Alpha

By: Jasinda Wilder

Narrated by: Summer Roberts, Tyler Donne

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Winner, Erotica, 2015

The first time it happened, it seemed like an impossible miracle. Bills were piling up, adding up to more money than I could ever make. Mom's hospital bills. My baby brother's tuition. My tuition. Rent. Electricity. All of it on my shoulders. And I had just lost my job. There was no hope, no money in my account, no work to be found. And then, just when I thought all hope was lost, I found an envelope in the mail. No return address. My name on the front, my address. Inside was a check, made out to me, in the amount of 10 thousand dollars. Enough to pay the bills and leave me some left over to live on until I found a job. Enough to let me focus on classes. There was no name on the check, just "VRI Inc.", and a post office box address for somewhere in the city. No hint of identity or reason for the check or anything. No mention of repayment, interest, nothing...except a single word, on the notes line: "You". Just those three letters.

If you received a mysterious check, for enough money to erase all your worries, would you cash it?

I did.

The next month, I received another check, again from VRI Incorporated. It too contained a single word: "belong."

A third check, the next month. This time, two words. Four letters. "To me."

The checks kept coming. The notes stopped. Ten thousand dollars, every month. A girl gets used to that, real quick. It let me pay the bills without going into debt. Let me keep my baby brother in school and Mom's hospice care paid for. How do you turn down what seems like free money, when you're desperate? You don't. I didn't.

And then, after a year, there was a knock on my door. A sleek black limousine sat on the curb in front of my house. A driver stood in front of me, and he spoke six words: "It's time to pay your debt."

Would you have gotten in?

I did.

It turns out $120,000 doesn't come free.

©2014 Jasinda Wilder (P)2014 Jasinda Wilder

very descriptive

It gets the blood flowing and your imagine flowing too, if you catch my drift lol

Enjoyed

This was a good read. No complaints here. I hope Beta and Omega is gripping too.

Just OK

The sex was way hot, but the actual story was just a way to get from one sex scene to the other.

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would, but I would only recommend it because it could tell the author was trying to head somewhere good with this novel, only it did not quite make it there.

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite character was probably her best friend, only because she was always brutally honest with her and always had her back.

Which scene was your favorite?

I don't think I have a favorite scene in this book, sadly

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not particularly

Any additional comments?

3.5 ***
I was not to crazy about this one
The way it started out, I just could not get into. I mean the blurb definitely pulls you in, but once the story gets going.....I mean, I just couldn't.
I expected more from the story just from reading the synopsis.
That being said, I believe the book was very well written, it had some good aspects to it, but there were more cons for me then there were pros. This is my first book by this author, and I like to keep an open mind so I will continue to see what else she has out there.

Would I recommend this book: Yes
Would I re-read this book: Probably Not
Would I read more from this author: Hopefully

Interesting story

I was very interested in the story was eager to begin listening to this book. It took me awhile to get into the story and I struggled to finish it but it was not that bad. I had a hard time with the characters and even struggled with how they interacted. All in all it was a okay read.

so fckn hot

this has to be the best smoking hot book I've listened to so far. it is bad 🥵

WOWEEE.... ALL I CAN SAY IS WHAT A LUCKY B*TCH

I really can't give this any less than 5 stars because it captured me right from the start and kept me transfixed on the sensual and mysterious journey that Kyrie found herself on when she accepted a mysterious stranger's money until it totalled $120,000 and she was finally taken to meet HIM (oh I'm swooning, drooling and fanning myself).

This was very erotic, raw, sensual, romantic with a sense of mystery as Kyrie's rich benefactor isn't instantly revealed and we're left guessing for a time just who he is and what he looks like while he slowly seduces Kyrie with words, caresses and touches that become very sensual. Then he introduces himself to her and to a world full of excess.... in and out of the bedroom and the two lovers crave each other. However, the big devastating secret is revealed which is understandably heartbreaking for Kyrie but who wouldn't melt after 'that' letter.

Worth a credit? It's an enjoyable, very sexy, implausible, fantasy romance at it's best so, if you're in the mood for one of those listens, then this is very very creditworthy and I don't care who Beta (the next book) will be about because it'll be an auto download for me.

Very hot and steamy

If you could sum up Alpha in three words, what would they be?

I want more

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Neither one of those but it did effect other senses

Any additional comments?

Definitley a must listen to, especially with your partner

Great Listen!

What did you love best about Alpha?

I truly enjoyed all of the book. I enjoyed the mysterious way Roth revealed himself from the beginning to the end.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Alpha?

the way her fathers death was revealed

What about Summer Roberts and Tyler Donne ’s performance did you like?

Summer did a great job and of course Tylers voice was sexy

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The same as the title of the book

Any additional comments?

I have bought the next book but unfortunatey I'm hesitant to listen to it because the author isn't considering to write the final book to the trilogy. I love a cliff hanger if there is a great ending to the trilogy but if there isn't a good ending I'll hold off on the second book to let this book be the propper ending to the story.

it was just not my thing

I listened to the whole thing, and just decided at the end that I didn't really like it. If you're into the 50 shades thing, then you would like this book.