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Alien #1
Alien Instinct
Rennek is an honor bound male whose very existence in life is tarnished by the sins of his father. When he and his crew stumble onto a trafficking ring his immediate instinct is to rescue the females. He finds himself drawn to one of them, setting in motion a dangerous course of events propelling him towards his destiny. Can Rennek be the leader his people need him to be as the secrets of the past are uncovered?
Kate has spent years muddling through life, never quite finding a place for herself. When she wakes in an alien cargo hold, life surprisingly becomes a lot easier. Well, except for the bounty hunters and dirty space cops pursuing her of course. Kate’s new found happiness has a lot to do with her sexy new alien boyfriend, but she doesn’t know how to react when he suddenly starts calling her his mate. Will Kate be able to move beyond the hangups of her past and give herself completely to Rennek?
Kate has spent years muddling through life, never quite finding a place for herself. When she wakes in an alien cargo hold, life surprisingly becomes a lot easier. Well, except for the bounty hunters and dirty space cops pursuing her of course. Kate’s new found happiness has a lot to do with her sexy new alien boyfriend, but she doesn’t know how to react when he suddenly starts calling her his mate. Will Kate be able to move beyond the hangups of her past and give herself completely to Rennek?
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First published February 8, 2018
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Tracy Lauren
31 books353 followersTracy Lauren is a loving wife to her gorgeous but weird husband Greg, and a dedicated mother to her two wonderful children. She has her M.S. in Clinical/Counseling Psychology and during her time as a therapist she provided counseling services specializing in grief and trauma as well as attachment focused parenting. She is now taking time off from her career to focus on her family and explore life as an indie author.
Tracy’s interests have always been in the human experience, and in her writing she aims to capture just that. If you love the thrill of adventure to go with your science fiction romance, then Tracy’s books are for you.
Tracy’s interests have always been in the human experience, and in her writing she aims to capture just that. If you love the thrill of adventure to go with your science fiction romance, then Tracy’s books are for you.
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August 17, 2022
Hot gargoyle aliens!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Romance: 💚🖤💙❤️💜
Heat: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📔📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌏
Character development: 😒😚🥲😋😍
The heroine: Kate - She works hard to pay her bills and take a few classes a semester at the local community college. Most recently she has been working as a bank teller though she hasn’t been doing well since her drawer never totals up exactly as it should. One night as she is just about to fall asleep, everything goes silent, a light shines through her window and everything goes black.
The Hero: Rennek - He spent time in the UPC (military) before getting called by his true family to work for them. Him, his three friends from childhood, and a new friend who helped him out of a sticky situation, work for Rennek’s true family on his cargo ship. They are acquiring alien species of animals in order to populate a terraformed planet.
The Story: Rennek and his mates work with other ships who do acquisitions on foreign planets, though Rennek’s brother wants them to get a good variety of different types of fauna, many of the aliens they work with tend to only gather small animals to be sold as pets. So when they meet with some alien pirates, and ask for some larger creatures, they are surprised to see that they have human females for sale.
The “Gargoyle guys” as Kate refers to them, kill a few of the slavers, take as many of the women they can and barely escape on their cargo ship. The women are still in fear for their lives even though they think that these guys were helping them. Though there is still a language barrier which makes it difficult to ask the guys to bring them home to Earth.
This book is told in dual points of view via dual narration. The narrators are Mason Lloyd and Noelle Bridges. Both narrators I am very familiar with and have done the narration on more than a few alien romances. Mason has a nice voice and speaks in a stilted cadence which is perfect for alien males. Noelle has a soft but clear voice that is intelligent sounding and she is great at showing emotion, exasperation, happiness, frustration and other things through her voice.
The only reason I don’t give 5 out of 5 for narration is because I give that to full cast audiobooks or books with duet narration where the male narrator does all the male voices and female does all the female voices no matter whose POV the chapter is in. Dual narration, like this one is where the male does all of the voices in the chapters told from the male characters POV and likewise for the female.
I really liked the story in this one. It had a few different settings including a spaceship, space station and an uninhabited alien planet. It had great storylines which included the slave trade, alien mafia types, crooked men in the UPC, Rennek and the guys had a backstory that involved another race of people and quite a lot of action and adventure. There was a great and steamy (but not too smutty) romance between the two main characters.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Romance: 💚🖤💙❤️💜
Heat: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📔📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌏
Character development: 😒😚🥲😋😍
The heroine: Kate - She works hard to pay her bills and take a few classes a semester at the local community college. Most recently she has been working as a bank teller though she hasn’t been doing well since her drawer never totals up exactly as it should. One night as she is just about to fall asleep, everything goes silent, a light shines through her window and everything goes black.
The Hero: Rennek - He spent time in the UPC (military) before getting called by his true family to work for them. Him, his three friends from childhood, and a new friend who helped him out of a sticky situation, work for Rennek’s true family on his cargo ship. They are acquiring alien species of animals in order to populate a terraformed planet.
The Story: Rennek and his mates work with other ships who do acquisitions on foreign planets, though Rennek’s brother wants them to get a good variety of different types of fauna, many of the aliens they work with tend to only gather small animals to be sold as pets. So when they meet with some alien pirates, and ask for some larger creatures, they are surprised to see that they have human females for sale.
The “Gargoyle guys” as Kate refers to them, kill a few of the slavers, take as many of the women they can and barely escape on their cargo ship. The women are still in fear for their lives even though they think that these guys were helping them. Though there is still a language barrier which makes it difficult to ask the guys to bring them home to Earth.
This book is told in dual points of view via dual narration. The narrators are Mason Lloyd and Noelle Bridges. Both narrators I am very familiar with and have done the narration on more than a few alien romances. Mason has a nice voice and speaks in a stilted cadence which is perfect for alien males. Noelle has a soft but clear voice that is intelligent sounding and she is great at showing emotion, exasperation, happiness, frustration and other things through her voice.
