Can this pack help heal her heart, or is she doomed to forever be ruined by Alphas? ➱ Ruined Beta: A Sweet Omegaverse Romance by Romy Lockhart Book Tour with Guest Post and giveaway
Can this pack help heal her heart, or is she doomed to forever be ruined by Alphas?
Ruined Beta
A Sweet Omegaverse Romance Book 5
by Romy Lockhart
Genre: Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance
Leanne Leto spent most of her life running from the truth. Now that
her biggest secret is out in the open, she vows to get over her
bone-deep fear of Alphas to make a fresh start in Cressidan
City.
Admitting what she truly wants out of her life, she
starts the career she’s always craved. The only trouble is, she’s
forced to work closely with Alphas who know every detail about her
past.
Falling for the men she works with isn’t part of
her plan, but she’s not sure she has the strength to resist their
allure. Can this pack help heal her heart, or is she doomed to
forever be ruined by Alphas?
Ruined Beta is a
standalone sweet omegaverse romance with adult characters, serious
steam, and an HEA.
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I get to my feet, not sure if I want to
step into the Alpha-filled office or make a dash for the exit. I’ve already
allowed Echo’s pretty face and sexy voice to fluster me. He’s definitely not
the kind of guy I’ve ever gone for, and it makes me wonder what I’ve been
missing out on.
He smells good, too, and it takes me a
second to realize that’s because he’s an Omega.
It’s his perfume I’m smelling; the natural
scent that attracts his mates and plays havoc with everyone else. I can’t quite
identify the scent, but it’s making my mouth water and my body warm up.
Oh, wow. I
had no idea Omegas could be so compelling.
And I thought Alphas were the dangerous
ones.
I seriously need to be careful around this
guy.
He opens the door wide for me, and I nod at
him before I step into the office.
“This is E.A.,” Echo introduces, gesturing
to the man behind the desk.
He gives the thinnest sliver of a smile.
His skin is paler than Echo’s and his eyes and hair are so dark they look
black. His cheekbones are sharp enough to cut glass. He looks like he could be
a vampire, in the kind of movie where they actually kill people.
“And that shadow in the corner is Spencer.”
“Hi,” I murmur as I glance from the vampire
to the other Alpha.
This guy seems more casual and less
imposing, even if he’s more muscular and he can’t seem to stop frowning. From
his clothes, and his stature, he could have just walked off the set of an
action movie. The first scene, before his white shirt starts to get messed up
by the plot. He’s blond and tanned and he probably has perfect teeth. I’m not
sure I’ll get to find out about that last thing, though. He doesn’t look like
he’s in the mood to smile.
“I’ll let you all get acquainted,” Echo
murmurs before he backs out of the room.
He closes the door, and I swallow.
I’m alone with two Alphas.
I fight the urge to shiver as I look back
at E.A. Shultz.
He has a compelling stare, and an energy
I’m drawn to without understanding why.
Vampires aren’t real, Leanne.
Maybe that popcorn was bad.
Or the side effects of my pain pills are
kicking in.
Something’s not right here.
I’m standing in front of two Alphas in an
enclosed space, and instead of feeling nervous about what they might do, I’m
thinking there are all kinds of things I’d like them to do.
It’s nerves making you feel weird,
that’s all.
Pull yourself together!
Neither of these guys want to fuck you
or kill you.
I’m a dull, boring Beta, and all I’m here
for is a job opportunity.
The self-talk helps, but neither of them
seem to want to start the interview.
E.A. stares at me for a long moment before
he stands up and gestures to the chair opposite him.
“Please. Sit.”
“Don’t get too comfortable,” Spencer adds.
The tension in the room isn’t all on me,
then.
For some reason, the action movie hero
isn’t pleased.
I sit down, and E.A. does the same before
he glances over at Spencer.
“Sit down or leave.”
He doesn’t sound like he particularly cares
which option Spencer picks.
Right now, I’d prefer it if he decided to
leave.
He frowns harder before he tugs the chair
next to E.A.’s off to the side of the desk and sits down.
“Don’t mind my partner,” E.A. tells me. “He
thinks I’m being a prick, but he doesn’t know I had no intention of being
dishonest with you about this job.”
Oh my God. Does everyone in this city
think I’m an asset because I was Frank Palmer’s last victim?
I sink back in the seat. “Don’t tell me.
You only want to hire me because of what happened to me?”
“I told you this was messed up,” Spencer
growls at his partner.
E.A. gives me a cold smile. “I’m going to
make you an offer, and I think you’ll want to take it.”
