Make Me Trust You: Omega Celibacy Club Book 3, Angel Knots

Opposites attract, ugly duckling, fated mates...so many tropes to love in this book.  This was a successful story with very little angst, a whole lot of intimacy of all kinds, and watching two men find their place in life and with each other.

I was charmed immediately by the bumbling Emmett in book one.  I've always been a sucker for the Ugly Duckling trope and while Emmett is the only one who describes himself as plain, his awkwardness and incredible intelligence definitely set him apart from the other members of the OCC.  When Bryce shows up to claim him, he begins to see that there's someone who could want him for all that he really is and I loved that for him.

Bryce was a little harder to love right away.  His youth was apparent in many ways and it nearly kept him from keeping Emmett.  Once he finally expressed how he felt and his conviction that Emmett was his one and only, it got a lot better.  He had his one big "denial" moment, but in his young mind it was to protect what he was building with Emmett and I could see how a very naive 19 year old would think that.  It was also something he needed to go through to grow apart from the dreams of his father and to find his own path.  For being the typical jock, he was also the most tender, expressive, earnest young man and by the end of the story I was fully in love with his character.

The two men together spent a lot of time getting to know the more carnal side of their pairing, as expected from this series and sub-genre, and I would have liked to see a little more balance between getting to know one another and seeing them find shared interests outside the bedroom.  One thing that stood out and really sold me on the story was watching the evolution of Bryce's relationship with his father.  His father wasn't the enemy and seeing them have their moment of reckoning and resolution really brought this story forward and added depth to the conclusion.  Overall this was an absolutely pleasant read that fits with the series and drew me in right away.  I'm incredibly intrigued about Tristan's alpha and will likely be back for more.

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Welcome to Preston College. A top-ranked biology program? Check. Division One football? Check. A shy genius and a hot jock both stuck on campus for the summer? Now things are heating up...

EMMETT
Last year, the cutting edge research project my biology professor tapped me for confirmed that fated mates are real... and despite the odds (and the fact that we're all members of a celibacy club!!) two of my roommates met theirs.

I met someone last year, too. He was an alpha. He was a football player. He was gorgeous and funny and really, really nice. Besides science, he was basically the only thing I could think about all year long. But alphas don't notice me and sports just confuse me, so now that Bryce Connors doesn't need me to tutor him anymore, I'll probably never see him again.

Too bad it will probably take longer than that to stop wishing I could...

BRYCE
Nineteen years ago, my dad gave up his pro football career to raise me, and ever since the first time he handed me a ball I've only had one priority: realizing the dreams he never had a chance to. But don't get me wrong, I'm not just gonna make it for him. I most definitely love football, too. In fact, up until last year, I would've said that outside of my dad, it was the only thing I loved.

And okay, all right, maybe "love" is too big of a word for my new #1 priority, the crazy-smart omega who saved my scholarship last year, Emmett Christianson... but then again, the way I haven't been able to get him off my mind? Maybe it's not.

That's why, when I head back to campus for summer workouts, I've got a plan...