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Mates for the Raskarrans #1-6
Mates for the Raskarrans Books 1-6
The first six books in the Mates for the Raskarrans series in one collection - with bonus scenes and exclusive novella!
Follow the adventures of Liv and ten women from Earth after they crash land on a strange jungle planet. The flora and fauna are deadly, but the locals are big, green and gorgeous, and looking for their mates...
Gregar is chief of a dying tribe. After a sickness wiped out all the raskarran females, he and his brothers were doomed to die alone. Until a strange, alluring female visits Gregar in his dreams, bringing hope for a future to his village, and all of raskarran-kind.
Features:
Stranded - Liv and Gregar
Saved - Ellie and Anghar
Scorched - Rachel and Vantos
Seduced - Lorna and Shemza
Silenced - Carrie and Endzoh
Seized - Sam and Dazzik
PLUS exclusive bonus story:
Surrender - Grace and Calran
Follow the adventures of Liv and ten women from Earth after they crash land on a strange jungle planet. The flora and fauna are deadly, but the locals are big, green and gorgeous, and looking for their mates...
Gregar is chief of a dying tribe. After a sickness wiped out all the raskarran females, he and his brothers were doomed to die alone. Until a strange, alluring female visits Gregar in his dreams, bringing hope for a future to his village, and all of raskarran-kind.
Features:
Stranded - Liv and Gregar
Saved - Ellie and Anghar
Scorched - Rachel and Vantos
Seduced - Lorna and Shemza
Silenced - Carrie and Endzoh
Seized - Sam and Dazzik
PLUS exclusive bonus story:
Surrender - Grace and Calran
1372 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 21, 2023
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Heather Fox
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March 25, 2023
This series came to my attention after DNFing about 17 books in a row, and it’s been such a pleasure to read it. In a nut shell, this is an ongoing series of the Mars Needs Women trope. It can be a bit wordy and repetitive in places, but there’s good world building and attention to not only each romantic couple, but the overarching story as well. As it progresses, events become more connected than previously thought and much more nefarious.
I never hear about this author and I can't fathom why. The series is well written and gives you that feeling in your chest when you empathize with a book's characters. It’s important to point out that I almost never read complete series. I pick and choose books from series depending on the individual tropes. Also, I hate cliffhangers. So, for me to be so invested in this is unique and special. Every single character has been dealt a really shi%$y hand. But they pick up the pieces, fit them together and find something genuinely joyful and healing. And Ms. Fox doesn’t drag the reader through the mud to do it. That’s a gift.
Premise:
This takes place in some unknown period of time in the future when capitalism has prevailed on Earth, resulting in one company that controls everything: Mercenia. People are born into a tier system. Those in the bottom tiers are treated as slaves, forbidden from having families and forced to live and work in conditions that result in a lifespan of about 40 years. We find along the way that women of any tier are considered not much more than brood mares. If you happen to notice anything analogous in our current world, I wouldn’t say that you’re wrong.
Mercenia announces the formation of a new colony off-planet and opens a lottery. Those who win are transported to Alpha Colony, comprise the workforce, and then given a small holding. It’s Freedom in the eyes of the bottom tier folks. On their way to Alpha Colony, this shipment of sla…workers crash lands onto the wrong planet, where the humans find a primitive planet, inhabited by several very small tribes of aliens.
These aliens used to flourish until a disease ran through the population, killing all the children/women and nearly all of the elders. (Note: it would be very easy to roll your eyes at this point, and utter, “how convenient”. But nothing in this series happens without reason or cause.) This leaves several decimated tribes of males knowing full well that they are the last generation and have no future.
Once the humans come into close proximity, fated mates meet each other in a dream world where they can communicate verbally despite language barriers in a shared landscape. That's one of the more interesting concepts I've seen in a book.
While dark subjects are definitely discussed and focal to some of the relationship development, the books themselves are not dark. Neither are they humorous or lighthearted.
🌸Spice level: Explicit but not the entire focus.
🌸Consent is always important between mates.
🌸Each book is around 200 pages.
🌸The aliens are sufficiently humanesque to not squick some people out.
🌸Pairings through the last installment of this box set (Surrender) are all M/F. However, it has been established that homosexual and polyamorous relationships are not taboo in their culture and have happened in the past.
