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Dragons Of Mars #1
Dragon Prince's Mate
She woke the dragons of Mars - and their prince claimed her as his mate!
Josie Conner always dreamed of going into space, so a job as a technician on a Mars colony was the chance of a lifetime. She looked forward to walking a fresh world, to solving its mysteries - but she never expected to wake up an alien, asleep underneath the planet's surface. And she certainly didn't expect the alien to be so... incredibly hot!
Verikan is tall, intimidating, dangerous, and the way his violet eyes look at her makes her heart pound. Josie soon discovers that this bossy, demanding alien doesn't intend to let her go... and as much as she tries to fight it, she can’t ignore the white hot desire his touch ignites in her!
Prince Verikan survived the fall of his civilisation in stasis deep beneath Mars' surface. Now the dragon shifter and his guards are all that remains of the Dragon Empire that once ruled the stars. His duty demands that he rebuild the empire that is his birthright, and that requires conquering more worlds - starting with Earth...
But the moment Josie rescues him from his long sleep, he knows that the beautiful, curvy human is destined to be his mate. How can he start his reign by attacking her homeworld?
When Verikan’s advisors force his hand, the dragon prince must choose. Will he save his empire at the cost of breaking her heart? Will he sacrifice his people to spare her? Or can he and Josie find a third path to save both their planets, and their love?
No cheating, no cliffhanger - just a steamy dragon shifter science fiction romance with a happy ever after!
173 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 6, 2017
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April 18, 2017
TITLE OF BOOK: DRAGON PRINCE’S MATE
AUTHORS OF BOOK: JUNO WELLS AND LESLIE CHASE
DATE READ: APRIL 14, 2017 – APRIL 15, 2017
1000 STARS!!!! VERIKAN AND JOSIE ROCK MARS!!!!
Josie is on Mars with several men and one other woman. It has been her lifelong dream to go into space. So, when the technician’s job came up, she jumped on the opportunity. Their mission is to claim a section of Mars for The Woods Corporation. She leaves the spaceship to get away from the Commander because he got on Josie’s nerves and just wanted some alone time. Once she is done with what she is doing she finds a crater and see something shining in the dark. She decides to check out and enter cautiously. Reaching the source of the shiny object she finds that it attached to a set of huge doors. The doors open and she follows the hallway to a chamber that seems to have three pods with men in them. Boy was the one she was looking at HOT!!! Then suddenly the man awakes and his pod won’t open. So, she decides after some thinking to help him out. So, she helps him but she cannot understand a word he is saying, but after a bit she starts to understand him. After spending time with him she begins to get like him.
Verikan is the Dragon Prince he and his guards are all that survived the fall of his civilization. It is up to him to now rebuild his Empire. By doing this he will have to conquer many worlds. His plans are to start with EARTH. But he is rescued from drowning in his pod. But the more time he spends with the curvy human woman he begins to rethink his options for him and his guards to survive without taking control of EARTH. Then he is double crossed by his two advisors to force his hand. They think is weak for listening to Josie about saving EARTH. Will Verikan break Josie’s heart and take over EARTH? Or will he listen to her and spare her people at the cost of his people? Could there be a third solution to this problem that will save their love and both their races?
No Spoilers. Advanced Reader Copy read voluntarily and loved.
AUTHORS OF BOOK: JUNO WELLS AND LESLIE CHASE
DATE READ: APRIL 14, 2017 – APRIL 15, 2017
1000 STARS!!!! VERIKAN AND JOSIE ROCK MARS!!!!
Josie is on Mars with several men and one other woman. It has been her lifelong dream to go into space. So, when the technician’s job came up, she jumped on the opportunity. Their mission is to claim a section of Mars for The Woods Corporation. She leaves the spaceship to get away from the Commander because he got on Josie’s nerves and just wanted some alone time. Once she is done with what she is doing she finds a crater and see something shining in the dark. She decides to check out and enter cautiously. Reaching the source of the shiny object she finds that it attached to a set of huge doors. The doors open and she follows the hallway to a chamber that seems to have three pods with men in them. Boy was the one she was looking at HOT!!! Then suddenly the man awakes and his pod won’t open. So, she decides after some thinking to help him out. So, she helps him but she cannot understand a word he is saying, but after a bit she starts to understand him. After spending time with him she begins to get like him.
Verikan is the Dragon Prince he and his guards are all that survived the fall of his civilization. It is up to him to now rebuild his Empire. By doing this he will have to conquer many worlds. His plans are to start with EARTH. But he is rescued from drowning in his pod. But the more time he spends with the curvy human woman he begins to rethink his options for him and his guards to survive without taking control of EARTH. Then he is double crossed by his two advisors to force his hand. They think is weak for listening to Josie about saving EARTH. Will Verikan break Josie’s heart and take over EARTH? Or will he listen to her and spare her people at the cost of his people? Could there be a third solution to this problem that will save their love and both their races?
No Spoilers. Advanced Reader Copy read voluntarily and loved.
April 8, 2017
Interesting story.Did like it.
