Harper Burns was just abducted from her house by four big, bad shifters. When she finds out her father traded her for his life to a wolf king, she’s ready to escape. Even more confusing is the fact Sebastian tells her she must have his baby. The craziest part is she’s actually considering it. Clearly, she lost her mind on the car ride to the castle.Sebastian Roarhart is shifter royalty. He’s been … royalty. He’s been cursed and needs to have a child or die. Now, he has to convince Harper to see him as more than some man holding her hostage. He needs her to fall for him. But it’s harder than he realizes when someone in his castle keeps trying to kill her.
Sebastian has secrets he’s keeping to save Harper from heartache. Harper knows one thing for sure: she can’t let him die. Not when he’s the first man in her life to show her how special she is. Time’s running out. When truths come to light about her family and past, only the man she’s come to love will be able to keep her safe.
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I’m not sure if it was the story or the narration or both here, but I just didn’t feel it with this couple. I know they’re supposed to be fated mates and all, so they should be the perfect match, but Harper and Sebastian just did not work for me. The funny thing is that if I’m going to like a kidnap/hostage forced proximity romance, it’s usually one with fated mates. I guess it’s because the characters are kind of at fate’s mercy from the start, but even that didn’t help this romance. From Harper and Sebastian’s reactions to each other to their conversations to their steamy scenes, it all felt forced.
There is some danger and a whodunit, but the bad guy is caricature-like and at the risk of giving a little something away, the bad guy’s helper was doing them a favor? Umm… that’s a mighty big favor. Then the ending was – well, it was out there.
Patrick Zeller narrated this first in Milly Taiden’s Marked and Mated series, and as I mentioned at the beginning, there were some things that fell short in the narration as well as the story. His voice is pleasant enough, but it was like he was reading me a story that even he wasn’t feeling. I don’t know, maybe it was a case of wrong book, wrong time, but in the end, The Wolf’s Royal Baby had too many eye-rolling moments, and not enough chemistry to pull me in.
Cursed by a witch, Sebastian, a shifter king, must find his mate and have a child before his 35th birthday. Harper is his mate. Convincing her to have his baby has Sebastian working overtime.
Opinion
I listened to the audiobook. The narrator has a strong sexy quality to his voice. I could listen to him read a dictionary all day long.
The story is a retelling of beauty and the beast with a shifter twist. Since I love fairy tales, I requested this one and was not disappointed. Though this is a short book, it is a nice twist on a classic. To my knowledge, there are four more in the series. If they are anything like this one, they’ll be great books.
Many thanks to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook.
I had this one in audio and it was a quick listen. Insta-attraction (sorta) meets Beauty and the Beast meets shifters. I pretty much gave up on paranormals in the last few years but since this was in audio I gave it a try and it was okay. There was an emotional spark lacking but it was pretty predictable. Harper is kidnapped and delivered to Sebastian who needs her to have his baby or he is going to die. Little does she know she was sold out by her father, the waste of breath, and someone is plotting to kill her. Will true love win out before her demise or Sebastian’s?
Patrick Zeller narrated the audiobook, he is new to me, I liked his voice, sometimes the pacing was a bit fast for an audiobook but overall he did a good job. The editing was good as expected. As for the story, it felt a bit short, I was expecting more. Harper and Sebastian’s story was interesting but the character build felt a bit young than expected, there are some plot holes, I enjoyed it overall but definitely expected more.
Betrayed by her father her whole life, our heroine has learned to rely on herself. She’s introverted but enjoys her life. Our hero has known who his mate is since she was a teen but her father has been a thorn in his side for much longer. Two lives who fate has joined together have a side of evil wanting their lives torn apart instead.
I always say we cant choose our family, well biological family I should clarify that. Then you have Harper’s dad, oh he’s a piece of work and after the reality of it sets in Harper would be all too glad
Be able to choose another father.
Now you see the King himself isn’t without some shady moves of his own, but in his defense he’s been watching *cough cough* stalking Harper since the High School prom. In some twisted way I’d say he wanted her and would have loved to get to know her.
But then fate as always throws their own spin on things and time is running out.
I do love Milly’s books The Wolf’s Royal Baby was fun and cute, it didn’t have the blow me away factor, even with the instant pants, swoons love. I found it a good read. The fast paced story with bits of this (hints of dark personality) a bit of that ( smexy smexy) wrapped up in a decent length between a short and novel. I volunteered to read and review this book. Enjoy