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Wings of Artemis #2
Rescued By Their Wife
A wife. A mother. A rebel.
And now their savior...
When a crazed-woman wants to take control of the universe, destroying all that defies her, it's up to Melissa Alexander to retrieve her memories and save those she loves the most. As the bonds of love tighten and the danger increases, Melissa must find the strength to fight in a world that threatens to take everything she's ever loved or needed away from her. With so much on the line, can the Rebel Princess be the savior they all need?
And now their savior...
When a crazed-woman wants to take control of the universe, destroying all that defies her, it's up to Melissa Alexander to retrieve her memories and save those she loves the most. As the bonds of love tighten and the danger increases, Melissa must find the strength to fight in a world that threatens to take everything she's ever loved or needed away from her. With so much on the line, can the Rebel Princess be the savior they all need?
232 pages, Paperback
First published May 28, 2016
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January 6, 2024
Unpredictable story and a good ending to the duet!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🖤💚❤️💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌎
Character development: 😚😔🤓🥰
The heroine: Melissa - she is the daughter of the general of the Nomads (what the Nobles call Rebels). Though her mother is a piece of work who was forcing her to do something she no longer wanted to do. She planned to give everything up to save her husbands, first drugging them to put them asleep then escaping on her own. Though things didn’t go as planned and she was captured by the Nobles, her mind was wiped, and she was put in an institution to be re-educated and married off to the highest bidder. Though her husbands rescued her and she has been trying to recover her memories.
The Heroes: Geoff, Cooper, Nolan, Dane, Wes, C.J. - Melissa’s six husbands.
Geoff - he is a handsome, irascible man who loves working with explosives, has a good time and is an optimist. He found out that Melissa was still alive and rescued her from the institution where she was held.
Cooper - he is a Noble Prince who discovered what Melissa was planning when she drugged her husbands and was able to sneak aboard her ship when she left. Though he ended up being caught and brought back to the Nobles and was put under heavy watch. All the other husbands thought he took her and hated him for it.
Nolan - he was born in and grew up in the harshest prison in the Galaxy. He is a fighter and tough and was Melissa’s first husband. She rescued him when she was only seventeen and he married her when she turned eighteen.
Dane - he is a doctor and an inventor; he was once a Noble who created the technology to wipe minds. He also invented the technology to restore them, though it doesn’t always work. He made mistakes in his life but has a good heart.
Wes - He is a genius who can work on anything mechanical. He has a brilliant mind but isn’t so great at taking care of himself, in fact he is a bit of a slob.
C.J. - he grew up as a Nomad and has known and loved Melissa for as long as he can remember. He is a great guy and always tries to look on the bright side.
The Story: Melissa just had surgery to put a signal blocker around the bomb attached to her heart, only to find her mother kidnapped five of her six husbands. She wants to rescue them but first will be meeting up with the sixth so he can help. She is over eight months pregnant with a baby girl and she still hasn’t recovered her memories but she is willing to do anything to get back her men.
In the last book, I really didn’t like the old Melissa much, so I wouldn’t have minded if she never recovered her memories. But nobody else knows why she left her men, and she has to recover the memories to figure out what the real danger is to her and her family. Hopefully she ends up with little parts of her old personality and a bigger part of her new one, since she is definitely a much nicer person now and cares about her men in a better way. Though she must have loved them before, since her dreams showed that she left them to protect them somehow. It turns out that she wasn’t as bad as I initially thought.
I liked the fact that Melissa made a plan and went after her mother, though since it happened so early in the book, I was afraid that things would go wrong, and the story would end up in a much different place than I expected. I won’t let you know what happened, but I will say that like the first book, the story kept me on the edge of my seat and wondering just what would happen next. And I really could never have predicted how this story would go.
I also liked the fact that the intimate scenes were steamy but not too long or detailed. Since Melissa had six husbands, if each time she was with one of them there was a long-drawn-out sex scene, then the book would have ended up being just one steamy scene after another and that would have bored me.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🖤💚❤️💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌎
Character development: 😚😔🤓🥰
The heroine: Melissa - she is the daughter of the general of the Nomads (what the Nobles call Rebels). Though her mother is a piece of work who was forcing her to do something she no longer wanted to do. She planned to give everything up to save her husbands, first drugging them to put them asleep then escaping on her own. Though things didn’t go as planned and she was captured by the Nobles, her mind was wiped, and she was put in an institution to be re-educated and married off to the highest bidder. Though her husbands rescued her and she has been trying to recover her memories.
The Heroes: Geoff, Cooper, Nolan, Dane, Wes, C.J. - Melissa’s six husbands.
