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Mating Wars #1
Marauder Cygnus
War rages between Earth and Mars, and an alien fleet from a distant star barrels toward our solar system. I’m laying low in the asteroid belt, as far from the war as I can get, but so is one of the aliens. And I’m the first to find him.
Second to find him? Pirates. A whole lot of them. The alien kills every last one to protect me, and we barely escape before reinforcements arrive. Now my life is in the hands of this savage, purple-skinned killer.
Not all of his skin is purple though, his...thing...is teal. And it’s nearly as big as the rest of him. His shoulders are as wide as Valles Marineris, and he’s tall as Olympus Mons. His ego is way too big for my tiny ship, but one look from him with that insufferable grin, and my cheeks burn hotter than Venus.
He’s protected me fiercely and without question, but which side will he take when the rest of his race comes to destroy us all?
Marauder Cygnus is the first book in the Mating Wars series, but it can also be read as a standalone. Each book in this rock-hard science fiction series has a happily ever after and NO CLIFFHANGERS.
Second to find him? Pirates. A whole lot of them. The alien kills every last one to protect me, and we barely escape before reinforcements arrive. Now my life is in the hands of this savage, purple-skinned killer.
Not all of his skin is purple though, his...thing...is teal. And it’s nearly as big as the rest of him. His shoulders are as wide as Valles Marineris, and he’s tall as Olympus Mons. His ego is way too big for my tiny ship, but one look from him with that insufferable grin, and my cheeks burn hotter than Venus.
He’s protected me fiercely and without question, but which side will he take when the rest of his race comes to destroy us all?
Marauder Cygnus is the first book in the Mating Wars series, but it can also be read as a standalone. Each book in this rock-hard science fiction series has a happily ever after and NO CLIFFHANGERS.
159 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 11, 2016
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Aya Morningstar
39 books175 followersAya Morningstar lives in Denver, where she toils her days away in a drab office. By night, Aya brings to life sizzling characters who will make you squirm.
She writes with a hot cup of Earl Grey and her loyal werecorgi by her side.
She writes with a hot cup of Earl Grey and her loyal werecorgi by her side.
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June 26, 2016
Not sure if this book is supposed to be hilarious but it was. Especially the first half.
Aura and Cygnus are quite a pair. Aura was tough, brave and smart. Cygnus is awesome. So very funny - unintentionally. Oh and he is a 7 foot tall purple bear shifting alien with a teal vibrating cock. Yep - right up my alley!
While they do not hit it off right away that is quickly rectified. Cygnus learns to say "Please" in the funniest ways. And Aura sees the true BENEFITS of having a mate with a built in vibrator!
The world was interesting and different. Not too much time spent on world building but enough to keep up and be interested. The romance was a bit shortchanged vs the sex and external conflict. But it worked for me.
For what it was I was entertained and look forward to the next book in the series.
Aura and Cygnus are quite a pair. Aura was tough, brave and smart. Cygnus is awesome. So very funny - unintentionally. Oh and he is a 7 foot tall purple bear shifting alien with a teal vibrating cock. Yep - right up my alley!
While they do not hit it off right away that is quickly rectified. Cygnus learns to say "Please" in the funniest ways. And Aura sees the true BENEFITS of having a mate with a built in vibrator!
The world was interesting and different. Not too much time spent on world building but enough to keep up and be interested. The romance was a bit shortchanged vs the sex and external conflict. But it worked for me.
For what it was I was entertained and look forward to the next book in the series.
August 5, 2016
Too many typos and the kind of first person point of view that gives me a headache.
I love me some Alien Science Fiction Romance but the jerky action and point of view made this one a no go for me.
I love me some Alien Science Fiction Romance but the jerky action and point of view made this one a no go for me.
June 29, 2016
Would have given a 3* if the sex hadn't made me queasy, there was way too much... fluids going on. Add in a nonsensical penis. Alright otherwise.
July 31, 2016
3.5 stars
July 15, 2016
Rating: 3.5
June 13, 2016
I got this story in exchange for an honest review. To be honest, I don’t know what I was expecting of a purple bear shifter from a race of people born and bred to dominate. I wasn’t expecting to laugh nearly as much as I did. Cygnus is himself is funny, a bit over-the-top, brave, but utterly sincere. That’s what keeps you from dismissing this character as a true pain in the butt as you read on. His mate Aura is a bit headstrong, brave, and patient. I love every time he went to say, “Please!” An alien trying to be polite and the way he barters. If the next story is as equally endearing and funny, I look forward to reading it!
