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Tackle the Oyster Prince: A Spicy MM Omegaverse Portal Fantasy Romance with Fated Mates, Rugby Captain and Oyster Prince (Book 1)
He thought he was on the pitch. He hadn't read the world he woke up in.
Thirty-eight minutes into the Twickenham final, Roan Tavish Maccallum goes down under a rolling maul. The next thing he opens his eyes to is a wet warship deck, soldiers calling him by the wrong name, and a twenty-two-year-old omega prince kneeling at his feet in a chain made of pearl, with a funeral verse carved inside the bracelet in his own hand.
The man Roan is supposed to be is called Drakhorn the Conqueror: butcher of the Oyster Throne, killer of the prince's fifth-eldest brother, and commander of a ship full of men who expect him to act like a monster. The man Roan actually a Glasgow rugby captain whose mother is in late-stage Alzheimer's, and who, until this morning, had never heard the words alpha or omega in his life.
He has, on conservative estimate, four hours before someone notices.
Caelum Iridis Veyrennec Oyster - sixth Pearl prince, court-trained, and prepared since childhood to die well in this exact chair - has noticed already. He has counted six things the conqueror does not know how to do, and one thing the conqueror keeps doing looking at him like a man who has broken something precious rather than a man with a kill order.
Caelum has, on the close reading, identified the foreign alpha across his chain as a fraud.
He has not yet identified him as a problem.
Six weeks at sea. One cursed harbor. One back-alley apothecary with a fluorescent-green eye. And one small pearl that has started, against every law of gravity in this world, to tremble upward. The bracelet was never supposed to come off. The funeral verse was never supposed to be read. And the alpha in the borrowed coat was never supposed to growl "Mine" in his own throat and mean it.
The verse does not stay a funeral verse.
TACKLE THE OYSTER PRINCE is a portal fantasy MM omegaverse romance featuring a rugby captain in a conqueror's body, a captive Pearl prince trained to survive court politics, mistaken identity, fated-mate biology, found family at sea, and a series-launching mystery that reaches back to London.
Book One of the Knotted by the Storm trilogy.
Reader Intended for readers 18 and older. Contains explicit sexual content, strong language, mature power dynamics, captive-prince themes, heat and bonding dynamics, mistaken identity, body-swap horror elements, graphic combat, blood, grief, and references to mental illness in a parent. Please read responsibly.
Thirty-eight minutes into the Twickenham final, Roan Tavish Maccallum goes down under a rolling maul. The next thing he opens his eyes to is a wet warship deck, soldiers calling him by the wrong name, and a twenty-two-year-old omega prince kneeling at his feet in a chain made of pearl, with a funeral verse carved inside the bracelet in his own hand.
The man Roan is supposed to be is called Drakhorn the Conqueror: butcher of the Oyster Throne, killer of the prince's fifth-eldest brother, and commander of a ship full of men who expect him to act like a monster. The man Roan actually a Glasgow rugby captain whose mother is in late-stage Alzheimer's, and who, until this morning, had never heard the words alpha or omega in his life.
He has, on conservative estimate, four hours before someone notices.
Caelum Iridis Veyrennec Oyster - sixth Pearl prince, court-trained, and prepared since childhood to die well in this exact chair - has noticed already. He has counted six things the conqueror does not know how to do, and one thing the conqueror keeps doing looking at him like a man who has broken something precious rather than a man with a kill order.
Caelum has, on the close reading, identified the foreign alpha across his chain as a fraud.
He has not yet identified him as a problem.
Six weeks at sea. One cursed harbor. One back-alley apothecary with a fluorescent-green eye. And one small pearl that has started, against every law of gravity in this world, to tremble upward. The bracelet was never supposed to come off. The funeral verse was never supposed to be read. And the alpha in the borrowed coat was never supposed to growl "Mine" in his own throat and mean it.
The verse does not stay a funeral verse.
TACKLE THE OYSTER PRINCE is a portal fantasy MM omegaverse romance featuring a rugby captain in a conqueror's body, a captive Pearl prince trained to survive court politics, mistaken identity, fated-mate biology, found family at sea, and a series-launching mystery that reaches back to London.
Book One of the Knotted by the Storm trilogy.
Reader Intended for readers 18 and older. Contains explicit sexual content, strong language, mature power dynamics, captive-prince themes, heat and bonding dynamics, mistaken identity, body-swap horror elements, graphic combat, blood, grief, and references to mental illness in a parent. Please read responsibly.
505 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 12, 2026
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August 26, 2026
I’m honestly really disappointed. I thought the plot was so interesting and it genuinely did start out as a great read, but…
This book is inconsistent and repetitive. The author had great prose, lots of shows…but told the reader what was happening anyway. You just showed us through body language and metaphor….there was no reason to then tell us what’s happening. Roan being transported into this new world was confusing. I thought it was hilarious how everyone around him knew someone had replaced their commander…and Roan thought he had them fooled. But then people around him start saying he’s an athlete and start mentioning rugby and his middle and last name. Like? I think the story forgot what it was about 1/3 of the way through.
The sixth peal prince. Twenty two years old. The amount of times I’ve read those words in this story shouldn’t be over 10 and yet it is. Do we REALLY NEED THIS INFORMATION MORE THAN ONCE? Not only that, but the inscription on the inside of the wrist cuffs. Roan says three times how he can sorta read Greek and he re-translates and rediscovers it every single time he looks at it. A lot of instances were repeated and the characters just acted like it was the first time every single time.