The only reason I don’t give 5 out of 5 for narration is because I give that to full cast audiobooks or books with duet narration where the male narrator does all the male voices and female does all the female voices no matter whose POV the chapter is in. Dual narration, like this one is where the male does all of the voices in the chapters told from the male characters POV and likewise for the female.
I really liked the story in this one. It had a few different settings including a spaceship, space station and an uninhabited alien planet. It had great storylines which included the slave trade, alien mafia types, crooked men in the UPC, Rennek and the guys had a backstory that involved another race of people and quite a lot of action and adventure. There was a great and steamy (but not too smutty) romance between the two main characters.
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December 4, 2022
Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: First person from both hero and heroine (separated by chapters)
(These are all personal preference on a scale of 1-5 (yours ratings may vary depending what gives you feels and how you prefer you sex scenes written, etc) except the Steam Scale which follows our chart from A Love Less Ordinary )
Should I read in order?
This is book 1 of Tracy Lauren’s Alien series.
Basic plot:
Rennek ends up finding a slavery ring while buying goods for his planet – after rescuing the 6 women, he finds himself drawn to Kate in a powerful way.
Give this a try if you want:
- Science fiction romance – the whole book takes place in outer space
- Height difference – heroine is 5’7” and hero is at least 7’
- Consent is pretty well established here
- Human heroine/alien hero pairing
- Heroine nurses hero back to health
- Nice mix of romance, humor, danger, and world building
- Higher steam – I have 5 full scenes down plus some kisses
Ages:
- Heroine is 22, not sure about hero
My thoughts:
Kate is a bank teller where she has too much pressure and no social connections. She grew up with a neglectful mom and has no real ties to Earth and realizes no one will probably miss her when she’s abducted.
Rennek has a shameful past that he has grappled with – and it hinders him from having the confidence to truly lead his crew. As he learns more about the fate of his kind, he steps up to create a place to start new.
Their attraction is immediate, but the tension building was perfection to me. I adored how protective Rennek is but Kate doesn’t let him bulldoze her over with his demands. This did have a few slow parts to me, like when they were establishing their home on the new planet, but I also loved those parts because they were fully together and I feel like we got a lot more character and relationship development from them.
I really like Lauren’s writing. The humor rather sneaks up on my in a delightful way. The characters create a world that I really fell into and was interested in. I liked the world building for the space travel and alien planets. I love Lauren’s tension building and her sex scenes have a great mix of explicitness and emotional pull I always want in romance. I loved this book (and have already finished book 2 of this series at the writing of this review) and definitely plan on reading more from her.
Cock Stats/Hero Details:
Content warnings:
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: First person from both hero and heroine (separated by chapters)
(These are all personal preference on a scale of 1-5 (yours ratings may vary depending what gives you feels and how you prefer you sex scenes written, etc) except the Steam Scale which follows our chart from A Love Less Ordinary )
Should I read in order?
This is book 1 of Tracy Lauren’s Alien series.
Basic plot:
Rennek ends up finding a slavery ring while buying goods for his planet – after rescuing the 6 women, he finds himself drawn to Kate in a powerful way.
Give this a try if you want:
- Science fiction romance – the whole book takes place in outer space
- Height difference – heroine is 5’7” and hero is at least 7’
- Consent is pretty well established here
- Human heroine/alien hero pairing
- Heroine nurses hero back to health
- Nice mix of romance, humor, danger, and world building
- Higher steam – I have 5 full scenes down plus some kisses
Ages:
- Heroine is 22, not sure about hero
My thoughts:
Kate is a bank teller where she has too much pressure and no social connections. She grew up with a neglectful mom and has no real ties to Earth and realizes no one will probably miss her when she’s abducted.
Rennek has a shameful past that he has grappled with – and it hinders him from having the confidence to truly lead his crew. As he learns more about the fate of his kind, he steps up to create a place to start new.
Their attraction is immediate, but the tension building was perfection to me. I adored how protective Rennek is but Kate doesn’t let him bulldoze her over with his demands. This did have a few slow parts to me, like when they were establishing their home on the new planet, but I also loved those parts because they were fully together and I feel like we got a lot more character and relationship development from them.
I really like Lauren’s writing. The humor rather sneaks up on my in a delightful way. The characters create a world that I really fell into and was interested in. I liked the world building for the space travel and alien planets. I love Lauren’s tension building and her sex scenes have a great mix of explicitness and emotional pull I always want in romance. I loved this book (and have already finished book 2 of this series at the writing of this review) and definitely plan on reading more from her.
Cock Stats/Hero Details:
Content warnings:
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
March 10, 2018
Kindle Unlimited
Authors first book. Promising.
Human women kidnapped by bad alien slavers.
Handfull of humans rescued by good alien warrior types.
Adventures &drama ensues. Good backstory w Vendari.
The hero & heroine don't copulate until 96%
There was a lot of "Get on with it already..." while reading it.
But the author has a good voice for characters.
This book was setup to be all kinds of spinoffs.
Recommended as filler
Authors first book. Promising.
Human women kidnapped by bad alien slavers.
Handfull of humans rescued by good alien warrior types.
Adventures &drama ensues. Good backstory w Vendari.
The hero & heroine don't copulate until 96%
There was a lot of "Get on with it already..." while reading it.
But the author has a good voice for characters.
This book was setup to be all kinds of spinoffs.
Recommended as filler
June 21, 2020
Ridiculous!
*May contain minor spoilers...
The conspiracy theories and paranoia are simply ridiculous. And annoying. But mostly ridiculous. It makes no sense. Sure, a group aliens saved you from rapist aliens, risking their lives, fed you and clothed you, so that they can 'experiment' on you? What - you are the best that your species has to offer? The entire 'experimentation by aliens' conspiracy theory is overused cliche tool to introduce misunderstandings and drama. The ridiculous factor amps when they have this conversation while their ship is being attacked by bounty hunters.
I sincerely and earnestly hope - no pray - that when the first alien contact occurs, it is not by idiots that these women were. Because, to them, it makes total sense to worry about being experimented on, while they are getting shot! And to make enemies out of their saviors and show hostility to aliens that you are stuck in a ship with! But I guess I should not judge their hostility towards aliens, considering their hostility towards each other. At least aliens are not the only six survivors.