August 11, 2017
This book is almost unbelievably bad. As in, I literally am incapable of believing it is this bad. I'm convinced it's a parody, because of how strongly it reminds me of the on-purpose-awful Chuck Tingle books. The sex scenes were uniformly terrible, with words like 'ooze' used. Honey, if your lady flower is oozing, you need a doctor, not an alien with a horrible sexist personality, bear ears (LOL) and a huge teal vibrating zucchini in his trousers.
October 3, 2016
If this is what all Aya Morningstar novels are like, I'm probably never going to read another.
I mean, come on dude! Even fluff has standards. -_-
March 19, 2017
So, everyone should read at least one book about a sexy, buff, giant, purple-skinned alien with a 10 inch, self-lubricating, teal cock that vibrates. I mean, seriously, alien wet dream, right there ;)
I've read four so far.
Cuz...vibrating dicks ;)
The books in this series are all fluffy bunny and totally safe. They are great filler between dark and heavy reads. There are rarely any obstacles on the way to the HEA. Just lots of Alpha grunting and sassy babes amidst wars and rebellions.
I can't believe I finally gave into the temptation of sci-fi alien romances...the world is ending, folks.
I've read four so far.
Cuz...vibrating dicks ;)
The books in this series are all fluffy bunny and totally safe. They are great filler between dark and heavy reads. There are rarely any obstacles on the way to the HEA. Just lots of Alpha grunting and sassy babes amidst wars and rebellions.
I can't believe I finally gave into the temptation of sci-fi alien romances...the world is ending, folks.
July 11, 2016
Odd and full of typos
This odd romantica is fast paced and overflowing with action. There are numerous punctuation errors and other typos. The relationship is vague even though the ending is happy. This is told in first person present tense from both main characters.
This isn't my style despite the imaginative aliens.
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This odd romantica is fast paced and overflowing with action. There are numerous punctuation errors and other typos. The relationship is vague even though the ending is happy. This is told in first person present tense from both main characters.
This isn't my style despite the imaginative aliens.
Mature content
Read in KU
September 21, 2016
Marauder Cygnus is fast-paced, funny sci-fi romance with a loads of action. Aura, the heroine is plucky, independent and at times a bit stupid, yet likeable. Cygnus is insane, hysterical and a complete shape-shifting exhibitionist. It was a good time reading this and the comedic flavor adds to the danger and spicier scenes.
September 10, 2016
It wasn't awful but not good either. Just an easy sort of read with no real depth.
June 15, 2016
Honestly I don't understand the hype behind this book. It wasn't bad, but...I just wasn't really all that good earlier. Although I can see how it might just be me. I wasn't impressed with the writing at all, especially at the beginning, and it continued to bug me throughout the book. Once again the writing wasn't horrible but something was just, off. I also wish there was a lot more explanation and world building, yah they threw in some terms here and there but that didn't EXPLAIN anything. The fighting scenes kind of just made me wince, especially the one at the beginning, there was no description to bring them to life, they all just felt very frank and kind of just wrong. There's also the fact that I'm not quite sure what the i overall goal for the charters was, it seems like just when I was staring to get things, starting to speculate on what they were doing, and get excited BAM books over. I also really didn't get any feeling of love between the charters, they felt more like close friends than the lifemates that they supposedly were. Then there was the epilogue, I usually love epilogues but this one skipped ahead almost three years and all the important details, not to mention the details that make you really love a charter. I basically ended the book with no more information than I had at the beginning and that just feels wrong.
If you're wondering why I didn't give this book a lower rating is because I didn't HATE it, yes it made me kind of unhappy but I didn't get the same feeling I got when I read some 1 or 2 star books.
If you're wondering why I didn't give this book a lower rating is because I didn't HATE it, yes it made me kind of unhappy but I didn't get the same feeling I got when I read some 1 or 2 star books.
August 7, 2016
Great read!
I swear, I keep finding these crazy good sci-fi romance novellas and it makes me one happy book whore! Cygnus was a random find and well worth the meager 99c I paid for it.
Aura is a strong heroine with a stubborn streak a mile long. Definitely the kind of chick you root for and have mad respect for. Cygnus and his Marauder ways were equal parts frustrating and hilarious. I couldn't help falling for the big brute.
