I Married Krogal

Prime Mating Agency #10

by Regine Abel

He is the cuddliest of teddy bears. A year after fleeing an abusive partner, Farah’s welcome in the refuge sheltering her is ending. With no money, no job, and no options, she’s floored to be presented with a marriage of convenience to an alien behemoth as a solution. Considering her recent ordeal, entering a relationship with a four-armed giant with herculean strength is the last thing she wants. But the sweet, respectful, and cuddly male she discovers behind that intimidating façade makes her feel safer than she has in years. She exceeds his wildest dreams. As the biggest and strongest male on Xoccoris, Krogal struggles with his people’s expectations that he should lead a warrior’s life instead of caring for wounded and helpless creatures in his veterinary clinic. When the Prime Mating Agency finally finds his soulmate, Krogal is mesmerized by the stunning and delicate little human she turns out to be. While her previous hardships stir his protective instincts, Farah’s inner strength and compassion dazzle him. But as their bond grows stronger, will the ghosts of her past destroy the future they’re trying to build together?

Genres: Romance, Aliens, Science Fiction, Monster Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction Romance, Fiction

282 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2024

About the author

USA Today bestselling author Regine Abel is a fantasy, paranormal, and sci-fi junkie. Anything with a bit of magic, a touch of the unusual, and a lot of romance will have her jumping for joy. She loves writing hot alien warriors meeting no-nonsense, kick-ass heroines. Her novels are steamy, action-packed, and with the twists and turns you never saw coming.

​Before devoting herself as a full-time writer, Regine had surrendered to her other passions: music and video games! After a decade working as a Sound Engineer in movie dubbing and live concerts, Regine became a professional Game Designer and Creative Director, a career that has led her from her home in Canada to the US and various countries in Europe and Asia.

Reviews

[RLbooks (in and out) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up

Krogal (H) is the giant, cuddle lovin, sweetheart of an alien hero that I needed yesterday. He's a veterinarian in a culture where competition and feats of fighting/strength are what bring honor to a family, though he is the strongest fighter, he just doesn't want to pursue it. What he does want to pursue is finding his soulmate (aww) so he enlists the famous matchmaker to help him out. It takes a few years but Farah (h), who's hiding from an abusive ex and in a difficult situation because of it, is found by chance. She's, understandably, worried about coming to another planet and putting herself at the mercy of another man, but takes a risk. Krogal quickly shows her how he's not only trustworthy, he's the perfect guy for her.

Written in first person, dual POV. No ow drama, slight om drama from h's ex, and both are experienced (h had only been with her ex, no history given for H).

This was so adorable and low angst. Some heavy themes do affect our main characters, with Farah's backstory and that Krogal renounces his mother (it's a matriarchal society) because she doesn't understand or support him, but they both thrive with the care they show each other. So many sweet moments and I esp loved how Farah was empowered and found her strength again. Lovely and protective side characters, redemption for Krogal's mom, some action later in the book that wraps up a danger, and there's a cute, alien animal sidekick. Oh and of course, otherworldly features and steaminess. I'm glad I picked this one up when I did.

[Callie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always pretty much enjoy new additions to this series! If you want a feel good alien romance, you’ll probably like it.

That being said, I’ve found the last few a bit boring. I just don’t feel like the characters have a lot of personality.

The couple was sweet together, especially since the heroine had a past abusive relationship. So I was glad she got a sweet hero, but it just lacked chemistry to me.

There is some action at the end! But it’s overall fairly low angst if you want something like that.

[Poppy || Monster Lover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet teddy bear Krogal finally gets his happy ending. He has so much insecurity and shame from his family and I liked that the author delved into the complexity of parent child relationships when the parent is too concerned about image. It’s messy and awful, but often the parent still loves the child. Farah was, understandably, leery of a relationship even with Kayog’s insistence that they were mates. She needed compassion and patience from a partner, and Krogal was good for that. Parts of the middle of the book dragged, but it picked up after a few more chapters.

Spice: 3/5

Triggers: emotional and financial abuse, murder, violence, gore, SCI, toxic parent child relationship, violence toward animal, grief from parent death (historical), poverty, attempted kidnapping, brief discussion of colonial slavery, PTSD

[Uyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely divine

[Izzah ꒰Duchess of Cabria ಇ ⭑✧ ᴏɴ ᴘᴀᴛʀᴇᴏɴ ✧ ⋆꒱ · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book equivalent of eating French onion soup on a chilly day
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[❀ Jess ( Semi hiatus )]

It turns out I stopped reading these because the writing doesn’t grip me even though I very much enjoy the premise of the story and even the characters.

[Lissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I'm done with this series now, and that really disappoints me, because I Married a Lizardman was one of the first alien/monster romance books I read, and I really enjoyed it. But I haven't enjoyed the last several offerings in this series (I Married an Incubus was okay). They all seem like they've been hurriedly written with no care taken for repeated words, grammar, punctuation, plot holes, etc. For example, in one chapter Krogal fucks Farah with his "secondary cock" and then his "main cock," which is bigger (yes, he has double the fun beneath his shorts). There's a whole paragraph of how it was different for her. And then in the next chapter, Farah is reminiscing about how Krogal only fucked her with his secondary cock and how she's wondering how sore she'll be after he fucks her with the main cock. Like he did in the last chapter? WTF.

It also got pretty rich when Farah was judging others for sleeping with dates on the first night, considering that that is one of the caveats of an arranged marriage through the Prime Mating Agency. Granted, hers wasn't arranged through PMA so the rules didn't apply, but I got kind of tired of the judgmental attitude. There were a few more of those sprinkled throughout the book, including Farah mentally calling Belle plus-sized but not in an unhealthy way.

Not what I'm looking for in this genre, and I doubt I'll be back.

[tortured reader ࣪ ִֶָ ⋆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro es demasiado cursi JAJAJA

[DJ K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Regine Abel has done it again, I didn't think that Krogal would have been my first choice for the PMA books, but whoa!! I absolutely adored it. He's such a sweet man, and the whole story was so well written. And maybe I cried a little...

[Sil · Rating 4 out of 5]

“—Te he esperado toda mi vida, mi Farah.
Soy tuyo, ahora y siempre. Eres mi corazón, mi amor, mi eternidad”

📖: Casada con Krogal
✏️: Regine Abel
⭐️: 𝟯,𝟱

𝐋𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐚́𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞
📚 Décimo libro de la serie Agencia Primaria
😈 Monster romance / Sci-Fi
💕 Almas gemelas
❤️‍🩹 Segundas oportunidades
🌹 Found family
💁🏻‍♀️ Matriarcado
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Relación Sana
⚠️ TW: Ex maltratador, agresión verbal (gaslighting)
🔥 Escenas spicy
🗣️ Dos POV’s
📝 Narrado en primera persona

Me lo leí en menos de 12 horas, algo normal cuando inicio algún libro de la serie.

En general, lo he disfrutado. El romance entre ambos protagonistas es lo que más me gustó, así como los temas que trata.

🩺 Krogal, es veterinario pero por su naturaleza sus padres, específicamente su madre preferirían que fuera un guerrero, que no desaprovechara la oportunidad de su tamaño de más de 2 metros, lo que puede parecer aterrador pero la verdad es que es un osito de peluche.

❤️ Él anda en busca de su alma gemela por lo que contará a la Agencia Primaria para que se la busquen y no es hasta 5 años después que logran encontrar a su mujer ideal.

💔 Farrah, después de estar con su ex que la maltrataba verbalmente finalmente decide huir pero no lo tiene nada fácil y es que su ex hizo que ella dependiera mucho de él. Trata de buscar un buen trabajo pero se le dificulta mucho hasta que el dueño de la Agencia Primaria se la encuentra y le ofrece un trato de matrimonio por conveniencia con Krogal.

👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Es ahí donde Krogal y Farrah se conocen. Su relación es super sana y tierna donde él siempre la trata con un gran respeto, algo que sucede siempre con todos los hombres de los demás libros de la serie.

💥 No tiene una historia super profunda pero está bien para pasar el rato y no pensar en nada. Todos estos libros de la serie siempre tienen una dedicatoria tipo reflexión en la que se basa el libro, el cuál en este, es esta:

“𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥. 𝘕𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢́𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪́𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦. 𝘕𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘴, 𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢 𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘴. 𝘠, 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘰, 𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢 𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘰.

𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘫𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦, 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢́𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘯̃𝘰𝘴 𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘴. 𝘛𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘫𝘰𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘴.

𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘴, 𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳”

[Juju ♡ ～('▽^人) · Rating 3 out of 5]

krogal is such a cutie

[Yue4405 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ha sido muy bonito y una vez más, está relacionado con libros anteriores, sobre todo con Casada con una bestia. Es una historia de superación, recuperación y curación, la verdad que es muy dulce. Y como dice mi hermana, si hace llorar, toca darle las 5⭐️

[Cat H · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.7 stars.
I loved how cuddly Krogal was. And also the cute teasing and playing they did together.
So fucking adorable!🫠

[EYLEEN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me lo leí en menos de 12 horas. Me mantuvo sonriendo y siendo feliz con esta pareja desde el inicio 🥰 fue hermoso todo el conflicto de Krogal y su madre y el como esto fue poco a poco tomando forma. Todo el clan de Zamorianos son de lo más increíbles, leales, fascinantes y amorosos (cada uno a su manera). Me encantan. Quiero poder vivir ahí ❤️‍🩹

Debo quejarme de la ley aquí. ¡No sirven para un carajo! Que hdp.

Joree robó mi corazón. También me gustaría que uno me eligiera ♡

Farah es una mujer encantadora, compasiva y sensible, pero nada de esto la hace débil. Tiene un amor fuerte por los suyos y cuando tenga que sacar las garras para protegerlos lo hará sin dudar ni pestañear ni por un segundo ❤️‍🔥

Este libro se ha convertido en uno de mis favoritos de la saga. Amé todo 🥰

[Kimbot the Destroyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had been hoping this sweet boy would get his soulmate since his introduction.
I really love the cultural world building in this series, but this planet is my favorite. My only negative is that the action/conflict was weaker than most. We knew it had to happen but the way it played out seemed contrived.
I still sqeed and I still cried at the end so all is forgiven.

May be the best sci fi romance series out there for overall universe building and consistency, mature communication, boys with the BEST houses, weird dongs, and alien wildlife. There's illustrations. Shout out to compelling and diverse female leads.

[Bri The Shameless Romance Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

An absolute delight to read. The MMC is a big old cinnamon roll who wants to protect and nurture the FMC after her ordeal with an abusive ex. Such a sweet read. It’s always a good time in the Prime Mating Agency Universe 😁

[Marian Pattechat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a sweet and steamy read that had me aww-ing so many times! Don't let Krogal's four eyes and arms scare you: he's the cuddliest and most considerate alien one could dream of marrying ;) I loved how the hurt-comfort and found family tropes were done in the book. The schmexy scenes were great, too. Another great addition to one of my favorite series!

"Seriously, four-armed hugs were freaking awesome, especially when given by the gentlest giant."

[Aldii - perfectioninbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full romance para esta serie, súper cute, super dulce, no se sintió lento a pesar de ser más un slowburn tal vez que otros, pero muy bella entrada en la serie,

[Luu ⁠｡⁠*⁠♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Te he esperado toda mi vida, mi Farah. Soy tuyo, ahora y siempre. Tú eres mis corazones, mi amor y mi eternidad”

[Mackenzie Bolton · Rating 4 out of 5]

“kenzie, you have a billon books on your TBR, what are you gonna do!?!”

i’m gonna read a monster romance!!

[DanielleFrish · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF at 40% and I feel terrible about it. I love this series and have enjoyed every book, but I couldn’t get through this one. The dialogue was very flat and over exaggerated making it feel cringy. The characters also weren’t as well developed as in previous books. The whole thing felt flat and lacking depth. I’m super bummed because I really liked Krogal in the last book but here he didn’t even feel like the same character that I liked.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a generally low-angst and sweet story other than the evil villain plot - I wasn't very emotionally attached to the main couple and thought there was too much telling and info-dumping.

Romance: Zamorian veterinarian MMC with Haitian singer/dancer/fashion designer FMC

[Isatu Y. Sesay · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointing

The author has no understanding of Matriarchal systems. She seems to believe that a Matriarchy is a mirror image of a patriarchy.

This culture is not a matriarchy. It is a patriarchy; that has put on a dress and some lipstick. Most Matriarchal cultures don't have monogamous marriages. Most don't have marriages at all. The ones that do, have polyandry.

This culture is ruled by power, might and cunning (patriarchy), not by wisdom (matriarchy).
This culture is ruled by a young, strong individual (patriarchy), not by the eldest grandmother (matriarchy). Placing a young woman as the authority, as opposed to a young man, does not change it from a patriarchy to a matriarchy; anymore does painting roots on a water tower and calling it a tree.

Their expressions and thinking are all patriarchal. The belief that all women are sensitive and loving, deep down inside, is a patriarchal belief system. The notion of allowing a child to disrespect a mother in public, regardless of the age, is patriarchal; especially if the child is male. The notion of suppressing the right of the mother, for any reason, is patriarchal. There are so many more little details that are all wrong.

