Seal of Love (An MPREG Romance)

SEALed With a Kiss, Book 3

De: Aiden Bates

Narrado por: Austin Jay

An embedded omega journalist. A hardened alpha SEAL. Best friends on opposite sides of a line that can’t be crossed....

Journalist Colin Church has been through a lot. Through it all, he’s been able to rely on his best friend, Ed. Ed is the single most reliable person Colin has ever known - he’s also been in love with Ed since he knew what love was.

SEAL sniper Ed Adami has a great bunch of guys around him, a good Navy career, and a best friend in Colin he can always rely on - who he’s been in love with that since grade school. But he knows Colin doesn’t want a husband and kids, so he’s kept his attraction a secret.

When Colin gets assigned to Ed’s unit as an embedded reporter, what could have been a dream assignment turns sour when a face from the past brings trouble.

Will Ed and Colin finally air their hidden desires for one another?

In this 80,000-word omegaverse/gay paranormal romance, descriptive scenes of alpha/omega passion makes Seal of Love a story for adults only.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Decent Series

So this is book 3 of this series and I do actually like it and cannot wait to purchase book 4 once I am done with this one.

My biggest issue with this series is the redundancy of the storyline. I freaking love male/male Alpha and Omega stories. However, whenever there is a series featuring these pairings, I would prefer a little divergence. Yes. The theme is normally big strong Alpha falls for the smaller supposedly weaker Omega. But each of these stories in this series are the same. Not that they are bad stories. I enjoy reading stories written by Bates. I don't love all the angst they normally contain but the stories are for the most part well written. I just wish that the Alpha characters in this particular series were not so over the top aggressive jerks.

I am thoroughly enjoying the overreaching plot that started in book 1. I cannot wait to see how it is resolved.

The narrator which has been the narrator from throughout this series is pretty good and although the voices are not different you can distinguish which character is speaking.

All in all good series so far.

Political intrigue and romance

I enjoyed this story of political intrigue, SEALS in the Middle East for the most part, with a journalist embedded among them. Colin and Ed were childhood friends who had always felt more for each other but as adults just couldn't seem to get past the alpha/omega dynamics, and being thrown together in the Middle East forces the issue. I liked all of the alpha posturing and action, and would definitely consider exploring more of the stories in this series.

Friends to Lovers

Ed and Colin have been best friends for years and are now thrown together when Colin, a journalist, is given an assignment to infiltrate the SEALs team that Ed is a part of. Overall it was a good story but I felt like Colin also needed to deal with his issues and compromise a bit. It seemed like everything was against ED and he was the only one that needed to completely adjust his attitude and way of being. Just a bit one sided in my opinion. I will, however, keep listening to the series. I voluntarily reviewed a gifted copy of this audio book.

Good listening

I enjoyed listening to this story maybe too much... It was a great book to listen to while I worked

Love this Series

I received an ARC of this audio for my honest review. I really enjoyed reading this series and getting the chance to listen to this one was even better. Austin does a great job at narrating the story. I loved Trent and Mal's story and baby makes 3.

It was good.

I was really hoping to like this more than I did but that being said it wasn't bad either. I had a few issues with the storyline that I never could seem to get past. Ed is by far a total Alpha jerk and if it hadn't of been almost two thirds of the book that he acted that way I may have liked it more. I loved that Colin didn't put with his crap though even if he did forgive him a little too easily for my taste. Overall the story was good I just never really felt the love between the MCs which was first for me. The narration was okay, could have more distinction between the voices as I found myself often wondering who was "speaking".

WOW!!!

I really enjoyed listening to this fast paced, action packed, grab-you-by-the-feels, emotionally charged, adrenaline soaked, amazing, smoldering, nail biting, keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat, fantastic, and totally awesome twist on your usual shifter, and friends-to-lovers storyline. I must admit to being severely tempted to smack some sense into certain characters, but it all worked out in the end. Austin Jay really brought the story to life, and I would DEFINITELY recommend getting this for yourself.

A little one sided

Honestly not my favorite of the series. I found it a bit repetitive with Ed's issues while completely ignoring Colin's issues. I feel like they were brought up but there was no resolution and maybe if he had explained a bit of his past we could all understand him a little better. Narration was ok but overall I was dissatisfied.

Great story!

Not your typical Alpha-Omega mpreg. An Omega who doesnt want kids, but is in love with an Alpha who does. Throw them together in a foreign country dodging bullets, terrorists and a baby and it makes a exciting ride!

Pretty good!

This is the first book I listened to from this series so I wasn’t sure what to expect, what caught my attention is that it’s best friends to lovers story who also happens to be an alpha and an omega.

I’m not much of an omegaverse or an mpreg romance reader, but this one really impressed me. The fact that Colin isn’t the typical omega that’s usually portrayed is what endeared him to me. He fights the societal and traditional stereotype for what’s expected of an omega. He proved himself that his genes won’t hold him back from being the best in his field. He’s even unapologetic about owning his strong aversion for having kids.
Then, we have Ed. Ed who despite loving his best friend, was stuck in the 1880s with his mindset. He is probably the most frustrating character in this story. I didn’t like him. With his mess ups, he surely didn’t deserve Colin. 😒

And why are the alphas, at least the team, the biggest jerks? They could all model for issues of toxic masculinity.

With all these being said, I was quite invested in the story. I wanted the HEA, it’s romance after all. And I like how Ed’s issues got addressed and the process of working through it. It’s relevant and realistic. I also liked that the various conflict resolution weren’t all tied in a big pretty hurried bow.

I’m going to back track to the previous books now, seems like Mal’s story is pretty interesting too.

Austin Jay’s narration is decent, I finished an 8-hour book, after all. I wish he’d develop more range of character voices, to make each character more distinct, specially if they’re the major characters. 😊

**thanks to GRR for the opportunity to listen and review**