I like my sci-fi romances. All I want is to have some logic with it. Is it to much to ask for? The characters were so annoying, that I felt like bashing my head against the rock! It is like the author has no imagination. All that crying, weeping, complaining, screeming and whining got on my last nerve. I would like to think that if I or any women I know is ever in a bad situation, I would do better than that. So yeah, basically, all the women are shown in the worst light possible to elevate the heroine! They are simply props to further the plot, instead of characters.
The other illogical thing is the language... thing. It makes absolutely no sense! The aliens don't understand 'geez' and 'buddy', but have no problem knowing what eggs, potatoes, veggies and tortilla? For that matter, weren't the girls talking in alien's language? Then it shouldn't have the human words in their dictionary. It was like the language thing was explained and then, its rationale completely forgotten; only brought out of the closet for convenient misunderstandings and jokes.
Oh, and the romance was superficial and boring. That remids me of another annoying detail - Kate leading on Rennek. Seriously!? There are six of you, but you go to the alien, who you simultaneously suspect and find hot, who you know has hots for you, for comfort?And then, when things escalate, which is again Kate's fault, you make it sound like it is his fault. I felt like punching Kate.
In summary, I would recommend this book to none!
*May contain minor spoilers...
The conspiracy theories and paranoia are simply ridiculous. And annoying. But mostly ridiculous. It makes no sense. Sure, a group aliens saved you from rapist aliens, risking their lives, fed you and clothed you, so that they can 'experiment' on you? What - you are the best that your species has to offer? The entire 'experimentation by aliens' conspiracy theory is overused cliche tool to introduce misunderstandings and drama. The ridiculous factor amps when they have this conversation while their ship is being attacked by bounty hunters.
I sincerely and earnestly hope - no pray - that when the first alien contact occurs, it is not by idiots that these women were. Because, to them, it makes total sense to worry about being experimented on, while they are getting shot! And to make enemies out of their saviors and show hostility to aliens that you are stuck in a ship with! But I guess I should not judge their hostility towards aliens, considering their hostility towards each other. At least aliens are not the only six survivors.
I like my sci-fi romances. All I want is to have some logic with it. Is it to much to ask for? The characters were so annoying, that I felt like bashing my head against the rock! It is like the author has no imagination. All that crying, weeping, complaining, screeming and whining got on my last nerve. I would like to think that if I or any women I know is ever in a bad situation, I would do better than that. So yeah, basically, all the women are shown in the worst light possible to elevate the heroine! They are simply props to further the plot, instead of characters.
The other illogical thing is the language... thing. It makes absolutely no sense! The aliens don't understand 'geez' and 'buddy', but have no problem knowing what eggs, potatoes, veggies and tortilla? For that matter, weren't the girls talking in alien's language? Then it shouldn't have the human words in their dictionary. It was like the language thing was explained and then, its rationale completely forgotten; only brought out of the closet for convenient misunderstandings and jokes.
Oh, and the romance was superficial and boring. That remids me of another annoying detail - Kate leading on Rennek. Seriously!? There are six of you, but you go to the alien, who you simultaneously suspect and find hot, who you know has hots for you, for comfort?And then, when things escalate, which is again Kate's fault, you make it sound like it is his fault. I felt like punching Kate.
In summary, I would recommend this book to none!
April 21, 2023
Sweet sci fi romance with some cheese
Kate was a well fleshed out main character. She responded differently to issues that arose depending on the support that she had. I feel like so often in sci fi romance the “fierce” FMC has a default setting of refusing any and all help. Kate was fierce but still had plenty of moments when she was straight up lazy and content for someone else to take charge.
Rennek had an effed up life and some self esteem issues that stemmed from being “a product of the invasion”. He was raised, most of his life, with others who had the same parentage, and thus away from his family. He and Kate were cute together and he was good at respecting boundries.
I thought the world building was interesting - with trafficking being hushed up, biases, and the physical worlds themselves.
I was a bit annoyed with some progression of the romance that I can’t detail without spoiling. It was also a bit cheesy for me at times. Overall though, a good book.
Spice: 2.5/5
Triggers: survival scenarios, trafficking, attempted SA
Kate was a well fleshed out main character. She responded differently to issues that arose depending on the support that she had. I feel like so often in sci fi romance the “fierce” FMC has a default setting of refusing any and all help. Kate was fierce but still had plenty of moments when she was straight up lazy and content for someone else to take charge.
Rennek had an effed up life and some self esteem issues that stemmed from being “a product of the invasion”. He was raised, most of his life, with others who had the same parentage, and thus away from his family. He and Kate were cute together and he was good at respecting boundries.
I thought the world building was interesting - with trafficking being hushed up, biases, and the physical worlds themselves.
I was a bit annoyed with some progression of the romance that I can’t detail without spoiling. It was also a bit cheesy for me at times. Overall though, a good book.
Spice: 2.5/5
Triggers: survival scenarios, trafficking, attempted SA
June 9, 2021
It is a big space opera, lots of overused plot devices combined with a few that were new. I liked the H who has claws, grey skin and a tail. He also has wings meaning he's royal. I liked the human h, who is smart, a good negotiator and practical. What was disappointing was the 6 feisty women. As usual 'feisty' translates into stupid, foul mouthed people with personal agendas. Other than that it's a full on adventure story.
June 12, 2019
When Kate wakes up, she expects to be at home. On Earth. Instead, she is surrounded by slimy…aliens and a group of women as frightened and half-dressed as she is. When things look like they are going from bad to worse she finds herself saved by a horned and winged…alien, who only seems to want to protect her.Are gargoyles and gargoyle-like aliens a thing at the moment? I have read a few books recently with them in. I’m loving it. Deliciously tall, grey males with horns and wings? Sign this girl up. Add in Renneck, our hero, being all honourable, protective and cutely besotted and I was a goner. Needless to say I really enjoyed this book.
