Seduction

Frost Station Alpha #2

by Ruby Lionsdrake

Once again in the clutches of her super human captor, Tamryn decides that a seduction ploy is her only way to get the best of him and escape.

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Frost Station Alpha is a science fiction romance published in six parts, with new episodes available each week. Kindle Unlimited subscribers may read the story in its entirety for free.

Release schedule:

Part 1: Hunted — August 7th
Part 2: Seduction — August 7th
Part 3: Pirates — August 14th
Part 4: Contagion — August 21st
Part 5: Glaciem — August 28th
Part 6: Reckoning — September 4th

Complete serial available in September.

Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Romance, Ebooks, Adult, Aliens, Action

55 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 7, 2015

Reviews

[Heike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frost Station Alpha was published in six parts, with new episodes available each week, and should not be read as a standalone. It is available as a Complete Series (Frost Station Alpha, #1-6).
This said the following review is for the complete installment.
Genetically optimized human race was nuked when the government saw them as a threat. Some of them survived in cryogenic chambers to wake up 150 years later and find themselves starving on a destroyed moon, thus some men go on a bloody mission to blackmail the government for help. They kill all soldiers and kidnap the scientists as well as a communications officer on a nearby space station. While this story definitely does not speak for a very nice group of people, and I have morally a hard time to excuse the decision to kill so many innocent people, the action and romance where just great. Well done!

[Lexie · Rating 2 out of 5]

So that whole uneasiness I had over the fact Makk has only thoughts about screwing Tamryn thing? AMPLIFIED. Originally Makk didn't want to give her the interrogation drug because he didn't her to be drugged into submitting to him sexually (which apparently is what this drug does as is evidenced by one of Tamryn's scientist friends all but strips Makk and herself down and beg for him to screw her). I thought better of him for this and the fact he bluntly (if in his version of "playfully") asked her if seducing her would work.

For a guy who's been keen to get in her pants for the like two hours they've known each other (yeah I don't get time in this book), and who hasn't had sex in 150 years AND already masturbated to the idea of sexing her up, that's oddly commendable.

So of course when Tamryn gets injected with the drug (sort of accidentally) and it halfway works on her--at least insofar as her flirting with him--I expected him to DO THE RIGHT THING. Instead, after mild reluctance at the wrongness and how he's pretty sure she's not fully drugged, he happily (if a tad bit warily) follows her to her room. And makes out with her. And eagerly decides to allow her to start giving him a blowjob.

I can't even.

Also, just throwing this out there, but HE KILLED MANY OF HER COMRADES. Sure not as gleefully as say Braxx, his cohort, but he still did. She witnessed him coldbloodedly shoot her XO through his eye with a laser rifle! SHE SAW THE MASSACRE HE PARTICIPATED IN. He literally hunted through shafts. He's used intimidation and whether he had meant to or not the threat of sexual violence against her!

THERE IS NOTHING THAT SHOULD MAKE HER FEEL AROUSED HERE.

Ordinarily speaking I don't go near these sorts of romances because it boggles my mind. Arguments could be made for some of the romances I read where kidnapping is a big part of the "meeting" of the H/hr, but very very few of them come close to this level of power imbalance. He's proven at this point he won't interfere on her behalf for most actions made/said. Its really only because the others believe she's his little toy that she hasn't been hurt or worse. And in all honesty I don't know if she were to genuinely threaten his people's safety if he'd defend her. I know for a fact she won't defend him except to perhaps say he's "not as bad as the others". If this was a PWP I wouldn't be so aggrieved but I expect better from Lionsdrake an a book that is clearly designated a "romance".

[A.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tamryn decides that she might be able to use her feminine wiles against the super human with his super large, super muscled, super well endowed… ah, what was I saying?
Never mind.
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No matter how intense his fantasy, he hadn’t quite been able to forget that she was a prisoner and that his actions were deplorable. (Kindle Locations 1228-1229).

Well, that makes me feel better. He doesn’t believe in forcing women. Snorts. Like he has to.
Tamryn is annoyed at how the chief science officer comes on to Makkon under truth drugs. Getting a little bit territorial there, girl?
ooh that makes sense. This is a space world where they do not have faster than light travel (FTL). But some archaeological finds contain clues and they were found on the ice planet where the Glaciem (Makkon’s people) live. FTL is a forgotten tech. That explains why the space station stays out here: close to the source, far away from spies and tech companies that may steal the knowledge.
Now there’s another ship saying it’s been damaged and needs to dock. And nobody thinks it’s legit. Space pirates?
4 stars

[Literati Literature Lovers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action packed continuation of serialized book.

I am really enjoying Ruby Liondrake's writing. She is among a small group of writer who have good characters, that a reader can relate to. I highly recommend this serialized book.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The tension between the two main characters is exciting. The plot is full of action and suspense. Great story!

[marz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gonna be hard waiting for the next four parts of this story.