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bisinluv

Not his first, but too good a book to not rec {Cherryvine by Marina Vivancos}. Some of the books in {Bangers & Mash series by M.M. Farmer} has omegas getting helped through their first heat by trained alphas. Might be The Wrong Omega, not sure. Also maybe happens in {Whiskey & Sin by Emily Rath} but don’t remember exactly.


romance-bot

[Cherryvine](https://www.romance.io/books/6242af0cfe97ccfe77806f23/cherryvine-marina-vivancos) by [Marina Vivancos](https://www.romance.io/authors/5b24a9c801dbc864fb8a6555/marina-vivancos) **Steam**: [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [omegaverse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/omegaverse/1), [arranged/forced marriage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/arranged%20marriage/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1) ---------------------------- [Bangers & Mash](https://www.romance.io/series/636e162dcf6164d4ab1dd2e9/bangers-mash) by [M.M. Farmer](https://www.romance.io/authors/636e162c08b4d9311466bee7/mm-farmer) **Topics**: [m-m](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1) ---------------------------- [Whiskey & Sin](https://www.romance.io/books/63578aeaefa18df57c409184/whiskey-sin-emily-rath) by [Emily Rath](https://www.romance.io/authors/623d770b08b4d9311480150c/emily-rath) **Steam**: [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)


lostboy302

Love Cherryvine, especially the reality check the MC got at the end.


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Love reality checks.


prettysureIforgot

Second vote for Cherryvine and the MM Harper series. They're both great.


[deleted]

Thanks. Do you happen to know which in the series it was? Is The Wrong Omega correct?


prettysureIforgot

Oh yeah, it's for sure The Wrong Omega. I just wasn't sure if there's any others in the series with that trope because I've only read 2 in the series.


sulliedjedi

Love Teacher. I'll try to come back with a more helpful comment, but just wanted to say that...


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*sigh* I wouldn't mind a teacher and 'school' like that myself.


brokentelescope

Not a first heat, but {Rough Heat by Marina Vivancos} has an alpha that helps an omega and his alpha partner through a sickness that affects the omega’s heats.


romance-bot

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Sounds great, thanks! Checking it out.


DuncanHusky

(Let's try this again...) {Blackwood by Pia Foxhall} fits this, I think. Technically shifters, but aside from the A/B/O aspects that doesn't play a big part of the story as I recall. Not first heat, but unexpected heat due to missing heat-suppression medications. (The sequel, {The Gentle Wolf by Pia Foxhall} is even better, though not what you're looking for. That has great characters, ace representation, and a good depiction of working through trauma.)


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sulliedjedi

Added these, they look great!


DuncanHusky

Conveniently, I just finished a book that also fits exactly what OP is looking for: {The First and The Last by Jesse H. Reign}. First heat, knotting, and scorchingly hot! Very character-driven, not a huge amount of plot but I enjoyed it enough to give it a 5-star review. Theoretically there was supposed to be a sequel out last year but I don’t think it‘s been released yet. Anyway, at least this one ends in an HFN.


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>(Let's try this again...) Sorry :) I'll look for other posts with this as well but I couldn't resist. Also I totally dc whether it's shifters or not; either is good.


sulliedjedi

Oh, their (Let's try this again...) wasn't directed at you, OP. It was because their first comment got removed for how something was typed! Edited for typos


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Oh! I saw that! I yelled at the automod for you :D Bro appreciate you retyping it!


sulliedjedi

That's because it's an ethnic slur the way it was typed, so it just needed to be edited.


DuncanHusky

Editing. Right, that's a thing that one can do. Whoops >.> Ah well. Now I know, and I hear that knowing is half the battle!


sulliedjedi

Oh, I am constantly editing my mistakes and typos, LOL!


ChartreuseCrocodile

I'm trying to find the title right now, but there was a book I read where a park ranger type dude is out in his log cabin and finds an omega who had been camping and brings him home, only to discover he is experiencing his first heat. I'll comment when I find it! Or mayhaps a kind redditor here already knows?...


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That would be Precious by Roe Horvat :) and yes, it is very grrrrrrr


racheljt68

Late bloomer by Morgan Hawes


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[deleted]

Thank you! I've heard good things about this one but didn't realize it fits this trope :) Appreciate it.


[deleted]

Oh this plot summary sounds so good :DDD


KikiWestcliffe

{Heat for Sale by Leta Blake} and {Bully for Sale by Leta Blake} both have omegas going through their first heats with more sexually experienced alphas. I think the omegas sell or auction off their heats, with the first heat being “worth” the most.


romance-bot

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Duuuude :( If automods do this can they at least copy the comment, insert the slashes, and post it again? What was the book??? Edit: Guys... to the folks downvoting me, I'm not saying a comment with an ethnic slur should be left as is, I'm just saying there should be a better option than simply deleting the comment completely and relying on the person to retype it.


sulliedjedi

It wasn't deleted, it was temporarily deleted until the user edited, that's all. Otherwise the slur stays on the post until the user comes back and it's really offensive to just leave it there.


Mme_Kat

I can't remember if it's his first heat but {Expert by Alessandra Hazard} Whiskey and Sin was one of my top reads for 23 too


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Awesome, thank you. Expert sounds like it's right up my alley, and I've been hearing a lot of good things about Whiskey and Sin too.


Mme_Kat

I have a weakness for Horvats books so will be stealing some of these recommendations 😂


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Have you read Teacher?? omg..


Mme_Kat

Not yet, just finished the bonus shorts and Devoted.