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Kindred Tales #24
The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride
Needrix is a Kindred warrior with a tragic past. After losing his pregnant mate during childbirth, he has sworn never to even look at another female again. So he tells himself to ignore the auction going on where a lovely young woman is being sold. But when Need's disgusting crewmate, a three-headed Trollox called Drung, starts bidding on her, he knows he can't abandon her to such a cruel fate. Need buys the hapless girl, swearing he won't fall in love with her and planning to get rid of her as soon as possible.
Lan'ara is a graduate of the elite Twyleth Tigg Academy--a finishing school where beautiful young ladies of good breeding are trained to be the wives and concubines of the richest and most influential men in the galaxy. But on graduation night, the school was raided by a band of pirates who stole her away and auctioned her off. Now she finds herself the property of a surly Kindred warrior who has vowed never to touch or love her. He even promises to bring her back to the man who bought her contract in the first place. So her life should be back on track, right?
Wrong. Neither Lan'ara or Need knows that she has been injected with the Lust Bacterium, a compound which causes her to need his touch. As her touch cravings grow stronger, Lan'ara finds herself turning to the big Kindred more and more. And Need finds it harder and harder to resist falling for the beautiful female he has rescued. But Drung the Trollox still wants her for his own and has sworn to take her away from Need, no matter what the cost.
Will Need and Lan'ara find true love? Or will they be torn apart by evil? You'll have to read...The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride to find out.
Lan'ara is a graduate of the elite Twyleth Tigg Academy--a finishing school where beautiful young ladies of good breeding are trained to be the wives and concubines of the richest and most influential men in the galaxy. But on graduation night, the school was raided by a band of pirates who stole her away and auctioned her off. Now she finds herself the property of a surly Kindred warrior who has vowed never to touch or love her. He even promises to bring her back to the man who bought her contract in the first place. So her life should be back on track, right?
Wrong. Neither Lan'ara or Need knows that she has been injected with the Lust Bacterium, a compound which causes her to need his touch. As her touch cravings grow stronger, Lan'ara finds herself turning to the big Kindred more and more. And Need finds it harder and harder to resist falling for the beautiful female he has rescued. But Drung the Trollox still wants her for his own and has sworn to take her away from Need, no matter what the cost.
Will Need and Lan'ara find true love? Or will they be torn apart by evil? You'll have to read...The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride to find out.
392 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 30, 2020
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Evangeline Anderson
309 books5,081 followersEvangeline Anderson is a registered MRI tech who would rather be writing. And yes, she is nerdy enough to have a bumper sticker that says “I’d rather be writing.” Honk if you see her! She is thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.
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July 16, 2020
WHY MEN DESERVE NOTHING KINDRED EDITION
Needrix lost his mate to pregnancy complications over a decade ago. Instead of being sad, moving on or just plain biting the bullet, he decided to become and asshole who makes everyone's life worse.
Lan'ara is 19. She is probably around 15 years younger than Need. We never really find out.
Lan'ara is from a planet where women can't work. So when her father dies, her family, consisting of her mother and four younger brothers, is FUCKED. They will starve, so at 14, Lan'ara decided to go with the scout of the Tigg Academy that educates young virgins in the art of being doormats to rich and powerful men, to whom they are saved. Yeah, she's 14. and yes, she willingly enslaves herself so her family can live. That's true strength.
When the Academy gets hijacked by pirates, Lan'ara is put up for an auction at a discounted price, and aliens are bidding on her to eat, modify or rape her.
Drung, a Trollox with 3 heads and in want of a heir, bids on her and Needrix, who works on the same ship, sees it. Even though Need knows that Drung is the lowest scum of the earth and he will at least abuse, rape and mistreat her, if not outright kill her with his stretching bars and violent rapey habits, Need just can't find it in him to bid for Lan'ara BECAUSE SHE'S HOT AND HE MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO CHEAT ON HIS DEAD WIFE.
Imagine for a moment seeing a desperate salve girl who is young and vulnerable, whose potential buyers all profess an interest in eating or raping her surgically enhanced vaginal canal and thinking, nah I'll keep my credits because I've foresworn ever loving a woman again. Imagine yourself being so intensely unable of empathy that you, like all the other potential buyers, just see her not as a woman, as a person, but as a piece of fine ass. The objectification doesn't end there.
Need doesn't want to buy a physically hot girl, so he doesn't. Until the Kindred Goddess herself connects to his brain and dictates the morally correct thing to do. Buy her and not molest her that is. How hard can it be to be fucking decent?