Geoff - he is a handsome, irascible man who loves working with explosives, has a good time and is an optimist. He found out that Melissa was still alive and rescued her from the institution where she was held.
Cooper - he is a Noble Prince who discovered what Melissa was planning when she drugged her husbands and was able to sneak aboard her ship when she left. Though he ended up being caught and brought back to the Nobles and was put under heavy watch. All the other husbands thought he took her and hated him for it.
Nolan - he was born in and grew up in the harshest prison in the Galaxy. He is a fighter and tough and was Melissa’s first husband. She rescued him when she was only seventeen and he married her when she turned eighteen.
Dane - he is a doctor and an inventor; he was once a Noble who created the technology to wipe minds. He also invented the technology to restore them, though it doesn’t always work. He made mistakes in his life but has a good heart.
Wes - He is a genius who can work on anything mechanical. He has a brilliant mind but isn’t so great at taking care of himself, in fact he is a bit of a slob.
C.J. - he grew up as a Nomad and has known and loved Melissa for as long as he can remember. He is a great guy and always tries to look on the bright side.
The Story: Melissa just had surgery to put a signal blocker around the bomb attached to her heart, only to find her mother kidnapped five of her six husbands. She wants to rescue them but first will be meeting up with the sixth so he can help. She is over eight months pregnant with a baby girl and she still hasn’t recovered her memories but she is willing to do anything to get back her men.
In the last book, I really didn’t like the old Melissa much, so I wouldn’t have minded if she never recovered her memories. But nobody else knows why she left her men, and she has to recover the memories to figure out what the real danger is to her and her family. Hopefully she ends up with little parts of her old personality and a bigger part of her new one, since she is definitely a much nicer person now and cares about her men in a better way. Though she must have loved them before, since her dreams showed that she left them to protect them somehow. It turns out that she wasn’t as bad as I initially thought.
I liked the fact that Melissa made a plan and went after her mother, though since it happened so early in the book, I was afraid that things would go wrong, and the story would end up in a much different place than I expected. I won’t let you know what happened, but I will say that like the first book, the story kept me on the edge of my seat and wondering just what would happen next. And I really could never have predicted how this story would go.
I also liked the fact that the intimate scenes were steamy but not too long or detailed. Since Melissa had six husbands, if each time she was with one of them there was a long-drawn-out sex scene, then the book would have ended up being just one steamy scene after another and that would have bored me.
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August 22, 2018
This book was hella boring. The characters were extremely dull in this book. The plot was horribly put together.
May 6, 2018
Minus 5 stars
I wish I could give a book minus 5 stars, as this one deserves it. I loved the last book, gave it 5 stars. I hated this one. It was one stupid awful thing after another. Did the same author writes this? If sure doesn't read like it. This one had Melissa making a really stupid plan that made absolutely no sense. So she plans to send her husband's to her father who is to take them through the black hole to Earth and she would follow later. Of course that stupid plan has about a million and one things that could and of course do go wrong. No one knew where her father was, so why was the plan not to send the men to her father's ship and then she would follow there and then they all go thru the hole to Earth together? Simple, easy and no good reason for the other plan, along with having the guys nearby in case things went wrong. As soon as I heard that part of her plan I vehemently thought she was an idiot. I was right. It was stupid and pointless from any point of view. So instead of a good plan going wrong, we got a stupid plan go bad, as it only could have been written to do. Its what is called a poorly plotted Deus ex machina. Also, why would the crazy chick nuke a black hole that goes nowhere as far as everyone knows? That made no sense. The better play in all this would be that the hubbies were waiting near the black hole but g it captured and imprisoned and she had no idea if they were caught in the destroyed black hole, which should have actually been a wormhole. Destroying a black holes entrance isn't really possible. Detonate a nuclear bomb inside a black hole and you only make it grow more massive. A black hole would crush a ship and escaping one would be almost impossible. Of course the wormhole theory has its own issues, where they collapse faster than you could even travel through them. But say theoretically one produced the negative energy to remain open for long periods, collapsing the entrance would collapse the whole wormhole and everything in it, so the guys would be dead. That whole plot line should have been scrapped. Pretty sure in all that upheaval, Melissa could have been unable to be located for 5 years. It drives me crazy when someone writes science fiction and doesn't even bother to learn the basics of space and travel through it, even if it's only using theories. 15 minutes of Google research told me how impossible her whole space travel storyline was.
So they finally all get together on their new powerfully upgraded ship and it rocks once and gives their position away. Why did it rock? Because mommie dearest made threats and Melissa just ignored them instead of locking her in a room like she should have! Idiot! So now this great ship can't hide from approaching enemy ship, but all the shuttles that leave can hide and cloak just fine to run all over the place in different directions without having to worry about Ochoas powerful space fleet seeing them. Yep that makes no sense what so ever.