The author has no notion of proportions. For some reason, she believes that being 250 lbs at 7-1/2 feet is realistic. That individual male would have a BMI of only 22.2. Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson has a BMI of 38 to 40. This species of people are suppose to be athletic and muscular. 22.2 is 2.2 points away from anorexicly thin. You would see all of their bones and joints and no muscles.

Because of the lack of attention to details, I kept getting pulled out of the story. It had the potential to be a good story, but if failed. So, disappointing!

[Meagan Kusek · Rating 2 out of 5]

I swear, if I read "my man/woman/behemoth" one more time....

Krogal was such an important character from Bayron's book that it's no wonder he got his own. He was definitely deserving. Farah had a great backstory that provided a lot of potential for this story.

Unfortunately, this felt like a "one draft and done" book. While still undeniably Abel's voice, the writing quality was subpar compared to her main works. 95% of the book was exposition, telling instead of showing, and it would have been far more interesting if that had been flipped. As it was, there was hardly any tension to keep the plot engaging. Krogal's conflict with his mother was mild, and while it was obvious from the beginning that Farah would have to confront her ex, it only happened 80% into the book - and ended very quickly. Though honestly, that was probably the most exciting part.

I would have loved to see Farah more skittish in the beginning around Krogal, given her abusive background. It would have been a great source of conflict for these two. But everything fell so nicely into place for them that the story just wasn't that interesting. Again, so much potential here, but not well executed.

[Em Meurer (emcanread) · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book tried so hard to be horny but instead ended up being wildly corny.

This is a prime example of a book that tells everything instead of shows. The writing is so clunky and the dialog was laughably bad.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay. Krogal is straight up a marshmallow. In the BEST possible way. He's sweet, cuddly, and he is willing to do anything to make sure Farah feels safe with him. Given the emotional abuse the suffered followed by her fight to prove to authorities that she WAS abused, Farah mostly needs to know she can trust her new husband to have her back.

No lie, Krogal does everything in his power to show her just that. He lets her set the pace in their relationship (and when she's ready to take things to the next level, she is READY), is willing to bend his people's traditions to incorporate her own into their household, and allows her the freedom to make her own choices on what she wants to do in this new life. He's a sweetheart and he's willing to wait as long as it takes for his other half to be comfortable with them as a couple.

On Farah's end, she loves her new world and the people who accept her so whole-heartedly (well, except for Krogal's mother who has issues with A LOT of people, but the lady eventually comes around). She likes everything about her new husband, but she's also wary after what happened in her last relationship. Not that Krogal is anything like her ex, but some things need time and patience before they can get where they need to be.

A little danger, a world of possibilities, more than a few steamy kisses, a critter who helps when it's needed most, a cuddly veterinarian, and a lady who loves hard once she gets over her past issues. *thumbs up*

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal

[OneDayI'll · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than Wojin

This had some major plot holes that were glossed over at the very end but was a better attempt than poor Wojin's story. Farah agrees to model, among other things someone in hiding doesn't do, never applied to change her name formally, didn't think to set any precautions, nada. Her new Zamorian family never sets alerts, alarms, gives her a tracker/panic button, nothing. They just arrogantly assume that their mere presence is a deterrent. And they're supposed to be one of the higher tech friendly planets but nothing detected the breech or disguise? Really? But, if you forget about the huge plot holes, and ignore everything else but the 2 main characters, it's a decent story. And we get a better look at Krogal than previous tie-in characters.

[Jannie Cv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another delightful Zamorian story!
Every time, I think this book can’t be better the last one. Every time, it is! How do you do that, Ms. Abel? Farah and Krogal couldn’t be a better match! But what more would I expect from matches made by Kayog? This is a sweet, slow burn romance that’s just what Farah needs. It’s not all sunshine and roses, though. Read and see how these two work out the problems that arise. Fine storytelling!

[Kait · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ahhhh these two were so freaking adorable 😍

~Farah is on the run from her abusive ex when she meets the head of the Prime Mating Agency who claims of knowing her perfect match. Krogal has been hoping to find his mate for 5 years.. he’s more than willing to be patient while she comes into her own.~

I personally loved the family issues in this. The way Krogal stands up for himself (especially against a certain person) was so beautiful. Everyone should know their worth. The way that all turned out though was amazing! The end def had tears in my eyes.

[Lissa J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet, feel good, sexy, I married an alien romance.