Too hard.
He calls her girl.
He doesn't even tell her the absolute basics, like where she can bathe or sleep, without her having to ask him.
She's intimidated by him and he does nothing to ease her fears.
He miscommunicates constantly.
He does jackshit to dissuade Drung from going near Lan'ara. Except tell him not to.
He shows no interest in her past or her troubles.
He never shows or feels empathy toward her.
When she asks to by brought to the Senator who wanted to buy her from the Academy (because he clearly doesn't want her around and Lan'ara desperately wants for him to get his money back), he jumps at the chance and arranges the transaction immediately. Because what the hell could go wrong for her?
When shit goes south for Lan'ara, it's actively and solely Need's fault. He is the true villain of the book.
He truly is a bad person. In general, not just for her. And he is so much older an should know and act better, but he never does. He never redeems himself. He is a garbage man who should've died for Lan'ara so she could have a better life, without him in it. She can do so much better. And she is so much more mature than him.
Even the crew of the spaceship see it. They all love her and they show her empathy and appreciation. Turns out not everyone in the book is a selfish piece of shit.
Outside of Needrix being a useless ass, the book also has other, massive problems. Like missed opportunities.
Lan'ara's family: conveniently for Needrix, who doesn't give a shit, and the author, who would have had to incorporate them, they died. Before they did, they may really have added to the story and Lan'ara's development.
Tigg Academy girls: many of them were killed. Yet many must have survived. Did Lan'ara never befriend any of them? Not that Need ever cared to ask, but I would've liked to know what became of them. And I would've liked a rescue arc.
Lan'ara's friend who got recruited for the Tigg Academy one year before Lan'ara: why was she never a topic? Oh right, because Need never asked. Well I want to know what happened to that poor girl, who was Lan'ara's best friend before her family sold her. She must be miserable and in danger. Can't we save her at least?
Drung: he was one dimensional, but he lived on the same space ship. Yet he never ceased any opportunities that weren't handed to him by Need.
Captain Gl'oll: plant-based and fabulous, he interacted beautifully with Lan'ara and I really wish he had gotten more page-time.
The rest of the crew: they all came from interesting planets and had engaging pasts. They loved Lan'ara. But they were never given the time of day.
The book really suffered from these missed opportunities, and of course from Need's worthlessness. I hate him. So yeah, can't recommend this one at all.
Needrix lost his mate to pregnancy complications over a decade ago. Instead of being sad, moving on or just plain biting the bullet, he decided to become and asshole who makes everyone's life worse.
Lan'ara is 19. She is probably around 15 years younger than Need. We never really find out.
Lan'ara is from a planet where women can't work. So when her father dies, her family, consisting of her mother and four younger brothers, is FUCKED. They will starve, so at 14, Lan'ara decided to go with the scout of the Tigg Academy that educates young virgins in the art of being doormats to rich and powerful men, to whom they are saved. Yeah, she's 14. and yes, she willingly enslaves herself so her family can live. That's true strength.
When the Academy gets hijacked by pirates, Lan'ara is put up for an auction at a discounted price, and aliens are bidding on her to eat, modify or rape her.
Drung, a Trollox with 3 heads and in want of a heir, bids on her and Needrix, who works on the same ship, sees it. Even though Need knows that Drung is the lowest scum of the earth and he will at least abuse, rape and mistreat her, if not outright kill her with his stretching bars and violent rapey habits, Need just can't find it in him to bid for Lan'ara BECAUSE SHE'S HOT AND HE MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO CHEAT ON HIS DEAD WIFE.
Imagine for a moment seeing a desperate salve girl who is young and vulnerable, whose potential buyers all profess an interest in eating or raping her surgically enhanced vaginal canal and thinking, nah I'll keep my credits because I've foresworn ever loving a woman again. Imagine yourself being so intensely unable of empathy that you, like all the other potential buyers, just see her not as a woman, as a person, but as a piece of fine ass. The objectification doesn't end there.
Need doesn't want to buy a physically hot girl, so he doesn't. Until the Kindred Goddess herself connects to his brain and dictates the morally correct thing to do. Buy her and not molest her that is. How hard can it be to be fucking decent?
Too hard.
He calls her girl.
He doesn't even tell her the absolute basics, like where she can bathe or sleep, without her having to ask him.
She's intimidated by him and he does nothing to ease her fears.
He miscommunicates constantly.