Lastly, is the straw that really ticked me off. So the whole premise of this story is how bad the Nobles are and the Nomads want to overthrow them. I mean these guys commit large scale genocide on poor people. They steal wives from husbands, mind wipe them then sell them to the highest bidder! These people are corrupt and evil and their fight was a justified one. Now spoiler ahead! So when they get it the position to actually take control from the Nobles and set up a democratic system and stop the abuses, what do they do? They let them take back control and run into the wilderness because who care about the millions they are condemning to death and misery. They don't want to deal with the mess. Are you frickin kidding me? They are each and every one the. most juvenile selfish idiots ever written. They all sound like whiny babies. "Waaayy, I don't want to lead or take on that responsibility so yeah, just give up our life's work and turn it all back over to the evil Nobles so they can carry on." WTF was the point of this whole story? What were their plans before when they fought the Nobles, before they decided to walk away from humanity? I lost all respect for these guys and I am done with this series. There was not one thing to like about this one book. It was disappointment after disappointment.
I wish I could give a book minus 5 stars, as this one deserves it. I loved the last book, gave it 5 stars. I hated this one. It was one stupid awful thing after another. Did the same author writes this? If sure doesn't read like it. This one had Melissa making a really stupid plan that made absolutely no sense. So she plans to send her husband's to her father who is to take them through the black hole to Earth and she would follow later. Of course that stupid plan has about a million and one things that could and of course do go wrong. No one knew where her father was, so why was the plan not to send the men to her father's ship and then she would follow there and then they all go thru the hole to Earth together? Simple, easy and no good reason for the other plan, along with having the guys nearby in case things went wrong. As soon as I heard that part of her plan I vehemently thought she was an idiot. I was right. It was stupid and pointless from any point of view. So instead of a good plan going wrong, we got a stupid plan go bad, as it only could have been written to do. Its what is called a poorly plotted Deus ex machina. Also, why would the crazy chick nuke a black hole that goes nowhere as far as everyone knows? That made no sense. The better play in all this would be that the hubbies were waiting near the black hole but g it captured and imprisoned and she had no idea if they were caught in the destroyed black hole, which should have actually been a wormhole. Destroying a black holes entrance isn't really possible. Detonate a nuclear bomb inside a black hole and you only make it grow more massive. A black hole would crush a ship and escaping one would be almost impossible. Of course the wormhole theory has its own issues, where they collapse faster than you could even travel through them. But say theoretically one produced the negative energy to remain open for long periods, collapsing the entrance would collapse the whole wormhole and everything in it, so the guys would be dead. That whole plot line should have been scrapped. Pretty sure in all that upheaval, Melissa could have been unable to be located for 5 years. It drives me crazy when someone writes science fiction and doesn't even bother to learn the basics of space and travel through it, even if it's only using theories. 15 minutes of Google research told me how impossible her whole space travel storyline was.
So they finally all get together on their new powerfully upgraded ship and it rocks once and gives their position away. Why did it rock? Because mommie dearest made threats and Melissa just ignored them instead of locking her in a room like she should have! Idiot! So now this great ship can't hide from approaching enemy ship, but all the shuttles that leave can hide and cloak just fine to run all over the place in different directions without having to worry about Ochoas powerful space fleet seeing them. Yep that makes no sense what so ever.
Lastly, is the straw that really ticked me off. So the whole premise of this story is how bad the Nobles are and the Nomads want to overthrow them. I mean these guys commit large scale genocide on poor people. They steal wives from husbands, mind wipe them then sell them to the highest bidder! These people are corrupt and evil and their fight was a justified one. Now spoiler ahead! So when they get it the position to actually take control from the Nobles and set up a democratic system and stop the abuses, what do they do? They let them take back control and run into the wilderness because who care about the millions they are condemning to death and misery. They don't want to deal with the mess. Are you frickin kidding me? They are each and every one the. most juvenile selfish idiots ever written. They all sound like whiny babies. "Waaayy, I don't want to lead or take on that responsibility so yeah, just give up our life's work and turn it all back over to the evil Nobles so they can carry on." WTF was the point of this whole story? What were their plans before when they fought the Nobles, before they decided to walk away from humanity? I lost all respect for these guys and I am done with this series. There was not one thing to like about this one book. It was disappointment after disappointment.
