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The Wolf King Needs an Heir
Only one omega can give the king an heir needed to save his kingdom…and save himself…
Wolf king Edric Rylan is forced to marry, not for love, but to avoid the destruction of his family's dynasty. A prophecy he doesn't entirely believe has forced his hand. Either he marries a werewolf from the Silvius bloodline and produces an heir, or his kingdom is finished. Edric rules the most powerful wolf kingdom in the U.S., and he's not about to watch everything he's built fall to pieces. But he faces big problems. First, the Silvius royal family was completely wiped out in his grandfather's era. Second, he's gay. That complicates things when it comes to the nitty-gritty of making an heir. Fortunately, an eccentric old wolf seer has found a solution: a male omega wolf named Julian Wilson—the offspring of a werewolf and a human—who can have a child. The omega is illegitimate, born on the wrong side of the sheets, and grew up around humans, but he has Silvius blood in his veins. Edric knows his duty. He must mate this omega and produce his heir to stop the prophecy…and then he'll decide whether to keep the omega or exile him back to the human world. But Julian is like no wolf he's ever met—not only hauntingly beautiful but unassuming, genuine…and kind. The omega is dangerous, but he's only a threat to Edric's rigid way of seeing the world...and to his heart.
Julian Wilson feels like a nobody. He works the drive-thru window at a fast-food joint, struggling to pay for night classes at the community college. So when a limo rolls up and he's offered money to meet with a king, he's sure it's a scam or a joke. Then he loses his job. Desperate, he agrees to meet King Edric...and immediately regrets it. The alpha wolf is so handsome and sexy that Julian has to stop himself from drooling over a man who could star in his fantasies. When the king asks for Julian's hand in marriage to avoid a ruinous prophecy, he nearly falls over. Julian doesn't believe in prophecy, and this might turn out to be a loveless arranged marriage, but he's at the end of his rope. At least sex with Edric will be hot, Julian will live in a palace, and he can do more good in the world as mate to a king than he ever could alone. Julian knows his duty. He must give this king his heir, doing his best to protect the child he carries inside. Soon Julian is pregnant and discovers far more depth and passion to his mate than he first realized, even if the alpha doesn't like humans. Edric would be an easy man to fall in love with... But there are wolves within the royal court seeking to end the union of a king and a tainted-blood omega and will stop at nothing to rip their love apart.
Reader note: contains M/M Mpreg, wolf shifters, hot romance elements, and male male love
Wolf king Edric Rylan is forced to marry, not for love, but to avoid the destruction of his family's dynasty. A prophecy he doesn't entirely believe has forced his hand. Either he marries a werewolf from the Silvius bloodline and produces an heir, or his kingdom is finished. Edric rules the most powerful wolf kingdom in the U.S., and he's not about to watch everything he's built fall to pieces. But he faces big problems. First, the Silvius royal family was completely wiped out in his grandfather's era. Second, he's gay. That complicates things when it comes to the nitty-gritty of making an heir. Fortunately, an eccentric old wolf seer has found a solution: a male omega wolf named Julian Wilson—the offspring of a werewolf and a human—who can have a child. The omega is illegitimate, born on the wrong side of the sheets, and grew up around humans, but he has Silvius blood in his veins. Edric knows his duty. He must mate this omega and produce his heir to stop the prophecy…and then he'll decide whether to keep the omega or exile him back to the human world. But Julian is like no wolf he's ever met—not only hauntingly beautiful but unassuming, genuine…and kind. The omega is dangerous, but he's only a threat to Edric's rigid way of seeing the world...and to his heart.
Julian Wilson feels like a nobody. He works the drive-thru window at a fast-food joint, struggling to pay for night classes at the community college. So when a limo rolls up and he's offered money to meet with a king, he's sure it's a scam or a joke. Then he loses his job. Desperate, he agrees to meet King Edric...and immediately regrets it. The alpha wolf is so handsome and sexy that Julian has to stop himself from drooling over a man who could star in his fantasies. When the king asks for Julian's hand in marriage to avoid a ruinous prophecy, he nearly falls over. Julian doesn't believe in prophecy, and this might turn out to be a loveless arranged marriage, but he's at the end of his rope. At least sex with Edric will be hot, Julian will live in a palace, and he can do more good in the world as mate to a king than he ever could alone. Julian knows his duty. He must give this king his heir, doing his best to protect the child he carries inside. Soon Julian is pregnant and discovers far more depth and passion to his mate than he first realized, even if the alpha doesn't like humans. Edric would be an easy man to fall in love with... But there are wolves within the royal court seeking to end the union of a king and a tainted-blood omega and will stop at nothing to rip their love apart.
