I received a copy of The Alpha of Bleake Isle by Kathryn Moon in a Renegade Romance book box.
He’s waited half a century to choose an omega.
Lord Ronson Cadogan can stall no longer. He needs an omega and he needs an heir.
Settled on the obvious perfect choice, and determined to see his fate through, Ronson can’t afford to wait for the next ceremony to claim what he is owed. If only he was more excited about the match.
They call her the mouse.
Mairwen Posy knows precisely who the Alpha of Bleake Isle will choose, and it certainly isn’t her. In fact, it’s so predictable it’s almost boring.
Resigned to her fate of disappearing into the background, Mairwen takes the role of observer, distracting the ache of being left out with the entertainment of dragonkin society’s unfolding stories.
All is as expected, until the sudden twist in a familiar plot sends Mairwen in the least likely direction, right into the arms of the alpha.
This is light porn-with-plot, I think. But it’s enjoyable PWP. Mairwen and Ronson meet and then spend the rest of the book being kind and wonderful to one another. It’s very low-angst and very sweet. What angst that does exist originates entirely outside their relationship (the community’s dismissal of her or challenge to his rule, etc). At the end of the day, I gave a happy sigh, having enjoyed my time with the book.
I had a couple of gripes, however. A significant component of the plot requires that specific knowledge be lost to dragonkin, and I had trouble suspending my disbelief enough to believe this would be possible. And, honestly, as lovely and complementary to one another as the two main characters were, I got bored with all the mush.
None of this put me off too much, though. There were several other interesting alphas I imagine could get their own books in the future (I think Torion is next), and I would happily read them.
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