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Help! My Lover's an Alien
Dear Author,
I am part of an elite unit. I am from a world which, up until [?] years ago, was unknown to you and your kind. I have been sent to your world on a twofold mission. First, to ascertain if Earth will make a good ally, and second (and more personal), is to search for my other half. I have felt the pull and have started showing the signs. This makes me dangerous to myself and vulnerable to my enemies. I need to find him or them ASAP.
Photo Description:
Head and shoulders shot in color. The male is wearing a black hood and what looks like a cloak. Only part of his face is visible as there is a partial mask on the hood but it shows a pale face with high cheekbones. The best features are his startling blue eyes that draw you in.
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is an Open Road" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.
I am part of an elite unit. I am from a world which, up until [?] years ago, was unknown to you and your kind. I have been sent to your world on a twofold mission. First, to ascertain if Earth will make a good ally, and second (and more personal), is to search for my other half. I have felt the pull and have started showing the signs. This makes me dangerous to myself and vulnerable to my enemies. I need to find him or them ASAP.
Photo Description:
Head and shoulders shot in color. The male is wearing a black hood and what looks like a cloak. Only part of his face is visible as there is a partial mask on the hood but it shows a pale face with high cheekbones. The best features are his startling blue eyes that draw you in.
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is an Open Road" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.
100 pages, ebook
First published August 2, 2015
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August 4, 2015
Who doesn't love a good MPreg?
It's the year 3050 and Earth has made friendly contact with an alien race from the planet Debhunder. Their race is tall, pale, magical, and androgynous. And they know their mates on sight, so it's hard not to be a little giddy when reading this, right?
When Lor, their most powerful mage sees our human, Dillon, from across the room, there's a nice amount of Grrr, mine! and a sweet amount of bumbling and navigating of an alien relationship.
I kinda would have been happy if that's all there was to it, mainly because the rest read a little too much like
Okay, that's a little unfair of me. The plot was interesting, action packed, and served its purpose, I just wasn't all that into that part of the plot, and I don't know why. See, not everyone is happy that aliens have come to visit, and not much has changed in the way of anti government and homophobia in the past 1000 years.
I will say that all of the secondary characters were very well developed - the author could write any number of sequels in this universe, but I wanted just a little more from this set of characters. Insta love works well in this case, but I wanted to see them have a little more alone time.
I feel like this should be labeled alternate universe rather than futuristic, since there was very little difference between today and the year 3050. In fact, even the databases that were used for information were sourced from this time period. (I guess so little has changed in 1000 years that we didn't even feel the need to update our Wikipedia pages.)
All that aside, this was an entertaining read. Did I mention the Mpreg? It's hard not to love Mpreg, even if we miss out of the weird alien food cravings, and "The baby is supposed to come out of where?!" Everyone took things rather well, pregnancy, mating, and terrorist plots aside. I can see this being a very popular series if the author chooses. They also did an excellent job fulfilling the prompt.
My thanks to the author for their participation in the Love is an Open Road event.
It's the year 3050 and Earth has made friendly contact with an alien race from the planet Debhunder. Their race is tall, pale, magical, and androgynous. And they know their mates on sight, so it's hard not to be a little giddy when reading this, right?
When Lor, their most powerful mage sees our human, Dillon, from across the room, there's a nice amount of Grrr, mine! and a sweet amount of bumbling and navigating of an alien relationship.
I kinda would have been happy if that's all there was to it, mainly because the rest read a little too much like
Okay, that's a little unfair of me. The plot was interesting, action packed, and served its purpose, I just wasn't all that into that part of the plot, and I don't know why. See, not everyone is happy that aliens have come to visit, and not much has changed in the way of anti government and homophobia in the past 1000 years.
I will say that all of the secondary characters were very well developed - the author could write any number of sequels in this universe, but I wanted just a little more from this set of characters. Insta love works well in this case, but I wanted to see them have a little more alone time.
I feel like this should be labeled alternate universe rather than futuristic, since there was very little difference between today and the year 3050. In fact, even the databases that were used for information were sourced from this time period. (I guess so little has changed in 1000 years that we didn't even feel the need to update our Wikipedia pages.)
All that aside, this was an entertaining read. Did I mention the Mpreg? It's hard not to love Mpreg, even if we miss out of the weird alien food cravings, and "The baby is supposed to come out of where?!" Everyone took things rather well, pregnancy, mating, and terrorist plots aside. I can see this being a very popular series if the author chooses. They also did an excellent job fulfilling the prompt.
