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The Loneliest Alpha (The MacKellen Alphas #1) by T.A. Grey (Start date: October 01 , 2014)
I can't decide where to buy it from ! Amazon , Smashwords or Allromancebooks !!!
Do you have a preferred format? Btw it doesn't show up in All romance ebooks for me...
Not really ! I like having the epub file (smashwords) and I also like the way I can keep track of my progress on different devices(Amazon).Most of the time I don't have a choice ,there is only one website to buy or the pricing helps me decide . What do they say about having too many choices?
I did the one click :D
yay we're ready!
G, I'll start this in the morning !
ok, how do you want to do this? Set Q's every couple of Ch. or comment and Q as we go?
Qs every few chapters?
It's about 400 pages, do you want to divide it to 3 parts? We can both do Qs, a few each to make it easier.
How about thisCh. 1-7
Ch. 8-14
Ch. 15-21
Ch. 22-28
I really like Alicia!
Gisela wrote: "How about thisCh. 1-7
Ch. 8-14
Ch. 15-21
Ch. 22-28"
I'm happy with that.
I'll start after I check the threads on GR.
I think I'll finish this tonight! I'm enjoying it that much!
:D I haven't started yet! I was sorting out something for the group.
This book was published on my birthday!
I'm starting chapter 7 .I'm liking it so far. One of the things I like about it is that the POV changes from chapter to chapter and not from paragraph to paragraph .
I like Alicia too , she is not acting like a typical romance heroine . I specially like it when she jumped on Gavin back . It was funny.
I thought so too!
I'm doing the first set of Qs
Thanks. How far are you?
Almost done....
That was fast!
Questions for Chapters 1-71.Josiah's an asshat, why does he call Alicia a tramp?
2. What happened to Gavin's and will he show her willingly?
3. Who murdered those kids and why? Will there be more?
4. Thoughts on Marcus?
5. I love Alicia! I don't think I've read about a lingerie designer before.
6. I think it's sweet how Gavin is fretting about the state of his house.
This book needs some editing. The teacher in me goes wild every time I come across a grammatical error. Luckily the book is good enough that those mistakes haven't ruined it for me.
Questions for Chapters 1-71.Josiah's an asshat, why does he call Alicia a tramp?
I thought of that too. I don't think we get to know the reason .
2. What happened to Gavin's and will he show her willingly?
What I got was that Marcus had caught his face when he was already injured or unconscious .The Marcus guy was creepy
3. Who murdered those kids and why? Will there be more?
I'm thinking Marcus but that would be too obvious . I hope there isn't more
4. Thoughts on Marcus?
Creepy
5. I love Alicia! I don't think I've read about a lingerie designer before.
Me neither . I like her because she is different
6. I think it's sweet how Gavin is fretting about the state of his house.
Yes .
He is a bit crazy but it's cute.I'm big fan of beauty and beast story like .
Gisela wrote: "This book needs some editing. The teacher in me goes wild every time I come across a grammatical error. Luckily the book is good enough that those mistakes haven't ruined it for me."Other than grammatical error there are some other errors. Like when Alicia thought she's going to report the kidnapping to their authority and then next chapter , she thought nobody would do anything he was the alpha and could do anything.
@4- I also think Marcus is creepy and something's definitely wrong with him.
6- Me too!
I finished chapter 14 ,that's intense.
Questions for chapter 8-147. Huh I didn't think that we get to know more about Alicia's past but it seems that we would . I can guess her ex spread gossip about her and now everyone think she is a tramp.Not really a question!
8.I liked their first kiss , it was weird but good . Did you like it? I even liked that he was peeping :D
9. I'm guesting there will be book with Hanna and Alex. Will you read it?
10.What do you think about Jo?
11.I loved that scene in the bar with Jo .I was all happy and grinning then the accident happened .Who did it? Marcus?
12.Oh wow I didn't expect Gavin to react that way but I guess he had the right to be pissed. Although to be honest if I were Alicia I would have snooped too. what do you think?
7- I was really annoyed by how she was treated by her pack.8- I liked it, frankly I expected something of the sort. And can't blame the guy for peeping.
9- Definitely, already checked but it isn't out yet. :(
10- I think he doesn't want to like Alicia because he's afraid that she'll hurt Gavin.
11- I was shocked by the accident! Didn't expect it at all. I thought Marcus or onw of his brothera did it. Loved the bar scenes too.
12- I would have snooped too! But what tugged on my heartstrings were his reasons.
#12 Yes his reasons were heartachy! #10.good point about Jo
Qs for Chs.15-2113- I was surprised nobody mentioned Alicia's comment about being Gavin's woman. Would've loved to see Gavin's reaction to her public announcement.
14- Dinner! I'm not a fan of D/S but since it was very light and playful it worked for me. You?
15- Poisoned steaks! Marcus again? Why doesn't he challenge Gavin and be done with it?
16- OMG! Hannah's going to take Tom back!
17- They finally did it, other than not liking the constant use of "tits", I've no comments. What did you think of their fight?
18- Will kidnapped Alicia! Is he working alone? Were you surprised? I was!