I especially enjoyed the first part of the book where we get to know Renneck and Kate, as well as the rest of the crew and human women. Although it wasn’t quite insta-love Renneck does immediately feel drawn and protective of Kate. Kate is also pretty fascinated by the winged and horned alien who can’t take his eyes off of her. The romance between them sweet and as the book progressed so did the heat level.
The second part of the book took place off-ship and on an uninhabited world. This is where I felt the book lost its way. There was a massive lull where nothing seems to happen, which slowed down the pace of the book. It was designed, I suspect, to show Renneck and Kate finally becoming a cohesive couple. However, this dragged on for too long and there were parts where I was bored. There were so many interesting aspects of the story that Lauren had set up, like what was happening with the other characters and the search for Renneck’s people that this abrupt stop in momentum was jarring.
However, overall this was a fantastic debut from Tracy Lauren. It had a good romance with plenty of other characters with hero and heroine potential. I can’t wait to see what Lauren will do next with this series.
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January 4, 2021
This is a strong 3+ stars. As the first in a series, there is a lot to establish, including crew, worlds, tech, etc. The fated-mates aspect was handled reasonably well. However, there were just a few too many challenges and side-bars.
The strength here is the characters. There is variety among both the human women and the alien crew, plus more aliens around every corner. The women are a rainbow of personalities, with more variations than their hair color. The alien males are not explored in as much depth, but I am confident that they will get their turn.
I'm going to read the next one with the expectation that there will be less clutter from world-building.
The strength here is the characters. There is variety among both the human women and the alien crew, plus more aliens around every corner. The women are a rainbow of personalities, with more variations than their hair color. The alien males are not explored in as much depth, but I am confident that they will get their turn.
I'm going to read the next one with the expectation that there will be less clutter from world-building.
August 10, 2020
Wow what a great beginning to a new series. I'm hooked and have already started the second book.
I connected with Kate and her bewilderment at being kidnapped by aliens. Thankfully, Renneck is there to intervene and the adventure begins.
I connected with Kate and her bewilderment at being kidnapped by aliens. Thankfully, Renneck is there to intervene and the adventure begins.
April 18, 2019
This read has more plot than the trashy cover implies, unfortunately, it derails in the latter part of the book and loses most of its initial tension and charm.
June 24, 2020
Well, I finished it.
After Kate and a group of women are abducted, they get unexpectedly rescued by a team of aliens trying to purchase rare animals in space. You can clearly see that they're all going to be paired off in sequels, and all the girls have vastly different personalities that should offer completely different experiences. I won't be reading them.
I never really connected with Kate. She waffles between wanting to be useful and simply letting her mate do everything to pamper her. She wants Rennek to figure out what's going to happen to her, but then she repudiates every decision he makes as the captain and leader of the group.
Rennek was good. Strong, reliable, caring. And virgin.
One of the major pluses for me? That the hero is a virgin and the heroine is the one constantly thinking "he's much bigger than I've ever had," "no other boyfriend made me orgasm from sex alone," etc. It's just nice to not have the hero with all the experience or hear about all of his conquests.
The plot was kind of boring. Getting an alien translator, running through jungles, encountering strange creatures, blah. I think Kate's like totally woke and cool lingo ruined it for me, babe. Her narration made her sound like an idiot.
Hated the petty girl drama. Are women expected to devolve into a group of catty bitches under dire circumstances? According to this book, yes.
Disliked the delayed gratification. It would have worked for me if the actual mating hadn't been pointlessly stalled and tacked onto near the last chapter as an afterthought.
So, yes, I finished it. But as I write this review, I can't think of many positive things to say.
After Kate and a group of women are abducted, they get unexpectedly rescued by a team of aliens trying to purchase rare animals in space. You can clearly see that they're all going to be paired off in sequels, and all the girls have vastly different personalities that should offer completely different experiences. I won't be reading them.
I never really connected with Kate. She waffles between wanting to be useful and simply letting her mate do everything to pamper her. She wants Rennek to figure out what's going to happen to her, but then she repudiates every decision he makes as the captain and leader of the group.
Rennek was good. Strong, reliable, caring. And virgin.
One of the major pluses for me? That the hero is a virgin and the heroine is the one constantly thinking "he's much bigger than I've ever had," "no other boyfriend made me orgasm from sex alone," etc. It's just nice to not have the hero with all the experience or hear about all of his conquests.
The plot was kind of boring. Getting an alien translator, running through jungles, encountering strange creatures, blah. I think Kate's like totally woke and cool lingo ruined it for me, babe. Her narration made her sound like an idiot.
Hated the petty girl drama. Are women expected to devolve into a group of catty bitches under dire circumstances? According to this book, yes.
Disliked the delayed gratification. It would have worked for me if the actual mating hadn't been pointlessly stalled and tacked onto near the last chapter as an afterthought.
So, yes, I finished it. But as I write this review, I can't think of many positive things to say.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 24, 2019
I find I remember the book but not a lot of how I felt about it. It's been a couple days and a couple books, don't judge.
Mostly I liked it. Something new I read in here was our h. Usually, the h falls under the category of either being tstl or a strong badass but Kate was very real in terms of "I'll learn if I have to but I'm a-okay with being pampered and taken care of."
I loved this. It wasn't a hit to her pride or ego to be taken care of and she didn't cry all the time about how hard it all was for her. Stares dagger at "Vivian"
Very sensible and likeable, yeah.
Also! That cover, HOT DAMN! I want that on my shelf!
Mostly I liked it. Something new I read in here was our h. Usually, the h falls under the category of either being tstl or a strong badass but Kate was very real in terms of "I'll learn if I have to but I'm a-okay with being pampered and taken care of."
I loved this. It wasn't a hit to her pride or ego to be taken care of and she didn't cry all the time about how hard it all was for her. Stares dagger at "Vivian"
Very sensible and likeable, yeah.
Also! That cover, HOT DAMN! I want that on my shelf!