My thanks to the author for their participation in the Love is an Open Road event.
August 9, 2015
Lor is second-in-command, head guard to his people. His leader is referred to the Minister and the humans are unaware of the Minister’s true title. They are ‘aliens’ from a different planet. There main difference is that Lor and his people live on a different(hot) planet, they are magic users and the magic affects their mates differently.
Lor finds his mate in the form of an expert martial arts instructor at a human military base. The human male is the adopted son of the Ambassador.
Dillon doesn’t understand why he feels a pull towards the alien. Heck at first he isn’t sure what gender is Lor. But time passes and Lor is persistent. Dillon gets along with him and they start to spend time together. There are those who aren’t happy with it. First problem, Lor is an alien and he and his people should leave humans alone. Then, Lor and Dillon are a couple, which isn’t approved by many. Finally, Dillon and Lor are both males, and there are people who are very against gays, including Dillon’s biological sperm donor who despises Dillon and his gayness.
While all this is going down, Dillon mates with Lor. The chemistry between them was to strong to deny and he truly enjoys being with Lor. He doesn’t have a lot to hold him here on Earth and Lor is upfront and honest about everything he is aware of. They are unsure at first how the magic effected Dillon, but soon it comes to light. Dillon is going to have a baby. It’s a shocker.
Overall, I liked this story and would have loved to read more about them. I was excited to see a ‘six months later’ epilogue to see how things are going for them.
Lor finds his mate in the form of an expert martial arts instructor at a human military base. The human male is the adopted son of the Ambassador.
Dillon doesn’t understand why he feels a pull towards the alien. Heck at first he isn’t sure what gender is Lor. But time passes and Lor is persistent. Dillon gets along with him and they start to spend time together. There are those who aren’t happy with it. First problem, Lor is an alien and he and his people should leave humans alone. Then, Lor and Dillon are a couple, which isn’t approved by many. Finally, Dillon and Lor are both males, and there are people who are very against gays, including Dillon’s biological sperm donor who despises Dillon and his gayness.
While all this is going down, Dillon mates with Lor. The chemistry between them was to strong to deny and he truly enjoys being with Lor. He doesn’t have a lot to hold him here on Earth and Lor is upfront and honest about everything he is aware of. They are unsure at first how the magic effected Dillon, but soon it comes to light. Dillon is going to have a baby. It’s a shocker.
Overall, I liked this story and would have loved to read more about them. I was excited to see a ‘six months later’ epilogue to see how things are going for them.
August 3, 2015
I love science fiction. It was my favourite genre back in my youth and I'm still partial to it today. So needless to say, I was really looking forward to this story.
Initially, it was looking good. The characters and story caught my attention and I was ready to kick back and just enjoy the ride. But then these odd little details began to wriggle their way into my consciousness, one after the other, and dang - the story lost me.
I'm putting my niggles under a cut because, well, YMMV!
Initially, it was looking good. The characters and story caught my attention and I was ready to kick back and just enjoy the ride. But then these odd little details began to wriggle their way into my consciousness, one after the other, and dang - the story lost me.
I'm putting my niggles under a cut because, well, YMMV!
August 5, 2015
Thanks to the author for participating and offering this freebie, regardless of rating that's appreciated
Sci-fi ending with mpreg.
It didn't work for me, at one point the alien wonders - Lor was appalled; how could humans be so advanced and yet so backward at the same time? - and I was wondering the same. I'd think with all the years and advancements humans would have set procedures for interacting with aliens rather than the casualness exhibited, and the world would have changed more. This didn't feel futuristic.
Sci-fi ending with mpreg.
It didn't work for me, at one point the alien wonders - Lor was appalled; how could humans be so advanced and yet so backward at the same time? - and I was wondering the same. I'd think with all the years and advancements humans would have set procedures for interacting with aliens rather than the casualness exhibited, and the world would have changed more. This didn't feel futuristic.
April 3, 2016
I loved and enjoyed reading this wonderful book it was so lovely written
I really loved and enjoyed reading this wonderful book so much. This book was so lovely and beautifully written. I loved the relationship between Dillon and Lor. I loved the twists and turns and the edge of the seat action in this book. I loved that they got their happy ending and their happy little family too. I will recommend this book to everybody I know and to all my friends too.
