Crib Notes for an Alpha

Beckett Reed can win almost any family law case—except the one that matters most. When his custody petition for his teenage niece is threatened by whispers that his polished, work-driven life is too cold to be called a home, Beckett makes one reckless mistake at exactly the wrong moment: he introduces Milo Santos as his fiancé in the middle of a glittering parenting expo. Milo is absolutely not his fiancé. Milo is sunshine with a clipboard, a prenatal educator with too much heart, too many responsibilities, and a community parenting center on the verge of being crushed by legal and zoning trouble. He should tell Beckett to go to hell in a beautifully public way. Instead, he agrees to keep up the lie—if Beckett uses his legal brilliance to save the center his late sister built. Soon their fake engagement is everywhere: family brunches, parenting panels, donor events, suspiciously convincing domestic appearances, and enough staged affection to make the whole Bundle & Bloom orbit believe they're the real thing. But what starts as strategy becomes something far more dangerous when Beckett begins loving Milo in the most devastating way possible: through attention. The right tea. The right timing. The right words for frightened kids. The exact details Milo forgets to use to care for himself. Then a surprise pregnancy turns their fake future into a real one. Now Milo has to figure out whether Beckett's tenderness is true desire or just duty in a perfect suit. And Beckett has to decide whether he's finally brave enough to tell the truth—not just in court, but to the omega who has already become the center of every plan he never meant to make. Set in Chicago's queer-friendly Wicker Park, Crib Notes for an Alpha is a warm, sexy MM omegaverse romance full of fake engagement chaos, courtroom tension, found family, boutique glamour, public pretending, private yearning, and one green-flag alpha whose obsessive note-taking turns out to be the hottest love language alive. Start reading Crib Notes for an Alpha today for a swoony, high-heat romance about being chosen for real. You'll love this if you like… Fake engagement that gets real fast Sunshine omega / controlled alpha chemistry Surprise pregnancy with emotional stakes Found family, custody drama, and cozy domestic payoff Protective green-flag heroes who love through details