Ryan Denham’s life can’t get any worse. His music career dreams are dead, his boyfriend dumped him for another man, and now he might literally be going insane. How else could the stray dog he rescued suddenly have turned into hot-as-hell naked man, right in his living room?Except, he’s not crazy. He saved the life of Leksa Aludra, wolf-prince shapeshifter, and now they’re bound as mates.Leksa’s … mates.
Leksa’s month long mission to the human world is his final test before becoming a full-fledged shifter, and his last adventure as a free omega. He expected to learn how to live like a human, but he certainly didn’t expect to be debt-mated to one. He only needs to tolerate his company—and the humiliation of acting as Ryan’s pet dog—until the end of the mission.
Can Ryan teach Leksa the joys of life in the human world? After all, it’s hard to deny the attraction crackling beneath their forced arrangement. Or will this unwitting couple tear each other to bits first?
Accidental Alpha is a 45k word standalone shifter romance story with MPREG themes, and is filled with memorable characters, lots of laugh-out-loud moments, plenty of heat, and a HEA!
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Accidental Alpha by Ashe Moon is a very cute story. You do have to suspend belief in a few places, but I adored this read. It is cute and truly my kind of pure romance. I love to fall in love and this story lets me do just that.
Ryan, his ex-lover and former roommate decided to up and leave. Ryan sings at a bar and is a supervisor at a call center. He thinks 30 years old and still playing in dive bars is making him feel old. He has a comfortable life and routine. Risks his life to save a dog in the rain from being hit by a drunk driver. Takes the dog home to rest up. Only to find the dog is not a dog but a shifter. Who turns into a man right before his eyes.
Leksa is an Omega. He is a shifter. Not into cats very much. He can feel Ryan is his mate. But can Ryan feel the same pull? I liked Leska he is impulsive, sweet, kind, and adorably cute. He needs Ryan as much as Ryan needs him in his life.
Overall this is a very cute read. I really wished this was a start of a series. I can see it really going places. I was not ready to let go of Leska and Ryan when this book ended. They made me smile and believe in true love winning the day.
Five Shooting Stars
A music gig and a giant dog. Ryan’s life is about to go from static disappointment to dynamic and fantastical. Leksa’s foray into the human world is off to a terrible start. If it weren’t for the innate goodness in Ryan he’d likely not have survived. While the circumstances of their relationship is new and not exactly desired, they’re determined to make the best of it for the month. But things change, and so do feelings. It’ll take a strength of will to bridge the gap between worlds and make a choice between love and duty.
Ryan is pretty mellow. The feeling we get from him right from the start is just that. He’s hurt by his ex leaving but not for the reasons we think. He’s become complacent with mediocrity. Being shaken up by Leksa gives him a glimpse into what he really wants his life to be like, who he wants in it. I like his subtle evolution. There are no huge life changes that weren’t really expected, well, beyond the whole falling in love with a shifter prince thing, and he maintains an honest heart with desires to do the right thing no matter what. He was consistent and changed just enough to become the best version of himself.
Leksa is a little more up and down in his evolution. He’s likable and a good match for Ryan and he doesn’t complain too much at having his role outside the apartment be that of a dog. He’s able to see the benefits and learn from the experience while still chafing a bit giving him a more believable personality. His realization of where he should be and who he is was written well and went a long way to making me believe in both Ryan and Leksa being together.
While this was a good story with an interesting take on shifters and their world, the story was kind of uninspiring. I liked them in a general sense and could see a lot of great potential, it’s just that nothing really dug deep and stayed deep. The “everything will turn out fine” thing was a bit simplistic though I won’t fault the happiness of the happy ending for everyone important to the story. It really needed another chapter or some streamlining of the middle so we could get to the point and then have a little more of them after the big climax to make the story feel really complete.