3,5/5 stars
3,5/5 stars
December 13, 2020
This story takes the same themes that litter every other sci-fi romance series and adds nothing new. I was bored from the first paragraph, skimming whatever nonsense squabble the female character, Josie, had with her superior. By the time I got to the point where Josie accidently stumbles upon buried sleeping dragon men and somehow, on her own, manages to wake them up, I couldn't leave the story fast enough.
Unfortunately, I stuck around for a few mind numbing pages to learn that one dragonman was a prince who claims Josie is her mate and the dragon's Captain of the Guards doesn't like Josie and tries to hurt her after which she then gets to play nursemaid to the Prince. Blech. Oh and during this timeframe the Prince tells Josie they plan to overtake Earth for themselves.
Honestly, I would've enjoyed this story if it had just been presented as a powerpoint:
*Josie is an astronaut scientist.
*Josie is an idiot who disregards safety protocol and does whatever she wants while on the plane Mars.
*Josie wakes up an unknown Prince Dragonman.
*Make dragonmen bodybuilders with wings who have to have human mates.
*Include every other cliche romance element so readers will swoon.
Unfortunately, I stuck around for a few mind numbing pages to learn that one dragonman was a prince who claims Josie is her mate and the dragon's Captain of the Guards doesn't like Josie and tries to hurt her after which she then gets to play nursemaid to the Prince. Blech. Oh and during this timeframe the Prince tells Josie they plan to overtake Earth for themselves.
Honestly, I would've enjoyed this story if it had just been presented as a powerpoint:
*Josie is an astronaut scientist.
*Josie is an idiot who disregards safety protocol and does whatever she wants while on the plane Mars.
*Josie wakes up an unknown Prince Dragonman.
*Make dragonmen bodybuilders with wings who have to have human mates.
*Include every other cliche romance element so readers will swoon.
October 15, 2019
It started out good. But when he started talking about love after knowing her for a matter of hours. I just couldn't continue.
August 17, 2017
What really shone for me about this book was the setting. I know shapeshifter romance is very popular still, but after reading a lot of it years ago I don't think I'd go for a book that didn't have a twist. Ancient culture held in stasis for a thousand years below the surface of Mars? Yes... yes, that'll do. Not to mention the backdrop of inept macho corporate culture that plagues Josie from page one to almost the end—I could immediately sigh along with her troubles.
The fact that the love interest was an imperialist dragon shifter didn't get in the way of the story being surprisingly tender. The romance may have bloomed a bit too soon for me, but it made sense in context; I just wanted there to be slightly more on both characters. Action sequences were fantastic and had me at the edge of my seat. The novel sets up for what promises to be a fascinating series of standalones with a lot of possibility; I'll be buying the next book.
The fact that the love interest was an imperialist dragon shifter didn't get in the way of the story being surprisingly tender. The romance may have bloomed a bit too soon for me, but it made sense in context; I just wanted there to be slightly more on both characters. Action sequences were fantastic and had me at the edge of my seat. The novel sets up for what promises to be a fascinating series of standalones with a lot of possibility; I'll be buying the next book.
January 29, 2020
Dragons of Mars is a series about Earth’s early settlements on the red planet, and I am enjoying this exciting tale!
Josie is an engineer at one of the Mars settlements. Her boss is a misogynist jerk, and she takes every opportunity to get outside the base. This should be a routine maintenance jaunt, but she finds something new.
Verikan is the Imperial Dragon Prince, and when he wakes up, his world has changed. Greed, treachery and mutiny is not what he was expecting.
This exciting first book in the series is very good, and I’ve already read most of the second book. I love it!
Josie is an engineer at one of the Mars settlements. Her boss is a misogynist jerk, and she takes every opportunity to get outside the base. This should be a routine maintenance jaunt, but she finds something new.
Verikan is the Imperial Dragon Prince, and when he wakes up, his world has changed. Greed, treachery and mutiny is not what he was expecting.
This exciting first book in the series is very good, and I’ve already read most of the second book. I love it!
June 19, 2017
he was a prince that when they were under attack he was put in a pod with two others to save them.. when earth sends a ship to mars to find alien life she is the mechanic on the craft and goes out to check on some of the equipment. when she finds a crater and something down there she never thought she'd find life forms. alive even.. but when the other dragons try to take over and take over earth he has to decide if what he wants is her r to destroy her planet. the book was pretty good..
February 11, 2018
Who knew? Sleeping Beauty was really a dragon shifter from Mars
Better than average Dragon-sifter sci-fi by Juno Wells and Leslie Chase. Fine world-building, with a great back-story to explain the dragon presence on Mars. Verikan and Josie are well-matched as the fated mates, and Josie's can-do spirit is the perfect motivator for Verikan to move on from shock and loss and begin to find a new life for the surviving dragons of Mars. I'll definitely read on in this series.
Better than average Dragon-sifter sci-fi by Juno Wells and Leslie Chase. Fine world-building, with a great back-story to explain the dragon presence on Mars. Verikan and Josie are well-matched as the fated mates, and Josie's can-do spirit is the perfect motivator for Verikan to move on from shock and loss and begin to find a new life for the surviving dragons of Mars. I'll definitely read on in this series.
