Blurb
Conrad Mayfair is finally becoming comfortable in his own skin, so he wants to tell his best friend Mason that he’s gay and in love with him. He can’t seem to get the words out, though. But soon the flirting starts, followed by a weekend of marathon sex, and the shocking news a few months later that Conrad is going to be a father.
Something’s going on with nineteen-year-old Mason Donnelly. He seems to be developing breasts, has felt sick for months, and is constantly tired. After a doctor’s appointment to try to figure things out, his life flips upside down. He learns not only is he intersex, but he’s also pregnant, a condition only made possible because Mason is an omega and Conrad is his alpha.
Conrad and Mason are introduced to a new way of life they knew nothing about. While Conrad is willing to jump in and accept it, Mason isn’t so sure. Together, they have to decide if it’s a life they truly want.
I really loved Mason from the beginning of the book, as it was obvious he wasn't the usual MC in a book, no it turns out he is intersex, and more that that, he is a special omega at that. Conrad on the other hand, I wasn't so sure of to begin with, but I soon warmed to him too.
When we meet both Mason and Conrad, Mason knows he is gay, and everyone else knows he is gay too, but to begin with it seems like Conrad is straight, but pretty soon you find out that this is front he has been putting on, I think mostly so his family don't find out he is actuallty gay.
Conrad is attracted to Mason, but he has no idea of how to approach him, and tell him how he really feels - but everything changes when Conrad and Mason end up having a marathon sex session. Weeks later, Mason is even more confused about his body, especially as he seems to be growing breasts, and Conrad finally convinces him to see a doctor, who tells him he is intersex and more importantly pregnant..
The journey through the pregnancy and even the birth, had me smiling in places, even more so as I could read parts and think oh yes, that was what I was like. There were lots of ups and down for both Conrad and Mason, and they are both only young, but going to be parents, and I think it was rather surreal to them to begin with.
Conrad was obviously an alpha, and as Mason was an omega, Conrad wanted to protect him at all costs - sometimes not even realising how he was hurting Mason. Mason is a very private person, and now he is pregnant he is convinced that people will be looking at him, pointing fingers at him. During his routine doctor visits, Mason is referred to someone else, and this doctor tells him of a safe haven for both Mason and his unborn babies..... however, will Mason and Conrad decide to go to this safe haven. To Conrad it seems like the ideal solution, but Mason seems to hate change, so he will take some convincing to go there.
I did enjoy this read, and I feel that there is scope possibly for another book to come out in this series, as you essentially have enough sub characters to build a new story on. I hope this is what happens.
Excerpt
“Do I see stubble?” my best friend Conrad asked. He lay on his bed with his hands behind his head, shirtless, his abs on display for all of their six-pack glory. Images of me running my tongue over them flashed through my head.
I rubbed the side of my jaw. “You sure do. At the age of nineteen, I’m finally becoming a real man.”
“Dude, you’ve been a man. Just a hairless one. Are you still hairless everywhere else?” He smiled and sat up, crossing his legs.
“God, Conrad.” I turned around in my desk chair and folded my arms over my chest, pretending I didn’t want to share the information. He knew I’d cave and tell him, happened that way every time.
“Well?”
“If you must know, no.” I glanced over my shoulder at him.
“Chest hair?” he grinned and leaned forward, resting his forearms on his thighs and clasping his hands.
I spun around to face him and shook my head.
“Ah, down there.”
“Okay, we need to stop talking about this and that hair has been there for a couple years now.”
“You’re my best friend. We should be able to talk about everything.”
“Some things, I don’t want to talk about.” I turned back toward my desk, trying to complete my assignment for the class I had later in the day. I loved taking a fiction writing course, but I didn’t like when we had to write papers analyzing books we had read in class, thus me still working on my paper.
“It’s not like you’re the only one who’s had delayed puberty.” Those words, how I loathed them.
“I swear to God I’m going to punch you,” I said over my shoulder.
“All right, sorry. I know it’s a touchy subject for you.”
“And yet, you decided to have a conversation about it.”
“Just curious.”
I sighed and turned back toward Conrad. “But now, I feel ready to, you know.”
“Have sex?” he asked, raising an eyebrow at me.
I shrugged. “Well, yeah.”
“Because you grew some facial hair?” Conrad rubbed his palm over his jaw which caused my cock to stir in my pants. I had fallen in love with him years ago, and my feelings for him lately had gotten a lot stronger.
“Maybe it’ll make me look older, more rugged, more desirable.” Because I was a sophomore in college and still looked like I belonged in high school.
“If you’re going to be with someone, they should want to be with you no matter what you look like.”
“That’s easy for you to say. You’re six-foot-four and have been all manly since you were like thirteen. I’m five-foot-five, incapable of building my pecs. Instead I have perky nubbins. Like what the heck is that about? And my Adam’s apple isn’t even all that visible. All of that doesn’t scream sex appeal,” I said, looking over at Conrad who screamed of sex appeal. Besides his gorgeous body, he had the perfect shade of medium brown hair that he kept short with his bangs a bit longer which he always styled up. Hair I had wanted to run my fingers through so many times before. And his smile, a bit mischievous but always so genuinely happy.
Sarah Havan grew up in the Midwest and still actually lives there. She has an appreciation for having all four seasons. She writes all kinds of romance, but most recently has focused on gay romance in her writing.