He does jackshit to dissuade Drung from going near Lan'ara. Except tell him not to.
He shows no interest in her past or her troubles.
He never shows or feels empathy toward her.
When she asks to by brought to the Senator who wanted to buy her from the Academy (because he clearly doesn't want her around and Lan'ara desperately wants for him to get his money back), he jumps at the chance and arranges the transaction immediately. Because what the hell could go wrong for her?
When shit goes south for Lan'ara, it's actively and solely Need's fault. He is the true villain of the book.
He truly is a bad person. In general, not just for her. And he is so much older an should know and act better, but he never does. He never redeems himself. He is a garbage man who should've died for Lan'ara so she could have a better life, without him in it. She can do so much better. And she is so much more mature than him.
Even the crew of the spaceship see it. They all love her and they show her empathy and appreciation. Turns out not everyone in the book is a selfish piece of shit.
Outside of Needrix being a useless ass, the book also has other, massive problems. Like missed opportunities.
Lan'ara's family: conveniently for Needrix, who doesn't give a shit, and the author, who would have had to incorporate them, they died. Before they did, they may really have added to the story and Lan'ara's development.
Tigg Academy girls: many of them were killed. Yet many must have survived. Did Lan'ara never befriend any of them? Not that Need ever cared to ask, but I would've liked to know what became of them. And I would've liked a rescue arc.
Lan'ara's friend who got recruited for the Tigg Academy one year before Lan'ara: why was she never a topic? Oh right, because Need never asked. Well I want to know what happened to that poor girl, who was Lan'ara's best friend before her family sold her. She must be miserable and in danger. Can't we save her at least?
Drung: he was one dimensional, but he lived on the same space ship. Yet he never ceased any opportunities that weren't handed to him by Need.
Captain Gl'oll: plant-based and fabulous, he interacted beautifully with Lan'ara and I really wish he had gotten more page-time.
The rest of the crew: they all came from interesting planets and had engaging pasts. They loved Lan'ara. But they were never given the time of day.
The book really suffered from these missed opportunities, and of course from Need's worthlessness. I hate him. So yeah, can't recommend this one at all.
May 29, 2020
When we board one of Evangeline Anderson’s Kindred ships, we know we’re in for an emotional space adventure. The Kindred Warrior’s Captive Bride takes the reader on just such a ride. It is an unpredictable journey for a hybrid Kindred and the captive he rescues from a slave market. In the preface, we are told the Hero Needrix is a hybrid Kindred and the Heroine Lan’ara is a sheltered, innocent girl raised in a finishing school and taught to be the perfect wife for a rich and influential man. Believing she would be leaving the next day to go to the Senator who had purchased her contract, Lan’ara has been injected with a Lust Bacterium. But she was stolen by pirates when they attacked her school and sold as a slave. These two come together at a rowdy slave auction. Needrix, who lost his young wife 10 years earlier, has sworn never to look at, touch, or even to be with another woman. Then he notices his disgusting crewmate bidding on her. Needrix cannot abandon Lan’ara to be purchased by Drung, a huge 3-headed Trollox, so he buys her to keep her safe.
OK, I hear you say, he will come to love her and claim her, and then I will have my Happily Ever After. But you cannot count Drung out nor can you allow Needrix to forget his ten years of grieving. Their flight aboard The Dark Star is not an easy one and not all goes as planned. Drung is determined to have Lan’ara to bear his heir, and Needrix is just as determined to keep her from Drung and take her to her original destination. Sound simple? Her family has been killed in a fire, the pirates burned her school to the ground, and her original buyer may no longer want her.
This Kindred novel would not let me put it down. I had to know the outcome of every twist and turn. If you have read any of the Ms. Anderson Kindred novels, you know you just cannot let this one go. If you have not, this one is a great place to start.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
OK, I hear you say, he will come to love her and claim her, and then I will have my Happily Ever After. But you cannot count Drung out nor can you allow Needrix to forget his ten years of grieving. Their flight aboard The Dark Star is not an easy one and not all goes as planned. Drung is determined to have Lan’ara to bear his heir, and Needrix is just as determined to keep her from Drung and take her to her original destination. Sound simple? Her family has been killed in a fire, the pirates burned her school to the ground, and her original buyer may no longer want her.
This Kindred novel would not let me put it down. I had to know the outcome of every twist and turn. If you have read any of the Ms. Anderson Kindred novels, you know you just cannot let this one go. If you have not, this one is a great place to start.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 4, 2020
Needrix lost his wife and child years ago and has no intention of ever taking another mate. While at an outdoor market he witnesses a distressed woman (Lan'ara) up for auction. A voice tells him to bid on her against his three-headed ship mate who wants to impregnate her immediately.
