Settling the Alphas

Desert Homesteaders, Book 1

By: Susi Hawke

Narrated by: Drew Bacca

Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's Summary

Fall in love with a quirky mixed-shifter pack who live off the grid and always have each other’s backs.

By-the-book correctional officer Niles Ford has been resisting his fated mate Kyle Jones. After all, how could two alphas ever make sense? Even a sunshine boy like Kyle couldn’t fill Niles’ need for an heir...although the silly quokka shifter does know how to make him smile. The fact that his inner puma is yowling for Niles to claim their mate isn’t helping matters.

They’re both dancing around each other, when a random omega prisoner turns out to be the piece they’ve been missing - the last part of the puzzle that will make them whole. Before Kyle and Niles can claim Major Lawrence P. Woodlawn and begin their happy ever after, they find themselves on the run from a gaggle of goose shifters who have decided that Larry belongs to them.

Join the trio as they hit the road in a life-size Barbie-mobile to claim Niles’ new position as pack alpha for a small pack in Arizona, along with an intrepid pair of senior citizens who should never be taken seriously. The only problem is, before they can get to their homestead and meet the pack, the five of them must first escape the clutches of those danged geese who just won’t give up.

This m/m/m romantic comedy is the first in a new adventure series. This world contains mpreg, but won’t have a birth in every book due to the short timelines. Be prepared for side-splitting laughs, shifter-on-shifter violence, a group of people who know that family always comes first, and all the feels you’d expect from a Susi Hawke original.

©2020 Susi Hawke (P)2020 Susi Hawke

Bleh

I found this hard and cgringeworthy... I just couldn't get in to the story. Alphas were not even what alphas should be. Omegas seemed more alpha. And one alpha some sort of rodent. the narration was the only good thing.. sorry not sorry

My favorite writer and narrator

As per usual susi does it again with a fun and sexy story! Drew brings out the characters and make things easier to visualize in my head. Thank you for the laughs, emotions and sexy times lol

New series with potential

This looks like a promising new series though I thought this book was too short for how much was going on. You have newly-found mates, kidnappers to deal with, a new pack to settle into, plus a bunch of new people to meet. I'm looking forward to meeting each of the new pack in future stories as well as all the seeing what kind of shenanigans they get up to.

Drew has done a great job of bringing everyone to life and I really love the Aussie accent. I look forward to more.

Awesome

This was an awesome new book ! I loved this new M/M/M series so far. These three were funny enough but add in the elder 2 it was a hoot! Loved the narrator! I really hope there will be more of this series in the future. Very awesome job!!

A great start!

This fast paced, short story really packs a punch. I liked Niles, Larry, and Kyle together, but I wished for more of them. The characters were entertaining and fun.

I’m excited for the rest of the books in this series.

Drew Bacca did a wonderful job. His accents were done well and the characters expressive personalities were portrayed nicely.

Sweet, Sassy, and Hella Funny

Niles, Kyle, and Larry are starting mated life on the run, to a new start. With two sassy elders along for the ride comedy is dead ahead. I loved the book but loved the audio more.
Drew Bacca brought the sass and the laughs with the voices he portrays in this audio.

Great start!

This was a really good start to a new series! It was short and sweet though I wish there had been more I enjoyed it a lot! I can’t wait for more stories to come out and to see more of these amazing characters! I love this author so much and Susi Hawke does not disappoint at all! I was taken from the moment I started this story and didn’t want to stop listening from the moment it started. Niles, Kyle, and Larry where the perfect guys to start this series off and I adore each of them. I definitely want more of this pack!

Sweet and fun listen!!

Oh my gosh!! I need to start with Drew Bacca’s AMAZING Aussie accent. YOU NEED TO LISTEN just for that!!!!!!! Okay. That being said I loved this story. I didn’t read it because I wanted to wait for the audio. This is a great start to a new Susi Hawke series and I am so here for it. It’s fun and sweet. I love the characters and getting to know their struggles and how they get to where they are and coming together. The characters are so different and have these BIG personalities that make them so real. You can easily picture them and feels like a movie more than an audiobook.