May 30, 2016
4.5 stars
March 25, 2018
2.5 Stars
This book was disappointing. I really liked the first installment and I hoped for the same with this one. For some reason, this book fell short for me. There was plenty of action and romance but for some reason, I found myself having to push through the book. Frankly... it bored me. When the book went forward in time, I kind of gave up. I HATE when a book jumps forward years at a time (unless it is the epilogue) and because of that, I couldn't enjoy the last half of the book. I also had a few minor problems with the plot but I'm not going to go into that. I don't think I will be continuing the series but you never know.
This book was disappointing. I really liked the first installment and I hoped for the same with this one. For some reason, this book fell short for me. There was plenty of action and romance but for some reason, I found myself having to push through the book. Frankly... it bored me. When the book went forward in time, I kind of gave up. I HATE when a book jumps forward years at a time (unless it is the epilogue) and because of that, I couldn't enjoy the last half of the book. I also had a few minor problems with the plot but I'm not going to go into that. I don't think I will be continuing the series but you never know.
May 7, 2021
Pages: 234
My rating: 3.5
I liked the ending of Melissa’s story very much, she will be in the other books too but there she will be a side character.
I enjoyed that Melissa had to get her memory restored but she did not turn out to be the old Melissa, nor was she the memory whipped Melissa, but a new Melissa who could draw on both versions of her.
I also loved that the six persons, who build the rh, are all protective about each other. And the guy build a different relationship, were closer to each other in their shared sadness and worked together as a team better than before.
The Characters: Names and descriptions of the persons
Summery: detailed, lot’s of spoiler
March 25, 2017
At the end of Kidnapped By Her Husbands, a very pregnant Mel has woken up alone after her surgery. Her husbands have been taken by, of all people, her mother. Now she has no choice but to get her memory back, but she has to do it before she confronts her mother. To do this she needs her sixth husband's help. He is the missing part of her heart he is also the only one who knows why she left her ship Artemis to begin with.
Cooper is a virtual prisoner of his family. A prince, he has been watched constantly since Melissa was taken from the facility. The other husbands don't trust him, and now Mel needs him to get away and meet her. They need a plan to get her memory back and the rest of her husbands too.
With Cooper's help she meets up with her Aunt Jayne, her father's sister and one who can fill in some of the holes in her memories at least until she can get her own back. They also decided on a place for her to get her memory back before going to the Bridge to confront her mother.
There are a lot of twists and turns in this one. Every time I thought okay, it's gonna be alright now, well it wasn't. I loved every single second of this read. From getting to know Cooper, to meeting his sister, to Mel's Aunt and her witchy mother. Oh and all those sexy as hell husbands who turn the heat up to high!
Cooper is a virtual prisoner of his family. A prince, he has been watched constantly since Melissa was taken from the facility. The other husbands don't trust him, and now Mel needs him to get away and meet her. They need a plan to get her memory back and the rest of her husbands too.
With Cooper's help she meets up with her Aunt Jayne, her father's sister and one who can fill in some of the holes in her memories at least until she can get her own back. They also decided on a place for her to get her memory back before going to the Bridge to confront her mother.
There are a lot of twists and turns in this one. Every time I thought okay, it's gonna be alright now, well it wasn't. I loved every single second of this read. From getting to know Cooper, to meeting his sister, to Mel's Aunt and her witchy mother. Oh and all those sexy as hell husbands who turn the heat up to high!
December 27, 2018
5 years has passed, and she is barely surviving. Her men are lost to her, but of course they find her. We don't find out much about the guys relationship during the lost years, but they now seem more willing to share her. It had a great ending and I liked the writing very much.
September 9, 2020
Utterly terrible - don’t bother.
The first book ended in a cliff hanger, so I immediately started the second (this book). It was almost a completely different world with just some of the people staying the same.
Sweet adult with the mental acuity of a young child? Now an evil mastermind set on world domination and capable of running the whole enterprise
Ruthless rebel running what’s essentially the whole nomadic culture? Now a weak, scared ninny
Nomads against the cruel and ruthless Nobles? Nope - just some people that wanted to blow up stuff and now perfectly fine letting the status quo reset itself
Just WTF happened here?!
Let’s ignore that black holes aren’t space highways and can’t be blow up or closed and reopened. Much more mundane things didn’t make sense at all.
A lot of other reviewers are mad the main characters
The first book ended in a cliff hanger, so I immediately started the second (this book). It was almost a completely different world with just some of the people staying the same.
Sweet adult with the mental acuity of a young child? Now an evil mastermind set on world domination and capable of running the whole enterprise
Ruthless rebel running what’s essentially the whole nomadic culture? Now a weak, scared ninny
Nomads against the cruel and ruthless Nobles? Nope - just some people that wanted to blow up stuff and now perfectly fine letting the status quo reset itself
Just WTF happened here?!
