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The Sa Tskir Brothers Chronicles #1
The Abduction
Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00H5Q9UQW.
Samantha needed a break, and Las Vegas seemed like the perfect escape. After inheriting her father's farm and being cheated on by her long-time boyfriend, she decided she needed a change to make her own destiny. She expected sooner or later Prince Charming would come along and sweep her off her feet.
She did not expect to be swept off to the stars... literally.
Abducted by a young alien who's inexperience with anything female proves to be more than an inconvenience, Samantha's days of house-arrest on a war torn planet are boring and dull.
Until her mate's older brother comes home wounded from the war needing to recover from both physical and emotional wounds. An immediate attraction sparks between Samantha and this mysterious beast, and she struggles to balance her growing desires and her plans for escaping their alien world.
Then things start to heat up.
Samantha needed a break, and Las Vegas seemed like the perfect escape. After inheriting her father's farm and being cheated on by her long-time boyfriend, she decided she needed a change to make her own destiny. She expected sooner or later Prince Charming would come along and sweep her off her feet.
She did not expect to be swept off to the stars... literally.
Abducted by a young alien who's inexperience with anything female proves to be more than an inconvenience, Samantha's days of house-arrest on a war torn planet are boring and dull.
Until her mate's older brother comes home wounded from the war needing to recover from both physical and emotional wounds. An immediate attraction sparks between Samantha and this mysterious beast, and she struggles to balance her growing desires and her plans for escaping their alien world.
Then things start to heat up.
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First published December 5, 2013
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September 9, 2015
Finally, an alien romance book that involves an invasion on Earth. And what do we get?
Alien Romance meets Jerry Springer!!!!
On the left side of the stage we have Krissik. The baby brother. The alien kitty man who risked his life to travel all the way to Earth and kidnap a mate. The poor lad who couldn't get laid even after drinking a bottle of super condensed human pheromones. Sure he is sweet, kind, and attentive. But who wants a boy who couldn't even convince his mate to let him watch while she finished in the shower. At least he can still purr.
On the right side of the stage we have Rikist. The strong, broody, war time hero big brother. He tries so hard to help his brother get laid. But the idiot picked a human with a strong will. He hates the apartment, and he hates the human occupying it. He is counting down the days until his leg heals and he can return to service.
Poor Samantha is caught in the middle. She is trapped on a distant planet where the human mates aren't allowed to leave the apartment. Kissik is sweet and considerate, but someone has to pay the bills. He leaves her all alone in the apartment with his surly big brother for hours. But the few times that Rikist actually talks to her, he speaks English. He knows about life on her planet. He is willing to help her understand the world she is living in. He saved her life after she foolishly runs away. If only he wouldn't run away every time they started to get along.
That's right folks, on this planet the women are actually treated like the breeding stock they are. Human women are not treasured. If they can't make babies they are sent to The Pit for any unmated male to pay for his pleasure. Samantha is rejected as a mate. But before she can removed to The Pit. The brothers start a Jerry would be proud fight.
"I love her and will protect her!"
"You are a child. I love her and will save her!"
Needless to say, one of the brothers ends up critically injured. The one Samantha truly loves. She saves him by pulling him into the teleporter right before it sends her back to Earth. But before the injured brother can fully heal, the jilted brother appears. Round 2...
What does Samantha do with now 2 injured kitty aliens? Call herex-fiancé veterinarian to come to the rescue.
This book has never ending drama of the Jerry Springer variety. But if you love the alien romance genre, don't let that stop you. I will be reading the second book. Just be warned. Kitties like to fight.
Alien Romance meets Jerry Springer!!!!
On the left side of the stage we have Krissik. The baby brother. The alien kitty man who risked his life to travel all the way to Earth and kidnap a mate. The poor lad who couldn't get laid even after drinking a bottle of super condensed human pheromones. Sure he is sweet, kind, and attentive. But who wants a boy who couldn't even convince his mate to let him watch while she finished in the shower. At least he can still purr.
On the right side of the stage we have Rikist. The strong, broody, war time hero big brother. He tries so hard to help his brother get laid. But the idiot picked a human with a strong will. He hates the apartment, and he hates the human occupying it. He is counting down the days until his leg heals and he can return to service.
