The Spawning

Alien Enslaved #2

by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Miranda had been snatched and packed for shipping so fast, she was still reeling with shock when the trader marched her and the other women he'd kidnapped from Earth into the compound on the strange, alien world.

She discovered that was only the beginning, however.

The Hirachi were nearing their spawning season. When the massive, golden skinned, dark haired warriors marched from the sea, she learned that the trader had brought her and the others to sell them to the Hirachi as breeders.

Rating: Carnal-adult situations, frank language, graphic sexual encounters, multiple partners, spawning orgy, 'gang bang'.

Genres: Aliens, Erotica, Science Fiction, Romance, Menage, Science Fiction Romance, Paranormal

198 pages, ebook

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

Stats:
■Kaitlyn has written and completed nearly 140 intellectual properties under several pen names in different genres.
■She has written over 8,000,000 (yes, more than 8 million!) words in published works.
■She has nearly 50 partials in various genres in various stages of completion. :0
■In 2004 she wrote 27 different stories which, together, amounted to nearly a million ‘printed’ words.
■However her most productive year was 2009 when she completed 17 projects totaling well over a million words.
■Second runner up was 2007 when she completed 14 projects at just over a million.
■The year 2008 was a close tie to 2004 in number of words written.
■Her least productive year was 2011. Sorry!
■At 500 to 750 words per hour, the 8+ million written words constitute 10,666 to 16,000 hours, or 20 to 34 hours per week, devoted to Kaitlyn fans over the past 9 years!
■One title had over half a million copies pirated. She decided not to count anymore.

Kaitlyn O’Connor’s Bibliography

Liar’s Poker—romantic suspense; 1993; 93k

Lord of Chaos—historical suspense; 1993; pen name Goldie McBride; 98k

Moonlight Surrender—historical; 1993; 100k

Bond Unbroken—romantic suspense; 1993; 98k

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Bride of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP March 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 47k (overall light/humorous)

Sexphiles: Haunting Melody—paranormal/erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; novella (overall light/humorous)

Four Play—erotica; published NCP Apr-June 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

The Lion’s Woman—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 58k (drama)

Thief of Hearts— erotica; published NCP April 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

Thief of Hearts: The Return— erotica; published NCP May 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

The Claiming—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; (drama)

The Assassin’s Blade—science fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Lyssa Hart (drama)

Blood Moon—paranormal/fantasy; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Sylvia Kincaid; 59k(drama)

Doctor, Lawyer … Police Chief—erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

Neptune’s Daughter—paranormal; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 35k (overall light/humorous)

SexPhiles: The Howling—paranormal/erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name (overall light/some humor)

Yar & the Orgasmizer9000—Science Fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 23k (overall light/humorous)

Below—science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; novel(drama)50k

fantasy; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored ; (overall light/humorous)

The Prey—erotic suspense; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 33k(dark)

science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored 41k (overall light/humorous)

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The Djinn—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 29k(overall light/humorous)

The Fairy Ring—fantasy; published NCP Mar 2004; pen name Catherine Paige; 42k (overall light/humorous)

urban fantasy; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored ; 29k(drama)

Goldilocks—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 8k (overall light/humorous)

Guardian of the Storm—science fiction; published NCP Jan 2004; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 61k (overall light/humorous)

The Invitation—erotic romance; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k(drama)

Maiden of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 40k(drama)

Noccio—science fiction; published NCP Feb 2004; pen name Veronica Chase; 9k (overall light/humorous)

science fiction; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored 51k(drama)

The Shaman—erotic suspense; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 32k(drama)

Thief of Hearts: Stolen—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 200

Reviews

[Jacqueline J · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been on a kick lately of looking for romances between an alien and a human. I took a chance on this one and liked it very much. First of all, I bought an ebook and the book was 283 pages long so good value for the money. I'm tired of paying $6 for a 80 to 100 page ebook. There were a few proofing errors but this ex-proofreader didn't get too upset so they weren't too annoying.

Things I liked: this was not just an excuse for graphic sex. There was a lot of story before anyone got together. A real attempt was made to show an evolving relationship between the alien Hiratchi and the human women. Relationships between the women were explored although sometimes I still got them mixed up. Speaking of the sex, the guys were sharing because they out numbered the women 4 or 5 to one but there weren't any menage scenes. Each guy had separate time with their woman. The men were fairly distinct although Khan was more fully realized than the other three guys. There as a pretty good developement of the alien culture of the Hiratchi.