Needrix wins and his ship mate is furious! Needrix wants to set her free and she wants to stay with him. Slowly, Lan'ara gets under his skin and they have some very titillating moments much to Needrix's chagrin. When he makes a deal behind her back she gives up all hope. He eventually comes to his senses, but it's a defining moment for Lan'ara because she decides that she will be her own woman and never dependent upon a man again. I thoroughly enjoyed her metamorphosis.
Needrix wins and his ship mate is furious! Needrix wants to set her free and she wants to stay with him. Slowly, Lan'ara gets under his skin and they have some very titillating moments much to Needrix's chagrin. When he makes a deal behind her back she gives up all hope. He eventually comes to his senses, but it's a defining moment for Lan'ara because she decides that she will be her own woman and never dependent upon a man again. I thoroughly enjoyed her metamorphosis.
November 22, 2025
This was one of my suggested reads on Amazon, so I bought the free sample, and once the free sample ended, I wanted to keep reading, so I purchased the book.
Lan'ara, aged 19, and the other girls at her finishing academy were captured by pirates and sold as slaves. Needrix, a Kindred at least 10 years older than Lan'ara who has sworn never to love again after his pregnant wife died, sees Lan'ara on the slave market and buys her to protect her from his disgusting crewmate, the Trollox Drung.
I love Evangeline's Kindred lore because I already knew from her previous books that Trolloxes are hideous, smelly creatures with huge penises who desire humanoid females for heirs. I wish there was some character art of a Trollox so I could imagine them better while I'm reading.
The conflict: 1) Needrix pushes Lan'ara away because he's sworn never to love again (since heartbreak really damn hurts).
2) Drung won't let Lan'ara go and keeps insisting that she should have been his.
3) There's the matter of a senator who was Lan'ara's future husband (this was arranged at her finishing school) before she was kidnapped.
Why I gave this book 3 stars instead of 4 was mostly that I wished there was more conversation betweeen Needrix and Lan'ara instead of sexy times (I know, shoot me!). I wanted them to talk more about their pasts and background instead of the horny whole flower blossoms & constant fingering. For instance, how did Needrix become First Mate? I had no idea what they'd talk about when they weren't having sexy times together, you know.
Lan'ara, aged 19, and the other girls at her finishing academy were captured by pirates and sold as slaves. Needrix, a Kindred at least 10 years older than Lan'ara who has sworn never to love again after his pregnant wife died, sees Lan'ara on the slave market and buys her to protect her from his disgusting crewmate, the Trollox Drung.
I love Evangeline's Kindred lore because I already knew from her previous books that Trolloxes are hideous, smelly creatures with huge penises who desire humanoid females for heirs. I wish there was some character art of a Trollox so I could imagine them better while I'm reading.
The conflict: 1) Needrix pushes Lan'ara away because he's sworn never to love again (since heartbreak really damn hurts).
2) Drung won't let Lan'ara go and keeps insisting that she should have been his.
3) There's the matter of a senator who was Lan'ara's future husband (this was arranged at her finishing school) before she was kidnapped.
Why I gave this book 3 stars instead of 4 was mostly that I wished there was more conversation betweeen Needrix and Lan'ara instead of sexy times (I know, shoot me!). I wanted them to talk more about their pasts and background instead of the horny whole flower blossoms & constant fingering. For instance, how did Needrix become First Mate? I had no idea what they'd talk about when they weren't having sexy times together, you know.
May 30, 2020
How Need and Lan'ara arrive at a slave market are stories filled with sadness and resolution.
What is experienced from that point and beyond is mind blowing.
It is a love story that gives the reader every feel - fear, determination, self preservation and lust are only a few.
The evolving of their relationship is one that is unforgettable!
I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
What is experienced from that point and beyond is mind blowing.
It is a love story that gives the reader every feel - fear, determination, self preservation and lust are only a few.
The evolving of their relationship is one that is unforgettable!
I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 30, 2020
Another fun fantasy in the world of Kindred warriors.
Needrix doesn't want the pain of loving and losing another mate in his life. But he must save this young woman from the slave auction. Her danger is not over and neither is his...his being bonding with her while healing her wounds. Can these two find real life or be separated by lies and denial? You'll be hoping it all works out for them. Perhaps the Goddess has a hand in this emotional battle.
