Alpha's Midlife Baby: The Fated Over Forty Prequel

Shifter Nation: Fated Over Forty

By: Meg Ripley

Narrated by: D.C. Cole

Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

I’m fated to the Alpha, but I can’t give him the one thing he needs:
An heir.

They say life begins at 40....

But when infertility led to my divorce, it seemed more like the end.

When I’d rather be at home in my sweats binging '80s movies, my dad begs me to go to Carlton with him for moral support as he presents my much younger sister to their unmated Alpha.

We end up barging into his clan meeting—completely awkward, to say the least.

But not as awkward as when I realize he’s my fated mate.

When he tells me his bear knows we’re destined to be together,w e can’t help but give in to the fire between us.

But he deserves to know the truth: I can never give him an heir, so it will never work.

Until, weeks later, I see the impossible: A pregnancy test with two lines.

Alpha’s Midlife Baby is the prequel novella to the Fated Over Forty series. Steamy shifter love scenes and an HEA inside! No cheating or cliffhanger in this standalone romance. Listeners 18+.

©2022 Meg Ripley (P)2023 Meg Ripley

Humor, Sadness… Bringing the Feels

Humor, Sadness… Bringing the Feels

This book made me laugh and tear up. I love a romance that provides all the feels. From the beginning, I found the relationship between the 43-year-old hero and his parents so amusing. We are never not our parents' children, no matter how old we get! His mother lovingly interferes, trying to get her workaholic alpha-head-of-the-pack son’s love life in gear. But the young woman she's chosen, even to the reader, is just so wrong for her son. Their age gap makes it so they have little in common, and while he's very serious, she's definitely a party girl. However, along with this young woman comes her older sister. The older sister and the hero have an instant attraction and chemistry. As this is a shifter romance, it is very soon apparent that they are fated mates. (Don’t you ever wish that something like that happened in real life?) They are so sweet together and have so much chemistry that it leaps off the page. Yet, she has something in her history that keeps her from being the ideal mate for an alpha, so they agree to part because of duty. That's where the tears come in, seeing them struggle without each other. I liked how this featured a couple who is in midlife and has a good sense of who they are and of expectations. They are so cute together, and things do get steamy as well. Things resolve well, as they do in romance, but I'll let you read the details, but again, their love story was so very sweet to watch unfold. Highly recommended.

Outstanding

This book is so outstanding with all that is happening within the pages. The narrator brings the story to life. Carrie is such a likable, upbeat woman who grabs you from the first and doesn’t let you go. Pax has some issues but when you get to know him deep down he is so much more than you expect. This story will keep your interest with all the danger, drama, intrigue, and passion throughout.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Amazing

I thought this was such an amazing story. Who knew life after 40 could bring such happiness and love.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Sweet

This is a sweet prequel to Fated Over Forty series. It is well written and gives depth to the characters. Brandy and Chris have a few ups and downs getting to their HEA. It overall was a beautiful story and start to this series. I enjoyed the narration and how it brought this story further to life. The narrator had distinct voices and made for an enjoyable listen.

Enthralling!!

This paranormal romance is page-turning with exceptional characters and world-building. Their journey is enthralling with the alpha's midlife baby after 40, an explicit mature romance that is engulfed by lust, desire, steamy passion, and fiery spice with all the feelings, shifter romance- bear shifters, an unexpected pregnancy, heartfelt emotions, drama, adventure, action, and more. I recommend listening to this book by an extraordinary author who knows how to captivate her reader's hearts and attention with the alpha's midlife baby and an explicit romance that will have readers begging for more.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Alpha's Midlife Baby, great story

The prequel to the Shifter Nation: Fated Over Forty series. Both Brandy and Alpha Chris, are bear shifters and in their midlife. The story is well written with a very good storyline that I enjoyed listening to. The narrator D.C. Cole has a very good voice that I could listen to again.

Chris

There is nothing so tiresome as a mama playing matchmaker to her grown child (ie: adult). Even worse, when the match is with the wrong sister. Chris is drawn to the older divorced sister Brandy.
As Alpha Chris must carry on the blood lines. Is that possible with Brandy? It is well written, and entertaining. The narration was well done.

I received a free copy of this audiobook, and am voluntarily leaving my review.

I Enjoyed It

I enjoyed this story, I like books where the characters are more mature, and where they have lived and experienced more. I loved Brandy and really felt for her, it was so easy to understand where she was coming from, and she so deserved to find happiness.

I loved the connection she and Chris formed, how they knew they were fated mates, but Brandy tried to resist it because she believes she can not give him a child. Fortunately, fate works in mysterious ways because when Brandy and Chris do mate she becomes pregnant with his child.

The story is both moving and enjoyable, made all the more so by the narration by D.C. Cole who does such a good job bringing the characters to life.

Really enjoyed

Fated mate stories are my favorite. The shifter men are sexy and protective and considerate of their mates ( in most stories). The women are strong and intelligent. This one had a couple in their forties finding their one true mate. Even though the woman couldn't have children with her previous husband, it took a fated mate to change that for her. He wanted her nomatter if she could have children or not. The characters were wonderful including the step mother whoes not evil but annoying. The narrator did a really good job reading story and portraying the characters. Her voice was smooth and not difficult to listen to. I enjoyed this audio book.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

A quick fun listen

Definitely enjoyed reading books with older characters. Brandy has a younger sister that her father and step mother want to marry off. In comes Chris who is Alpha of a local tribe. Chris is being encouraged to finally find a wife. Everyone figures Chris would form a connection with Brandy’s younger sister, but it’s Brandy who catches his eye. Their connection was hot and I was here for it.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.