Human Again: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling (End of Ever After #4)
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Azahr has always known what to expect from life. As the second son of Delphe, a great military...
Fantasy Young Adult Fairy Tale Retelling
The Lowland
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Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, The Lowland is a...
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
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Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a...
Lost (House of Night Otherworld #2)
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The moment Other Kevin returns to his world trouble begins. Thankfully, he finds friends and...
The Uninvited
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From the award-winning author of In the Shadow of Blackbirdscomes a stunning new novel a masterfully...
Knotted by Her Alphahole Enemy (Knotted by the Alphahole)
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When the omega I’m fighting turns out to be my fated mate, biology overrules the law. HUNTER ...
Omegaverse Erotica Novella Dark
Lustful Nights (Peaches #1)
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Lennox A string of bad boyfriends has me questioning my taste in men. They’re either jealous of...
Contemporary MM Romance
Merissa (14013 KP) rated Omega Captive of the Golden Dragon (Alpha Dragons #3) in Books
Aug 20, 2025
It is a sweet, slow-burning story that doesn't start off so well for either of our main characters. At nineteen, Caylen finds out he is a set-omega in a wolf pack, which means he will be sold. Varik, however, has it even worse. He is a golden dragon, who are hunted for their scales. Instead of protecting him, his parents keep him in a cage and forcibly take his scales. This goes on for years, until he is rescued by his brother. It is his brother also also rescues/buys Caylen and brings the two of them together.
This is full of emotions, and my heart broke along with Caylen's at one point in the story. Actually, at more than one point, but you get my meaning. It is steamy in places where it needs to be, but mostly it is about the connection between Caylen, Varik, and Varikan.
Smoothly written with a fast-ish pace, this was a brilliant read that I thoroughly enjoyed. The epilogue was perfect, and I enjoyed the snapshot into their later lives. Although dealing with some not-so-nice topics to begin with, this book gave me the warm fuzzies. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by me.
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* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Aug 20, 2025
There are four different lives intertwined within this story and we change frequently throughout as to who we’re following: Daniel, Scott (Daniel’s father), Hannah (a police officer) and Ronan (the twin brother of someone found murdered). We follow Daniel as he struggles through life and him being bullied without him realising it, whilst also following Scott and finding out just how far he is willing to go to protect his son and wife. Hannah’s story is a bit sadder but I’m glad at the end of the book she comes to peace with everything that has been playing on her mind throughout the book. And then there’s Ronan, who’s twin brother can seemingly do no wrong in their mother’s eyes and after he is murdered Ronan still can’t understand why his mother doesn’t love him as much.
The story is ridiculous, but not in a way that it’s unbelievable. It’s a believable story of someone who gets caught up in the wrong world and the lengths that they’ll go to in order to try and get out of the hole they’ve found themselves in.
David Jackson’s writing was a pleasure to read and I have no doubt that I will pick up another of his books in the future.
The Key to Circus-Mom Highway
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In an attempt to secure an unexpected inheritance—and hopefully find a few answers—two estranged...
Contemporary Fiction Family Dramedy