Great story, I loved it.
Needrix doesn't want the pain of loving and losing another mate in his life. But he must save this young woman from the slave auction. Her danger is not over and neither is his...his being bonding with her while healing her wounds. Can these two find real life or be separated by lies and denial? You'll be hoping it all works out for them. Perhaps the Goddess has a hand in this emotional battle.
Great story, I loved it.
February 12, 2021
Brides of the Kindred is my go to space smut - what I read for a break between heavier reads.
They regularly rate 3-4 stars but this one had a major editing problem - the name of the spaceship couldn't make up its mind whether it was the Dark Star or Dark Heart and annoyingly took me out of the story.
So 2 stars this time.
They regularly rate 3-4 stars but this one had a major editing problem - the name of the spaceship couldn't make up its mind whether it was the Dark Star or Dark Heart and annoyingly took me out of the story.
So 2 stars this time.
February 14, 2021
Like all the books in the series it was an joy to read.
May 27, 2020
I have read every single one of the kindred books and they get better and better with every read. But this one is amazing!! Need and Lam'ara both have their own issues and throughout the book you cant help but hope for them to work it out. A must read!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 19, 2020
Frozen heart
Need is watching a slave auction. He isn't interested any of the slave girls until he spys a little human girl. His nasty Tolleck crewmen was bidding on her. For some reason, he just couldn't allow him to buy her. So, he outbid him at every bid! He won, but it cost him every credit he had. The tolleck, Droung vowed revenge. So, he got the girl and took her back to his ship. Her dress was in shreds, so he found some old uniforms for her to wear. He didn't ask her name just called her "girl". But she had injected with a bacterium at the beauty academy where she was stolen from by pirates and then sold to the slavers. But what did Need want with her? He swore not to love another female after his mate died giving birth. That was ten cycles ago. Lan'ana, "girl" , had to have her mother sell her to the academy, so they could survive. But soon afterwards, her mother and little ngbrothers died in a fire. So, they both knew heartbreak. Kanji started having strange cravings, her breasts started leaking nectar, and down below. Each time, Need helped her through them. Little by little, she became friends with the crew members on the ship. She loved to cook, so she took over the cooking. She was worming into his heart but he wouldn't allow her to. Then they made it to her destination before she was kidnapped. Droung lied to Need about Kanji and told him that she was manipulating him on purpose. Need just couldn't believe it and before he thought it through, he sold her. But she had bonded to the big kindred and when the senator went to breed her: she threw up all over him. She was tainted by Need. The senator called the ship to come get her. But it wasn't Need to arrive! It was Droung! He finally was going to have her and breed her. When Need came to his senses and realized he had been lied to and that he loved her, she was gone. He finally prayed to the goddess for help. She asked him why she should help him now? You will have to read the book to find out what happens. This is an adult readers only book, of course. All of Evangeline Anderson 's books are sexy but loving books. She always give you a happy ever after ending. I own several of her books and love each of them.
Need is watching a slave auction. He isn't interested any of the slave girls until he spys a little human girl. His nasty Tolleck crewmen was bidding on her. For some reason, he just couldn't allow him to buy her. So, he outbid him at every bid! He won, but it cost him every credit he had. The tolleck, Droung vowed revenge. So, he got the girl and took her back to his ship. Her dress was in shreds, so he found some old uniforms for her to wear. He didn't ask her name just called her "girl". But she had injected with a bacterium at the beauty academy where she was stolen from by pirates and then sold to the slavers. But what did Need want with her? He swore not to love another female after his mate died giving birth. That was ten cycles ago. Lan'ana, "girl" , had to have her mother sell her to the academy, so they could survive. But soon afterwards, her mother and little ngbrothers died in a fire. So, they both knew heartbreak. Kanji started having strange cravings, her breasts started leaking nectar, and down below. Each time, Need helped her through them. Little by little, she became friends with the crew members on the ship. She loved to cook, so she took over the cooking. She was worming into his heart but he wouldn't allow her to. Then they made it to her destination before she was kidnapped. Droung lied to Need about Kanji and told him that she was manipulating him on purpose. Need just couldn't believe it and before he thought it through, he sold her. But she had bonded to the big kindred and when the senator went to breed her: she threw up all over him. She was tainted by Need. The senator called the ship to come get her. But it wasn't Need to arrive! It was Droung! He finally was going to have her and breed her. When Need came to his senses and realized he had been lied to and that he loved her, she was gone. He finally prayed to the goddess for help. She asked him why she should help him now? You will have to read the book to find out what happens. This is an adult readers only book, of course. All of Evangeline Anderson 's books are sexy but loving books. She always give you a happy ever after ending. I own several of her books and love each of them.