🌸1st person, dual POV, present tense
🌸TW: On page violence, threatened SA, death of non-primary characters. Off-page SA, food insecurity, DV/abuse, forced pregnancy/surrogacy.
Stranded - #1:
3.5⭐
Male: Gregar, the chief of his tribe
Female: Liv, the by-default leader of the humans. Tough as nails and pissed off.
We’re introduced to the basic premise of the book. Liv has no idea that the dreamscape is real and thinks she just has a great imagination.
Saved - #2:
4⭐
Male: Anghar the cinnamon roll
Female: Ellie, the by-default hunter/gatherer for the humans. Tough and having absolutely NOTHING to do with Anghar and this dreamscape BS.
We’re introduced to another tribe that has lost its way. They are willing to take what they want and kill to get it.
Scorched - #3:
3.5⭐
Male: Vantos the Grumpy
Female: Rachel the Self-Deprecating
Rachel and Vantos develop feelings for each other outside of a fated mating while she nurses him back to health from a serious injury. Neither feels good enough for the other and both know that any day now, either could be claimed by someone else in the dreamscape. Angst level 4!
Seduced #4:
3.5⭐
Male: Shemza the soft spoken, level headed healer
Female: Lorna who was nearly fatally injured in the crash
Shemza nurses the human back to health while she dreads joining the dreamscape with anyone. She doesn’t want them to know who she really is.
Silenced #5:
5⭐
Male: Endzoh the quiet introvert who watches everything from the fringes of the tribe.
Female: Carrie who is nearly mute, ostensibly from her previous trauma living under Mercenia’s thumb.
Her best work of the series so far. Heartfelt and sweet with a little sour and what a cliffhanger! These are the two loner introverts who are always looking uncomfortable in public. Of course they belong together. They quiet each other's minds and mend each other's wounds. And...excuse me; I have to go finish crying.
Seized #6:
4⭐
Male: Dazzik the tortured exile. As he’s not been privy to the knowledge of the humans’ arrival, when he meets a strange woman in his dreams, he’s convinced they’re just vivid dreams. After all, she’s not the only person he’s been hallucinating for years.
Female: Sam the eager, who disappeared on a mission to convince another tribe to join Gregar’s tribe. She disappeared several books ago, so this installment was eagerly awaited.
I loved sweet Sam. And I cried over Dazzik and his sordid tale. He'd been living in his own personal hell for years, yet still managed to keep his humanity, for lack of a better word.
Surrender #7:
4⭐
Male: Calran from Darran’s tribe
Female: Grace the barely trained healer because Mercenia even controls the dissemination of knowledge.
This is the reason women read romance. Characters like Calran. He’s known his entire life that he was destined to die alone. But when he’s miraculously given a mate, she’s terrified of intimacy because she was kept as a brood mare by some upper tier a-hole who called her “defective”. I choose to think he was shooting blanks. So there. YOU’RE the defective one, SIMON! But, I digress. So, what does Calran tell her? If all the intimacy she can ever manage is just standing by his side, he’ll take it and be grateful.
I never hear about this author and I can't fathom why. The series is well written and gives you that feeling in your chest when you empathize with a book's characters. It’s important to point out that I almost never read complete series. I pick and choose books from series depending on the individual tropes. Also, I hate cliffhangers. So, for me to be so invested in this is unique and special. Every single character has been dealt a really shi%$y hand. But they pick up the pieces, fit them together and find something genuinely joyful and healing. And Ms. Fox doesn’t drag the reader through the mud to do it. That’s a gift.
Premise:
This takes place in some unknown period of time in the future when capitalism has prevailed on Earth, resulting in one company that controls everything: Mercenia. People are born into a tier system. Those in the bottom tiers are treated as slaves, forbidden from having families and forced to live and work in conditions that result in a lifespan of about 40 years. We find along the way that women of any tier are considered not much more than brood mares. If you happen to notice anything analogous in our current world, I wouldn’t say that you’re wrong.
Mercenia announces the formation of a new colony off-planet and opens a lottery. Those who win are transported to Alpha Colony, comprise the workforce, and then given a small holding. It’s Freedom in the eyes of the bottom tier folks. On their way to Alpha Colony, this shipment of sla…workers crash lands onto the wrong planet, where the humans find a primitive planet, inhabited by several very small tribes of aliens.