Poor Samantha is caught in the middle. She is trapped on a distant planet where the human mates aren't allowed to leave the apartment. Kissik is sweet and considerate, but someone has to pay the bills. He leaves her all alone in the apartment with his surly big brother for hours. But the few times that Rikist actually talks to her, he speaks English. He knows about life on her planet. He is willing to help her understand the world she is living in. He saved her life after she foolishly runs away. If only he wouldn't run away every time they started to get along.
That's right folks, on this planet the women are actually treated like the breeding stock they are. Human women are not treasured. If they can't make babies they are sent to The Pit for any unmated male to pay for his pleasure. Samantha is rejected as a mate. But before she can removed to The Pit. The brothers start a Jerry would be proud fight.
"I love her and will protect her!"
"You are a child. I love her and will save her!"
Needless to say, one of the brothers ends up critically injured. The one Samantha truly loves. She saves him by pulling him into the teleporter right before it sends her back to Earth. But before the injured brother can fully heal, the jilted brother appears. Round 2...
What does Samantha do with now 2 injured kitty aliens? Call her
This book has never ending drama of the Jerry Springer variety. But if you love the alien romance genre, don't let that stop you. I will be reading the second book. Just be warned. Kitties like to fight.
June 2, 2014
Alright, so here goes the whole review on this novel that left me kind of confused and uncertain of what I could say about it.
I had to read it twice, to be sure I could give a full description of my feelings and thoughts... So here is how it went.
I felt like...
Then I went like...
Summary
At first the book starts intriguing, with two girls staying at a hotel. Location is irrelevant sincerely. While they're hanging out and having fun, lights go out and suddenly beastly, sexy, hungry aliens who look like...
Let me ilustrate...
YUMMY!
Appear in all shapes and sizes conquering every woman in every floor. Except our heroine is saved by the bell. ¿Or should I say a gentle youngster? From that moment on the book captures your eyes like sweet honey. I do not wish to spoil much more. So I leave the rest for you to read.
The good stuff
1)At the beginning, this novel starts fairly well.It delivers an element of surprise, survival, intrigue and captures your attention immediately. ONLY AT THE BEGINNING...
2) The fact that the author used a cat like "Thundercat" skin, gave me goosebumps and practically won me over. I mean who doesn't want her own thundercat...Or is it just me? ¡Come on! We all want a Lion O. Which is very different from the regular humanoid versions of the rest of sci-fi romance Alien-cat and human stories. These have less hair true, but the description fits into a thundercat perfectly. Which I loved.
3)Well written and fluid.
4)Heroine is in trouble if she is barren. Which is a very good dilemma.Also the consequences of such situation of course, is well thought.
But the good things end there for me at least...
Not so..good stuff.
1) ¿Why are aliens always in every alien romance novel I read, running out of females? ¿Is that the only reason every author can come up with in order for aliens to even allow themselves to think of mating a female human? This was seriously a copied repetitive model.I'm getting truly tired of the same issue.
2)They never explain from where and who produced that hormone potion they take to trap human woman in hocus-pocus love me mode.
3)Plot is slow and weak.
4)The main hero who is by far the best thing in this book, is poorly portrayed. I don't feel like I know him. He intrigues me and wins me over. Yet the explanation of his background is like a quicky. Lets call him Lion O.
5)Though our heroine cannot leave the apartment were she is in... She watches the news all the time on a kind of TV. Yet she nor we know how some places look like in that planet. Very poor world building.
6) The love triangle is so easy that why bother having obstacles in the story. The obstacle in question,the little brother of our Lion O, is not even a threat. He is totally irrelevant and always absent.It´s so obvious she's gonna fall for the older brother, that I feel sick in my stomach and sorry for the little guy. Yes they fight for they're mate/pray once in a while. It doesn't change anything.
7) Everything is so easy and predictable. Not even the ending astonished me one bit.Pure cliche ending. So Disney... Don't get me wrong I love happy romantic endings. ¡BUT!
I do not like rushed endings, with magical just so happens we've got a solution for everything. It's unfulfilling and void. No thrill. No accomplishment.
8) I guess I expected more from the novel and the narration. I was hoping for something that would surprise me. Not a clone of every other sci-fi romance novel.
So I can only give 3 stars. One for entertaining, two for the Thundercat skin look a like, and finally three for it's fluidity.
Hope other novels of the author change my current opinion.
I had to read it twice, to be sure I could give a full description of my feelings and thoughts... So here is how it went.
I felt like...
Then I went like...
Summary
At first the book starts intriguing, with two girls staying at a hotel. Location is irrelevant sincerely. While they're hanging out and having fun, lights go out and suddenly beastly, sexy, hungry aliens who look like...
