Betas Aside

The Stars of the Pack #5

by N.J. Lysk

Marisa is young enough to want to change the world

Irina just hopes to find a place in it for herself

A decade between them... and a mounting passion

Neither can deny.

When Marisa Halley’s brother leaves their pack to start one of his own, she’s frankly a little jealous. Children might be the last thing Ray wants, but Marisa has recently received confirmation she will never have her own. But as Ray’s life rapidly descends into chaos, Marisa cannot do anything but offer her support by moving in with him to help bring up his children. But what’s the price of giving everything to those you love?

Irina Lupu is adrift. She’d always wanted to travel, and England is far away from her parents’ expectations. But her new English pack comes with a lot more rules than she assumed, and as a beta with no important relatives, she has very little say in what those are. When her cousin asks if she’d like to cross the river and join his new pack, Irina doesn’t hesitate. After all, what’s a river after an ocean?

Marisa is young and ready to change her new pack into her perfect image. Irina is old enough to know that the best she can hope for is to find a place where she mostly fits… But no matter how different they are, they are newcomers to a pack recovering from an unimaginable tragedy and about to be struck by lightning for a second time.

Can they band together to protect them? And can they go through it without seeing a lot more in each other than two women more than a decade apart in age should?

“Betas Aside” is a standalone companion novel in “The Stars of the Pack” series, contains spoilers for all other books and shorts. This edition includes the 2023 short story “Around the Hearth”.

Genres: Shapeshifters, Fantasy, Paranormal

408 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2018

About the author

N.J. Lysk (pronouns: whatever) is a queer one—in almost every sense of the word—for whom stories have always been their one true home. She studied linguistics and literature (which is to say, someone offered him a genuine excuse to read professionally) and ended up teaching, but writing is their one true love.

Addicted to angst, enamoured of mpreg and always ready to try a new kink (in a book, that’s it!) she became hooked into the Omegaverse through fanfic (but he doesn't have the patience to write other people's characters) and has recently expanded from werewolves to hockey players.

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Reviews

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[Linda Crandall · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an extra chapter to the Stars of the Pack, almost an epilogue, there are basically cameo appearances of the main protagonists of the series, while we get a more in depth look into the life of what might seem secondary characters, a couple of betas.
Lighter than the rest of the series, yet still confronting difficult issues such as sterility and adoption, emigrating to another land and leaving what was always home, and May-September attraction.

[Regina Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este fue el primer libro que leído dentro de la categoría
Avanzó tan lento que tuve que leer otro par de libro en el medio pero al final dio alguna información más sobre los protagonistas así que puedo decir que valió la pena
Ahora, alguien sabe cuál es el libro 6?
El siguiente aparece numerado como 7 en goodreads entonces no sé con cuál seguir

[Melissa Officinalis · Rating 3.5 out of 5]

Enjoyable FF Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
This was a beautiful addition to the series, rounding out the full story and giving us the beta’s side of it. Marissa and Irina have a sweet HEA however most of the book is more about everything else going on which is good too. Recommend!