How is it that most of these characters have a Glaswegian in their heads? Also, use another way to say “file” I shouldn’t have to keep reading someone filing a piece of information for later when they’re never gonna use it for later since they come across everything as if it was the first time.
The antagonist was sloppy. I thought Tovrin worked for Drakhorn’s father? Then Brakk kidnapped Cael? Why? There was no reason for that. I thought Brakk’s arm was broken too. Where was any consequence for Roan being in Drakhorn’s body? Where is Drakhorn? Seems Roan’s appearance replaced Drakhorn’s anyways and no one noticed. The epilogue had some answers but Drakhorn looked like Roan anyways?!?! So What did Drakhorn look like byway since he and Roan just seem to have hauntingly similar appearances?
The scents he’s are also choppy and I’m sad to say there’s also a lot of typos. One chapter is even mislabeled. The execution was sloppy. Did no one edit this book? I’d hate for it to have been ai generated. I don’t mean to be insulting either. But genuinely, it made no sense. There was also found family advertising and there was next to nothing on that until the very last chapters in a half hearted speech.
I’m gonna read book 2 because I genuinely need to know how this logic continues and I hate to leave a series unfinished, but I’m not expecting any higher quality, sadly.
If this wasn’t a recently published book by the author then MAYBE Ican forgive a first attempt at a novel, but there’s too many that came before and all within the span of a couple months so I highly doubt this is a first occurrence.
Also I need to say that the smut did not need to describe the genitalia both times if the second time they were already familiar with the sight. There’s no way they forgot what the other looked lie in that short mount of time. Also, them rutting the first time then the second time saying they’re gonna do the same thing then immediately NOT doing that was just poorly done. If he says he’s not gonna go inside then backtracking and doing it anyways, you gotta be rereading your own story and fixing the inconsistency.
This book is inconsistent and repetitive. The author had great prose, lots of shows…but told the reader what was happening anyway. You just showed us through body language and metaphor….there was no reason to then tell us what’s happening. Roan being transported into this new world was confusing. I thought it was hilarious how everyone around him knew someone had replaced their commander…and Roan thought he had them fooled. But then people around him start saying he’s an athlete and start mentioning rugby and his middle and last name. Like? I think the story forgot what it was about 1/3 of the way through.
The sixth peal prince. Twenty two years old. The amount of times I’ve read those words in this story shouldn’t be over 10 and yet it is. Do we REALLY NEED THIS INFORMATION MORE THAN ONCE? Not only that, but the inscription on the inside of the wrist cuffs. Roan says three times how he can sorta read Greek and he re-translates and rediscovers it every single time he looks at it. A lot of instances were repeated and the characters just acted like it was the first time every single time.
How is it that most of these characters have a Glaswegian in their heads? Also, use another way to say “file” I shouldn’t have to keep reading someone filing a piece of information for later when they’re never gonna use it for later since they come across everything as if it was the first time.
The antagonist was sloppy. I thought Tovrin worked for Drakhorn’s father? Then Brakk kidnapped Cael? Why? There was no reason for that. I thought Brakk’s arm was broken too. Where was any consequence for Roan being in Drakhorn’s body? Where is Drakhorn? Seems Roan’s appearance replaced Drakhorn’s anyways and no one noticed. The epilogue had some answers but Drakhorn looked like Roan anyways?!?! So What did Drakhorn look like byway since he and Roan just seem to have hauntingly similar appearances?
The scents he’s are also choppy and I’m sad to say there’s also a lot of typos. One chapter is even mislabeled. The execution was sloppy. Did no one edit this book? I’d hate for it to have been ai generated. I don’t mean to be insulting either. But genuinely, it made no sense. There was also found family advertising and there was next to nothing on that until the very last chapters in a half hearted speech.
I’m gonna read book 2 because I genuinely need to know how this logic continues and I hate to leave a series unfinished, but I’m not expecting any higher quality, sadly.
If this wasn’t a recently published book by the author then MAYBE Ican forgive a first attempt at a novel, but there’s too many that came before and all within the span of a couple months so I highly doubt this is a first occurrence.
Also I need to say that the smut did not need to describe the genitalia both times if the second time they were already familiar with the sight. There’s no way they forgot what the other looked lie in that short mount of time. Also, them rutting the first time then the second time saying they’re gonna do the same thing then immediately NOT doing that was just poorly done. If he says he’s not gonna go inside then backtracking and doing it anyways, you gotta be rereading your own story and fixing the inconsistency.
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June 21, 2026
Player Portals of Pearl Wisdom of Fated Mates and Rugby Player Captains
A stream of consciousness dream image of the life and courtship of a rugby captain and an Oyster Prince who are fated mates in a complex relationship with unconscious awareness and glimpses of past, present, and future events that occur in the brief moment that thought and wishes bring body and soul together in the dream courtship meant to be while the realities of evil swirl in confusion of oppression and threats to end it all without the love being enabled to continue to develop and cure the evil intentions of the dark world resistance creeping into the love story that was meant to be made real.
This will make more sense if you read the book. And the following book.
A stream of consciousness dream image of the life and courtship of a rugby captain and an Oyster Prince who are fated mates in a complex relationship with unconscious awareness and glimpses of past, present, and future events that occur in the brief moment that thought and wishes bring body and soul together in the dream courtship meant to be while the realities of evil swirl in confusion of oppression and threats to end it all without the love being enabled to continue to develop and cure the evil intentions of the dark world resistance creeping into the love story that was meant to be made real.
This will make more sense if you read the book. And the following book.
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