Broken Heat is the second book in the ‘Omega Island’ series. It stars Elon, an omega, and Mykel, an Alpha sex surrogate. This is told in first person from both Elon and Mykel’s povs.


First the cover. The atmosphere matches the first book’s cover with the water and the pink, green, and yellow hues, and plants. The cover model is likely Elon, the omega, since Mykel has long blond hair.

I’ve read two of the three books in this series. I haven’t read the Prelude short story yet, and I don’t think you need to read those others to figure out what happens in this book. This could be read as a stand-alone. To me, Book One does give more description about the island and how its run, but I prefer the less description of the island in this one. I felt the descriptions were too much in the first book but this one had a nice balance with more focus on the relationship and healing.

At the time I’m writing this review, there’s no blurb available yet, so I’ll give a brief background to the plot. Elon, the omega, is a widower. When his Alpha mate, Coah, died, Elon lost his heats. There’s nothing physically wrong with him, so his doctor suggested he come to Omega Island for their sex surrogacy program. Mykel is the assigned surrogate. Mykel has his own problems. He hasn’t been able to relate or knot his last two patients, and this might have something to do with the loss of a friend who helped him through his ruts. The friend found his mate and his Alpha doesn’t want the friend in contact with Mykel any longer. The book’s theme is about loss and recovery. Both Elon and Mykel must work through their losses together.

I liked Elon and Mykel much more than I liked the main characters of the first book. Elon really wanted to try and get better, to the point he wanted to rush his lessons and pushed Mykel. What I liked about Mykel is, he wasn’t a pushover like the surrogate in Book One. He was empathetic, caring, and respectful. Through his interactions with Elon, Mykel was able to heal from the loss of his best friend. I found both Elon and Mykel were much easier to relate to in this book than the characters in Book One. It was easy for me to believe in them as a couple almost from the beginning. One thing the author did that I found interesting, was have the presence of Elon’s dead husband interjected frequently throughout the book through Elon and Mykel’s talks. We find out a lot about Coah as Elon learns to face what Coah did to him. Coah was abusive. He took a young, virginal omega, and molded Elon to his wishes. Coah used Elon when it suited him, ignored Elon when it suited him, leaving Elon longing for sexual and emotional connection, which Coah chided Elon for. Elon was starving for attention and love from his Alpha that Coah never gave him. From what is revealed, it seemed that Coah also had shame about having sex. He made sure that Elon was meticulously clean, they had sex in the dark, and Coah never let Elon look at him naked if possible. We learn a lot about Coah through Elon and Mykel’s talks, and I think the author did an excellent job at inserting a third character who was dead, but still alive, and how he still had a hold on Elon. Under Mykel’s therapy, Elon shed sexually, emotionally, and mentally, his control that Coah forced him to create, and blossomed into the adventurous, independent thinker that he was before Coah got ahold of him.

Overall, I liked Broken Heat much more than I did Book One, and if you wanted to read a book in the series, I’d suggest reading this one first. I loved Elon and Mykel and how they found their HEA. I recommend this book to those who like character development, and Alphas and omegas. I give this book, 4 Stars.



I received an ARC copy from the author. I am leaving my honest and unbiased opinion. ( )