Problems with the book were: twenty women were transported to this alien planet and not one of them had a useful skill. Some of the things they didn't know were pretty obvious. It took them months, for example, to attempt to smoke some meat so they weren't totally dependent on the Hiratchi bringing them fresh meat every other day. Hadn't they ever studied history at all? No one seemed to know how to make a fire or cook a meal.

Another thing that was unrealistic was that they kept having problems because they were misunderstanding each other's actions. Still no one sat down with one of the aliens and said "okay you did this. What was that all about?" or "On Earth we do this. What do you do is the same situation?" Lots of misunderstandings could have been avoided. It drove the plot but was a bit unrealistic.

On a final note that has nothing to do with the quality of the book is that the picture on the front totally does not match the story. These women were supposed to be tiny, mid chest to the aliens, but if this chick stood up she would tower over this guy. Just saying.

[Coyora Dokusho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plot holes, antecedent confusion, still interesting though. Thank you for the existence of a plot and some depth/connection to the characters

[Krista · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this novel. I was a bit hesitant at first, reading the description of the novel, it was so different from what I was used to reading. However, I decided that the account they gave was intriguing enough and the picture they painted of the sci-fi in the description was OUT OF THIS WORLD--it was utterly and absolutely intriguing. So I spent the money to buy the novel and at first I was like, "really, oh come on this is bogus! I mean ANOTHER PLANET, how can the author make this possible!" Gosh, how I was wrong. SO utterly wrong. She made the planet of the alien species sound like something we could reach out and touch.

All of these thoughts went through my mind as I was reading, then all the sudden I didn't remember speaking them or even thinking them anymore. For I was completely engrossed in the story of Mrs. O'Conner. Nothing was as funny, unbelievable, and rebellious that was happening to the characters in my other novels! This novel was the introduction to my interest in sci-fi erotica fantasy fiction. I haven't turned back since. I love her other novels also! Yay Katilyn please don't stop writing!

I highly recommend Kaitlyn O'Conner if one is looking for erotic fiction, an introduction or some steamy scenes that will have you jumping all over your man. Buy it (it's not much) you won't be sorry.
Read in 2010

[Duetro · Rating 3 out of 5]

The relationship between the main character and her guys was a little under-developed for me. Similar to my issue with The Ninth Orb by the same author, in this book the heroine was only interested in the "main" male lead, Khan, and took all the others on almost out of a sense of obligation. At least in this book, though, each guy has a personality that the author defines, if not through dialogue and the characters' action, then through the protagonist's thoughts about him.

Miranda's thoughts on accepting her harem:

... [Miranda] hesitated. She didn't want to offend Khan, but she was as thrilled with Teron's gift. She didn't want to make him feel less appreciated even though she didn't want to make Khan angry.

And later, talking to the other women who had taken harems:

"The kiss... I hate to say it, because it sounds kind of stupid, but I kissed Khan because I really wanted to and then, when the others gave me gifts, it didn't seem right to behave any less enthusiastically."

She kisses and (through cultural misunderstandings, which make up the bulk of the conflict in the story and make me really annoyed with all the lead characters) unknowingly accepts as her mates Teron, Gerek, and Adar more because she didn't want to make them feel bad then because she wanted to kiss them. Teron has a decent amount of presence because he's the only healer, but they all take major back seats to Khan.

I did like the relationship between the women in this book, it surprisingly wasn't pure cattiness between them all. There was a group that was labeled as "bimbos" by the lead and her closer friends, but not all the women who weren't the lead were portrayed as horrible bitches.

My other big issue with the book was that Khan and Miranda refused to just talk to each other. They each assume the other knows exactly what they're thinking. Khan for example spends the bulk of the book pushing Miranda at way: at first, because he fears his attraction to her and what impregnating her, a much smaller species, will do to her body and her health; and then later, after having sex with her, feeling guilty that he lost control and put his sexual desires above her well-being. However, to Miranda, it's all just him blowing hot and cold. He doesn't tell her his fears because he doesn't want her to be afraid of the pregnancy, but it just makes her afraid that she's unwanted.

Miranda is guilty of similarly withholding information out of fear (that they had a wider window of fertility than female Hirachi, and that any of the members of her harem could be the father of her baby), but I felt like she was reprimanded by the Hirachi for her own "dishonesty" way more than the Hirachi were held accountable for how uncommunicative they were being to the women.

