by Sarah Blue
First published 2021
Emily's heat is coming. Suppressants are no longer an option, and she has no pack to turn to. She signs up for Heat Haven, a facility that matches Omegas with pre-screened Alphas for the duration of a heat. It feels clinical on paper, but the reality of being that vulnerable with strangers is something else entirely. Griffin wants a pack. He wants an Omega to care for. The obstacle is that he dislikes most people and buries himself in work. Heat Haven seems like a practical solution: a contractual arrangement, a controlled setting, strangers with defined roles. Then Emily and Griffin encounter each other before the paperwork is even finished. The pheromones between an Omega and an Alpha are not subtle. Neither is the pull these two feel. But a facility match and a biological need are not the same thing as belonging to someone. Emily has to decide how much of herself she can open up to people she does not yet trust. Griffin has to figure out whether he is actually capable of the closeness he says he wants. This spicy omegaverse novella asks whether two people who each came looking for something temporary can build something that lasts.
Genres: romance, adult, erotica, fantasy-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, sensual, tension-filled, vulnerable
Tropes: fated-mates, forced-proximity, second-chance-romance, slow-burn
Setting: Heat Haven
142 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content