Love it!

Susi Hawke doesn't disappoint with this start of this new series. I love Larry, Niles and Kyle! They are so amazing together and I love this fun listen. Drew Bacca has done a fabulous job with this narration. He brings this story to life. I love his voices for each of the characters. Just make me love this story even more.

great start to a new series

A great start to a new series, Susi Hawke did not disappoint! This was a fast paced story. Loved the multi partner aspect to it. The narration was well done. Loved it!!

Unique story

This is a wonderful start to a new series. This series contains some unique shifters that you won’t necessarily find in other shifter stories, giving a truly unique reading experience. Drew Becca did an outstanding job with the narration! He is one of my go-to narrators and this performance is exactly why! Truly a unique, and entertaining listen!

Great

I really enjoyed this quick listen.
It was a very entertaining story.
I can’t wait to listen to more of this series.

Adorable, cute, and love it!

So, we have two Alphas that haven't admitted to the other they are mates. Then they encounter their omega in the ER after he was suspected of being drunk. While Niles and Kyle work to take Larry to safety with the help of one of Kyle's outrageous patient, they discover why Larry was in the shape he was in. As they travel towards the new land and pack that needs Niles as their Alpha, the ones that want Larry back continue to attack.

The narrator does an incredible job of bringing everyone to life with unique voices. Thoroughly enjoyable and will cause you to chuckle at times or fan yourself.

Nice

Another winner from Susi Hawke and brilliant narration by Drew Bacca.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Great Addition To Shifterverse

This is a short book serving as an introduction to a new shifter world to the author. We meet the first couple (throuple?) and get the awesome treat of an alpha quokka in the mix! Watch out for the secret stars, a duo of fabulous peacock shifters who really elevate the whole performance to the next level. Another masterful performance from Drew Bacca.

Wonderful new series

This is another great new series from Susi Hawke.
Full of her usual slapstick humor, great adventures,
and delightful shifters.
Drew Bacca is simply amazing at conveying the wealth of emotions Susi Hawke creates for her characters.

The start of a new series!!!

I know that when I am looking for a book that I am sure, I am going to love, I simply need to read and re-read any of Ms Hawke's books. So when I found this book 1 in her new series, I couldn't stop myself and read it almost immediately. It featured a whole new world of amazing characters, wild adventures and a MMM romance. The plot is hilarious and sweet, with a little bit of conflict and action, and the appearance of some different types of shifters like a cute quokka alpha or evil gooses. With a book this amazing, you could ask what can be done to make it even better and the answer is simply the wonderful voice and neat performance of Mr Bacca. What a combination! Loved It!

Great summer laughs

I'm guessing there are some great outtakes from Drew Bacca's performance of this book. There are some good laughs here and his performance perfectly captures the craziness and makes it real. It is a short set up for the series, so the action moves along at a rollicking pace with a pair of great senior citizens, quokka and geese shifters who seem perfectly in character and a nice, budding romance. A listen for a hot, summer afternoon with a cool glass of lemonade.

Fast paced and enthralling

I really found this audio to be enjoyable and delightful. As quick as the story progressed, I did enjoy the action packed scenes. I also found the shifters to be unique this time around and fun. Bacca has made a delightful impact on this story line and his narration shines.

Fantastic start to the series!

This was a short audiobook, almost 3 hours long, fast-paced, action-packed and really fun! Dotty and Sandy were a hoot and our three MCs were really well suited to one another. Niles was the serious Alpha, Kyle was the easygoing Alpha, and Matthew, the Omega pursued by a gaggle of crazy geese-shifters, who is the third in their triad.

Drew Bacca did an awesome job with all the accents, which I already knew from listening to him narrate the Hollydale Omegas series, but doing a book like this, with so much dialogue and not feel like you don't know who's speaking, takes series talent.

This was a great start to the series and I'm already looking forward to more. Super recommendable!