The last thing was, I wasn't sure what this book's stance was with traditional gender roles, and deviating from those. Miranda is described in the book several times as being assertive and able to defend herself, as well as being in a male-dominated field (police officer). She describes herself as "blunt" and "crude," traits that she supposedly picked up from working with men. She isn't traditionally feminine, and says that she struggled with getting/maintaining male attention when she didn't adhere to the norm.

Then she comes to the Hirachi's settlement, and she stands out for the same reasons, but positively. The Hirachi view the human women as too small and weak, but Miranda manages to (temporarily) escape and incapacitate one of the Hirachi in the process. This impresses several of them.

Mostly men -- Earth men -- didn't care for the possibility that the woman they were with might be able to kick their ass.
It was one of the hardest things about trying to date -- for [Miranda], anyway.
Obviously, it wasn't something the Hirachi male spent a lot of time worrying about.

But then, the book turns around and says that really, deep down, all women want to be traditional. Miranda says to Khan:

"I think I could safely say the majority of women, me included, would like to see fathers doing what they once did -- taking care of the family so a woman could nurture her children. I think most women would find it rewarding enough to make their 'nests' and tend their children, that that's what they really want -- and to be respected and appreciated for the importance of that job."

This sort of came out of left-field for me, considering the tone of most of the book. I thought it was more about Miranda being appreciated for the traits that normally go unappreciated/shunned in her culture, but then she says that she actually prefers the traditional role of women. I'm not saying it's wrong for women to want to fill that role, it just seemed out of character for Miranda. Why be a cop, why pursue a career at all, if what you really wanted was for your man to work and for you to raise your children?

Plus the book sort of went back and forth on the matter of Hirachi women as well; all Hirachi women are warriors, yet they're also expected to retreat with the children and elderly. Hirachi women choose and can take multiple lovers, yet their "spawning ritual" involves fleeing the male Hirachi and then "submitting." I didn't know what the book was going for. To be fair, I didn't read the first book. Maybe the Hirachi gender roles are defined more clearly in that book. As it is in this book, it seems like an issue of having your cake and eating it too.

[Cheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another read: Still loved this story. Although the main character gave me an eye roll over her yearning for a time when only men worked outside and women stayed home. That period only existed for privileged women and didn't include women who looked like me. Won't change the rating though.

This is the second book in this series that I have thoroughly enjoyed. Absolutely loved Miranda and her tough take no prisoners attitude. She was tough yet soft at the same time. I like her four partners also and that they all had separate nights with her. I'm not a fan of menage scenes. Miranda's internal rambling got annoying sometimes and the constant misunderstandings. I kept saying 'if you want to know something, why not just ask the men?' The lack of communication was really irritating at times. But I have every intention of reading book 3.

[Smokinhotbooks K.C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love me some Kaitlyn O'Connor. I really can't get enough of this author's sci-fi erotic romances. Although not as good as the first book I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to finish it.


PS Miranda gets not one but 4 males *bits lip*

[Tameka Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly well done

Okay so after reading book one, I wasn't sure about the time frame. But it was still a good story. I definitely couldn't put it down.

[Kemunto24yahoo.Com · Rating 2 out of 5]

I struggled alot with this one. There was too much explaining in the book and not enough conversation! There was also no chemistry between the characters. It was like reading a Sci-Fi documentary!!!

[S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listen, I don't know what the fuck this was, but I enjoyed it while I read it. It's straight up porn, with a fair does of world-building but really no character involvement.

[Nessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF IT WASNT REVERSE HAREM. I REALLY LIKED THE WHOLE MERMEN CONCEPT HERE AND BREEDING...THIS WAS EROTICA IN A WAY BUT I STILL DIDNT LIKE THE MULTIPLE PARTNERS THING. IM A ONE MAN WOMAN. PERIOD.

THE SEX was pretty hot in a non human with human way, and that's what cranks up the heat but otherwise it was plain ol'sex. I liked the main hero or the first male anyway who caught the heroine's attention. He was the alpha but I hated that he was okay with sharing his mate with three other of his kind.

I won't call this a normal romance or relationship, it was polygamous and the lack of drama or jealousy was just too bad.

