In a non-shifting alpha/omega society, omegas have become so scarce, they’re sequestered at birth in isolated facilities. Rafael Vargas, cyber expert, is an omega hiding in plain sight. At least until activists recruit him to hack an omega facility and rescue the children. He gets away clean until a prime alpha unwittingly hires him to trace the hack. With his precious freedom at risk, Rafael battles his instinctive attraction to the alpha. Grant Tenereth, an alpha overseeing the omega facilities, is hell-bent on finding the kidnapped children. But from the moment he hires the fascinating but challenging Rafael, Grant finds himself questioning his rock-solid devotion to the rules. When he learns the man is an omega as well as a criminal hacker, he tries to do the right thing for the law, even if it isn’t the right thing for him. Or for the omega. Grant struggles, trapped between duty and desire. Rafael aches for love but fears losing his independence. Will they realize before it’s too late that what they have isn’t just instinct? It’s everything.

To Tame an Omega

What if his sister had been raised there? Always a gentle soul, would she have retreated into herself, letting her warm, loving heart wither? And Rafael? Would he be the headstrong, brilliant man Grant was falling for? Doubtful. Omega farms were a fifteen-year-long experiment that had quietly failed, damaging both omega and alpha. How could anyone, in particular a member of the Omega Council, continue to support such a toxic system?


He wandered into the kitchen, snagged a bottle of water from the fridge, and sat at the table where colored pencils were laid out in a neat row next to his sketch pad. Might as well do something useful to advance the case. He began a sketch of the accomplice who had run from Rafael’s house. He’d deliver it to the police and have them try to identify the man. No matter what personal conflicts Grant had about the whole situation, he still had to find those children. That’s where his focus needed to be.


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