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Alpha #2
Alpha King: Alpha Series, Book 2
Cathleen, a bear shifter, possesses the valuable and rare SoulCipher gift which means she can heal emotional wounds. Despite her brother and community’s best efforts, she ends up kidnapped by an unscrupulous Pack of wolf shifters. Forced to spend her days healing people while the wolves holding her reap all the rewards, soon she finds herself worn out from overuse of her gift.
Getting weaker every day, she’s afraid if she doesn’t escape soon, she might never be able to escape.
When she’s presented with a young dragon, traumatized and fearful, Cathleen’s instinct to shelter and protect rear up.
The dragonlette is too traumatized to tell the wolves what they want to know. They push Cathleen to use her gift on the child who refuses to shift into her human form. Cathleen agrees to get the little girl to shift and talk but knows she needs to get this child away from these wolves. Now it’s not only about gaining her own freedom but also saving an innocent child.
A less than gentle rescue comes in the form of Laszlo Beithir, the Burnt King, Alpha of all the dragons. Cathleen thinks they’re both saved, but soon she comes to realize she might have just traded one captivity for another.
Alpha King is a 111K word novel with a HEA. This work of fiction is meant for adult audiences, 18+ readers only. This is a standalone novel although some characters from the first book in the series, Alpha Mage, feature in this one as well.
Getting weaker every day, she’s afraid if she doesn’t escape soon, she might never be able to escape.
When she’s presented with a young dragon, traumatized and fearful, Cathleen’s instinct to shelter and protect rear up.
The dragonlette is too traumatized to tell the wolves what they want to know. They push Cathleen to use her gift on the child who refuses to shift into her human form. Cathleen agrees to get the little girl to shift and talk but knows she needs to get this child away from these wolves. Now it’s not only about gaining her own freedom but also saving an innocent child.
A less than gentle rescue comes in the form of Laszlo Beithir, the Burnt King, Alpha of all the dragons. Cathleen thinks they’re both saved, but soon she comes to realize she might have just traded one captivity for another.
Alpha King is a 111K word novel with a HEA. This work of fiction is meant for adult audiences, 18+ readers only. This is a standalone novel although some characters from the first book in the series, Alpha Mage, feature in this one as well.
310 pages, Paperback
Published July 30, 2021
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August 23, 2021
This book had a lot of potential. The plot, characters, and scenes were interesting but I think the author held themselves back a little. I was left wanting more...more development, more conversations, more strange...
August 2, 2021
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Cathleen, a bear shifter, possess the valuable and rare SoulCipher gift which means she can heal emotional wounds. Stolen from her family and community years earlier, she spends her days healing people with the money to pay her captors. Worn out from the way they over used her gift, she lives in a constant state of fatigue. Separated from her Sleuth, she gets weaker every day from lack of contact with other bear shifters. She’s afraid if she doesn’t escape soon, she’ll never be able to escape.
When she’s presented with a young dragon hatchling, traumatized and fearful, Cathleen’s instinct to shelter and protect rear up. The hatchling is too young to verbalize, but the men who hold her want to know information, that means Cathleen needs to figure out how to talk to the little dragon shifter. But more than that, she needs to get them both to safety because once the men have the information they want, there’s nothing keeping the child safe.
Rescue comes in the form of the Burnt King, Alpha of all the dragons. Cathleen thinks they’re both saved but soon she comes to realize she might have just traded one captivity for another.
Cathleen, a bear shifter, possess the valuable and rare SoulCipher gift which means she can heal emotional wounds. Stolen from her family and community years earlier, she spends her days healing people with the money to pay her captors. Worn out from the way they over used her gift, she lives in a constant state of fatigue. Separated from her Sleuth, she gets weaker every day from lack of contact with other bear shifters. She’s afraid if she doesn’t escape soon, she’ll never be able to escape.
When she’s presented with a young dragon hatchling, traumatized and fearful, Cathleen’s instinct to shelter and protect rear up. The hatchling is too young to verbalize, but the men who hold her want to know information, that means Cathleen needs to figure out how to talk to the little dragon shifter. But more than that, she needs to get them both to safety because once the men have the information they want, there’s nothing keeping the child safe.
Rescue comes in the form of the Burnt King, Alpha of all the dragons. Cathleen thinks they’re both saved but soon she comes to realize she might have just traded one captivity for another.
March 3, 2022
almost perfect
It’s a great story. Well written, but with several holes that just kept it from being 5 stars.
- the similarities to the first book in the start of the story give this a formulaic feel. I think the author couldn’t pick which way she wanted the story to go, so she wrote both.
- why couldn’t h send information to her brother where she was like she could with Ayan
-I complained in the last book that the villain shows up at the end without warning. This was better because the villain was there from the beginning. Though I thought we were going to get more conspiracies of blood witch. Missed opportunity
- when h wakes up after the final battle, the drama that unfolds was unnecessary. There were enough lose ends that it just felt wrong and it dragged.
-kade and Emma were not utilized to their full potential.
That being said, it was a great shifter story with a fast plot and great character growth. There is a saying that you don’t really know yourself until you go to a place that no one knows you. This story embodies that saying and it’s a great tale to promote moving out of your comfort zone.
It’s a great story. Well written, but with several holes that just kept it from being 5 stars.