JUST READ THIS WITH AN OPEN MIND AND APPRECIATE THE LUST, BECAUSE THE HEROINE JUST APPEARED TO BE INDECISIVE TO ME. FIRST SHE WANTED THE WHOLE "THE ONE" AND THEN SHES SUDDENLY OKAY WITH HAVING 4 HUSBANDS LOL EWWW GROOSSS NO THANKS.

[Sharon Gillman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story based on book 1 Alien Enslaved I: Genesis

The characters and story were enjoyable and well developed. The book could use better editing as there were plenty of missing words or grammar usage errors. These problems only distract from a more enjoyable read. Some grammar can be over looked but missing words stops the flow of reading.

I gave the book 4 stars as I still enjoyed the story and world Ms O'Connor manages to present time and time again with her imagination.

[Helen Friend · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great!

Could not put this book down it could have been twice as long and I still would have been turning pages, loved the description of the underwater village it really caught my imagination. The beginning of the book about the abduction was very vivid brutal and well described I felt the women's terror. Would love to spend more time reading about this world.

[Giobbster · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alien

I've read this book twice and it's ok as far as action,drama,but I wasn"t to enthralled with this book. I seriously had to concentrate to continuously stay interested.This book could have been a lot more ,the plot needed to be expanded. Over all I have it three stars,liked most of'v the characters,some needed to be expanded on.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute!!!

I really liked this story. I liked the female and male characters. It's cute how the author captured the difference in men and women's thinking, logic and miscommunication because of it. It was a fun story to read.

[Kimberly Buckley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

Another great story in what is turning out to be a amazing series so far. Highly recommended to anyone that is a fan of this genre. Loving these books so far. I can't wait to read the next one.

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting concept. Quite a different take on alien books. The setting was well done. The characters were great and the ending even better. Any alien romance fans would love this book.

[Tope_is_meyahoo.com · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book

This is a great story.. I would recommend it to anyone who likes action, adventure and aliens in their love stories..

[Hollie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the alien world O'Connor built, but the communication between the two different species was awkward. Maybe she intended it that way since they are two different species.

[C.J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good story. It followed the alien slavery troupe but differed in interesting ways.

[Aisling · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is really fantastic, I just wish the male characters were a little more flushed out.

[rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

i guess there wasn't time for groveling, no?

[Misti Britnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Spawning

I like the idea. The execution is too full of poor communication. there are loads of typos, too. Medium spice, vanilla, RH alien romance.

[BleuBelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

As I said in my review for the first book, the writing style didn't appeal to me. I need more dialogues in my books. I don't want to read it all in monologue of the heroine. It gets boring in time.

Miranda was a tough woman. I liked how she took the lead. But sometimes I just wondered about her. She had so many thoughts and fears, but did she do something about them? No! She just buries them and goes on with life. All these misunderstandings and hurts could have been avoided if she just opened her mouth and told her men how she felt and asked the questions.

In book two Miranda lucked out. She's got 4 hulky alpha mens! Wow! Me too!
Yeah, but let me tell you, 4 were 3 too many. Because I really didn't learn anything about them. They couldn't form any relationship with Miranda. They just declared she was theirs, then she was pregnant and then she had the babies.

It was too rushed. I just got to know Khan. And a little bit of Teron. But the other two? Nothing. There was no time for falling in love, for creating a relationship, for caring. I didn't even know that she choose Adar too. There were no interactions decribed in this book with him. He was a total stranger to me.

And when Khan comes and says "I love you Miranda" I'm like.. what just happend? How did it happen? And when? And why? I was totally in the dark. Yeah, it was like that.

I just need to know more about the partners of the heroine. And I would love to see more interactions. (Not just in bed)

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been just over 3 years since I read the first book in this series, Genesis, but the second and third in the series were just as much fun despite the long gap. If anything many of the complaints I had about Genesis (mainly to do with writing style and mechanics) were less of a problem here, but only a little less. It is just such a guilty pleasure reading this classic capture fantasy story, that I was able to overlook most of the errors.

Kaitlyn O'Connor writes erotic sci/fi with more world building detail than most. Sometimes the amount of detail given could be over the top, but I rather enjoyed that too. This story is based on the same world as Genesis, but it wasn't clear to me how much time had passed and there wasn't any reference to the characters in the previous book.