Qs for Chs.15-2113- I was surprised nobody mentioned Alicia's comment about being Gavin's woman. Would've loved to see Gavin's reaction to her public announcement.
Yes me too ! Gavin would have been ecstatic if he knew about it
14- Dinner! I'm not a fan of D/S but since it was very light and playful it worked for me. You?
Yes it was playful and fun and sexy. I liked it
15- Poisoned steaks! Marcus again? Why doesn't he challenge Gavin and be done with it?
I was thinking Marcus when I was reading it but I think it was Will
16- OMG! Hannah's going to take Tom back!
That was a stupid thing to do ! I know she'll regret it in a very bad way!!How can she forgive a serial cheater?
17- They finally did it, other than not liking the constant use of "tits", I've no comments. What did you think of their fight?
LOL , yes tits !He was thinking earlier that they weren't boobs ,they were tits !!So there you go with all the tits :D
The fight didn't make sense , why did she got angry ?! Why did he got angry?! But I guess it was necessary for what happened afterwards
18- Will kidnapped Alicia! Is he working alone? Were you surprised? I was!
No I wasn't , I started suspecting him when Gavin told Hart the story of that night and then it turned out that he works at the butchers too . Here is my theory Will did that to Gavin's face , those 2 teens saw him ,he killed them and now he wants to hurt Gavin by killing or hurting Alicia. I really hope I'm wrong , I want Marcus and his brothers be the bad guys !
Are you done?
I'm starting chapter 24! EEppp!
I never suspected Will, usually he would seem a bad guy but would later be redeemed and get his own book. So I was shocked when he attacked Alicia and kept on digging himself deeper.
I just finished ,I'm going for a walk and then I'll be back with my Qs.
Qs for chapter 21 to end19.Their Lykaen side was almost non-existent in the book , other than healing faster what was the purpose of them being Lykaen and not normal human? I wish there was more about their Lykaen side and more world building in the book.
20. Will was really psycho .I think it was a brave move on the author side to make him this bad .Almost nonredeemable ! What do you think?
21.What the hell was Gavin thinking sending her back to her old pack? To the people who tied her up and send her like that against her will! Of course there is the fact the Gavin was OK with the whole thing ! Did you think sending her back was logical?
21.What did think about what happened with Marcus and Gavin ? And what about the pack finishing Marcus? I didn't like it ,specially Marcus confessing . The writing was a bit weak there.
Overall I really like this book , I laughed a lot I liked Alicia she was a great heroine . The only problem the book had was editing but not just the grammatical errors but it also needed content editing .
BTW did you see that at the end of the book it says " This book is free, so send it to a friend who you think might like it so she can discover me, too.
Grey, T. A. (2013-06-14). The Loneliest Alpha (The MacKellen Alphas) (p. 404). Grey Ink Press LLC. Kindle Edition.
19- I suppose the lykaen was used to justify Alicia's kidnapping. For the most part this felt more contemporary than paranormal. The author could easily have invented some kingdom and make Alicia some maiden offered by her family and Marcus and Will usurpers to the throne. Heck this could very easily have been a medieval romance. Except for Alicia's job which wouldn't be believable in such a setting.20- I don't like kidnapped heroines in my books but it worked because it was totally unexpected. If it had been Marcus I would've rolled my eyes.
21- It didn't make sense, especially if we aren't going to see her interact with her old pack. She could easily have gone anywhere else since she was holed up in her apartment working. Why introduce her pack at all? To give her some back story? The book could have started with her waking up in the darkened room and Gavin explaning why she was there.
22- Yes that part was flat especially the reason for killing the kids.
Yea noticed that, maybe it was free at some point? I agree about editing, it could've been 5 stars.
I'm looking forward to Hannah's book!
I'm looking forward to Hannah's book!
#19. that's exactly what I thought . She has another series in the same word (Breeding cycle) she wanted to use some of the same characters. #21.Yes she could have gone anywhere to be safe .
Gisela wrote: "ShoSho wrote: "This is free on Amazon 
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058OJ8AG/r..."
Wanna read it? :D"
Yep :D
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Lingerie designer Alicia Clarkson just had to open her stupid mouth. Now thanks to trying to defend a fellow pack mate, Alicia’s been blindfolded, tied up, and carted off to the new alpha of the Oregon pack—Gavin MacKellen.
However, the blindfold doesn’t come off so soon. Alicia’s curiosity gets fired up when Gavin refuses to reveal his face to her. Just what happened to him? He talks to her from shadowy corners and behind closed doors. The man is as elusive as a squirrely fox, but Alicia doesn’t play games and the quiet spoken, hoarse voiced alpha doesn’t stand a chance against her. They settle on an agreement, thirty days for them to get to know each other because that’s the only way this cowboy alpha will have it.
Gavin MacKellen needs a mate. But he knows no good woman would ever want to look at his face after the incident he suffered. After one look at Alicia Clarkson all his plans fly out the window. The woman’s beauty has him damn stunned speechless. She torments his thoughts and Gavin finds himself yearning to know everything about her. As a relationship forms, love threatens to grow between them but Gavin struggles to cope with his physical appearance in the face of the beautiful Alicia. Will she be the one to stand in the face of a monster and accept him or will she turn her back on him?
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