Let’s ignore that black holes aren’t space highways and can’t be blow up or closed and reopened. Much more mundane things didn’t make sense at all.
A lot of other reviewers are mad the main characters
April 25, 2016
This is the second title in the Wings of Artemis series by Rebecca Royce, I love her writing. It’s not an option to read Rescued by their Wife without reading Kidnapped By Her Husbands first. I’m a sucker for a good spicy sci-fi romance and this was it - without forgetting the adventure and word building experience.
This sequence is out of order, but here's what you can expect:
Artemis! Turn of events. Unexpected villain. Melissa? Chaos. A time jump.
Obviously we get to know more about Melissa’s mom; there's real, big issues between them after the events on Kidnapped. I wanted to read more about the romance relationships between the heroine and her heroes. Rescued doesn’t focus on the husbands as much as the first book.
A highly satisfying ending to the series.
In case you’re worried about Menage scenes:
I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
November 29, 2018
ARC
The Second book of the Wings of Artemis series begins when Melissa must do everything she can to save her men from the person who kidnapped them. As she plots, and plans to save them and get them away from her, more danger is just around the corner and it will happen when she least expects it.
This book starts off explosive and just goes from there! It has a huge twist in it that throws you for a loop, and keeps you hooked till the very end. I really enjoyed this one a lot.
I loved how Melissa handled everything, and how she was a changed person from her old self and her new self. It was the perfect mix of both.
I also loved how she fought for her daughter, and did everything she could to make her safe. This was a great sequel to the first book!
The only disappointing thing to this book was the fact that this is the end.
The author did a great job of bringing in new friends and enemies in this awesome book, and I look forward to more good reads from this author.
The Second book of the Wings of Artemis series begins when Melissa must do everything she can to save her men from the person who kidnapped them. As she plots, and plans to save them and get them away from her, more danger is just around the corner and it will happen when she least expects it.
This book starts off explosive and just goes from there! It has a huge twist in it that throws you for a loop, and keeps you hooked till the very end. I really enjoyed this one a lot.
I loved how Melissa handled everything, and how she was a changed person from her old self and her new self. It was the perfect mix of both.
I also loved how she fought for her daughter, and did everything she could to make her safe. This was a great sequel to the first book!
The only disappointing thing to this book was the fact that this is the end.
The author did a great job of bringing in new friends and enemies in this awesome book, and I look forward to more good reads from this author.
June 16, 2016
After reading Kidnapped by Her Husbands (Wings of Artemis, #1), I just had to read the sequel to find out what happened! I wasn't disappointed. Rebecca Royce kept me guessing in Rescued by their Wife. Great plotting!!! I was so happy to see everyone finally got their HEA.
January 17, 2020
Pesky black hole
This book picks up where book 1 ends. Years later after getting her mind wiped Melissa has to learn who she is now. Combining the rebel princess with the mind wiped Melissa. We also get to see the repercussions of Olivia's actions to take over the world.
I really liked the character of "combined Melissa" I think the author did a great job in mixing what we know of each distinct personality together.
This book picks up where book 1 ends. Years later after getting her mind wiped Melissa has to learn who she is now. Combining the rebel princess with the mind wiped Melissa. We also get to see the repercussions of Olivia's actions to take over the world.
I really liked the character of "combined Melissa" I think the author did a great job in mixing what we know of each distinct personality together.
January 29, 2021
Good
Though this is a 12 book series, book 2 is the end of the story arc for this particular portion of the universe - at least for these characters. I haven’t read the rest yet, so I don���t know if they’ll pop up later (probably?) but for now, we have a HEA that was a surprisingly long time (story wise) in the making.
Though this is a 12 book series, book 2 is the end of the story arc for this particular portion of the universe - at least for these characters. I haven’t read the rest yet, so I don���t know if they’ll pop up later (probably?) but for now, we have a HEA that was a surprisingly long time (story wise) in the making.
April 15, 2020
Oh my woooooowwww
Oh my woooooowwww!!!! That was so EPIC!!!! Man... My heart feels like it was put through the winner wringer!! What Melissa and her men had to go was so intense! I loved it! So thrilling!
Oh my woooooowwww!!!! That was so EPIC!!!! Man... My heart feels like it was put through the winner wringer!! What Melissa and her men had to go was so intense! I loved it! So thrilling!
August 29, 2020
I really like this series so far and plan to read the rest of it.
July 4, 2016
Rescued by their Wife Rescued By Their Wife Rebecca Royce
Reviewed by SFF Dragon
What an absolutely spell-binding conclusion to Melissa's story, complete with HEA, a new home, a daughter and all her husbands.