Of course, the book has crazy hot smut as he tries to breed his mate. The chemistry was great, they fought as hard as they loved. Four stars and four wet panties, can't wait to dig into book two!
Review by Miranda at Mommy's a Book Whore.
I swear, I keep finding these crazy good sci-fi romance novellas and it makes me one happy book whore! Cygnus was a random find and well worth the meager 99c I paid for it.
Aura is a strong heroine with a stubborn streak a mile long. Definitely the kind of chick you root for and have mad respect for. Cygnus and his Marauder ways were equal parts frustrating and hilarious. I couldn't help falling for the big brute.
Of course, the book has crazy hot smut as he tries to breed his mate. The chemistry was great, they fought as hard as they loved. Four stars and four wet panties, can't wait to dig into book two!
Review by Miranda at Mommy's a Book Whore.
August 28, 2016
I really liked this book despite typos, confusions!
This one would have made a great read if i didn't encounter so many errors or minor details that made me confused.
Anyway, this one was a smut adventurous and not humorless read.
By the end of this one I would command and be polite by shouting Please!
you will understand after you read this one.
it was really fun that's one of the fact why I did enjoyed this one that much.
It would have been a bit better with some more development of the end story.
This one would have made a great read if i didn't encounter so many errors or minor details that made me confused.
Anyway, this one was a smut adventurous and not humorless read.
By the end of this one I would command and be polite by shouting Please!
you will understand after you read this one.
it was really fun that's one of the fact why I did enjoyed this one that much.
It would have been a bit better with some more development of the end story.
July 2, 2016
This was a quirky alien romance. I enjoyed reading the story. Aura, the scrapper, the human female, very independent. Cygnus, the alien warrior, a very overbearing alpha male. Their accidental meeting and instant bond was off the charts crazy, but it worked. The book was well written and the author did an excellent job with all of the descriptions.
June 6, 2017
This felt like an excuse to write about selflubricating dildolike appendixes and the joy of getting closely familiar with one.
There were not only plot holes, but big crater sized holes. The telling was hurried in places and sometimes just skipped ahead.
I would never recomend and to read the next installment I would need amnesia and/or a brain bleach.
There were not only plot holes, but big crater sized holes. The telling was hurried in places and sometimes just skipped ahead.
I would never recomend and to read the next installment I would need amnesia and/or a brain bleach.
July 30, 2016
This story was action-packed. It was a bit much in my opinion, it never really slowed down enough to let me get to grips with what was going on before it kicked in again. Interesting story and very fast paced.
January 19, 2017
Sorry, I just couldn't finish this.
Calling Aura female and being a complete dick makes it hard for me to finish.
I hope he redeemed himself in the end, but I couldn't possibly stick with this to find out.
Calling Aura female and being a complete dick makes it hard for me to finish.
I hope he redeemed himself in the end, but I couldn't possibly stick with this to find out.
July 4, 2016
3.5 stars
June 26, 2016
This writer certainly loves her some bodily fluids. And by some, I mean a lot... imagine Niagara falls. Yup. that's how much she loves them.
March 15, 2020
3 Stars
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July 29, 2017DNF at 35%.
May 15, 2022
Eh...?
Aura is a scraper. As in she hauls scrap in for cash. Her current find is a big metal sphere with a life sign. And a lot of pirates looking to take it for themselves.
Spoilers ahead.
So much doesn't make sense. I remember reading these years ago and when they popped up as freebies I grabbed them. I'd just forgotten why I never read past the first 2.
*Marauders are conquerors. Of a sort. They arrive, interbreed, move on. They're trying to improve some fertility issues that are never explained.
*The Marauders study Earth. Learn the language, but don't learn culture? It adds to the humor so I let that slide. But how do they have bear DNA? They aren't human. They've never visited Earth. The ears and form don't make sense as bear. Could have said they resembled what humans called bears. Made them slightly different, outside being purple, than Earth bears. But him, an alien, calling themselves bears doesn't really work.
*We never learn about his culture. Their religion(s), habits- other than nudity, how they choose leaders, how they managed to survive before space travel to breed in fertility,... Zip.
*Aura is supposed to be independent but isn't really. She giggles, stares at the naked alien, jumps him, and is happily pregnant without learning what happened to her sister, her ship, what's going to happen to them, what this "war" will bring.
