Misty has few expectations from life. Work, read, sleep. But when she hears from a complete stranger that she’s actually a powerful, shape-shifting werewolf, her life changes forever.
Lindon believes he already had his shot at love long ago. And lost it. The tall, blond, sexy shifter is now only trying to keep his promise to his father by protecting Misty as she learns about her new place in the … place in the world and seeks to find a future mate.
The only problem: she’ll be meeting all of her prospective suitors at one time, and in one place. All TEN of them. All hot, single, alpha males competing for her heart.
Author’s note! Alpha Contender was originally released as a four-part serial about one BBW finding out she’s a shifter and trying to choose from the ten hot alpha males trying to win her. All parts are bound here together for the first time in a full set at a special price as a thank you to my fans.
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Misty is a big, beautiful woman who feels like her life has always been lacking something. She’s always felt restless, and now she’s discovering why. Her inner-wolf is about to emerge, and her life is going to change forever.
THE BLURB
Misty has always found her life lacking something. She never really fits in. Then one day a complete stranger tracks her down and explains why: she’s a powerful, shape-shifting werewolf that’s on the cusp of her transformation.
Lindon believes he already had his change at love long ago, and lost it. Now he’s trying to keep his promise to his father and pack to protect Misty as she learns about their species and finds herself a future mate. Simple, right?
Problem is that Misty is meeting all her prospective suitors at one time, and in one place. All TEN of them. All hot, single, alpha males competing for her heart.
TONE OF THE BOOK
Alpha Contender falls within a lighthearted tone. The entire story is written with the premise of being an adventure. There is regular fun banter between the characters and most characters don’t dwell on their problems.
SENSITIVE TOPICS
Alpha Contender book is aimed at mature readers. There are a variety of sexual scenes throughout the novel.
Some readers may or may not appreciate the heroine being a big, beautiful woman (BBW). It’s a niche genre in romance, and unfortunately most romance authors either portray stick-thin model like characters, or much larger girls.
There are also a few scenes of violence.
SERIES SYNOPSIS
Alpha Contender was originally released as a four-part serial. It can be purchased separately or as one book in a “boxed set”. This review is for the boxed set, acting as one full novel.
The novel, with all its parts, is 370 pages long. It’s slightly longer than your average romance novel (at 300 pages). Alpha Contender is slow to start, but once the plot begins to move it comes addictive. Each part, or book act, finishes with a cliffhanger that leaves you wanting to know what happens next. The full serial adventure ends in a happily ever after, with no cliffhangers.
REVIEW
I had trouble connecting with the main character Misty. Her every action seemed to be in spite of other people’s well-intentioned advice. I found there was too little emotional character development for Misty to be satisfied. She consistently jumped from naive to forceful, and regularly made rash decisions. I understand that Terry Bolryder was trying to portray a strong female “alpha” personality that’s also haunted by her own lack of self-esteem, but the character became somewhat unlikable for me. She acted too selfishly, all the time.
Despite my lack of love for the main heroine, Terry Bolryder did an excellent job writing the other characters. The hero Lindon goes through a wonderful character growth that highlights his vulnerabilities and strengths. The numerous side characters are all unique with their own personalities that invite you to learn more about them. The biggest issue you’ll have as a reader is trying to keep track of all the different characters.
FINAL WORD
I had a love hate relationship with Alpha Contender. I disliked the heroine, but loved the other characters. If you are after an erotica novel with plenty of foreplay and a reverse Harem theme then you may appreciate Alpha Contender.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Alpha Contender is closely followed by another romance novel by Terry Bolryder, Alpha Defender. This story focuses on side-characters from Alpha Contender.
If you like Terry Bolryder’s writing you may enjoy her more popular series Awakened Dragons, starting with the novel Onyx Dragon.
If you enjoy reverse harem books than consider The Temptation of Snow by Alana Albertson and Lisa London. It’s about a woman fleeing her life and living in the North Pole, finding herself surrounded by seven Navy Seals.
If you are after Alpha-male style romance novels, Milana Jacks has a number of series that might interest you. Her most popular series Beast Mates is a dystopian paranormal romance with alien werewolf-like creatures called the Beasts who have settled on Earth. The aliens have an agreement with humans living in the Communities. It is called the Pairing Program. The Pairing Program allows them to buy their pairs who are actually their mates.
When misty finds out she a werewolf, her father tells her she has to settle down. Only way to do so is have a fight among male alphas. When her best friend London puts in for the challenge she hopes he wins, but will he