September 29, 2018
Although this book is kind of formulaic and the idea’s been used and re-used, I found it very much enjoyable. The world-building is great. I empathized even the most annoying characters so I would say that’s a plus. However, the book did fizzle out some for me about half into it, but other than that, it was a fun, engaging read. Will I read another book in the series? In a heartbeat.
January 16, 2019
Tracy Lauren is someone who I have never heard anything about. I was one Audible and I decided to choose this book because I like sci-fi romance and I thought this would be a good book to continue my sci-fi romance kick. I have to admit this was a fantastic choice! Miss Lauren killed this book and all I just wanted this book to be somewhat decent however she made this book amazing.
Rennek was such an honorable male that as soon as he came on the scene I knew he was not going to be a jerk. In so many instances the hero in a Sci-Fi or a paranormal romance book is an ass. He is overly confident and thinks that he is God's gift to women but with rennick he was not like that. He tried to woo Kate and not think that she was just going to magically fall in bed with him. I enjoyed Kate as a character as well.
Yes she had some moments where she did some stupid things but unlike other heroines she did not put herself in danger because she thought she could get her way out of the situation that she's currently in. Whenever something bad was happening she told Rennek instead of trying to handle the issue herself which I 100% appreciate it.
What this book there were a lot of separate plots happening and when this book ended there were more questions than we got answers. Take for instance the person who put a bounty on Rennek and his friends. Yes the bounty was removed at the end of the book however there still a traitor within the Federation but yet nobody knows who that person is. That person is just floating around still living their best life while humans are being trafficked still.
Also what happened to Rennek's dad? That is a question that I am 100% invested in because he up and disappeared and nobody knows what happened. I am 100% looking forward to the next book and hopefully the next book is available in audiobook soon because I cannot become vested in a series when there's only one audiobook available when there's actually four books in total!!
I also have to say I enjoyed Mason Lloyd and Noelle Bridges as Caton Riddick. They made this book come to life without them I don't think that I would have gotten the same experience as I would have.
Rennek was such an honorable male that as soon as he came on the scene I knew he was not going to be a jerk. In so many instances the hero in a Sci-Fi or a paranormal romance book is an ass. He is overly confident and thinks that he is God's gift to women but with rennick he was not like that. He tried to woo Kate and not think that she was just going to magically fall in bed with him. I enjoyed Kate as a character as well.
Yes she had some moments where she did some stupid things but unlike other heroines she did not put herself in danger because she thought she could get her way out of the situation that she's currently in. Whenever something bad was happening she told Rennek instead of trying to handle the issue herself which I 100% appreciate it.
What this book there were a lot of separate plots happening and when this book ended there were more questions than we got answers. Take for instance the person who put a bounty on Rennek and his friends. Yes the bounty was removed at the end of the book however there still a traitor within the Federation but yet nobody knows who that person is. That person is just floating around still living their best life while humans are being trafficked still.
Also what happened to Rennek's dad? That is a question that I am 100% invested in because he up and disappeared and nobody knows what happened. I am 100% looking forward to the next book and hopefully the next book is available in audiobook soon because I cannot become vested in a series when there's only one audiobook available when there's actually four books in total!!
I also have to say I enjoyed Mason Lloyd and Noelle Bridges as Caton Riddick. They made this book come to life without them I don't think that I would have gotten the same experience as I would have.
March 24, 2018
I'm excited to keep reading this series! More please!
December 22, 2023
DNF at 45%. Kate is a moron.
February 17, 2018
Alien abduction and saved by gargoyle :)
Absolutely loved this, this appears to be the authors first book, it is really good. Kidnapping of humans, saved by the police of the alien society, which I hope we get more stories from their point of view. Growing up in a society that treats them as unworthy yet expects them to protect and enforce the law. I'm curious if they have the same rights as the other males who weren't from a product of war. Basically they are the the children of rape victims. Unusual spin that I haven't read before, though it's a dark topic , I liked that it was a part of the story. I can this be a beginning to a great series with options for more within the universe of this book. Slavers, humanity, the enforcer s and the Vendari . I'm also hoping the original species who created the ruins shows up in the future. Based on the description of the ruins , I hope the author does a book on them sometime in the future. I highly recommend this book.
Absolutely loved this, this appears to be the authors first book, it is really good. Kidnapping of humans, saved by the police of the alien society, which I hope we get more stories from their point of view. Growing up in a society that treats them as unworthy yet expects them to protect and enforce the law. I'm curious if they have the same rights as the other males who weren't from a product of war. Basically they are the the children of rape victims. Unusual spin that I haven't read before, though it's a dark topic , I liked that it was a part of the story. I can this be a beginning to a great series with options for more within the universe of this book. Slavers, humanity, the enforcer s and the Vendari . I'm also hoping the original species who created the ruins shows up in the future. Based on the description of the ruins , I hope the author does a book on them sometime in the future. I highly recommend this book.
October 3, 2018
First read and debut book by this author.
Waking up and finding herself at the hands of some weird alien and covered in a milk like substance isn’t great... even more so when the aliens turn out to have less than innocent intentions... being rescued by an alien gargoyle who has ‘mate’ madness isn’t that much better but out of the two options Kate finds herself drawn to the less of those evils... the space gargoyle.. plus he’s buff and as time shows means her and her fellow humans no harm. After escaping the so called good guys... Rennek and his crew mates and their new human friends flee... new information has been revealed and it’s time to build a better world.
Filled with masses of story this is a fantastic tale. Filled with action, intrigue and feels. I’m blown away that such a massive gripping story was written by a brand spangly shiny new author!
Mind blown and absolutely chomping at the bit for more!!
Waking up and finding herself at the hands of some weird alien and covered in a milk like substance isn’t great... even more so when the aliens turn out to have less than innocent intentions... being rescued by an alien gargoyle who has ‘mate’ madness isn’t that much better but out of the two options Kate finds herself drawn to the less of those evils... the space gargoyle.. plus he’s buff and as time shows means her and her fellow humans no harm. After escaping the so called good guys... Rennek and his crew mates and their new human friends flee... new information has been revealed and it’s time to build a better world.
