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Briar Boleyn
The Alpha's Warlock: Mismatched Mates Series, Book 1
by Eliot Grayson
About this book
Cursed, mated, and in for the fight of their lives....
Warlock Nate Hawthorne just wants a cup of coffee. Is that too much to ask? Apparently. Because instead of precious caffeine, all he gets is cursed by a pack of werewolves who want to use him for his magic. Now the only way to fix the damage is a mate bond to a grumpy and oh-so-sexy alpha in the rival pack, who happens to hate him. This is so not how he wanted to start his day.
Ian Armitage never intended to take Nate as his mate. The Hawthorne family can't be trusted. Ian knows that better than anyone. The fact that he's lusted after the way-too-gorgeous man for years? Totally irrelevant. Ian's just doing what is necessary to protect his pack. This whole mating arrangement has nothing to do with love and never will. That's his story and he's sticking to it.
Nate and Ian will have to work together if they have any hope of staving off the pack's enemies and averting disaster. That's assuming they can stop arguing (and keep their hands off each other) long enough to save the day....
Contains mature themes.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B08K19Q4KF
Reader Reviews
March 23, 2020
Paranormal with an urban fantasy vibe. Plenty of snark and humour. Characters I really enjoyed, - sarcastic, crazy guys who bicker and have sex, bicker some more and so on. There's a bit of 'forced for your own good' mate bonding, which I'm not adverse to. There's also knotting....and even more knotting. Yeah, baby... While the book is sexy when Ian and Nate get it on, the ratio of story to sex is really good - I got plot, world building and character development. This is a kind of enemies to...
December 21, 2021
So I really liked Nate the main character, I liked the world and the central mystery. Plus the smut was genuinely great. Those parts were so strong I’m bumping this to a 4 star rather than a 3 or 2 star. Cause I really disliked the beau. His names Ian, and while I felt he was consistently written and made sense as a character, he was a bit Too Dumb. Most of the book he felt like total deadweight to the plot, and while miscommunication is central to the romance, it was insanely frustrating that...
August 20, 2020
Told from Nate’s POV, this jumps right into the action when he tries to get away from his kidnappers. Over the next chapters we learn about his (traumatic) childhood and youth and how he just yearns to belong. While that’s sad and a bit angsty Nate isn’t to be pitied as he’s a feisty sarcastic warlock who gives as good as he gets. Ian is obviously the long suffering guy who’s been crushing hard but tries to protect himself from hurt and while we don’t get his POV it’s quite obvious how he...
June 22, 2020
This has an interesting plot and characters. I loved Nate's sarcasm. There were many lines that were laugh out loud funny. It's irritating when books claim to be funny but they fall short. This book does deliver on the laughter. It felt a little rushed and imbalanced. The story takes place entirely from Nate's POV which was weird to me and a little sad because I would have loved to read Ian's side of things. I also think having his POV would have helped the pacing. The story goes rapidly from...
April 6, 2020
Admittedly, this book is a little tropey, however the writing is solid enough that it’s still quite an enjoyable read. The fast pace meant that I wasn’t left frustrated for long by the constant lack of proper communication between Nate and Ian. The plot was decent, but what really saved the book is that the writing seemed experienced (unlike many other novels that rely too much on tropes and have amateurish writing). My main issues were: I don’t think Nate’s trauma was adequately addressed....