I really loved and enjoyed reading this wonderful book so much. This book was so lovely and beautifully written. I loved the relationship between Dillon and Lor. I loved the twists and turns and the edge of the seat action in this book. I loved that they got their happy ending and their happy little family too. I will recommend this book to everybody I know and to all my friends too.
January 17, 2016
The problem with amateur writers is that they nearly always have excellent ideas about general storyline and setting. They often write good first chapters as well as they tend to ponder their beginnings a lot.
Problem is that they are usually unable to fulfill their promises and plot inconsistencies, hurried characterization, badly developed situations and dialogues start to pile up to the point that, usually by the halfway point, their story has turned into a 12 year old student rant.
That is exactly what happens to this potentially good M/M SF romance.
Problem is that they are usually unable to fulfill their promises and plot inconsistencies, hurried characterization, badly developed situations and dialogues start to pile up to the point that, usually by the halfway point, their story has turned into a 12 year old student rant.
That is exactly what happens to this potentially good M/M SF romance.
June 22, 2016
Thanks to the author for this freebie. Regardless of ratings, your hard work is still appreciated.
It was a nice story.
I had a hard time telling that these 'visitors' were actually aliens. There was very little done on the setup that defines them as alien. There wasn't enough differences to enforce the idea that this story wasn't just another normal guy meets guy. It just seemed so... typical human behavior. Not how I would assume a entirely different species to act and to appear physically.
Other than that, it was still a nice story to sit down and read.
It was a nice story.
I had a hard time telling that these 'visitors' were actually aliens. There was very little done on the setup that defines them as alien. There wasn't enough differences to enforce the idea that this story wasn't just another normal guy meets guy. It just seemed so... typical human behavior. Not how I would assume a entirely different species to act and to appear physically.
Other than that, it was still a nice story to sit down and read.
November 14, 2016
This was a fun read. The story line and characters were interesting, but the world building was not 100%. The story takes place on earth about a 1000 years in the future, but the world is not really any different; same clothes, same types of vehicles, same malls, same small minded ideas, etc. However, I really did like the romance between Lor and Dillon. Lor's attempts to court Dillon were funny and cute.
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October 6, 2015
Offered for FREE from the M/M Romance Group's Love Is An Open Road event. Thank you too all the amazing authors who participated!
August 9, 2015
I loved this book! Great plot, likable MCs and secondary characters, vile villains, action, adventure, and HEA. Please tell me this has a coda or is the beginning of a series.
October 11, 2015
I loved this romantic adventure featuring magic-wielding aliens, homophobic and xenophobic terrorists, and a pregnant human man.
October 15, 2015
Right now I'm feeling like a 3 year old on Christmas Eve!
I love this story. It's wonderful. It's magical. It's sci-fi-romance. And it has MPreg, yay!
I love this story. It's wonderful. It's magical. It's sci-fi-romance. And it has MPreg, yay!
December 23, 2015
3,5 stars
September 8, 2016
2.5 stars - would have read sequel
Nice story, but despite the initial resistance on the part of the human it still felt like insta-love.
Nice story, but despite the initial resistance on the part of the human it still felt like insta-love.
December 25, 2017
What a nice read. Interesting synopsis of a world where human beings still can trust each other where aliens (not sure that's the right ways about) out-worlders are peace lovers.
April 11, 2020
It is so stereotypical, even I don't know what the problem is: the main character is in love with the other, there is also no major problem to be solved. They also don't feel real: they are too perfect without any quirks with everything lands perfectly on their feet. Lor also doesn't seem very alien-y: besides the magic, there is not any differences with human, none at all. Dillon... is more unrealistic: he learned martial arts from age 5 to age 18 and recruited by military... and won many awards while also lived in the street for a year? I don't think learning martial arts will be high in priority for street kids, seriously.
Have you tried a martial art class? For someone with no basic at all, it's impossible to learn even one movement to defend yourself: you don't know where to look the details so if there is any change even a bit, you won't know how to adjust the movement to your advantage, not to mention your body won't work as you willed it to be, as you watch your instructors move theirs. That's why it takes time to learn, and that's why they're called martial arts school. That's why, in certain countries, they have license to teach, have to include insurance for their pupils and own first-aid training. Learn it from young age? Their curriculum will adjust with their mental maturity so just because you start younger, doesn't mean you'll be better than an adult with later start. Nothing pains the pupils more than using a technique to their friend, bragging about it, being overconfident and then challenge someone out of their league, someone who's not above using dirty tricks to hurt them instead. By the way, mixed martial artist is mixed, that means some techniques are taken from martial art A, the other from martial art B combined with martial art C (for example: Karate, Taekwondo, Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Jeet Kun Do, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Silat, Judo, Boxing, Wushu etc).
