Struck: An MM Mpreg Romance

Team A.L.P.H.A. Series, Book 3

By: Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

Narrated by: Colin Darcy

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Team: A.L.P.H.A.: Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal - to save any omega in peril.

David Dempsey, the younger omega brother of Team ALPHA’s crazy twin duo, has gone missing after a camping trip with some human friends. He'd only planned to celebrate his upcoming college graduation - but somehow ended up taken captive by a sketchy group after catching them in a criminal act when he wandered too far away from his group.

Simon "Boomer" Chiarelli is a laid-back alpha with a love for things of an incendiary nature - but nothing has ever been as explosive as the connection he feels when he catches the scent of his mate. But why, of all the shifters on the planet, does his mate have to be related to the twins?

Can Team ALPHA stay united when tension breaks out among their own? Between dodging Zeke’s famous knife and Ezra’s penchant for hitting things - while still trying to connect with his new mate - Boomer’s life is about to blow-up in a whole new way.

This is the third book in our top-selling series, but can definitely be listened to as a stand-alone novel. You can expect to find naughty, knotty scenes of steamy passion, along with a lot of potty-mouth language and some violence. No humans were harmed in the writing of this book - unless they kinda deserved it. HEA definitely included, intended for 18+ listeners only. Seriously, would you expect anything less from Susi Hawke and Crista Crown?

©2018 Susi Hawke & Crista Crown (P)2019 Susi Hawke & Crista Crown

as good as the ebook

The story is always 4 or 5 stars, because if I wouldn't like the story as ebook, I wouldn't listen to the audiobook.

The performance from the narrator is also very important for me. I can't listen to a lot, because my English as a non-native-speaker isn't so perfect to follow a whole story over hours, when the narrator speaks too fast or too sloppy. Normally I have to SEE the person, who is talking to me in English. It took me a little bit, to come into the narrator, but at the end, it worked. I only have to take a few breaks between. I'm just not yet finish with the book, but I listen enough to give a review.

PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!

To my ratings:

5* - very very good
it's like an A+

4* - very good and will be often re-listening
it's like an A

3* - it's more then a one-time-listening.
it's like a B

Probably one of my favorites

I really love this story. Poor Boomer is unfortunate to have been discovered mated to Zeke and Ezra's baby brother while still knotted and the twins didn't take it too well. David is probably one of my favorite omegas with his love of food and his sincere desire to be as close as possible to Boomer's family. I think he did a great job sticking up for himself against his brothers and is a great addition to this family of macho alphas and their mates.

Amazing.

I love Boomer and David's story! I have been wanting Boomer's story and it is a bang. I just love this story so much and Colin Darcy does an amazing job. He just brings these characters to life and I just couldn't stop listening. Just amazing.

A Winner!

A great addition to the series. I really enjoyed the mc's and their connection. The story moves along at a good pace. There is lots of action and suspense, Humor as always plays a part in this story. Colin Darcy does a great job of giving voice to these characters. He adds so much enjoyment to listening to Struck!

When your True Mate is your team-mates' little bro

Struck by Susi Hawke & Crista Crownis the third book in the shift mpreg series, Team ALPHA. Boomer is the munitions guy for Team ALPHA. He loves to blow things up and help his brothers in arms... But he never thought the twins would because his actual brothers in law.
David was just camping with friends when he stumbled upon a scene he shouldn't have and got taken prisoner but some crazy anti shifter group who worked a drug ring and carried around a another's enemy, Wolfsbane. Team Alpha comes to the rescue to save The younger brother of 'The Twins" and fate steps in.... Fated mates that is.
Boomer and David bond fast when heat and the kick in, much to the brothers' displeasure. Can the Teamwork out their issues and take down some enemies before danger comes again?
Boomer and David are sweet and sexy characters with a great love story. Definitely recommend.


Narration is done by Colin Darcy. Each character has their own unique voice that brings their personalities to life and helps the listener get lost in the story being told. Great job!

Boomer does like to set things off

Oh Boomer, talk about fireworks, being fated to Zeke and Esra's Little bro that might be his biggest boom yet. I love this cast of characters and I love how Hawke and Crown keep them all involved in each installment. This one was made even batter by the narrator. A fun and quick listen just liked you'd expect from this series.

I wanted more story action

The story was good on the insta-love/romance piece and dealing with the fallout with family and friends over the sudden mating; however, I wanted more of the story of the terrorist group and more action outside the bedroom.

The narration is very good. The different characters were easily distinguished, and the delivery was smooth and even.

I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.

BOOM!!

It was absolutely wonderful to hear the Team Alpha back in audio! After Zeke & Ezra’s little brother David get taken while on a camping trip with humans, Team Alpha is called in to save him. Simon “Boomer” is interested in anything explosive, until he catches the scent of his true mate, the twins brother!
This book has a little more dissension among the guys which causes some heated arguments. David also a couple of times is kind of hard to stomach and I don’t know if he is written that way because of his pregnancy hormones or just as his character but it’s rare and doesn’t effect the story.
One thing that did slightly bother me was the accent that the narrator decided to use for Boomer and all of his family. This story takes place in Chicago and all cues from the authors state that his family is from there, but he gives Boomer’s family a New York/New Jersey Italian accent I grew up in Chicago and have never heard someone there speak as the narrator did. I understand that he wanted to bring in the Italian heritage feel to the voice, but I think it was too much.
All in all though, this is a great listen and a wonderful continuation of Team Alpha!

Love David!!

Little brothers are great but not when they're the fated mate of your friend and coworker. I laughed so much in this book. Poor Boomer got picked on, a lot! Love this series!

Exceptional narration for a thrilling mates story!

🌟🌟🌟🌟 4.5 stars
🔥🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: 4
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration: 5

Exceptional narration for a thrilling fated-mates tale!

This is the first book I’ve read in the Team A.L.P.H.A. Series and it can definitely be read as a standalone, but now want to go back and read the others in the series as the whole team seems great and I’d like to know their stories too. All the characters in this book were great and the unfortunate interruption to Boomer and David’s mating (knotting) was hilarious! The writing is witty, humorous and thrilling. While a rather short tale it is still a detailed adventure to stop the ‘bad guys’. While I liked David’s twin brothers, I didn’t really understand their continued animosity to Boomer and David’s mating but it did make for extra entertainment and a lot of potty-mouthed sass! I look forward to seeing them find their mates and see what happens!

I loved Boomer and David together and the family they made together. Speaking of families I loved Boomer’s ‘lazy’ sisters and lovable mum. They made great secondary characters and added so much fun and laughter to the story!

Now the narration on this was exceptional!! I have my preferred narrating style and my favorite narrators but Colin Darcy blew me away!!! He had different dialects for each character and while these were subtle differences it was so easy to tell them apart. With the two main characters, I often had check that it really was only narrated by one person, his accents for both David and Boomer were so different and in my mind matched perfectly with the characters. His voices for all the women were also done really well and not overdone or annoying in the voice tones. I loved this narration and will differently be looking for more audiobooks narrated by Colin!!!

Thanks for reading!