July 25, 2018
Dragon Prince's Mate (Dragons of Mars Book 1)
Josie's dream of going to outer space has come true, she is on Mars and it's not what she hope. To get away from her command she goes out on her only to check some equipment but she find a sleeping dragon.
Prince Verikon has been sleeping for along time and while he sleep his empire has fallen. Now some of his generals want to attack Earth.
With the help of his mate, Josie, can be stop a war?
Josie's dream of going to outer space has come true, she is on Mars and it's not what she hope. To get away from her command she goes out on her only to check some equipment but she find a sleeping dragon.
Prince Verikon has been sleeping for along time and while he sleep his empire has fallen. Now some of his generals want to attack Earth.
With the help of his mate, Josie, can be stop a war?
May 17, 2017
I really enjoy syfi alien Dragon stories but this one didn't really kept me attention. Slow beginning and middle but picked up towards the end. Betrayal, corruption and murder from Dragon's that sworn to uphold law and bow down to the Empire and it only living Prince Verikan, all because a weak human mate turn a bloodthirsty Dragon Prince into someone to see reason.
January 9, 2018
Sleeping Dragons
Though she wasn't royal, she woken up the Dragon Prince and saved him from drowning. Great story of corruption, greed, and taking over a planet. Look forward to the next story of this series.
Though she wasn't royal, she woken up the Dragon Prince and saved him from drowning. Great story of corruption, greed, and taking over a planet. Look forward to the next story of this series.
January 28, 2018
Interesting
This one had its ups and downs. Interesting plot and good characters. A bit heavy on the descriptive sex scenes for me so be aware if that is a problem. First book by this author for me. I am looking forward to more in this series.
This one had its ups and downs. Interesting plot and good characters. A bit heavy on the descriptive sex scenes for me so be aware if that is a problem. First book by this author for me. I am looking forward to more in this series.
March 24, 2018
Dragons as aliens, on Mars- in my!
What I liked : that this book was not a first person read: and, the plot was much different than a lot of alien romances! The alien dragon Prince had no support except from his newly formed human mate. Made for interesting reading.
What I liked : that this book was not a first person read: and, the plot was much different than a lot of alien romances! The alien dragon Prince had no support except from his newly formed human mate. Made for interesting reading.
January 8, 2019
The Dragon Prince's Mate
Loved the storyline...full of action, adventure and sizzling and romantic situations. Keeps you on edge to see what will happen in the next chapter. A very Good Read, Phyllis
Loved the storyline...full of action, adventure and sizzling and romantic situations. Keeps you on edge to see what will happen in the next chapter. A very Good Read, Phyllis
October 29, 2021
The story itself has so much potential, the steam was 🔥, but it was way too short and I ended up with more questions regarding the plot and the world than I’ve started with, which I don’t really like.
For this reason it’s 2,5 stars.
For this reason it’s 2,5 stars.
May 9, 2017
I really liked this book..I hope the author writes more books in this world...the dragons were both sexy and terrifying...
July 1, 2017
Good
A new take on dragons 🐉 but a good struggle between good and evil and a good Story of Love
A new take on dragons 🐉 but a good struggle between good and evil and a good Story of Love
August 12, 2017
An amazing read.😃🐲
June 27, 2018
I love it!
I love this story and very well told. Now you wish you were Josie! So hot can’t put the book down!
I love this story and very well told. Now you wish you were Josie! So hot can’t put the book down!
July 22, 2018
Mars 1
This is an ok book. Not great but not bad. I will read book two to see if it is better .
This is an ok book. Not great but not bad. I will read book two to see if it is better .
July 29, 2018
Enjoyable romp
This story is highly enjoyable and fun. A sci-fi romance set in the midst of a would be conflict. A good fun read.
This story is highly enjoyable and fun. A sci-fi romance set in the midst of a would be conflict. A good fun read.
August 18, 2018
Interesting premise. slightly odd pacing.
August 25, 2018
Just no. Not believable in the slightest. Characters were so bland and unyielding. Boring.
September 25, 2018
Interested to read the next one. 3.5 stars.
November 19, 2018
Great
Met all my expectations for a Juno Wells collaboration. The characters were developed and it’s a great start to a new series.
Met all my expectations for a Juno Wells collaboration. The characters were developed and it’s a great start to a new series.
June 21, 2019
Amazing
Loved loved this book so glad I gave it a go and found these authors I look forward to the next books in the series
Loved loved this book so glad I gave it a go and found these authors I look forward to the next books in the series
September 3, 2019
Good
I thought this was a good story... i think if you are looking for a god adventure this story is a great start.. a little to predictable for me but enjoyable!!
I thought this was a good story... i think if you are looking for a god adventure this story is a great start.. a little to predictable for me but enjoyable!!
January 29, 2020
Not bad
The story wasn't bad. I wished I would have read it first. Other than that it's an interesting concept. Space traveling were dragons from mars.
The story wasn't bad. I wished I would have read it first. Other than that it's an interesting concept. Space traveling were dragons from mars.
May 3, 2021
This book dragged so bad!!!
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