I love Rebecca Royce's books and I've read a lot of them over the years, she's one of my favourite authors and I've never been disappointed, but for those who don't know her books, she likes to write series' with the storyline and characters evolving and growing as the series progresses and with each new full-length novel, you get to know them better until they become like old friends. Generally, each one has a complete romance with it's own happily ever after for two of the characters, but with the main storyline continuing into the next book, usually at a convenient point that's not quite a cliff-hanger and if you're only interested in the romance, they can easily be read as stand alones. This one is a little different, firstly because Wings of Artemis is only two books long, and secondly, it's a serial. Or more accurately one very, very long book that's been split into two full-length parts. The first book 'Kidnapped by Her Husbands' ends on a very definite cliff-hanger and the nature of the story means that the happily ever after has to regained. Although you could probably read 'Rescued by Their Wife' as a stand alone, and there is some background given as the book progresses, you'd be missing out on a lot of the overall story and I'd definitely recommend reading 'Kidnapped by Her Husbands' first.
Picking up exactly where 'Kidnapped by Her Husbands' left off, 'Rescued by Their Wife' continues the roller-coaster ride that has become Melissa Alexander's life since she disappeared and her memory was wiped over six months before. Well written, as always, and completely from Melissa's point of view as she tells us her continuing story, I was totally absorbed in this action packed, reverse harem sci-fi romance before I finished the first page and was on the edge of my seat as the tension kept building, desperately hoping for a happy ending and chewing my finger nails down to my elbows with each new plot twist and turn.
With five of her six husbands kidnapped by the Nomads, Melissa and her remaining husband, Cooper, set out to get them back. Easier said than done and with no memories from before she disappeared, she has no idea what's really going on or who she can trust. Now she's even started to question if those apparently closest to her are even who they say they are. Suspicion and paranoia aren't necessarily bad, but they're contributing to a steady flow of bad judgement calls and it becomes clear that it's vital she gets all her memories back, but she's afraid she'll lose the person she is now in the process. Regardless, it has to be done, but when the truth of the situation finally hits her, she's fairly sure that running away would be the best option for all of them, she just has to get her husbands back first and she has a plan...
I'm not going to give any spoilers, and this is a book filled to the brim with tension, action, humour, some stunning revelations and quite a few heartbreaking moments, but you need to keep reading past all that to get to some wonderful and tear-jerking moments and the absolutely terrific happily ever after. As each new revelation brings another piece of the puzzle to light, and so many of the missing pieces fall into place it becomes apparent that there is, and always was, so much more at stake than you could even guess at. There's a terrific cast of really great characters, most of them good guys, but there's also a selection of bad guys including some not so bad, bad guys, some not so good, good guys, an unforeseen betrayer that had my jaw dropping and my stomach hitting the floor in shock and dismay, a completely insane mother and a totally crazy Olivia determined to rule the galaxy. An absolutely spell-binding conclusion awaits at the end of the book, but please be aware that while this book, like the first book, contains hot and steamy one-on-one, and strictly private situations, there is also some menage and a little voyeurism in the mix, all of it confined to Melissa and her husbands. I was given a copy by the author in exchange for an honest review and I was totally hooked by this terrific story. I really didn't want to put it down and I absolutely loved it. Worth so much more that the 5 star limit and definitely on the list of books I'd rescue if the house was burning down.
Reviewed by SFF Dragon
What an absolutely spell-binding conclusion to Melissa's story, complete with HEA, a new home, a daughter and all her husbands.
I love Rebecca Royce's books and I've read a lot of them over the years, she's one of my favourite authors and I've never been disappointed, but for those who don't know her books, she likes to write series' with the storyline and characters evolving and growing as the series progresses and with each new full-length novel, you get to know them better until they become like old friends. Generally, each one has a complete romance with it's own happily ever after for two of the characters, but with the main storyline continuing into the next book, usually at a convenient point that's not quite a cliff-hanger and if you're only interested in the romance, they can easily be read as stand alones. This one is a little different, firstly because Wings of Artemis is only two books long, and secondly, it's a serial. Or more accurately one very, very long book that's been split into two full-length parts. The first book 'Kidnapped by Her Husbands' ends on a very definite cliff-hanger and the nature of the story means that the happily ever after has to regained. Although you could probably read 'Rescued by Their Wife' as a stand alone, and there is some background given as the book progresses, you'd be missing out on a lot of the overall story and I'd definitely recommend reading 'Kidnapped by Her Husbands' first.