*Why does Earth want this war?
I don't know. There were interesting background points, humor, but the romance wasn't very romantic. The relationship never developed, just poofed into existence without any build. The stage isn't really set. The actors are amusing but shallow. Character driven, world driven or plot driven- this had elements but gave them all up for sex scenes. If you're looking for depthless steam, sure. But a series of the same doesn't interest me.
Aura is a scraper. As in she hauls scrap in for cash. Her current find is a big metal sphere with a life sign. And a lot of pirates looking to take it for themselves.
Spoilers ahead.
So much doesn't make sense. I remember reading these years ago and when they popped up as freebies I grabbed them. I'd just forgotten why I never read past the first 2.
*Marauders are conquerors. Of a sort. They arrive, interbreed, move on. They're trying to improve some fertility issues that are never explained.
*The Marauders study Earth. Learn the language, but don't learn culture? It adds to the humor so I let that slide. But how do they have bear DNA? They aren't human. They've never visited Earth. The ears and form don't make sense as bear. Could have said they resembled what humans called bears. Made them slightly different, outside being purple, than Earth bears. But him, an alien, calling themselves bears doesn't really work.
*We never learn about his culture. Their religion(s), habits- other than nudity, how they choose leaders, how they managed to survive before space travel to breed in fertility,... Zip.
*Aura is supposed to be independent but isn't really. She giggles, stares at the naked alien, jumps him, and is happily pregnant without learning what happened to her sister, her ship, what's going to happen to them, what this "war" will bring.
*Why does Earth want this war?
I don't know. There were interesting background points, humor, but the romance wasn't very romantic. The relationship never developed, just poofed into existence without any build. The stage isn't really set. The actors are amusing but shallow. Character driven, world driven or plot driven- this had elements but gave them all up for sex scenes. If you're looking for depthless steam, sure. But a series of the same doesn't interest me.
July 18, 2017
There's No Shame Debt in 💘Love
Cygnus, a big purple alpha alien warrior🐺🔪🔫, is the ultimate killing machine. A marauder! He can also shift into a bear🐻 like form with claws for causing truly devastating carnage to his enemies.
The marauders🐺 are traveling through vast years of space to reach the sol system 🌍, to breed with human women. They are 💋 in search of the perfect form, the seraphim form. If the marauders find the true seraphim form from their mating with human women💋, they will never have to travel or maraude again.
Aura💋, a space scrapper, finds a drifting pod containing Cygnus and hauls it into her ships cargo hold. Her life is about to change forever!
"I see you, Aura" states Cygnus🐺🔪🔫🍌🌋✋. He will always be her protector🔪🔫, Her big blue alpha lover🐺🍌🌋✋. He is hers, she is his. Aura is his lifemate!💘🔥💘🔥
The fact that his huge teal colored Johnson🍌 vibrates is pretty darn awesome, too!
Cygnus is a red hot🔥 lover, a spankster✋✋, and he loves💘 his Aura💋 more than anything else in the universe.
Yehaw! Ride em Bareback🍌, Cowgirl!🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎
This is book one in the Marauder series. The world building is well thought out and the Space ships are described in detail. Cygnus is so funny in an innocent but sly way. But He learns fast! YEHAW! There are lots of fun moments, but there is a lot of violence, too. The author's world of The future has a lot of grimy grimness and hopelessness to it. Cygnus is a bright blue spot amid the grayness!
The book is well written and edited.
Read with KINDLE UNLIMITED for an honest review.
Cygnus, a big purple alpha alien warrior🐺🔪🔫, is the ultimate killing machine. A marauder! He can also shift into a bear🐻 like form with claws for causing truly devastating carnage to his enemies.
The marauders🐺 are traveling through vast years of space to reach the sol system 🌍, to breed with human women. They are 💋 in search of the perfect form, the seraphim form. If the marauders find the true seraphim form from their mating with human women💋, they will never have to travel or maraude again.
Aura💋, a space scrapper, finds a drifting pod containing Cygnus and hauls it into her ships cargo hold. Her life is about to change forever!
"I see you, Aura" states Cygnus🐺🔪🔫🍌🌋✋. He will always be her protector🔪🔫, Her big blue alpha lover🐺🍌🌋✋. He is hers, she is his. Aura is his lifemate!💘🔥💘🔥
The fact that his huge teal colored Johnson🍌 vibrates is pretty darn awesome, too!