Let me ilustrate...
YUMMY!
Appear in all shapes and sizes conquering every woman in every floor. Except our heroine is saved by the bell. ¿Or should I say a gentle youngster? From that moment on the book captures your eyes like sweet honey. I do not wish to spoil much more. So I leave the rest for you to read.
The good stuff
1)At the beginning, this novel starts fairly well.It delivers an element of surprise, survival, intrigue and captures your attention immediately. ONLY AT THE BEGINNING...
2) The fact that the author used a cat like "Thundercat" skin, gave me goosebumps and practically won me over. I mean who doesn't want her own thundercat...Or is it just me? ¡Come on! We all want a Lion O. Which is very different from the regular humanoid versions of the rest of sci-fi romance Alien-cat and human stories. These have less hair true, but the description fits into a thundercat perfectly. Which I loved.
3)Well written and fluid.
4)Heroine is in trouble if she is barren. Which is a very good dilemma.Also the consequences of such situation of course, is well thought.
But the good things end there for me at least...
Not so..good stuff.
1) ¿Why are aliens always in every alien romance novel I read, running out of females? ¿Is that the only reason every author can come up with in order for aliens to even allow themselves to think of mating a female human? This was seriously a copied repetitive model.I'm getting truly tired of the same issue.
2)They never explain from where and who produced that hormone potion they take to trap human woman in hocus-pocus love me mode.
3)Plot is slow and weak.
4)The main hero who is by far the best thing in this book, is poorly portrayed. I don't feel like I know him. He intrigues me and wins me over. Yet the explanation of his background is like a quicky. Lets call him Lion O.
5)Though our heroine cannot leave the apartment were she is in... She watches the news all the time on a kind of TV. Yet she nor we know how some places look like in that planet. Very poor world building.
6) The love triangle is so easy that why bother having obstacles in the story. The obstacle in question,the little brother of our Lion O, is not even a threat. He is totally irrelevant and always absent.It´s so obvious she's gonna fall for the older brother, that I feel sick in my stomach and sorry for the little guy. Yes they fight for they're mate/pray once in a while. It doesn't change anything.
7) Everything is so easy and predictable. Not even the ending astonished me one bit.Pure cliche ending. So Disney... Don't get me wrong I love happy romantic endings. ¡BUT!
I do not like rushed endings, with magical just so happens we've got a solution for everything. It's unfulfilling and void. No thrill. No accomplishment.
8) I guess I expected more from the novel and the narration. I was hoping for something that would surprise me. Not a clone of every other sci-fi romance novel.
So I can only give 3 stars. One for entertaining, two for the Thundercat skin look a like, and finally three for it's fluidity.
Hope other novels of the author change my current opinion.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 15, 2014
I very much enjoyed this book!
** PLOT [ SPOILER WARNING!! ] **
Samantha & her BFF Carly take a vacation to Las Vegas to help Samantha get over the breakup with her ex-fiance' John, who she strongly suspects was cheating on her. Samantha isn't really excited to be there & she has a cold. A power outage, a mini-quake followed by screams have them leaving their hotel room to investigate what's going on.
What they find are scattered groups all over the hallways of strange looking men having sex with human women in public places. The couples involved in sex pay the two girls no attention as the two girls walk around investigating. The strange men have golden eyes, fur and stripes in their fur.
When Carly & Samantha make it to the lobby of their hotel, they find a much larger group & see what is really occurring. The alien men who resemble tigers with their fur and stripes are knocking out the human men with some kind of green tazer & forcing the human women to have sex with them. Oddly, after the initial struggle & forced kiss, the human women are very eager/desperate to engage in sex with the alien men.
Samantha & Carly are spotted and chased. Carly is knocked out by one of the green alien tazers. Samantha is caught, fights, tries to jump out a window and caught. She gets knocked out.
When Samantha wakes, she is in a strange room and bed, naked with one of the tiger-man aliens. He repeatedly tries to seduce Samantha, & although she becomes aroused - she keeps her head & pleads with him not to have sex with her. Her tears cause him to stop and look confused.
Later on, after he catches her in a failed escape attempt, he puts a translator in her so she can understand him. She has been brought to his planet to be his mate. His name is Krissik.
Krissik's planet has had plagues that have decimated the population, especially the women and children.