These aliens used to flourish until a disease ran through the population, killing all the children/women and nearly all of the elders. (Note: it would be very easy to roll your eyes at this point, and utter, “how convenient”. But nothing in this series happens without reason or cause.) This leaves several decimated tribes of males knowing full well that they are the last generation and have no future.
Once the humans come into close proximity, fated mates meet each other in a dream world where they can communicate verbally despite language barriers in a shared landscape. That's one of the more interesting concepts I've seen in a book.
While dark subjects are definitely discussed and focal to some of the relationship development, the books themselves are not dark. Neither are they humorous or lighthearted.
🌸Spice level: Explicit but not the entire focus.
🌸Consent is always important between mates.
🌸Each book is around 200 pages.
🌸The aliens are sufficiently humanesque to not squick some people out.
🌸Pairings through the last installment of this box set (Surrender) are all M/F. However, it has been established that homosexual and polyamorous relationships are not taboo in their culture and have happened in the past.
🌸1st person, dual POV, present tense
🌸TW: On page violence, threatened SA, death of non-primary characters. Off-page SA, food insecurity, DV/abuse, forced pregnancy/surrogacy.
Stranded - #1:
3.5⭐
Male: Gregar, the chief of his tribe
Female: Liv, the by-default leader of the humans. Tough as nails and pissed off.
We’re introduced to the basic premise of the book. Liv has no idea that the dreamscape is real and thinks she just has a great imagination.
Saved - #2:
4⭐
Male: Anghar the cinnamon roll
Female: Ellie, the by-default hunter/gatherer for the humans. Tough and having absolutely NOTHING to do with Anghar and this dreamscape BS.
We’re introduced to another tribe that has lost its way. They are willing to take what they want and kill to get it.
Scorched - #3:
3.5⭐
Male: Vantos the Grumpy
Female: Rachel the Self-Deprecating
Rachel and Vantos develop feelings for each other outside of a fated mating while she nurses him back to health from a serious injury. Neither feels good enough for the other and both know that any day now, either could be claimed by someone else in the dreamscape. Angst level 4!
Seduced #4:
3.5⭐
Male: Shemza the soft spoken, level headed healer
Female: Lorna who was nearly fatally injured in the crash
Shemza nurses the human back to health while she dreads joining the dreamscape with anyone. She doesn’t want them to know who she really is.
Silenced #5:
5⭐
Male: Endzoh the quiet introvert who watches everything from the fringes of the tribe.
Female: Carrie who is nearly mute, ostensibly from her previous trauma living under Mercenia’s thumb.
Her best work of the series so far. Heartfelt and sweet with a little sour and what a cliffhanger! These are the two loner introverts who are always looking uncomfortable in public. Of course they belong together. They quiet each other's minds and mend each other's wounds. And...excuse me; I have to go finish crying.
Seized #6:
4⭐
Male: Dazzik the tortured exile. As he’s not been privy to the knowledge of the humans’ arrival, when he meets a strange woman in his dreams, he’s convinced they’re just vivid dreams. After all, she’s not the only person he’s been hallucinating for years.
Female: Sam the eager, who disappeared on a mission to convince another tribe to join Gregar’s tribe. She disappeared several books ago, so this installment was eagerly awaited.
I loved sweet Sam. And I cried over Dazzik and his sordid tale. He'd been living in his own personal hell for years, yet still managed to keep his humanity, for lack of a better word.
Surrender #7:
4⭐
Male: Calran from Darran’s tribe
Female: Grace the barely trained healer because Mercenia even controls the dissemination of knowledge.
This is the reason women read romance. Characters like Calran. He’s known his entire life that he was destined to die alone. But when he’s miraculously given a mate, she’s terrified of intimacy because she was kept as a brood mare by some upper tier a-hole who called her “defective”. I choose to think he was shooting blanks. So there. YOU’RE the defective one, SIMON! But, I digress. So, what does Calran tell her? If all the intimacy she can ever manage is just standing by his side, he’ll take it and be grateful.
March 25, 2023
I read the first six books of Mates for the Raskarrans last year within a week. The world and character building were fantastic throughout, with descriptions that shared the complete culture shock the humans were experiencing. I needed to know what was going to happen next. The boxset contains all six books and a new bonus Novella “Surrender” that shares the story of Grace and Calran who matched within the other books.