Reader note: contains M/M Mpreg, wolf shifters, hot romance elements, and male male love
332 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 14, 2021
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Max Rose
17 books32 followersMax Rose lives and works in Seattle. She shares her home with a wonderful husband who loves animals, a rescued, three-legged Dalmatian, two fish, and a now a kitten. Right now Max loves writing M/M Mpreg Romance!
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 20, 2021
It has potential but spoiled with too much unnecessary narration, describing unimportant things and sadly less dialogue between Edric and Julian. The drama is kinda force, the love between them felt superficial and what difference that Julian brings to the kingdom? I don't see any of those thing.
June 13, 2022
This one wasn't a KU book but I found it when looking for KU books and couldn't pass it up. Also going for a 'slightly' different kind of vibe here with the mpreg but I like what I like. I would also like to see fempreg (sapphic bio children - I have ideas!).
Anyway, this was a cute story, not done quite the way I would have done it at the beginning but loved it anyway. Why is there always a sassy or cute younger/older sister (older usually = sassy and vice versa btw).
I kinda wanted to stay away from the whole wolf thing, just a bit tired and obvious I think, but this lured me in and it was good. I don't think I could have done a hetero version of this story though, things are always better queer!
I did like Julian being suspicious of Edric at first but honestly but in the end I too would have a kid to never have to worry about money for the rest of my life. I did think the tension build/climax at the end was stupid though. It was far too obvious and he shouldn't have fallen for it.
I think Edric was kind of an egotistical a**hole though he is a king and this is apparantly what cishet women want? I don't know. He just completely throws Julian under the bus without listening and I hate that.
Anyway, this was a cute story, not done quite the way I would have done it at the beginning but loved it anyway. Why is there always a sassy or cute younger/older sister (older usually = sassy and vice versa btw).
I kinda wanted to stay away from the whole wolf thing, just a bit tired and obvious I think, but this lured me in and it was good. I don't think I could have done a hetero version of this story though, things are always better queer!
I did like Julian being suspicious of Edric at first but honestly but in the end I too would have a kid to never have to worry about money for the rest of my life. I did think the tension build/climax at the end was stupid though. It was far too obvious and he shouldn't have fallen for it.
I think Edric was kind of an egotistical a**hole though he is a king and this is apparantly what cishet women want? I don't know. He just completely throws Julian under the bus without listening and I hate that.
August 10, 2021
Rating: 3 stars
I bought this book on a whim and it was just okay. The main problem was that Edric was unlikeable. Start to finish. I never warmed up to him. I never bought into his and Julian’s romance. It always felt one sided to me. I like to read stories about royalty but I prefer them to be a bit less arrogant and self-centered. All in all, it was okay and nothing special.
I bought this book on a whim and it was just okay. The main problem was that Edric was unlikeable. Start to finish. I never warmed up to him. I never bought into his and Julian’s romance. It always felt one sided to me. I like to read stories about royalty but I prefer them to be a bit less arrogant and self-centered. All in all, it was okay and nothing special.
January 7, 2022
Good book
The book was okay but I didn't like the conflict at the end. I wish it had a little fighting in it. The book was a little small movie in the beginning but it picked up in the middle in the end.
The book was okay but I didn't like the conflict at the end. I wish it had a little fighting in it. The book was a little small movie in the beginning but it picked up in the middle in the end.
September 13, 2021
Trust, Love, Understanding ... complete arrange marriage package
Enjoyable
Worth of reading 💃
Enjoyable
Worth of reading 💃
February 21, 2023
don't call don't text. i'll never recover from this. if a friend wants to gift you a book, ask what the book is before they buy it.
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