The government of his planet has developed genetically altered human pheromones that when combined with the alien's saliva, is 100 times more potent than normal. (Explains why the women were so into the aliens after the initial kiss) They have also created portals to Earth so they can go retrieve viable mates to rebuild their population.
Samantha realizes her cold has been interfering with the effectiveness of their pheromone cocktail.
Krissik has an older brother who is an officer in their army who comes home (they live together in an apartment/high rise in a city) with a badly injured leg. Rikist is older, more dangerous looking & much more appealing to Samantha.
Krissik starts going back to work leaving Samantha & Rikist alone. They begrudgingly bond over earth video games and chocolate that Rikist has smuggled into their world. Rikist knows English & is familiar with a lot of earth culture due to having been mated to an earth woman named Lyndsey years earlier.
One night from too much to drink & too many pain meds, Rikist describes to Samantha how he lost his mate.
Their government passed a law saying that human women who were not able to breed are sent to the pitts, which are described as a free-for-all nightmare staffed with earth women as sex slaves.
So Rikist's wife Lyndsey was discovered to be sterile. When the government people came to take her to the Pitts, she put up a fight and was killed while Rikist was away on his ship.
Rikist also admits to being in the resistance fighting his own government and causing the explosion the injured him on his ship.
Several days later, a doctor from the government comes to perform a gyno exam on Samantha. Later that night Krissik comes home from work, he disables Samantha's translator and tells Rikist something that disturbs them both.
Samantha realizes that she has been pronounced sterile & she will soon be sent to The Pitts. Rikist & Krissik have a fight and Krissik gets knocked out. Samantha begs Rikist to help her escape back to Earth through one of their portals. Rikist agrees to help her.
__________________________________________
That's as much as I'll tell, but there's a lot more in this story...especially after they are back on earth. ;)
Erotica = Kinda? Samantha eventually gets some good detailed lovin, but it's in the last quarter of the book.
Story = Good Mars Needs Women
Conflict = On several fronts
Ending = HEA
Series = Possibility for more, and I hope so!
** PLOT [ SPOILER WARNING!! ] **
Samantha & her BFF Carly take a vacation to Las Vegas to help Samantha get over the breakup with her ex-fiance' John, who she strongly suspects was cheating on her. Samantha isn't really excited to be there & she has a cold. A power outage, a mini-quake followed by screams have them leaving their hotel room to investigate what's going on.
What they find are scattered groups all over the hallways of strange looking men having sex with human women in public places. The couples involved in sex pay the two girls no attention as the two girls walk around investigating. The strange men have golden eyes, fur and stripes in their fur.
When Carly & Samantha make it to the lobby of their hotel, they find a much larger group & see what is really occurring. The alien men who resemble tigers with their fur and stripes are knocking out the human men with some kind of green tazer & forcing the human women to have sex with them. Oddly, after the initial struggle & forced kiss, the human women are very eager/desperate to engage in sex with the alien men.
Samantha & Carly are spotted and chased. Carly is knocked out by one of the green alien tazers. Samantha is caught, fights, tries to jump out a window and caught. She gets knocked out.
When Samantha wakes, she is in a strange room and bed, naked with one of the tiger-man aliens. He repeatedly tries to seduce Samantha, & although she becomes aroused - she keeps her head & pleads with him not to have sex with her. Her tears cause him to stop and look confused.
Later on, after he catches her in a failed escape attempt, he puts a translator in her so she can understand him. She has been brought to his planet to be his mate. His name is Krissik.
Krissik's planet has had plagues that have decimated the population, especially the women and children.
The government of his planet has developed genetically altered human pheromones that when combined with the alien's saliva, is 100 times more potent than normal. (Explains why the women were so into the aliens after the initial kiss) They have also created portals to Earth so they can go retrieve viable mates to rebuild their population.
Samantha realizes her cold has been interfering with the effectiveness of their pheromone cocktail.
Krissik has an older brother who is an officer in their army who comes home (they live together in an apartment/high rise in a city) with a badly injured leg. Rikist is older, more dangerous looking & much more appealing to Samantha.
Krissik starts going back to work leaving Samantha & Rikist alone. They begrudgingly bond over earth video games and chocolate that Rikist has smuggled into their world. Rikist knows English & is familiar with a lot of earth culture due to having been mated to an earth woman named Lyndsey years earlier.
One night from too much to drink & too many pain meds, Rikist describes to Samantha how he lost his mate.
Their government passed a law saying that human women who were not able to breed are sent to the pitts, which are described as a free-for-all nightmare staffed with earth women as sex slaves.
