Length: 130,000 words approx.
Cover Design: Dar Albert @ Wicked Strange Designs
Heat of Love Series
Blurb
Young Xan Heelies knows he can never have what he truly wants: a passionate romance and happy-ever-after with another alpha. It’s not only forbidden by the prevailing faith of the land, but such acts are illegal.
Urho Chase is a middle-aged alpha with a heartbreaking past. Careful, controlled, and steadfast, his friends dub him old-fashioned and staid. When Urho discovers a dangerous side to Xan’s life that he never imagined, his world is rocked and he’s consumed by desire. The carefully sewn seams that held him together after the loss of his omega and son come apart—and so does he.
But to love each other and make a life together, Xan and Urho risk utter ruin. With the acceptance and support of Caleb, Xan’s asexual and aromantic omega and dear friend, they must find the strength to embrace danger and build the family they deserve.
This gay romance novel by Leta Blake is the second in the Slow Heat universe. It’s 130,000 words, with a strong happy ending and a well-crafted, non-shifter Omegaverse. It features alphas, betas, omegas, male pregnancy, heat, and knotting. No cheating. Content warning for brief sexual violence.
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Author Bio
Author of the bestselling book Smoky Mountain Dreams and the fan favorite Training Season, Leta Blake’s educational and professional background is in psychology and finance, respectively. However, her passion has always been for writing. She enjoys crafting romance stories and exploring the psyches of made up people. At home in the Southern U.S., Leta works hard at achieving balance between her day job, her writing, and her family.
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The continuation
of Leta Blake’s Slow Heat, Alpha Heat furthered delivered the story of Jason and
Vale, expanding on characters Xan, Urho, and Caleb. The introduction of a
ménage in a world of forbidden desires, sexual expectations, and a strict caste
system, Xan, Urho, and Caleb forged a union of circumstance and need.
As an alpha, Xan
was to contract an omega and produce an heir to carry on the lineage. Alphas
held the physical power, sexual power, and above all were never penetrated
(lest he be unmanned).Unfortunately for Xan, his desires lent itself more to an
omega than an alpha. This affected his sexual desires which transcended to his
sexual exploration.
The author characterized Xan’s personality
as confused and self-loathing, while attempting to allow him to find his place
in a world where differences were not tolerated, even ostracized. Xan found
some redemption in his contracted asexual omega partner, Caleb. Sweet and
understanding, Xan and Caleb made their union their own, albeit some
complications.
Urho, very alpha
and in charge, intimated a relationship with Xan, his alpha-omega, thus
cementing their triad and going against the norm.
While I liked each
character, the heavy handedness of the dominant alpha and the ease in which the
omega permitted it, brought forth a circa early 1900’s feel- a time when women
had no say and the male ruled the roost. Elements of BDSM lifestyle also
prevailed, an alpha who sought someone who punished him for his desires, omegas
who held the power in the relationship (as a submissive), along with some light
spanking.
Ms.
Blake truly has a gift to design an all-male world,
finding a gender-related role for each.
Definite S.E.X.
A five handcuff
review
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2018 ©Evelise Archer All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.
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