As for military compounds... I'll have serious concern for my country if one of the military man will step aside just because one man bellowed them to move aside or else, armed only with hand-to-hand combat experience. Number matters, weapon matters. Even if the man is a general/minister/president, with a tear gas and non-lethal weapon, it's possible to subdue someone (in fact, that's how police are controlling civilian masses).
TLDR: give the story a problem; makes your characters more believable by giving them weakness & quirks, something intimately personal; dig deeper into your research.
Have you tried a martial art class? For someone with no basic at all, it's impossible to learn even one movement to defend yourself: you don't know where to look the details so if there is any change even a bit, you won't know how to adjust the movement to your advantage, not to mention your body won't work as you willed it to be, as you watch your instructors move theirs. That's why it takes time to learn, and that's why they're called martial arts school. That's why, in certain countries, they have license to teach, have to include insurance for their pupils and own first-aid training. Learn it from young age? Their curriculum will adjust with their mental maturity so just because you start younger, doesn't mean you'll be better than an adult with later start. Nothing pains the pupils more than using a technique to their friend, bragging about it, being overconfident and then challenge someone out of their league, someone who's not above using dirty tricks to hurt them instead. By the way, mixed martial artist is mixed, that means some techniques are taken from martial art A, the other from martial art B combined with martial art C (for example: Karate, Taekwondo, Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Jeet Kun Do, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Silat, Judo, Boxing, Wushu etc).
As for military compounds... I'll have serious concern for my country if one of the military man will step aside just because one man bellowed them to move aside or else, armed only with hand-to-hand combat experience. Number matters, weapon matters. Even if the man is a general/minister/president, with a tear gas and non-lethal weapon, it's possible to subdue someone (in fact, that's how police are controlling civilian masses).
TLDR: give the story a problem; makes your characters more believable by giving them weakness & quirks, something intimately personal; dig deeper into your research.
October 18, 2017
This started out with so much promise but fell precipitously. Aliens making contact, and one in particular, Lor, finding his mate in Dillon...great storyline. But the year is set at 3050, over one thousand years in the future, and the author couldn’t find the imagination to make the earth any more advanced than it is today. In fact, it seemed worse! A gratuitous plug with Dillon sitting in the park reading his “Kindle app”?!? Seriously? And then to get hit in the face with MPREG! NO! NO! NO!. If that part had even been hinted at in the description, I wouldn’t have bothered reading this. It was bad enough without that!
September 15, 2018
I wasn’t a big fan of this one.. the words that come to mind when I think about this book are,
Ridiculous
Silly
Cheesy
Meh
It has nothing to do with the mpreg. I LOVE mpreg. Just the interactions between all the characters are juvenile and cringeworthy
Also, the BOOM BANG POW fighting and threats were just silly.
I think some people enjoyed it, but not for me sadly.
Ridiculous
Silly
Cheesy
Meh
It has nothing to do with the mpreg. I LOVE mpreg. Just the interactions between all the characters are juvenile and cringeworthy
Also, the BOOM BANG POW fighting and threats were just silly.
I think some people enjoyed it, but not for me sadly.
August 27, 2015
Warning MPREG!!!!!
Started skimming after 50%. This book read like it was teen fiction.
The world building was poor. The aliens weren't very alien nor magical and Earth wasn't futuristic.
I thought this was suppose to be MM, not MF, because Dillon was a chick with a dick.
Started skimming after 50%. This book read like it was teen fiction.
The world building was poor. The aliens weren't very alien nor magical and Earth wasn't futuristic.
I thought this was suppose to be MM, not MF, because Dillon was a chick with a dick.
August 14, 2015
Dillion was a jerk for a long time.
September 6, 2015
That really wasn't very good. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't written very well. Too much explaining of things that were irrelevant. It was like a manual.
June 25, 2017
2.2 Stars
So many things I want to comment on but I'm posting this via the GR app which I hate so it'll have to wait 5 weeks until I'm home or I get my hands on a regular computer.
Just, ugh. But it was free so there's that.
So many things I want to comment on but I'm posting this via the GR app which I hate so it'll have to wait 5 weeks until I'm home or I get my hands on a regular computer.
Just, ugh. But it was free so there's that.
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