So Rikist's wife Lyndsey was discovered to be sterile. When the government people came to take her to the Pitts, she put up a fight and was killed while Rikist was away on his ship.
Rikist also admits to being in the resistance fighting his own government and causing the explosion the injured him on his ship.
Several days later, a doctor from the government comes to perform a gyno exam on Samantha. Later that night Krissik comes home from work, he disables Samantha's translator and tells Rikist something that disturbs them both.
Samantha realizes that she has been pronounced sterile & she will soon be sent to The Pitts. Rikist & Krissik have a fight and Krissik gets knocked out. Samantha begs Rikist to help her escape back to Earth through one of their portals. Rikist agrees to help her.
__________________________________________
That's as much as I'll tell, but there's a lot more in this story...especially after they are back on earth. ;)
Erotica = Kinda? Samantha eventually gets some good detailed lovin, but it's in the last quarter of the book.
Story = Good Mars Needs Women
Conflict = On several fronts
Ending = HEA
Series = Possibility for more, and I hope so!
March 29, 2014
It started out really interesting but gradually faded out into obscurity. The main male character was described as being a tough alpha alien but was so lame I just skimmed through the pages until I got to the end. :/
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September 7, 2014DNF. I tried I really did but there was just too much intimate contact with the little brother before the hero and heroine got together and I felt bad for the little brother. This just didn't work for me for several reasons.
September 11, 2014
This is the first alien and human romance novel that I have read and honestly, I was quite pleasantly surprised! I really enjoyed this book. I liked the relationships that Samantha established between Krissik and Rikist. The book kept me interested from start to finish. For those who like a lot of sex in a book, there really wasn't much in this one (compared to other books I have read). Sexual tension...yes, actual sex...not much, but a perfect amount for this story.
Krissik initially claims Samantha to be his mate, but she falls for his brother Rikist instead and the writing of his internal conflict when it came to Samantha was great. He wants her too, but he knows his brother claimed her. I really enjoyed reading more about Rikist and getting information on his background. Also, quite an interesting twist towards the end that you didn't see coming lol. Yes, the coincidence of the twist can be unbelievable, but hello...this is an alien and human romance book so I'm not going to go with "oh, this was so not believable", because quite frankly, how many of you out there have been abducted by aliens and can attest to what is believable or not lol...just saying :-)
Do kind of wish there was a dictionary of what their words of their language meant; that would have been helpful lol, but fortunately there was some indications at times what they were saying in their native language.
It's hard to give any more specific details of why I liked this book because I don't want to give away spoilers.
The book ended being set up for a sequel, which I am already reading.
Krissik initially claims Samantha to be his mate, but she falls for his brother Rikist instead and the writing of his internal conflict when it came to Samantha was great. He wants her too, but he knows his brother claimed her. I really enjoyed reading more about Rikist and getting information on his background. Also, quite an interesting twist towards the end that you didn't see coming lol. Yes, the coincidence of the twist can be unbelievable, but hello...this is an alien and human romance book so I'm not going to go with "oh, this was so not believable", because quite frankly, how many of you out there have been abducted by aliens and can attest to what is believable or not lol...just saying :-)
Do kind of wish there was a dictionary of what their words of their language meant; that would have been helpful lol, but fortunately there was some indications at times what they were saying in their native language.
It's hard to give any more specific details of why I liked this book because I don't want to give away spoilers.
The book ended being set up for a sequel, which I am already reading.
November 8, 2015
Nice, although I think the first half of the book was slow and kind of dragging until we got to some emotion\action between the main characters.
Feel bad for the little brother..
Feel bad for the little brother..
September 27, 2020
Pleasantly surprised with this one still a bit lacking though. I'd give it a 3.75. Just not quite a 4. (I rounded up obviously since partial starts aren't an option.
October 5, 2015
WELL WELL WELL WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO. First off i HATE aliens, when i mean hate them. My skins crawls when i hear about them. So i was very very very, ify on this book. But am i ever happy i picked it up!
Not only did it leaving me wanting more, but it made a deep ache inside of me that needs to be replenished! I cannot wait to start number 2!
More then anything, this story was a interesting read. I haven't had the opportunity to read something like this. so i am glad i got to read this one.
It is definitely a compelling read, i really didn't want to put it down. Odd, unique and surprisingly complexing read, you have to pay attention or you will drift from the story.