Cygnus is a red hot🔥 lover, a spankster✋✋, and he loves💘 his Aura💋 more than anything else in the universe.
Yehaw! Ride em Bareback🍌, Cowgirl!🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎
This is book one in the Marauder series. The world building is well thought out and the Space ships are described in detail. Cygnus is so funny in an innocent but sly way. But He learns fast! YEHAW! There are lots of fun moments, but there is a lot of violence, too. The author's world of The future has a lot of grimy grimness and hopelessness to it. Cygnus is a bright blue spot amid the grayness!
The book is well written and edited.
Read with KINDLE UNLIMITED for an honest review.
July 9, 2017
3 & 1/2 stars...For whatever silly reason, I enjoyed this book, I read it when I was needing something to lighten my mood, after a bad day. It did the trick. This is a light & silly read, that doesn't take itself too seriously. Come on now, he's a 7 foot tall alien -purple bear shifter exhibitionist with a teal vibrating self lubricating dick and in human form has bear ears on top of his head! He's also got a cave-man mentality. I can't imagine anyone would take a purple bear seriously, let alone with the rest of that stuff! LOL "PLEASE!" & "I see you!" Funny part, I never read anything if he had a good looking face, only that in human form he was totally buff/hot. And his bear ears seemed like comic relief to his hunky body. Yes, the book was in dire need of editing, there were definitely plot holes, the insta-relationship between Aura & Cygnus does not really show love, but for whatever reason, it was fun & silly to me. I think the sex was what the story was meant to be about, the rest was filler. But the teal flood of come, that he had to actually turn off -to stop, was way too much...LOL
January 12, 2018
This was different then I thought it was going to be. Not really in a bad way, just in the way that so much was going on, that it was hard to keep up and remember everything. I really liked how strong of a character Aura was. She didn’t shy away from the action and stood up for her self.
Cygnus was a different kind of alien but I found that I loved that about him. He was alien and shifter so that added a dynamic to the story that I’ve never read before. The secondary characters were great, there weren’t many that we see a lot of, but the few, mainly Jin, I really liked.
My main issue was how confusing the first half of the story way. I felt that everything was happening so fast I couldn’t really connect with everything. It was unique, which I love, but I felt the story as a whole had way to much going on for how short it was. I’m still undecided if I would be willing to read more in this series, but it does have me curious. 3 Stars #2OCCJD
Cygnus was a different kind of alien but I found that I loved that about him. He was alien and shifter so that added a dynamic to the story that I’ve never read before. The secondary characters were great, there weren’t many that we see a lot of, but the few, mainly Jin, I really liked.
My main issue was how confusing the first half of the story way. I felt that everything was happening so fast I couldn’t really connect with everything. It was unique, which I love, but I felt the story as a whole had way to much going on for how short it was. I’m still undecided if I would be willing to read more in this series, but it does have me curious. 3 Stars #2OCCJD
April 16, 2018
This book is unbelievably horrible. The writer wrote about Cygnus' teal and huge equipment a lot, almost in every page I read P and D words. There was a lot of fluids going on during sex and that made it nauseous. I think something was off, maybe because the writer used some repulsive words such as 'oozing and dripping' . The hero was always hungry because of his bio-suit.
Normally, I love alien books but this one is definitely isn't my style and I don't know if the other books are like this one.
Normally, I love alien books but this one is definitely isn't my style and I don't know if the other books are like this one.
February 4, 2018
Three and a half stars. Except for a few TSTL moments at the end, our heroine Aurua is fine. Our hero Cygnus (aka Garett haha) is unexpectedly funny and sweet but definitely alien in his thinking and actions. While the writing was okay, I was really confused with the Marauders and whether the humans knew or not that they were enroute. Also a little dissapointes we didn't get to meet Cygnus' brother Aegus.
September 11, 2020
Pleasantly Surprised...9-7-2020 to 9-10-2020
I did not know what to expect from this series, but found I enjoyed it! Great storyline (the view of mars reminds me of the movie Total Recall) great character build! Looking forward to seeing where the story takes me in book two!
I recommend this book!
I did not know what to expect from this series, but found I enjoyed it! Great storyline (the view of mars reminds me of the movie Total Recall) great character build! Looking forward to seeing where the story takes me in book two!
I recommend this book!
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