Picking up exactly where 'Kidnapped by Her Husbands' left off, 'Rescued by Their Wife' continues the roller-coaster ride that has become Melissa Alexander's life since she disappeared and her memory was wiped over six months before. Well written, as always, and completely from Melissa's point of view as she tells us her continuing story, I was totally absorbed in this action packed, reverse harem sci-fi romance before I finished the first page and was on the edge of my seat as the tension kept building, desperately hoping for a happy ending and chewing my finger nails down to my elbows with each new plot twist and turn.
With five of her six husbands kidnapped by the Nomads, Melissa and her remaining husband, Cooper, set out to get them back. Easier said than done and with no memories from before she disappeared, she has no idea what's really going on or who she can trust. Now she's even started to question if those apparently closest to her are even who they say they are. Suspicion and paranoia aren't necessarily bad, but they're contributing to a steady flow of bad judgement calls and it becomes clear that it's vital she gets all her memories back, but she's afraid she'll lose the person she is now in the process. Regardless, it has to be done, but when the truth of the situation finally hits her, she's fairly sure that running away would be the best option for all of them, she just has to get her husbands back first and she has a plan...
I'm not going to give any spoilers, and this is a book filled to the brim with tension, action, humour, some stunning revelations and quite a few heartbreaking moments, but you need to keep reading past all that to get to some wonderful and tear-jerking moments and the absolutely terrific happily ever after. As each new revelation brings another piece of the puzzle to light, and so many of the missing pieces fall into place it becomes apparent that there is, and always was, so much more at stake than you could even guess at. There's a terrific cast of really great characters, most of them good guys, but there's also a selection of bad guys including some not so bad, bad guys, some not so good, good guys, an unforeseen betrayer that had my jaw dropping and my stomach hitting the floor in shock and dismay, a completely insane mother and a totally crazy Olivia determined to rule the galaxy. An absolutely spell-binding conclusion awaits at the end of the book, but please be aware that while this book, like the first book, contains hot and steamy one-on-one, and strictly private situations, there is also some menage and a little voyeurism in the mix, all of it confined to Melissa and her husbands. I was given a copy by the author in exchange for an honest review and I was totally hooked by this terrific story. I really didn't want to put it down and I absolutely loved it. Worth so much more that the 5 star limit and definitely on the list of books I'd rescue if the house was burning down.
December 16, 2021
A hell of a great adventure ruined and cut way too short.
What do you mean "the end"??? My happiness that started on the first book was clearly short lived...
This book was even shorter and this time I felt it!! There were scenes that were simply way too fast. The story going unrealisticly fast.
*spooooileeeeerss*
I hated that she gave birth without them
I hated that when I turned the page 5 years had gone by!!! I was like wait... is this... is this actually happening???!!! And then to find out it was 8 years for the guys???
I hated that I didnt see more on how they helped her and diana back to gut health because not a day later after they came back to artemis they all had to go on a mission... ugh
Then I hated ghat said mission lasted about a day as well and then the next day the book was over and happily ever after (i know weeks went by supposedly but that's what it felt like)...
And the next book starts already with the spinoff of diana ??? Im speechless with disappointment
What do you mean "the end"??? My happiness that started on the first book was clearly short lived...
This book was even shorter and this time I felt it!! There were scenes that were simply way too fast. The story going unrealisticly fast.
*spooooileeeeerss*
I hated that she gave birth without them
I hated that when I turned the page 5 years had gone by!!! I was like wait... is this... is this actually happening???!!! And then to find out it was 8 years for the guys???
I hated that I didnt see more on how they helped her and diana back to gut health because not a day later after they came back to artemis they all had to go on a mission... ugh
Then I hated ghat said mission lasted about a day as well and then the next day the book was over and happily ever after (i know weeks went by supposedly but that's what it felt like)...
And the next book starts already with the spinoff of diana ??? Im speechless with disappointment
June 30, 2021
Rescued By Their Wife is book 2 of The Wings of Artemis Series. The story picks up right where the first book ended. Melissa is determined to get her husbands back and to reunited with her 6th husband. Melissa comes into her own in this book. After regaining her memory, she combines the strong, strategic Melissa F'ing Alexander with the new, improved Melissa with a heart. She is finally a worthy heroine.
This is a fast paced book, lots of twists and turns. Each time you start to believe that the HEA is in sight, Melissa's life is turned upside-down again. She stays strong; becoming a wonderful mother, a good leader, and a better daughter than her mother deserved. Her love for her husbands never wavers and time proves that their love for her is enduring as well. This is a very well done RH story. I give it one of Geoff's big smiley faces!
This is a fast paced book, lots of twists and turns. Each time you start to believe that the HEA is in sight, Melissa's life is turned upside-down again. She stays strong; becoming a wonderful mother, a good leader, and a better daughter than her mother deserved. Her love for her husbands never wavers and time proves that their love for her is enduring as well. This is a very well done RH story. I give it one of Geoff's big smiley faces!