- the similarities to the first book in the start of the story give this a formulaic feel. I think the author couldn’t pick which way she wanted the story to go, so she wrote both.
- why couldn’t h send information to her brother where she was like she could with Ayan
-I complained in the last book that the villain shows up at the end without warning. This was better because the villain was there from the beginning. Though I thought we were going to get more conspiracies of blood witch. Missed opportunity
- when h wakes up after the final battle, the drama that unfolds was unnecessary. There were enough lose ends that it just felt wrong and it dragged.
-kade and Emma were not utilized to their full potential.
That being said, it was a great shifter story with a fast plot and great character growth. There is a saying that you don’t really know yourself until you go to a place that no one knows you. This story embodies that saying and it’s a great tale to promote moving out of your comfort zone.
July 15, 2025
Alpha King
This is an interesting world with shifters and mages. The MFC has a rare healing type ability. The MMC seems to barely be in control of his emotions most of the time. We find out towards the end about his childhood trauma that explains some of it. All in all, a bit longer book with a slower burn romance but a fun read.
My favorite quote from her new best friend (the MFC of the last book),
“Don’t do that,” she declares adamantly. “Don’t talk about my friend Cathleen like that. She’s amazing, and strong, and beautiful. And her shifted form is savage and perfect.”
One cannot overstate the importance of a good best friend to keep our view of ourselves positive.
This is an interesting world with shifters and mages. The MFC has a rare healing type ability. The MMC seems to barely be in control of his emotions most of the time. We find out towards the end about his childhood trauma that explains some of it. All in all, a bit longer book with a slower burn romance but a fun read.
My favorite quote from her new best friend (the MFC of the last book),
“Don’t do that,” she declares adamantly. “Don’t talk about my friend Cathleen like that. She’s amazing, and strong, and beautiful. And her shifted form is savage and perfect.”
One cannot overstate the importance of a good best friend to keep our view of ourselves positive.
July 31, 2021
Read this in one sitting.. picked this up on a whim with the worst case scenario been a DNF. I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable the plot was. Even with very few characters the story wasn’t monotonous, plus all the characters grew even Anya.
That showdown with Kade tossing lazlos had me in uproars 😂😂😂
I enjoyed it, even the long inner monologues.
Thanks for not listening to the voices and penning this down.
That showdown with Kade tossing lazlos had me in uproars 😂😂😂
I enjoyed it, even the long inner monologues.
Thanks for not listening to the voices and penning this down.
July 26, 2022
Completely FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC 😁
OMG, I don't think I've laughed as hard or cried so much, reading a story like this one before 😻. I can't say enough about this wonderful story cuz there's just so much 😃. So much Awesome emotion, intense situations and fabulous characters, made me sit and read this story in one sitting (with bathroom breaks though) 😉. Thanks so very much RK, I'm really looking forward to reading more 🤓.
OMG, I don't think I've laughed as hard or cried so much, reading a story like this one before 😻. I can't say enough about this wonderful story cuz there's just so much 😃. So much Awesome emotion, intense situations and fabulous characters, made me sit and read this story in one sitting (with bathroom breaks though) 😉. Thanks so very much RK, I'm really looking forward to reading more 🤓.
May 18, 2024
What a fascinating story. Cathleen is a special bear shifter who can heal souls. When she is forced to interrogate a dragon who is only a child she refuses. Enter the burnt King, head of the dragons to the rescue but is it for Cathleen? Wonderful story.
June 10, 2022
Not bad, but way too long
February 19, 2024
omg yes!!
I didn’t realize I’d jumped in on book 2. It was wonderful. Gonna go search for book 1 and then no doubt go back for book 3 lol
I didn’t realize I’d jumped in on book 2. It was wonderful. Gonna go search for book 1 and then no doubt go back for book 3 lol
March 7, 2025
DNF @ 39%
This book started as a kidnapped bear shifter (FMC), who works to free herself and a dragon cub from captivity, and is then rescued by the dragon king (MMC). It is teased in the blurb that the FMC may have swapped one captivity for another. If we had stuck with the captive vibe for longer, I may have got further through this book. The entire captivity plot (my main reason for reading) is over a 1/3 of the way through the book.
The conflict or reason for the reader to continue with the remaining 2/3 of the book is nowhere to be found. The FMC and MMC are also basically together by this time too, so no enticing romance plot later in the book either. The direction for the rest of the book seems to be going towards cozy fantasy dating, which is fine, if that is what I was looking for. I was looking for dark captivity romance, not cozy fantasy.
If there is more drama in the latter half of this book, it wasn't advertised enough to me to continue to find out what comes next
This book started as a kidnapped bear shifter (FMC), who works to free herself and a dragon cub from captivity, and is then rescued by the dragon king (MMC). It is teased in the blurb that the FMC may have swapped one captivity for another. If we had stuck with the captive vibe for longer, I may have got further through this book. The entire captivity plot (my main reason for reading) is over a 1/3 of the way through the book.
The conflict or reason for the reader to continue with the remaining 2/3 of the book is nowhere to be found. The FMC and MMC are also basically together by this time too, so no enticing romance plot later in the book either. The direction for the rest of the book seems to be going towards cozy fantasy dating, which is fine, if that is what I was looking for. I was looking for dark captivity romance, not cozy fantasy.
If there is more drama in the latter half of this book, it wasn't advertised enough to me to continue to find out what comes next
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