Fun, erotic, and enough length to get your teeth into. I liked it well enough to buy and read The Gladiators right away. I feel compelled to point out the covers on the books in this series are pretty corny, awful really, and I'm ever so grateful I can read books like this on my kindle now rather than trying to hide the cover while reading.

[Erin Kyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like reading more about the Hirachi. Great world O'Connor's developed here. Very interesting to see the planet resume years (?) after the end of the first book. (I'm thinking years for two reasons: 1, because of the underwater village. Was it built already in book #1? and 2, I don't remember any characters from book #1 showing up in book #2...though it *has* been a while since I read the first book.)

I've gotta say that I didn't like this second book as much as the first. It felt long and stringy, like O'Connor could've cut out *lots* of the middle section and focused more on the relationships instead of the world building.

Again, it was good to see a take-charge, Alpha female lead.

I was wondering where the big Problem was going to come from. Imagine my surprise when no such Problem ever arose. That was strange to contemplate, to be honest. So much focus on overcomplicated relationships. I do, however, really like the relational dynamic between Miranda and all of her men. I like that they mostly got equal treatment, and that there wasn't necessarily a tidy HEA with one man and one woman riding into the sunset.

In this case, I was totally fine with four men and one woman swimming into the sunset. Good - not great - read.

[Helen Jessica Mays · Rating 5 out of 5]

This author's books are either a five star book or an one star book for me. This one was a five star book. I love alien abduction stories but the problem with them is to be able to forgive the heroes for abducting and possibly abusing the heroine at the beginning. In this book heroes had nothing to do with the abduction part, they bought them to save them mostly, so it made me start the book with a more positive note. Hiraci was nice and gentle towards the women, but they were really busy, so it wasn't like they have taken over their lives and took care of everything. This way we were able to read the women's troubles and struggles to survive, not really more romantic but more entertaining to read.
There were lots of places I didn't get why didn't they just talk to each other to solve their issues by O'Connor's characters mostly like this, they prefer to talk to the readers for pages and pages instead of each other for five sentences. But I am not going to cut off any stars for this, since I knew it was going to be like this before reading the book, I am familiar with the author afterall, and have to accept that this style has a certain appeal to make me search for her books.

[Cheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

First read Oct 2011 but never left a review.

After two unsatisfying books in a row, I decided to re-read one of my favorites. I enjoyed the creative world-building and Miranda's badass attitude. I love the she didn't take any crap from the 'bimbo' group. There was a lot of introspection in this story. A bit too much at times. I wished the human women would've sat down with Hirachi and ironed out their differences. It would've save everyone a lot of time and confusion. As a POC I could've done without the 1950s longing though. If you weren't a white man during that time, you were essentially screwed when it came to choices. The spawning scene was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing.

All in all, a great book. Love the writing, despite the editing errors. If the cover was different, more people would buy this story.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This cover... lol it doesn't get much worse. Unfortunately the book isn't any different. I was super bummed out because I really like Genesis (enslaved #1) but this book is not even close to the same quality. Miranda is a straight up bitch the entire book. I didn't think she was sassy or headstrong, or anything that could be construed as positive - she was a complete bitch. She threatened everybody constantly and I just didn't like her at all. Also if your looking for a menage this is not the right book for you. I was confused in Genesis when the same thing happened but ignored it but after seeing the same situation again I just think it is weird and uncomfortable. She essentially rotates the guys - its not one relationship that watch grow between 3/4/5 people its one girl having 4 independent different relationships at the same time. It's bizarre.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alien Romance is fast becoming one of my top fave genres and it's all Kaitlyn O'Connor's fault... This author has piqued my interest and now I salivate to devour her books with a hunger like no other. This tale has stimulated my senses and I can not get enough! I truly enjoyed the first book in this series and I loved this second book immensely! The first book flowed seemingly well, however the second book cascaded so smoothly that I didn't want to put it down and didn't want it to end at the same time!!! I'm loving the storyline in this series and the characters are so well rounded with their different personality traits...just Phenomenal!!!

[Kiki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Kaitlyn O'Connor's imagination and world building. I just wish her narrators didn't over think simple things so much. I've taken to skimming some of those sections.

However, I love these Enslaved books, even if I think this one is a little weaker due most of the book being about misunderstandings. I understand the heroine is in a delicate position, however, at some point I wish she would start seeing her own worth to them instead of having it constantly pointed out by other people and work up the nerve to be straight forward, instead of avoiding questions she needed answered.