The Alliance

by Patricia Waddell

Reuel Shatar, the handsome Governor of Pyrali and its three moons, is noble to his galactic core and duty bound to produce the next ruler of the Alliance. His choice is to blackmail a beautiful dissident into his mating chamber or have the House of Shatar fall into disgrace.

Christa Kirklan is as stubborn as her Earthling heritage and as unpredictable as a cosmic storm. Faced with exile to a frigid asteroid for her treasonous dialogue, or marriage to the man who represents everything she hates, Christa reluctantly chooses marriage.

She finds a way to voice her discontentment with the empire's prejudice and archaic social culture by fulfilling Reuel's desire and putting an Earthling on the future throne of the galaxy.

Genres: Futuristic

312 pages, Paperback

First published February 26, 2007

About the author

Patricia writes for the pure joy of escaping the day to day confines of reality. The reason she thinks most of us pick up a book. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Pat grew up in the Mid-West, where old fashioned values grow like corn. After a full day as a professional accountant, she races home to her keyboard and walks through the looking glass into the world of romantic fiction.

Pat currently resides in Florida with her husband, Phillip.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing special and what a disappointment. The writing was too simple,generic useless dialogues, the characters shallow and unidimensional,everything felt flat …..nothing interesting whatsoever. I didn’t care about the romance bit ,but at least the futuristic part…no world building nothing engaging, no mystery plot ,the ending predictable ….very boring and cheesy. Too many cliches not even well done . To reach the ending was a blessing . The author feels like a beginner with no inspiration and this will be her last novel I read .