I adored the Raskarrans who, despite having lost so much, maintain so much faith in Lina and their fated mates. The harsh, clinical world the humans have come from means they all have significant trauma and the Raskarrans take such care of their precious mates its heart-warming to read. Each book ends with hints to the next couple and leaves you wanting to read more immediately.
I found Grace and Calran’s story in the new novella enjoyable, so much I wish we could have had an entire book. We saw their pairing in passing within other books however did not learn any specifics. Grace has had a traumatic past from being “owned” by a human male and it takes a lot of courage to accept she has been “given a mate” that did not allow her to have a choice yet again. Calran is doting and patient. He is feeling blessed to have mated at all and is willing to let Grace define the relationship as she needs. His entire focus is on what his mate needs, and he lets her lead to ensure her comfort and safety. Its adorable to read and Grace’s courage is inspiring.
I’m looking forward to reading the future books and seeing how the story develops with the direction change that occurred in the last book. Heather Fox is an instant/preorder buy for me. If you enjoyed Ruby Dixon's IPB or Ella Maven's Drixonians you should read Mates for the Raskarrans.
I was given an arc of the new novella “Surrender” for my honest opinion from the author. I bought the boxset for my enjoyment!
I adored the Raskarrans who, despite having lost so much, maintain so much faith in Lina and their fated mates. The harsh, clinical world the humans have come from means they all have significant trauma and the Raskarrans take such care of their precious mates its heart-warming to read. Each book ends with hints to the next couple and leaves you wanting to read more immediately.
I found Grace and Calran’s story in the new novella enjoyable, so much I wish we could have had an entire book. We saw their pairing in passing within other books however did not learn any specifics. Grace has had a traumatic past from being “owned” by a human male and it takes a lot of courage to accept she has been “given a mate” that did not allow her to have a choice yet again. Calran is doting and patient. He is feeling blessed to have mated at all and is willing to let Grace define the relationship as she needs. His entire focus is on what his mate needs, and he lets her lead to ensure her comfort and safety. Its adorable to read and Grace’s courage is inspiring.
I’m looking forward to reading the future books and seeing how the story develops with the direction change that occurred in the last book. Heather Fox is an instant/preorder buy for me. If you enjoyed Ruby Dixon's IPB or Ella Maven's Drixonians you should read Mates for the Raskarrans.
I was given an arc of the new novella “Surrender” for my honest opinion from the author. I bought the boxset for my enjoyment!
April 1, 2023
A wonderful set of books!
I loved these books. The trials that they all go through and how the females adapt to their new life. It is heart breaking the world the females have come from and everything they have already been through in their lives. The Raskarrans are interesting and amusing. You can't help but feel sorry for their world and the troubles they have had as well. Looking forward to the continuation of this series.
I loved these books. The trials that they all go through and how the females adapt to their new life. It is heart breaking the world the females have come from and everything they have already been through in their lives. The Raskarrans are interesting and amusing. You can't help but feel sorry for their world and the troubles they have had as well. Looking forward to the continuation of this series.
April 8, 2023
Brilliant box set
This box set is so brilliantly written. It draws you in straight away and keeps you reading till the last word. I was sorry to finish reading it. The characters and their individual stories are so richly written and each story is just as good as the last. An absolute pleasure to read. Lots of strong sexy aliens, steamy scenes and great love stories. Highly recommended.
This box set is so brilliantly written. It draws you in straight away and keeps you reading till the last word. I was sorry to finish reading it. The characters and their individual stories are so richly written and each story is just as good as the last. An absolute pleasure to read. Lots of strong sexy aliens, steamy scenes and great love stories. Highly recommended.
October 20, 2023
Sweet and satisfying
I really like this series because of the character growth and world building. I am not a fan of spice and steam, as I know how sex works and am much more interested in how people work.
This world was interesting on its own and a great foil for character development. Everyone is different and yet able to learn to reach out and love others and self. Something real life often lacks.
I really like this series because of the character growth and world building. I am not a fan of spice and steam, as I know how sex works and am much more interested in how people work.
This world was interesting on its own and a great foil for character development. Everyone is different and yet able to learn to reach out and love others and self. Something real life often lacks.
January 10, 2024
Fluffy and sweet alien romance. Similar to Ruby Dixon/Mars needs women. I’ve been enjoying reading them in between my normal fantasy books. Light on worldbuilding with the women crash landing and escaping a dystopian capitalist society on Earth. The green alien men have to meet them where they are as they process grief, trauma, and other mental health issues. I’ve even cried during a few of these and I don’t usually get emotional when reading!