Filled with masses of story this is a fantastic tale. Filled with action, intrigue and feels. I’m blown away that such a massive gripping story was written by a brand spangly shiny new author!
Mind blown and absolutely chomping at the bit for more!!
September 24, 2018
3.5 Stars
When Kate wakes up, she expects to be at home. On Earth. Instead, she is surrounded by slimy…aliens and a group of women as frightened and half-dressed as she is. When things look like they are going from bad to worse she finds herself saved by a horned and winged…alien, who only seems to want to protect her.
Are gargoyles and gargoyle-like aliens a thing at the moment? I have read a few books recently with them in. I’m loving it. Deliciously tall, grey males with horns and wings? Sign this girl up. Add in Renneck, our hero, being all honourable, protective and cutely besotted and I was a goner. Needless to say I really enjoyed this book.
I especially enjoyed the first part of the book where we get to know Renneck and Kate, as well as the rest of the crew and human women. Although it wasn’t quite insta-love Renneck does immediately feel drawn and protective of Kate. Kate is also pretty fascinated by the winged and horned alien who can’t take his eyes off of her. The romance between them sweet and as the book progressed so did the heat level between them.
The second part of the book took place off-ship and on an uninhabited world. This is where I felt the book lost its way. There was a massive lull where nothing seems to happen, which slowed down the pace of the book. It was designed, I suspect, to show Renneck and Kate finally becoming a cohesive couple. However, this dragged on for too long and there were parts where I was bored. There were so many interesting aspects of the story that Lauren had set up, like what was happening with the other characters and the search for Renneck’s people that this abrupt stop in momentum was jarring.
However, overall this was a fantastic debut from Tracy Lauren. It had a good romance with plenty of other characters with hero and heroine potential. I can’t wait to see what Lauren will do next with this series.
When Kate wakes up, she expects to be at home. On Earth. Instead, she is surrounded by slimy…aliens and a group of women as frightened and half-dressed as she is. When things look like they are going from bad to worse she finds herself saved by a horned and winged…alien, who only seems to want to protect her.
Are gargoyles and gargoyle-like aliens a thing at the moment? I have read a few books recently with them in. I’m loving it. Deliciously tall, grey males with horns and wings? Sign this girl up. Add in Renneck, our hero, being all honourable, protective and cutely besotted and I was a goner. Needless to say I really enjoyed this book.
I especially enjoyed the first part of the book where we get to know Renneck and Kate, as well as the rest of the crew and human women. Although it wasn’t quite insta-love Renneck does immediately feel drawn and protective of Kate. Kate is also pretty fascinated by the winged and horned alien who can’t take his eyes off of her. The romance between them sweet and as the book progressed so did the heat level between them.
The second part of the book took place off-ship and on an uninhabited world. This is where I felt the book lost its way. There was a massive lull where nothing seems to happen, which slowed down the pace of the book. It was designed, I suspect, to show Renneck and Kate finally becoming a cohesive couple. However, this dragged on for too long and there were parts where I was bored. There were so many interesting aspects of the story that Lauren had set up, like what was happening with the other characters and the search for Renneck’s people that this abrupt stop in momentum was jarring.
However, overall this was a fantastic debut from Tracy Lauren. It had a good romance with plenty of other characters with hero and heroine potential. I can’t wait to see what Lauren will do next with this series.
January 21, 2023
Rating: 3.1 / 5
DNF at about the 55% mark
Despite my usually quite liking alien-human romances, I'm afraid that this one just didn't grab or hold on to my attention. Offhand, I'd say that it could either be because of the slow pacing, the stark contrast of that with what is technically an insta-romance (with not much in the way of reasoning for why Kate falls for Rennek, though for him we can assume it's an instinct thing), or just something about the characters not really being original or...I dunno, special in any way.
Like...this was just forgettable, and so I found myself struggling through it more than I should have. Ultimately, this will and DOES end up with me just giving up.
N-E-X-T please!
DNF at about the 55% mark
Despite my usually quite liking alien-human romances, I'm afraid that this one just didn't grab or hold on to my attention. Offhand, I'd say that it could either be because of the slow pacing, the stark contrast of that with what is technically an insta-romance (with not much in the way of reasoning for why Kate falls for Rennek, though for him we can assume it's an instinct thing), or just something about the characters not really being original or...I dunno, special in any way.
Like...this was just forgettable, and so I found myself struggling through it more than I should have. Ultimately, this will and DOES end up with me just giving up.
N-E-X-T please!
January 27, 2021
3.5 stars. I actually really liked this book, but there were a few parts where the heroine acted TSTL and so I had to deduct some stars. This is a pretty standard Alien abduction series but I do think the set up for future books is well done with a lot of possibility for different stories.
Audiobook is available on hoopla :)
Safe, hero was a virgin
Audiobook is available on hoopla :)
Safe, hero was a virgin
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 28, 2018
I really did enjoy this book by a new author. If a series develops, I will continue reading it. I liked the H and h, but the women freed along with Kate weren't especially likeable and more like immature teenagers. More foul-mouthed than necessary. There were a very few typos, most notable the use of 'bare' instead 'bear', but I only caught three.
September 27, 2020
Good aliens rescue some female humans from the bad aliens when buying different species to populate a test planet of sorts.
Great world building and plot surrounding the hero and who his sire is. Lulled a bit towards the climax. Great book on audio!
Great world building and plot surrounding the hero and who his sire is. Lulled a bit towards the climax. Great book on audio!
February 24, 2018
Finding💘Love Through Space and Time
Alpha Alien Adult Romance
Kate is a young woman fighting to make her place in the 🌎world. She is alone, no family anymore. No one will miss her if she disappeared right now.
And disappear she does, picked up right out of her bed by Alien slavers.
Months later....years later?....
A winged, God like alien humanoid, Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫, was an Enforcer🔪🔫 for many years. Huge, with scales and clawed, he is a superior being, highly skilled and trained and capable of killing or capturing almost any type of animal or sentient creature. Now he is helping his brother, Tennir, collect animal specimens🐈 to populate a terraformed planet.
Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 is meeting with pirates👹 and other less than forthright aliens in his dealings to find the diverse specimens required for this Noah's Ark like project.
The pirate👹 tells him he has just what he really wants and shows him his secret stash of cryo pods. Cutting open the pods, human women💋 fall to the floor and become revived.
Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 is enraged at the enslavement and selling of sentient beings, but doesn't show it, because he can only buy some of the women💋, he doesn't have room in his ship or 💰enough money to buy the hundreds, maybe thousands of captives he can see in the storage area.
Kate💋 is among the first women to be revived. Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 sees her flaming red hair, her womanly form, and declares her a Goddess💃. The human women💋 are all Goddesses💃, and he must save them all!
A vicious fight ensues, and Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 kills the pirate👹 captain, and he and his brothers barely escape together to their own ship with the six women💋 from the opened pods.
Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 recognizes Kate💋 as his mate!👰 Will she ever accept him?......
YEHAW! Ride em Bareback🍆, Cowgirl!🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎
This is a long, well written book, that spans time, space, several disasters, planets, and the long slow process Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 undertakes to make a new home with his crewmates and the human women. The book has numerous xxx scenes, so it's an Adults Only Sci-fi Fantasy!
Rennek's greatest undertaking is to prove to the mistrusting Kate💋💃, that she is his one true mate👰 and there will never be another. Recommend!
Alpha Alien Adult Romance
Kate is a young woman fighting to make her place in the 🌎world. She is alone, no family anymore. No one will miss her if she disappeared right now.
And disappear she does, picked up right out of her bed by Alien slavers.
Months later....years later?....
A winged, God like alien humanoid, Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫, was an Enforcer🔪🔫 for many years. Huge, with scales and clawed, he is a superior being, highly skilled and trained and capable of killing or capturing almost any type of animal or sentient creature. Now he is helping his brother, Tennir, collect animal specimens🐈 to populate a terraformed planet.
Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 is meeting with pirates👹 and other less than forthright aliens in his dealings to find the diverse specimens required for this Noah's Ark like project.
The pirate👹 tells him he has just what he really wants and shows him his secret stash of cryo pods. Cutting open the pods, human women💋 fall to the floor and become revived.
Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 is enraged at the enslavement and selling of sentient beings, but doesn't show it, because he can only buy some of the women💋, he doesn't have room in his ship or 💰enough money to buy the hundreds, maybe thousands of captives he can see in the storage area.
Kate💋 is among the first women to be revived. Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 sees her flaming red hair, her womanly form, and declares her a Goddess💃. The human women💋 are all Goddesses💃, and he must save them all!
A vicious fight ensues, and Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 kills the pirate👹 captain, and he and his brothers barely escape together to their own ship with the six women💋 from the opened pods.
Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 recognizes Kate💋 as his mate!👰 Will she ever accept him?......
YEHAW! Ride em Bareback🍆, Cowgirl!🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎
This is a long, well written book, that spans time, space, several disasters, planets, and the long slow process Rennek🐺🍆🌋🔪🔫 undertakes to make a new home with his crewmates and the human women. The book has numerous xxx scenes, so it's an Adults Only Sci-fi Fantasy!
Rennek's greatest undertaking is to prove to the mistrusting Kate💋💃, that she is his one true mate👰 and there will never be another. Recommend!
December 2, 2018
Still not sure
Kate is a nobody. Her family barely acknowledges her existence, she's a replaceable drone at work, no cohabitation partner, nothing to give her any destinction in life. Luckily for her, many other nobodies like her were kidnapped from Earth. Although waking up in a pouch, surrounded by aliens- one who is trying to get way too handsy- doesn't make her feel that lucky. It isn't until her rescue that she realizes just what an adventure awaits her and her new friends.
Spoilers ahead.
This book is average. As in nothing that distinguished it from the hundreds of others out there. Which is ironic considering the women all kidnapped from Earth are supposed to be exactly that. No details are ever said as to how these aliens know this in order to take them. Or why they'd care as we're so far behind them in terms of technological advancement. The bad aliens could literally do whatever they please and there isn't a thing humans could do to stop it. The women attempt to bond but it is half hearted. There's some stupid drama with one of them. It's annoying. The guys all come from a civilization that reveres women and were the product of a supposed attack on their moms during an invasion. They don't explain much about any of that till the last 5% of the book. Seriously. There's not a lot of much of anything that truly stands out in the book. I skimmed a lot of it just searching for something that could pull me in. The bones are there. It just needs passion. I can tell the author is trying to do something with this series but I have to admit that without any real draw the other 3 aren't looking so good. Especially when I see from the blurbs that one of them involves a woman who did nothing but cry the whole book. I figure she has to grow a back bone at some point but I am not thrilled at the beginning where I know I'm going to be wading through more tears. And I'm not going to go into the grammatical errors and typos I came across. I wasn't sure at first if it was the language barrier or not but it continued past the translator implant so that theory got bombed.
Kate is a nobody. Her family barely acknowledges her existence, she's a replaceable drone at work, no cohabitation partner, nothing to give her any destinction in life. Luckily for her, many other nobodies like her were kidnapped from Earth. Although waking up in a pouch, surrounded by aliens- one who is trying to get way too handsy- doesn't make her feel that lucky. It isn't until her rescue that she realizes just what an adventure awaits her and her new friends.
Spoilers ahead.
