the parents. Heat level just right for me. Made me want to buy next book in the series.

[Robert J]

Great Read! Poignant!

River Thorne has created a great story! A story of redemption and joy after five years of suffering! Kieran and Damon’s whole lives were shattered after the moment of their meeting! A little brotherly help gives them the opportunity to merge the pieces back together.

[Ashleigh Hart]

It's a good book.
A little repetitive in some parts.
But it was a bit inconsistent.
Chapter 6 he said his dad died 3 years ago and he didnt go to the funeral.
Yet in chapter 13, his dad showed up at his mother's dinner. And that they'd divorced 3 years ago.

[Shirley]

Loved this!!

My heart went out to Damon because he didn't understand what really caused Kieran to react the way he did. But I'm glad they both got it together. Loved Felix though. Can't wait for his story!! Good book!!

[Diana M.]

good…but

Just not spicy enough. Nothing until 80% through. The story was good but got repetitive and just kind of dragged.

I loved Felix’s book so was excited for this one…fell a little flat for me.

[Nancy]

Claiming

A sweet story with a slow burn. A damaged Alpha, A hurt Omega. Time and patience bring them back together and proximity forces them to reconnect and find what they should always have had.

[Brenda Rodrigues]

Unfortunately, this book has clear signs of being AI-generated.
1. Exact same sentences repeated throughout the book
2. Disconnected/random information
3. Continuity errors (like, his dad was dead and then suddenly alive a few chapters later?)
4. A lot of stuff that just doesn't make sense

[Mimi]

3.25 stars

[Allysha]

There’s no reason this needed to be so repetitive. I like the plot but the development was lacking .

[Leslie Sparks]

It made me cry. Super sweet, I need this love in my life

[Merlin-UK]

Rinse, repeat! Rinse, repeat! Rinse, repeat!

[Lori Dunn]

Cute

Omegaverse. Alphas and omegas. Fated mates and misunderstandings.
A cute easy story. Low angst, low heat. Would recommend.

3/5 stars