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Ties That Bind

The Family Novak, Book 2

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Ties That Bind

By: Susi Hawke, Crista Crown
Narrated by: Kirt Graves
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In a world where the rules are gray and the Don's word is a law unto itself, only one thing is sacred...family.

A Team A.L.P.H.A. and Alphabits spin-off series

Tony Peterson has seen friend after friend find their mate, including his brother, but he’s pretty much given up on it happening for him, especially since he’s not a typical alpha. It’s okay though, he has his son Dexter and a great job helping shifter kids heal and navigate the system. What more could he want?

Joey Novak had to fight his way through a lot of prejudice to be seen as equal to all his alpha brothers, and he doesn’t regret a minute of it. Living on the wrong side of the law means you have to make your own, anyway. As long as he doesn’t wonder if he’ll ever find an alpha who will be the perfect match for him, he’s completely happy with his life.

Fate always strikes when you’re looking the other direction, and when a kid under the Novaks’ protection ends up in the system, Tony and Joey’s paths cross, and the two men from opposite sides of the law have to discover whether true love is enough when their values are so different. With a baby on the way, they don’t have much time to find an answer. But what if that answer is that they’d be better apart?

This is the second book in this mpreg mafia series. Get ready for a world ruled by the Don’s iron fist, unique interrogation tactics, and a family that stands together...no matter what. You can expect to find naughty, knotty scenes of steamy passion, along with a lot of potty-mouth language and more violence than you’re used to from us. But at its heart, you’ll still find all the fluffy mpreg feels and crazy antics you’d look for from Susi Hawke and Crista Crown.

©2020 Hawke and Crown LLC (P)2020 Hawke and Crown LLC
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awesome!

Another fantastic story told by a master storyteller! It takes you from heartache to laughter and everything in-between! Beautifully performed!

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love this series so much

this series and these authors.. this is my happy spot.. and this narrator does an amazing job making my happy place come to life.. i love it so much. so fun.. it is everything!

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Joey's Love

The Novak's are back again and this time it's Joey finding his mate. This of course is a fantastic story that doesn't showcase a typical Alpha/Omega pairing. Joey isn't just some delicate omega and Tony isn't a domineering alpha.

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OMG!!! Even better than book 1!!!

I love spin-offs and the second book in this spin-off of the Team A.L.P.H.A. and Alphabits series is even better than book 1. Tony and Joey as fated mates made a wonderful couple and how they found each other in the middle of a difficult case, was really sweet and heartwarming. As always, family was just at their side standing strong before all the dangerous situations they confronted while fighting evil. I can't wait to learn what happens after the cliffhanger at the end of the book!!
Besides the wonderful story, I also enjoyed a lot the great performance of Mr Graves and his silky profesional voice.

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WOW!!!!!!!!

This was one of those audio books that I listened to the moment I got and listened to it in one complete sitting.

Kirt Graves done an excellent job of bringing the characters to life, at no point did I not enjoy it, he truly brought the story to life with his voice.

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Exciting & Romantic Series, I'm Loving Kirt Graves

If you're a fan of the big, tough omega and the smaller, sensitive alpha you're going to love Ties That Bind! Susi Hawke and Crista Crown do a great job with relationship dynamics, and Tony and Joey are adorable together.

There's a great balance between action and romance in this ongoing story of the mafia family Novak. In addition to all the steamy scenes between Tony and Joey, we get the dirty details of how Dex was conceived, plus some good dirt on a few of the Don's past activities. Hawke and Crown clearly had fun crafting this story.

It takes a bit of negotiation, but ultimately Tony and his crew find a solid home with the Novak family... just in time for an exciting ending! It's a great lead-in to the next episode of this series and I can't wait for the third book.

I'm loving Kirt Graves performing this series. There are a wide variety of characters and he comes up with unique voices for each of them. His accents are very well done, and he brings great emotion to the story.

an audiobook copy of Ties That Bind was provided to me for the purpose of my honest review

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Joey gets his man

The Novak family continues to grow with the addition of Tony and his son, the is some fun and shenanigans within this lovely story with my favourite Omega finding the Alpha who is just right for him. As usual the authors have done a great job. Having Kirt Graves’ voice was the icing on the cake as he captured Tony and Joey perfectly in my mind.

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Ties That Bind by Susi Hawke and Crista Crown (The Family Novak, book 2) I really enjoyed this story. It was well written With a lot of action. If you like M/Preg and shifter this is the story for you.
The Narrator Kirt Graves did a fantastic job bringing these characters and stories to life.

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Good fated mate shifter story

This was a fairly good fated mate story. I really liked that it wasn’t all extremely macho alpha with a dainty omega and instead there was quite a bit of role reversal, with a good explanation as to why the two acted the way they did. I think fated mates is always a hard sell, as it often comes out as love for no reason, but it was well done here as the two still wanted to get to know each other after they became mates. I did think it was a little much how every character who had ever had a previous story seemed to be featured, but I was still able to enjoy this story as a stand alone. Kirt Graves did an amazing job narrating, especially with so many different characters and accents to keep track of.

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Very enjoyable, great narration.

Ties That Bind is the first book I've read by this particular writing duo and I thought it was great. This is book 2 in The Family Novak series, which is a spin-off of the Team A.L.P.H.A. and Alphabits series. I haven't read book 1, nor have I read the previous 2 series, but that didn't prevent me from enjoying this story. I'm sure I would have gotten a little more out of it if I'd read book 1, Family Ties, but like I said, I still enjoyed it immensely.

The voices that Kirt Graves does for the various characters are fantastic. I love the accent he does for Joey Novak. Kirt doesn't just narrate this story, he performs it. The story contains several tense moments and kept me on the edge of my seat at times. There is some on-page violence but it happened to a very deserving character!

The romance for Tony and Joey has an HEA in this story but there is a bit of a cliffhanger so I'm really looking forward to reading the next book when it becomes available.

A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.

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