This book is average. As in nothing that distinguished it from the hundreds of others out there. Which is ironic considering the women all kidnapped from Earth are supposed to be exactly that. No details are ever said as to how these aliens know this in order to take them. Or why they'd care as we're so far behind them in terms of technological advancement. The bad aliens could literally do whatever they please and there isn't a thing humans could do to stop it. The women attempt to bond but it is half hearted. There's some stupid drama with one of them. It's annoying. The guys all come from a civilization that reveres women and were the product of a supposed attack on their moms during an invasion. They don't explain much about any of that till the last 5% of the book. Seriously. There's not a lot of much of anything that truly stands out in the book. I skimmed a lot of it just searching for something that could pull me in. The bones are there. It just needs passion. I can tell the author is trying to do something with this series but I have to admit that without any real draw the other 3 aren't looking so good. Especially when I see from the blurbs that one of them involves a woman who did nothing but cry the whole book. I figure she has to grow a back bone at some point but I am not thrilled at the beginning where I know I'm going to be wading through more tears. And I'm not going to go into the grammatical errors and typos I came across. I wasn't sure at first if it was the language barrier or not but it continued past the translator implant so that theory got bombed.
July 29, 2019
Not gonna lie, this book was slightly painful to get through. I don't know why but as I got near the end, I just wanted it to be over with. This review may also contain spoilers, although I don't think they're spoilers.
This book just did an entire one eighty. We start off with one storyline where it seems that the characters are going to try and get through the corruption that has seemingly occurred within an organization, but then they say nope and go in a completely different direction. Then we just have survival mode happening and an abrupt ending where surprise! Everything is revealed.
Kind of anticlimactic if I may say so myself. We also have a bunch of side characters and stuff is going on with them and it was kind of weird. I felt like more stuff was going on with them than with the actual main characters.
All in all, this book started off strong and then somewhere along the line, it became a hassle tk read. 2 stars.
This book just did an entire one eighty. We start off with one storyline where it seems that the characters are going to try and get through the corruption that has seemingly occurred within an organization, but then they say nope and go in a completely different direction. Then we just have survival mode happening and an abrupt ending where surprise! Everything is revealed.
Kind of anticlimactic if I may say so myself. We also have a bunch of side characters and stuff is going on with them and it was kind of weird. I felt like more stuff was going on with them than with the actual main characters.
All in all, this book started off strong and then somewhere along the line, it became a hassle tk read. 2 stars.
April 1, 2021
Man, this was a weeeeeeird book. As in really weird. I mean the dialogues? I'm okay with unrealistic but THE DIALOGUES?!!! What the.... Who the hell talks like that? In the midst of a lotta shit going on? My jesus, I've never been this flabbergasted by bad dialogues before. And I literally been reading shitty romances after shitty romance for about two months straight! I'll need a minute to recover.
February 25, 2018
Tracy is in one of my paranormal romance reading groups. I can't believe this is the first book she's ever written. I really enjoyed reading it!
February 21, 2018
I bought this book based on a recommendation of a member in my book club. The author has great instincts for developing characters. They are so good I will remember them for a very long time. That isn't true of a lot of books, even good ones. The heroine takes a caring protective role with the other women that are also taken. She is scared but with earthy characteristics and language that made me laugh out loud at times. Now for the hero...oh my word is he wonderful! His honor seeps from his pores only slightly surpassing his hotness. He doesn't look like a human (as he shouldn't since he isn't one). The heroine describes him vividly as a gray gargoyle. He's seven feet tall, gray, with horns like a ram, a tail, wings, thick black hair and black eyes and is very muscled. A product of war he is shamed by his birth and strives to be honorable in all ways (besotted sigh). Since he doesn't know his father's people he doesn't know why his mating instinct is suddenly triggered as it never has before. The hero and his crew rescue six human females but they are not familiar with their species or planet, they just know they are sentient beings and are being illegally traded by slavers. It is refreshingly new that this isn't a typical alien saves and mates with human. He is not forcefully claiming his mate because that would be dishonorable but they are both drawn to eat other and their first love scene is HOT! Readers that are offended by cussing or sex should not read this book. Although I don't think it's excessive and it totally fits in with what is happening in the story, if you are easily offended please don't read. But for me, this book is going in my Kindle KEEPER folder. I know I will read it over and over again. Great job Tracy Lauren. I hope you write books for the rest of the crew and the hero's brother.
September 24, 2022
So, if you have ever been around a 5-6 yr old, you know how they tell stories right? Ok keep that in mind when reading this -
So there was this girl and she was abducted by aliens and then she was rescued by the good aliens, then the bad guy came after them, but the shot them away. Then they called the good alien’s brother who told them to go meet somewhere because the police was crooked, and then they get there and some guy gets his arm shot off, then they run into a spaceship again and boom, someone shoots them. Then they land in a planet and go hiking for days and totally forget all about the crooked police or the bad aliens, then they find some ruins and make a bed then they go hunt the spiders and the alien gets bitten, then the alien’s mom shows up and tells him she lied to him, the.n they stick the necklace in the stone like in the 5th element movie and more aliens get there”
Of course there is way more, WAY more drama in between all of that, because why not, guess the plot needs it. I felt like I read A LOT only to look down and see I was only at the 30% mark, it felt never ending. So much unnecessary details, pages and pages of it. It also felt like the author pulled together a bunch of romance books, went to the sex scenes, and copied the parts that were repeated the most. Totally generic. Don’t even get me started on the grammatical errors. I feel like I gave this book hours I know wish I could get back.
So there was this girl and she was abducted by aliens and then she was rescued by the good aliens, then the bad guy came after them, but the shot them away. Then they called the good alien’s brother who told them to go meet somewhere because the police was crooked, and then they get there and some guy gets his arm shot off, then they run into a spaceship again and boom, someone shoots them. Then they land in a planet and go hiking for days and totally forget all about the crooked police or the bad aliens, then they find some ruins and make a bed then they go hunt the spiders and the alien gets bitten, then the alien’s mom shows up and tells him she lied to him, the.n they stick the necklace in the stone like in the 5th element movie and more aliens get there”
Of course there is way more, WAY more drama in between all of that, because why not, guess the plot needs it. I felt like I read A LOT only to look down and see I was only at the 30% mark, it felt never ending. So much unnecessary details, pages and pages of it. It also felt like the author pulled together a bunch of romance books, went to the sex scenes, and copied the parts that were repeated the most. Totally generic. Don’t even get me started on the grammatical errors. I feel like I gave this book hours I know wish I could get back.
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