Father Figure: An Mpreg Romance

Never Too Late Series, Book 4

By: Aiden Bates

Narrated by: Liam Carlsen

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Oliver has worked in the lab for three years, and he’s been in love with detective Sam Nenci for almost every second of those three years. When Nenci’s boss pairs them up on a complicated case, he finally has a chance to get closer to the alpha of his dreams. When the dream and the reality fail to match up, will there be anything left for either of them to cling to?

Oliver Wesson is a hotshot analyst with the state police crime lab. He believes in two things in this world: Science, and saving himself for his alpha. Getting paired up on a case with detective Nenci is both a dream and a nightmare for him - he has a chance to show off his skills, but Nenci’s aversion to omegas in the field is well known. When he finds himself unable to resist his attraction for the older detective, his entire sense of self comes into question.

Sam Nenci is the official troll of the cold case squad. He’s had some rough experiences in life, and they’ve left him a little bitter. The one thing he’s not bitter about, though, is Oliver Wesson. He’s stayed away from the beautiful and brilliant omega, however, because he believes he’s too old for Oliver.

Sam soon finds that keeping a professional distance between them isn’t as easy as it sounds. Every time he thinks he has a chance to make things right with Oliver, he finds himself making a worse mess of things than he had before. Can Sam stop himself from destroying a relationship three years in the making?

This stand-alone gay romance audiobook contains sexually explicit content and not suitable for anyone under the age of 18. This book is approximately 80,000 words, has a happy ending, contains mpreg (male pregnancy), and does not end in a cliffhanger.

©2017 Shehan Peiris (P)2018 Shehan Peiris

I'm too old to be a father...apparently not.

Oliver is an omega crime lab analyst. Sam is an alpha cold case detective. The two have been interested in each other for two years but haven't acted on their desire. What happens when they are put together to solve a fifty year old building fire? I've enjoyed this and the previous books and the Never Too Late Series. Looking forward to number five. The narrator did an excellent job bringing the characters to life.

Oh for the love of Pete

Ok. So, I like this author and I love this series. The plots are good plots. However, listening to 8 hours of I'm not good enough and things that could have been solved with normal adult conversation is a little bit too frustrating for this reader. Every time I think, ok. The angst is over, there is more. I get that the characters are written as flawed but it's too much for a story this long. It made me want to skip to the end to see if there is a HEA. I'm not finished listening yet, but I'm at 5 hours and 12 mins into it and I still haven't gotten any fulfillment from this story. I'm going to finish it because I am simply too invested at this point. In all the other books in this series, the characters recognized their issues enough to actually communicate by this point in the story.

Even though I am a bit disappointed in this particular story, the author is good and I normally enjoy his work. So I will power through.

Angst and more angst

I love this story. From the beginning of this series I was hoping Sam and Oliver would get together. It took Sam getting over his fears and thinking Oliver could do better but Sam figured out he and Oliver could be happy together.
Narrator Liam Carlsen does a fabulous job.

May/December romance

This is a good story. It can be enjoyed as a stand alone. It is set in an omegaverse, so there is obvious hot alpha /omega interaction.
I loved the way the characters found their happy ending, but sometimes I thought that the reactions didn't quite match the problems, still that kept the story interesting.

Angst Galore!

I've been looking forward to this one for a while and was not disappointed. If you're in need of some good solid angst, this is your book.

Yay!! Oliver and Nenci!!

I love Oliver’s attitude throughout this series. He just really loves Nenci and is finally able to get Nenci to realize he wants Oliver as much as Oliver wants him too. So so good!!!!!

Great story

The story was great. As to be expected from Aiden Bates. The narration was also good.

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, but not more then twice a year.
it's like a B

Two At Last

Oliver Wesson and Sam Nenci have been attracted to each other for three years. They work together, but have kept their distance from each other. Sam’s boss puts them on a cold case together. Sam is a detective and Oliver works in the lab. While on a case together, they grow very close. Sam keeps saying he is too old for Oliver. He brings Oliver close, then pushes him away. Even once a baby is involved, Sam pushes Oliver away. He says it’s for Oliver’s own good. The truth is that Sam is afraid. Afraid he will be hurt and that he will hurt Oliver. Sam wants to get past his fears and learn to let Oliver into his life. Oliver wants Sam to be his Alpha. Oliver wants his happily ever after. Will he get it? Listen to this story and find out if Sam can change and give Oliver the life he deserves. I enjoyed the narration by Liam Carlson. Aiden, a great addition to the series. Thanks so much.

Love Doesn't Come Easy

Father Figure contains more angst than other volumes in the series. I needed tissues ocassionally.

A lot of the story is from the perspective of an older alpha fighting his attraction to a younger omaga. Sometimes those protective instincts get in the way.

Alpha Sam works in the police department cold case unit. Omega Oliver works in the lab. They are both working on a 60 year old arson case that is proving to be quite a mystery.

While they work together well as colleagues, their romance stalls as Sam feels a younger alpha would be a better fit for Oliver.

There is a happily ever after, thank goodness, but our characters struggle to reach it. The bonus scene is sweet, and made me smile.

Narrator Liam Carlsen did an excellent job with the older, more mature voice of Alpha Sam. It's not always easy to get the roughening timbre of mid-life masculinity. Omega Oliver has a good, firm pitch, one we would expect of a twenty-something senior lab tech. An easy to follow story. If you're tenderhearted, have tissues handy!