Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: The Omega’s Missing Mate
AUTHOR: Penelope Peters
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 265 pages
RELEASE DATE: August 25, 2020
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Eric Calhoun was just looking for a date.
Eric Calhoun defies all omega stereotypes – most of the time. He’s adventurous, determined, independent… and desperate for a date that will actually go somewhere. When he meets Rashad Abboud, he immediately falls for Rashad’s dark good looks and sweet, considerate behavior. It’s obvious that Rashad likes Eric just as much – at least, if their short and probably ill-advised liaison in the back alley is any indication.
But fast forward one month – and Rashad’s not only ghosted Eric, but he’s left him a souvenir. Newly pregnant and determined to the right thing, Eric gives Rashad one more chance – only to discover that Rashad hasn’t just stopped returning his texts. He’s disappeared.
And after Eric asks the right questions in the wrong places – he’s about to disappear, too.
Rashad Abboud was just looking for answers.
Rashad Abboud isn’t the macho, unattached alpha he might seem. And he definitely didn’t mean to ghost Eric. He only wanted to follow the latest lead on his missing mother, who fled the country after her husband’s death when Rashad was just a toddler. Rashad’s questions clearly have caught someone’s attention, though: one minute he’s walking down a D.C. street, and the next he’s waking up on the other side of the world.
Maybe for some people, finding his family would be a dream come true: but for Rashad, the combination of family politics and leaving Eric behind is a personal nightmare! And just when he’s convinced the only way out is to accept it – he finds the surprise of a lifetime waiting for him in the next bedroom over…
Neither of them were looking for an international adventure.
Eric never wanted an adventure quite this big – and Rashad never wanted to find family this cloying. There’s no reason in the world why they should trust each other – but it might just be the only way they’ll ever make it home.
The Omega’s Missing Mate is a stand-alone m/m mpreg romance with an HEA ending. It features over-the-top bedrooms, the slowest car chase ever, and family members who really need to learn the definition of “boundaries”.
REVIEW:
I thought this was a cute story. I loved Eric and Rashad and Eric’s twin, Jane and her bondmate, Lucy. These guys made this story. But it was Rashad’s mother’s family that pretty much ruined this story for me. I don’t want to give away details or spoilers, but it’s just like rich people or royalty who think they can do anything to anybody without care for anyone else or how they feel.
Eric, by push of his sister, found a dating app to try to find his bondmate. Since she was happy with hers and pregnant, she felt it was his turn. But he was tired of never being good enough. But when he met Rashad, the moment they touched hands, they both pretty much knew this was it for them. And it led to a passionate night in an alleyway. And just before their second date, Rashad disappears. Well, Jane and Lucy were not accepting of this, especially when they found out Eric was pregnant. And they were all going to find out what was going on. Well, Eric found out alright, when he ends up kidnapped and in the same place as Rashad. And finally the truth is out. But it’s a shock and a half and even though some things may be appealing, all they want to do is go back to their home and be themselves. But they know to get out of this situation, they are going to have to make a run for it. The question is, will they be able to figure out a way to go home, or are they going to be stuck for life?
I honestly loved Eric and Rashad. And I was so pissed for them that they didn’t have a chance to bond the way they wanted and needed to. Everything was taken away from them. I don’t want to give things away, but things were bad. They were forced to do things they didn’t want to. Well they wanted to but in their way. They just wanted to be left alone. But unfortunately, interfering people wouldn’t let them be. And I was so hurt for them. Especially Eric. At least Rashad had a remote inkling of what was going on, but Eric was flying blind and being pushed into things. And then being made to feel he wasn’t enough because he was a line cook. Something he loved to be. If things would have just been left to them, things would have been much better off.
For Eric and Rashad, their lives would have and eventually ended up the way they wanted. But they had to go through it to get to where they needed to be. I loved Eric’s family, and Rashad’s from the States but beyond that, the rest ruined it. You’ll see what I mean.
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