SPOILERS ' IF U DONT WANT NO SPOILER DON'T READ HIDDEN , READ THE REST ONLY.
So the story is about a woman names samantha, Im going to call her sammi, because knowing me im going to end up mixing her name up . So sammi inherited her father ranch, Her ex fiance slept around on her so there goes the romance, all sammi wants is a night in shiny armor to come and sweep her off her feet... Her best friend comes and they go to vegas to have some fun and gamble the nights away.
" what happens in vega's stays in vegas." hahahaha not in this case xD
So vegas should be fun right? get to go around "sleep around" its basically a few days u can let loose and be bad" HAHA well! for sammi its going to be a lot different
GOD i love how sammi is just transformed in this book
honestly lots of times i felt like i could guess what was going to happen, and i wanna be challeneged.
i REALLY DONT WANT TO SAY MORE but! someone and someone, gets it on ;) FINALLY!
Not only did it leaving me wanting more, but it made a deep ache inside of me that needs to be replenished! I cannot wait to start number 2!
More then anything, this story was a interesting read. I haven't had the opportunity to read something like this. so i am glad i got to read this one.
It is definitely a compelling read, i really didn't want to put it down. Odd, unique and surprisingly complexing read, you have to pay attention or you will drift from the story.
SPOILERS ' IF U DONT WANT NO SPOILER DON'T READ HIDDEN , READ THE REST ONLY.
So the story is about a woman names samantha, Im going to call her sammi, because knowing me im going to end up mixing her name up . So sammi inherited her father ranch, Her ex fiance slept around on her so there goes the romance, all sammi wants is a night in shiny armor to come and sweep her off her feet... Her best friend comes and they go to vegas to have some fun and gamble the nights away.
" what happens in vega's stays in vegas." hahahaha not in this case xD
So vegas should be fun right? get to go around "sleep around" its basically a few days u can let loose and be bad" HAHA well! for sammi its going to be a lot different
GOD i love how sammi is just transformed in this book
honestly lots of times i felt like i could guess what was going to happen, and i wanna be challeneged.
i REALLY DONT WANT TO SAY MORE but! someone and someone, gets it on ;) FINALLY!
August 10, 2016
I don’t believe in restating the description of a story. You can read that on any book site and usually at least half of the reviews consist of a recap of the description.
… so what I thought about the story is that it was great. I was actually quite surprised at where it led to. The only complaint I have is that I thought the heroine, Samantha was a bit too nasty at times. I get that she was in fact kidnapped, so she had a right to be angry. But after describing the sincerity of Krissik and Rikist, it just seemed inappropriate. Otherwise, it was a great plot, very exciting and had me flipping the pages to see what would happen next.
Editing is a big issue for me – and apparently most other – so I rate each book on a 1-10 scale (1 being the least amount of errors, 10 being, "wtf are they talking about?") I give this one a 3. There were quite a few misspelled words but not complete confusion. Just a single word here and there. So while it needed some editing it wasn’t a complete mess.
Paragraph usage was done well, and so was the dialogue between the characters. Another words, the author knows how to use contractions.
I would definitely recommend this book and I look forward to more from this author.
… so what I thought about the story is that it was great. I was actually quite surprised at where it led to. The only complaint I have is that I thought the heroine, Samantha was a bit too nasty at times. I get that she was in fact kidnapped, so she had a right to be angry. But after describing the sincerity of Krissik and Rikist, it just seemed inappropriate. Otherwise, it was a great plot, very exciting and had me flipping the pages to see what would happen next.
Editing is a big issue for me – and apparently most other – so I rate each book on a 1-10 scale (1 being the least amount of errors, 10 being, "wtf are they talking about?") I give this one a 3. There were quite a few misspelled words but not complete confusion. Just a single word here and there. So while it needed some editing it wasn’t a complete mess.
Paragraph usage was done well, and so was the dialogue between the characters. Another words, the author knows how to use contractions.
I would definitely recommend this book and I look forward to more from this author.
August 6, 2020
Cat-astrophic alien abduction
This is one of many alien abduction Science fiction romance series, but it's stripes above a lot of them with some great world building and lots of originality.
Samantha, heartbroken after a failed engagement and giving up her studies to run her inherited farm after her dad's death, joins the girls on a trip to Vegas, interrupted by a horde of tiger-like aliens kidnapping women including her.
She wakes a prisoner in their home, but her kidnapper Kris is a really sweet innocent youth who rescued her from a gruffer one.he doesn't get why she wants to escape, thoughts injured older brother returning from war, does.