“What’s the offer?” I ask, ready to get up
and leave.
“Help us bring down the biggest human
trafficker in the country,” he starts. “I know your sister and her
friends are working to make the Omega academies safer, but until we can stop
the traffickers, every Omega is at risk no matter where they are or how safe
they seem.”
The blood drains from my face. He knows
about Secret, and he’s using her status as an Omega to threaten me. It doesn’t
matter if he’s asking me to help with something that sounds worthwhile. He’s
also making it clear he knows what will hurt me if I don’t say yes.
“You’ll stay the fuck away from my sister,”
I snap back at him, pushing the chair back as I get to my feet. “Or I’ll make
sure you go out the same way Frank Palmer did.”
I march out of there, so angry I could hit
something.
Or someone.
I step out onto the street, and I see the blue-haired guy from yesterday
morning coming toward me, with a baseball cap in his hand. He looks up, and I
smack him in the stomach with my purse.
“That’s for tailing me! Asshole!” I storm
away without looking back.
I’m so done with this fucking job hunt.
What inspired you to write this book?
I stumbled upon the omegaverse subgenre a few years back, and
I was really intrigued by the thought of writing something that was basically
shifter romance minus the transformation into animal forms. Since I was already
writing reverse harem shifter romance, I liked the thought of creating another
world with a few differences to what I was used to.
I spent some time doing this, coming up with my Sweet
Omegaverse series of standalones which contain interconnecting characters
and plot points. The romances in this series are sweet and spicy, and the plots
are twisty with some dark elements.
Ruined Beta is the story of Leanne Leto, who was
introduced in Secret Omega. Leanne has been through a lot and has slowly
been working to turn her life around. She wants to be a good mother and find
some purpose in her life, but she doesn’t expect to meet her fated mates when
she moves to the city to be closer to her daughter.
Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in Ruined
Beta?
Leanne is the female lead. She’s a Beta in her thirties, and
the last thing she expects is to find out she has a pack of true mates, but
that’s what happens when she interviews for a job at a detective agency in the
city.
E.A. is an Alpha in his mid-forties who has become obsessed
with taking down the man who killed his mother. While at times he seems cold
and calculating, he cares for his pack deeply.
Spencer is the other detective in the agency. He’s an Alpha
with a clear moral compass so he often finds himself at odds with E.A.’s
methods.
Echo is E.A. and Spencer’s Omega true mate and their
assistant/receptionist. He’s sensitive and sweet, and he’s used to being a
peacemaker.
Toshi is the agency’s computer expert. As a Beta, he’s used
to being an outsider, but Leanne’s arrival changes everything for him.
What can we expect from you in the future?
Well, the next book in the Sweet Omegaverse series is Wanted
Beta, which is the story of Secret’s best friend from Secret Omega.
Beth Moore also makes an interesting appearance in Ruined Beta and her
story starts right after the events that take place in this novel. This book is
coming out at the end of March.
At the end of January, I have a new release set in the same
world that’s got a little bit of a different twist. Switched tells the
story of a quiet Omega who switches lives for a week with her wild twin sister
and finds her true mates while she’s pretending to be someone else.
Then, the next book in my Hybrid Shifter series is
coming out in the middle of February. Omega Rescued tells the story of
Ophelia, an Omega wolf shifter who was introduced in Moon Cursed. Her
pack promise to help her free her mates from the man who has them captive, but
first they’ll have to find out where they’re being held, and she’ll have to
work out her feelings for the mute Beta she’s been attracted to ever since she
was rescued.
Anything specific you want to tell your readers?
Although the series is a sweet omegaverse, the sweetness
in this context relates to the feel of the romances in these stories. The
novels do get steamy once the characters meet and start to connect, and the
books are all high heat by the end! The male characters also have intimate
relationships with each other in most of these books (the only exception being Lost
Omega), as well as with the female main character. There are some dark
issues touched on in all of these books with the plots revolving around abuses
of power from the antagonists.
What formats can readers find your books in?
All my books are available on eBook on Amazon, and all the Hybrid
Shifters and Sweet Omegaverse books are available in Kindle
Unlimited, with paperbacks available now or coming soon. The first three Sweet
Omegaverse novels are also available in audiobook, with book four coming to
audible in February: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRJMZFHH
Romy Lockhart writes paranormal reverse harem and M/F contemporary romance. All of her books contain steamy scenes between consenting adults. All of her reverse harems have harem ever afters, and all of her romance novels have happy endings.
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I am looking forward to catching up in this series
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