Omega Mishaps

This night was supposed to be all about fireworks… not wedding bells.It was just supposed to be a New Year's Eve party, not an exchange of vows. What the hell even happened last night? Clearly, Corbin didn't anticipate going into the new year as a newlywed Omega.When Corbin wakes up in a strange room with no recollection of how he got there, the first thing he does is… you guessed it, he panics. Then he panics some more when he realizes he's not alone in the room. And to add insult to injury, he's wearing a diamond ring on his ring finger. That can't be good.All the while, the big, awkward Alpha, Gage, is trying to find any and every way of keeping Corbin. I'm sure that won't blow up in his face or anything.

One moment he was there, and the next he was gone.Declan lost his Omega at the New Year's Eve party, and though he tore through the crowded rooms searching for him, the mysterious man had vanished without a trace. The bigger problem? He's never actually met his Omega. Never even spoken to him, but that doesn't stop his Alpha instincts from spiraling out of control, sending him tumbling down a rabbit hole of depression and obsessive longing that threatens to consume him entirely.Weeks pass in a gray haze of searching and disappointment. Declan begins to wonder if he imagined the whole thing. If that intoxicating scent of Shirley Temple sweetness was just a cruel trick his mind played on him. That is, until Gage, Declan's best friend and eternal optimist, drags him out to a St. Patrick's Day party at the bar where Gage's cousin works.And something… fate, destiny, or maybe just dumb luck… must be looking out for Declan, because that's exactly where he picks up his Omega's scent again.Now, bring in Augustine, a wild, chaotic force of nature who refuses to be tied down by any Alpha, no matter how persistent. He wants to live his best life doing whatever the hell he wants, answering to no one. He won't settle for some overbearing Alpha trying to control him, and he sure as hell won't submit to anyone. Can Declan tame his wild Omega, or will Augustine keep running circles around him until Declan's dizzy? Does Declan even want to tame him, or will he learn that loving Augustine means embracing the beautiful chaos? Time will tell if Declan can be the Alpha Augustine needs, and if Augustine can be the Omega Declan deserves. Though, honestly, I'm more curious about who's actually going to end up submitting in this relationship, but that might just be me.

Smile, it's just a joke.Casper has perfected the art of laughing it off. Black eye? He walked into a door. Bruised ribs? Clumsy at work. Another Alpha who thought "pranks" meant he deserved to be put in his place? Well, that's just what happens when you're too much, too loud, too chaotic for your own good.He's the life of every party, the bartender everyone loves, the friend who's always got a smile… even when it's not real. He's the embodiment of fake it 'til you make it, the king of deflection, the Omega who turns pain into punchlines, but sometimes those aren't the best coping mechanisms.When Casper promises his best friend Augustine that he'll get help if things get worse, he doesn't actually think he'll need to. He's handled worse, right? He's survived this long. What's one more Alpha who can't take a joke?Then the crap hits the fan on April Fools' Day, because of course it does, and Casper finds himself at Saphe Haven, a shelter for battered Omegas, with another black eye and a restraining order he's terrified won't stick.Mikhail is a mountain of an Alpha who works security at Saphe Haven, has approximately zero tolerance for nonsense, and somehow sees straight through every deflection Casper throws at him. He's patient, observant, and completely unshakeable, which is extremely inconvenient when Casper's entire survival strategy is built on making people laugh before they can see him break.Casper's a perpetual trickster whose pranks and chaos drove his last Alpha to violence. Mikhail is the immovable object to Casper's unstoppable force. One of them is going to have to bend, but Casper's been bent and broken too many times before.Can an Alpha who refuses to let him hide behind jokes teach this wounded Omega that healing doesn't mean losing the parts of himself he loves most? Or will Casper's fear that he's "too much" become a self-fulfilling prophecy?Content Notes: This book deals with recovery from intimate partner violence, features a survivor's journey to healing, and includes discussions of past abuse (not between MCs). Casper's story is about finding safety, learning to trust again, and discovering that the right person will love your chaos, not punish you for it.