Reviewed by Vicki

TITLE: The Biker’s Omega

SERIES: Alpha and Omega #1

AUTHOR: Lisa Oliver

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 143 pages

BLURB:

Book One – Alpha and Omega series
Can be read as a standalone

Marly Miles has been happy in his life as a lone Omega wolf, living and working among the humans of Orlando, Florida. When an attack on him and his friend brings Marly to the notice of the Sergeant of Arms of the Epitaph’s Motorcycle Club, he realizes immediately that the man carries the same scent as his attackers. Not a very good start when the same man is also his mate.

Alpha wolf, Trent Beaumont has spent a lot of years living as a human when he walked away from his home pack. Forced to live as a straight man, because of the Epitaph’s club culture, he walks away from Marly after checking the man is safe. But no wolf, not even an Alpha, can refuse the mating call from the Fates. But with his club President looking over his shoulder, and a woman panting after him to share his bed, Trent isn’t sure it will ever be the right time to claim his own Omega.

Fights, misunderstandings and a lack of communication aren’t the only problems Trent and Marly face. Trent has a history that has clouded his judgment and when Marly gets attacked again, Trent realizes he could lose
his mate permanently, if he doesn’t get his head out of the sand.

Warning: Contains one hot biker, a beautiful twink with a sassy mouth, and a ton of misunderstandings. Graphic m/m sex, violence and strong language.

REVIEW:

Bikers and shifters! Yup. That will work.

I read and reviewed Lisa Oliver’s Bound and Bonded series recently and enjoyed them, so I thought I’d pick this one up. Then I made the mistake of reading a couple of reviews on Goodreads (I know! Don’t yell at me!) and was a little nervous. I’m not sure what book those folks read, cause it wasn’t this one! I liked this book!

Trent is a big bad-ass biker dude, and a wolf shifter. He’s been around the block a time or three, been with women and men, had a pack and left it, and has been part of a human biker gang, the Epitaph’s, for the last ten years. He’s hid his wolf nature from everyone, as well as his attraction to men. He’s worked his way up to Sargent of Arms, making a name for himself in the underground gun trading industry. In Orland Florida of all places (Yup, a bit of belief suspension there.). He’s also fucked his way through the women in the gang as well, except for the head bitch Stephanie (A name I detest due to a purely personal issue that actually made this even better). One evening a couple of idiots in the Epitaph’s show up bragging about beating up some gay men. I refuse to use the word they used, it starts with an F, I imagine you can figure out what it was. So Trent doesn’t really like this, and gets in their faces to yell, when he smells the scent of his mate on one of them. They have beaten the crap out of his unknown mate. Off Trent goes to find this man.

Trent tracks his mate to his apartment, knocks on his door and finds the most beautiful, pissed off Omega shifter. Long blonde hair, nice little body, and one hell of a temper. This brings together our two main characters; Trent the Alpha asshole, and Marly the Omega. Marly is young as far as shifters go, he left his pack since they didn’t like him being gay or a male Omega, and has made a life for himself in the gay friendly Orlando. He has his own apartment, a great job, and a few friends. What he doesn’t have, or want, is a mate. But Trent has other plans, fucks him and bites him! Oops.

So that gets the two of them together. What we get from there is a good story. We learn that each has a history, with a bit of sadness in it, which explains their behavior. Trent hides Marly from his fellow biker dudes, continuing to put off the nasty Stephanie, and continuing to help the gang in their nefarious gun dealing. Marly gets more and more frustrated. There is a mingling of Trent’s two lives, that leads to some resolution for Marly, but even then Trent is an asshole to him! They have some quite hot sex, with a little switch up in their roles that I really liked.

Basically I liked this book. Yes, Trent is an asshole, as is Clive, the leader of the gang. But both men actually do have a bit of a redemption. Yes, they still deal in guns, but not drugs or prostitutes as Trent is very clear to tell Marly. They have had a history of homophobia that was pretty bad, but do have their come to Jesus moment and stop that within their gang. I liked Clive’s backstory as well, I hope we see him again. He may be an asshole now, but I could see why, and we do get to see him change.

What I wasn’t sure about was the name Marly! I just can’t help but see a big yellow dog when I see that name… My issue though, not the authors. This book also needs a bit of editing, there were some missing words, and mixed up words. I had the same issue with the other books I read from Lisa Oliver. Good books but they really need one more round of editing. She also makes the mistake that I’ve seen other British authors make when writing books set in America, using non-American words or phrases. There were enough in here for me to notice. All of these issues didn’t distract me from the story, but I did notice them, and my rating reflects that. So the plot worked for me, the characters were good, the sex was good, the emotional connection between Trent and Marly was fated and fast, but that was ok with me as well.

Overall an enjoyable book!

RATING:

BUY LINKS:

Amazon

ARe