Unfortunately where Kris does nothing for her, Rik does.
I liked the larger world we find, including rebels and islands in water, pits, and the war.
I really liked Kris' , who comes across as a young guy looking for love, but with no clue, and the sexier older brother.
There's lots of humour throughout and Sam is a great heroine.
With just enough sexy moments as to not be too much.
This is one of many alien abduction Science fiction romance series, but it's stripes above a lot of them with some great world building and lots of originality.
Samantha, heartbroken after a failed engagement and giving up her studies to run her inherited farm after her dad's death, joins the girls on a trip to Vegas, interrupted by a horde of tiger-like aliens kidnapping women including her.
She wakes a prisoner in their home, but her kidnapper Kris is a really sweet innocent youth who rescued her from a gruffer one.he doesn't get why she wants to escape, thoughts injured older brother returning from war, does.
Unfortunately where Kris does nothing for her, Rik does.
I liked the larger world we find, including rebels and islands in water, pits, and the war.
I really liked Kris' , who comes across as a young guy looking for love, but with no clue, and the sexier older brother.
There's lots of humour throughout and Sam is a great heroine.
With just enough sexy moments as to not be too much.
July 17, 2016
This was definitely different but fun. Who knew a quick trip to Vegas could land you on an alien planet (abducted) to be some virginal kitty's mate. That's where Samantha found herself on a planet ravaged by war and a dying population of kitty people who have a female shortage.
Stuck between two brothers, Rikist a wounded sailor (hero in his own right) and her abductor Krissik (who is young and inexperienced). The trouble is which will she choose.
This was a good story with solid characters and some good world building. Personally, I would have liked to know more about the brother's home planet - just more description of the scenery so that I could get a total feel for this alien world. The big plus is that the leading characters were well developed and totally readable. Liked this and the overall rating is 3.25 due to some typos/missing words in the text.
Stuck between two brothers, Rikist a wounded sailor (hero in his own right) and her abductor Krissik (who is young and inexperienced). The trouble is which will she choose.
This was a good story with solid characters and some good world building. Personally, I would have liked to know more about the brother's home planet - just more description of the scenery so that I could get a total feel for this alien world. The big plus is that the leading characters were well developed and totally readable. Liked this and the overall rating is 3.25 due to some typos/missing words in the text.
April 20, 2015
I liked the characters and the plot. It was a very engaging plot, too. It had bits and pieces of details hidden throughout that link together in the end but didn't look like they were related at all when first introduced.
One thing that could have helped this story is dual POVs. In this one scene we have the male MC fighting and yelling in his language (the entire scene). As a reader, I have no desire to sit there and try to figure out the made up alien language (no matter how geniusly the author made it up). This scene could have been done from his POV, and therefore had his language written in italicized English for our comprehensive reading convenience.
One thing that could have helped this story is dual POVs. In this one scene we have the male MC fighting and yelling in his language (the entire scene). As a reader, I have no desire to sit there and try to figure out the made up alien language (no matter how geniusly the author made it up). This scene could have been done from his POV, and therefore had his language written in italicized English for our comprehensive reading convenience.
August 11, 2015
My expectations were really low when I bought this book but I was pleasantly surprised. The beginning was totally gripping and totally fucked up- always a good sign in my book. I love sci-fi erotica and this one took me on a long journey without feeling like a long book. It kept surprising me and kept me in suspense. What world building there was, was just enough. I was a bit disappointed in how easy everything turned out to be in the very end but it was also a little refreshing considering how desperate the struggle was for so long of the book.
I will definitely be checking out more of this author's work!
I will definitely be checking out more of this author's work!
January 15, 2014
I just finished this book and I want more. Please let this not be the end!!! I loved the plot and was lost in the story. This was my first time reading one of your books and you now have a fan in me. I was so happy when Rikist and Samantha was finally able to be together and I was happy that Krissik was able to get some love. I hope there is a second book in the works because I want to know if they will be able to fix the portals and I'm hoping that Samantha will be able to have babies. I also hope that they will be able to go back to their planet!!!
April 4, 2015
Ok, Ok...
Love, love, love , love the book !!!
Erin Durante you are my new best friend !!
Brothers in my eyes :
big brother
little brother ;)
One thing made me giggle on the end...penis. I don't know why...I think i'm still a baby ;)
Love, love, love , love the book !!!