May 1, 2016
Another winner, Awesome read
You have so much action and adventure with some loving mixed in. The unexpected happens in this book and keeps you guessing. I had a wonderful time reading this story that is the companion to Kidnapped by her Husbands. Well written and very entertaining to read.
You have so much action and adventure with some loving mixed in. The unexpected happens in this book and keeps you guessing. I had a wonderful time reading this story that is the companion to Kidnapped by her Husbands. Well written and very entertaining to read.
November 20, 2021
Confusing plot comparing to the one before. It is a direct sequel, but it is a bit too condensed comparing to the other one. Too rushed for the plot to develop.
I like the premise of the universe, so I will give the next book a try.
I like the premise of the universe, so I will give the next book a try.
June 22, 2017
I will come back to this...
I came back to it... review later.
I came back to it... review later.
May 2, 2017
Well, the sequel was... disappointing.
The first half was a whole bunch of nothing, and the conclusion seemed exceedingly rushed.
So yeah, I am disappointed.
The first half was a whole bunch of nothing, and the conclusion seemed exceedingly rushed.
So yeah, I am disappointed.
December 26, 2017
Ending leaves much to be desired.
I can't see any of their troubles being over if anything they just ended up right back where they started with the same stupid shut heads in power.
I can't see any of their troubles being over if anything they just ended up right back where they started with the same stupid shut heads in power.
November 19, 2019
Not as good as the first. It was fun but I think this now concludes my reverse harem phase.
September 9, 2020
Such a let down after the drama and excitement of the first book.
May 9, 2021
Wow, things got so intense here! Not sure I really liked how things went down, but I thought it was all super interesting. I will definitely be reading on.
October 3, 2021
The first one was great but this one???? Kinda like meh and so sudden with the conflict
January 25, 2018
Title: Rescued by their Wife
Series: Wings of Artemis, #2
Author: Rebecca Royce
Cliffhanger:
Rating: 4.5 Stars
I'm moving quicker than I originally thought I would through this series but I can't say I'm not happy about it. It just proves how good these books are.
After how Kidnapped By Her Husbands ended, I was eager to pick up the sequel and find out how and why everything happened. What I didn't expect was the chaos and the mess Melissa and the guys found themselves in once again.
I was, like with the last book, not able to put this one down and almost read it in one sitting. I just couldn't help myself, the story was gripping and never lost my attention.
Going into this book mostly blind as the blurb is pretty vague, I was in for a few hell of surprises that I definitely didn't see coming, and there's also a time jump involved.
Overall, I loved finally meeting Cooper properly and Mellisa becoming even more badass. To say that Rebecca Royce is a good author would be an understatement, she can write, that's for sure.
Series: Wings of Artemis, #2
Author: Rebecca Royce
Cliffhanger:
Rating: 4.5 Stars
“We were all back together, which had to mean it was all about to go to hell.”
I'm moving quicker than I originally thought I would through this series but I can't say I'm not happy about it. It just proves how good these books are.
After how Kidnapped By Her Husbands ended, I was eager to pick up the sequel and find out how and why everything happened. What I didn't expect was the chaos and the mess Melissa and the guys found themselves in once again.
I was, like with the last book, not able to put this one down and almost read it in one sitting. I just couldn't help myself, the story was gripping and never lost my attention.
“I wanted you to remember me so badly, to call me home, to tell me I didn't have to stay there anymore.”
Going into this book mostly blind as the blurb is pretty vague, I was in for a few hell of surprises that I definitely didn't see coming, and there's also a time jump involved.
Overall, I loved finally meeting Cooper properly and Mellisa becoming even more badass. To say that Rebecca Royce is a good author would be an understatement, she can write, that's for sure.
March 27, 2019
This second book is filled with action, which makes sense after the events and cliffhanger of book one. I liked the symmetry of the first book being about the heroes saving Melissa and this one her saving them. The book took a direction I didn’t expect but that I enjoyed - it’s nice to be surprised! Everything involving Melissa’s daughter, from beginning to end, was a great thread. Melissa got her sexy time with each hero, though it kind of felt like a list being checked owing to how it had to be fit into the situations and needing everyone to get their turn. I loved all of the scenarios they were in and why (well, except for one that felt like they should have known better) but those things made it difficult to make room for downtime and across both of “Melissa’s” books I would have liked to have seen the group interact while doing and talking about things that weren’t related to the danger they were always in a little more. That being said, I was always entertained and always eager to turn the page for more. Now I’m on to book three!
3.5 ⭐️
3.5 ⭐️
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