March 26, 2023
Love this whole series ! Got the box set to read Grace’s story 😍😍😍
Edit: finished Grace and Calran’s book ❤️ those two are sooo good together.
Can’t wait for the next one !!!!
Hoping Maldek’s book is out soon…?!?!
Edit: finished Grace and Calran’s book ❤️ those two are sooo good together.
Can’t wait for the next one !!!!
Hoping Maldek’s book is out soon…?!?!
April 3, 2023
Mates for Raskarrans
Women piled into an emergency pod that crashed on a beach on an inhospitable planet. Then there is weird dreams of musclebound green warriors to a couple of the women. So insightful and romantic.
Women piled into an emergency pod that crashed on a beach on an inhospitable planet. Then there is weird dreams of musclebound green warriors to a couple of the women. So insightful and romantic.
April 6, 2023
I love this series.
The characters are so well developed and have great experiences. The feel like friends as you read the books. I can't wait for more books to read. I have recommended them to several of my friends.
The characters are so well developed and have great experiences. The feel like friends as you read the books. I can't wait for more books to read. I have recommended them to several of my friends.
April 8, 2023
very steamy
18+, a group of women crash land on an alien world that has lost all of their females through a disease out break. Chaos ensues. The plot lines are smooth, character building up to the finally- leading us into the next series.
18+, a group of women crash land on an alien world that has lost all of their females through a disease out break. Chaos ensues. The plot lines are smooth, character building up to the finally- leading us into the next series.
April 10, 2023
Rivetting read.
I loved these books. Once I started I couldn't put them down until I had finished all 6.5 books in this bumper edition. Great value for money and thoroughly enjoyable.
I loved these books. Once I started I couldn't put them down until I had finished all 6.5 books in this bumper edition. Great value for money and thoroughly enjoyable.
May 28, 2023
I want more!
I really enjoyed this series. I read the whole thing 1 right after the other. Each 1 was an individual story. Completely different they still blended together. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next book.
I really enjoyed this series. I read the whole thing 1 right after the other. Each 1 was an individual story. Completely different they still blended together. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next book.
June 25, 2023
Great series
I enjoyed the first 6 books. They seemed to get better and better as I read along. Could be that I became more interested in the characters as I learned more and more about them. Stories moved along at a good pace, not to slow or fast.
I enjoyed the first 6 books. They seemed to get better and better as I read along. Could be that I became more interested in the characters as I learned more and more about them. Stories moved along at a good pace, not to slow or fast.
December 7, 2023
This is a great series
I'm actually surprised how good these were. I got the the set of 6 for $0.99 on black Friday. Totally worth the read. I had to go get book 7 to see what happens next.
I'm actually surprised how good these were. I got the the set of 6 for $0.99 on black Friday. Totally worth the read. I had to go get book 7 to see what happens next.
February 14, 2024
Loved It
I love this series. I hope there are more books in this series or another set. The stories are really interesting. The characters are always interesting. I love the way they interact with one another. This is worth the read. I hope you will give it a try.
I love this series. I hope there are more books in this series or another set. The stories are really interesting. The characters are always interesting. I love the way they interact with one another. This is worth the read. I hope you will give it a try.
March 11, 2025
They crashed and found a new world
I greatly enjoyed this series! Seeing women accustomed to technology and a repressed society learn about their new world of no technology and living mates was entertaining.
I greatly enjoyed this series! Seeing women accustomed to technology and a repressed society learn about their new world of no technology and living mates was entertaining.
March 29, 2023
I read this series previously but grabbed the box set for the Surrender novella. I really enjoy this series!
May 22, 2023
Great
Want a good fun. Women who over come strong dangerous situations find love so strong they connect on a different level. You want this book happy reads
Want a good fun. Women who over come strong dangerous situations find love so strong they connect on a different level. You want this book happy reads
September 11, 2023
Interesting story line, well thought out and written. I can't wait to read the full series as it develops.
Definitely a must read if you want more than the general adult romance.
Definitely a must read if you want more than the general adult romance.
September 5, 2025
Enjoyed
I have completed the first 6 books of the series. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series.
I have completed the first 6 books of the series. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series.
October 8, 2024
Includes novella Surrender - Grace and Calran (book 6.5)
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