Erin Durante you are my new best friend !!
Brothers in my eyes :
big brother
little brother ;)
One thing made me giggle on the end...penis. I don't know why...I think i'm still a baby ;)
December 9, 2013
I liked this book a lot. I thought the world had great potential. I am not sure if this will be a series or not but it seems like it would make a good one. The only issue I had was it needs more editing. There were a few times that the author seemed to mix up the two brothers and I had to go back and re-read because it confused me a little. Other than that I hope that there will be more books within this world. I would love to see a book for Krissik.
December 9, 2013
I loved this book and how it kept me entertained. Gave me what I wanted in terms of abduction, with an entertaining plot of drama and some humanistic traits between the different species. It was also hilarious, especially towards the ending.
I don't recommend this to those who don't like sex or drugged sex, as the aliens induce the human females with horny chemicals to make them go crazy. Other than that, enjoy.
I don't recommend this to those who don't like sex or drugged sex, as the aliens induce the human females with horny chemicals to make them go crazy. Other than that, enjoy.
May 12, 2014
Oh my hot abduction, with fierce heat!!!
this book was awesome, I questioned it for about 3 pages but OMG thank you!!! hot, strange, New world kinky sex craved aliens, oh my was my first reaction, then I simply couldn't put it down, read this book in 2 hours!!! very good sweet, sexy, funny with some drunk love, and steamy scenes that made it totally worthy of my time, plus a HEA awesome 7 stars!
this book was awesome, I questioned it for about 3 pages but OMG thank you!!! hot, strange, New world kinky sex craved aliens, oh my was my first reaction, then I simply couldn't put it down, read this book in 2 hours!!! very good sweet, sexy, funny with some drunk love, and steamy scenes that made it totally worthy of my time, plus a HEA awesome 7 stars!
January 6, 2015
I really enjoyed this book. I didn't read it at first because it got some bad reviews on Amazon. Glad I gave it a chance. It had a great alien kidnapping plot, loved the characters, loved the ending. I hope the author plans on making the book a series.
January 26, 2014
This book was ok. It started off having me on pins and needles . By chapter 6 I was back to rolling my eyes . Im all about the free love concept but these are brothers. This book kept me interested but it wasnt easy.
September 15, 2015
Diamond in the rough
I really get discouraged when I'm browsing through alien romance novels and find the 90% of them are 30-80 pages long, so coming across this was a treat for me. Loved every page
I really get discouraged when I'm browsing through alien romance novels and find the 90% of them are 30-80 pages long, so coming across this was a treat for me. Loved every page
May 10, 2016
Enjoyable but I kinda wished for a different ending.
I think Erin should re-write the ending and make her end up with both brothers!
I mean as much and I liked rick I liked Kris more!
I'm a totally TEAM Kris.
FIX IT. lol
I re-read this a few times and I still enjoy it. Great story!
I think Erin should re-write the ending and make her end up with both brothers!
I mean as much and I liked rick I liked Kris more!
I'm a totally TEAM Kris.
FIX IT. lol
I re-read this a few times and I still enjoy it. Great story!
January 25, 2017
What happens in Vegas
Interplanetary travel without spaceships , portals, kidnapping aliens, resistance fighters and true love put together in a well written story what more could you ask of a book.
Interplanetary travel without spaceships , portals, kidnapping aliens, resistance fighters and true love put together in a well written story what more could you ask of a book.
December 10, 2013
Good story with fab characters. Very different from other scifi romance books I've read. Would have loved an epilogue.
December 13, 2013
I enjoyed this a lot. It needs editing, but that didn't detract from the story. Not sure if this will be a series, but I would be interested in reading more.
January 6, 2014
This was a pretty good read but had some major editing problems. There were numerous time the hero's name was exchanged for his brothers and vice versa.
January 19, 2014
Pass this one up
Poor story strength and I never really connected with any of the characters. Plus everything was so unbelievable and poorly put together. What a shame.
Poor story strength and I never really connected with any of the characters. Plus everything was so unbelievable and poorly put together. What a shame.
December 3, 2015
Wasn't bad. Plot went better than expected. Just never got attached to the characters, though. The whole thing was just kind of... flat.
September 11, 2014
Loved it
I usually don't like this type alien books but this one is a winner. It almost is believable. It kept me reading and I am reading the next in line.
I usually don't like this type alien books but this one is a winner. It almost is believable. It kept me reading and I am reading the next in line.
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