May 29, 2020
Needrix has been dealt a horrible hand of cards by life, losing his mate and child during childbirth. He's emotionally closed off and just existing in life when his fate is altered by Lan'ara, a young woman kidnapped and sold to slavers. Needrix is ensnared by the little female and is unable to walk away from the auction, beating out a crewmate who was bidding on the female. Now Needrix finds himself in possession of a female who is awakening his soul and completely changing his entire world. Will Needrix keep the female? Will he set her free? Will he sell her to another? Read and find out for yourself! You won't be disappointed!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 19, 2024
Okay so like this book honestly had so much potential and it was a gosh dang mess. The concept was solid for a smut book, human girl sold on auction block bought out of concern by a man who didn’t intent to harm her. She had a dark past and lots of trauma to work through and he had issues too, like, they could have worked through this together. Instead he ignored all of her trauma, never resolved anything on her end she just learns to live with it, I guess? No redemption arc like nothing. This isn’t a short little novella, this was an 11 hour listen. They had time to address SOMETHING from her past. He never asks about anything that happened to her because he honestly didn’t care, yet by the end of the book he claimed he loved her. Yeah, okay buddy.
The sci fi world she built around this couple outshone their “love” by a mile. I was honestly super fascinated with the humanoid species existing in this world she fabricated like so interesting! So cool! But I got the book because I wanted smut bro like the couple actually did it ~once~ at the end of the book and it was like by that point I was disgusted by them as a pairing. We hit chapter 50 and the main male character was still bemoaning his decade old trauma as why he couldn’t love the very alive girl who loved him back and was literally crying and begging for his love. Like, girl, cmon. If I was there I would have taken off my shoe and hit her with it to knock some sense into her.
How does this heroic main male character deal with developing feelings for the girl he “saved” from the auction block? By selling her back into slavery, of course, as she cries and begs him not to. Like, bro. Then we get a “I’m sorry I was just scared of how much I loved you” as to why he did what he did. She’s, like, reformed now or whatever and she’s an independent woman but also accepts his apology and loves him back??? Like the book ends with them as happily bonded lifetime mates. If that’s where the author was going with this why did she have an arc of the girl gaining independence and deciding she never wanted to be owned by anyone ever again. Then she decided to be with the man who sold her back into slavery. Like he could have just freed her. (Ooooh but what of recouping his cost of buying her in the first place?? Like bro you have a good job you’ll make the money back.) What a horrible person he is.
SIDE NOTE like as far as sex scenes go after waiting 10.5 hrs of listening for them to finally bang it out I was so heckin disappointed. They paused in the middle of sex to have a whole ass conversation with each other about the main male characters tragic backstory. Like, come on.
I gave 2 stars because the narration was stellar and the alien world she created was really good.
The sci fi world she built around this couple outshone their “love” by a mile. I was honestly super fascinated with the humanoid species existing in this world she fabricated like so interesting! So cool! But I got the book because I wanted smut bro like the couple actually did it ~once~ at the end of the book and it was like by that point I was disgusted by them as a pairing. We hit chapter 50 and the main male character was still bemoaning his decade old trauma as why he couldn’t love the very alive girl who loved him back and was literally crying and begging for his love. Like, girl, cmon. If I was there I would have taken off my shoe and hit her with it to knock some sense into her.
How does this heroic main male character deal with developing feelings for the girl he “saved” from the auction block? By selling her back into slavery, of course, as she cries and begs him not to. Like, bro. Then we get a “I’m sorry I was just scared of how much I loved you” as to why he did what he did. She’s, like, reformed now or whatever and she’s an independent woman but also accepts his apology and loves him back??? Like the book ends with them as happily bonded lifetime mates. If that’s where the author was going with this why did she have an arc of the girl gaining independence and deciding she never wanted to be owned by anyone ever again. Then she decided to be with the man who sold her back into slavery. Like he could have just freed her. (Ooooh but what of recouping his cost of buying her in the first place?? Like bro you have a good job you’ll make the money back.) What a horrible person he is.
SIDE NOTE like as far as sex scenes go after waiting 10.5 hrs of listening for them to finally bang it out I was so heckin disappointed. They paused in the middle of sex to have a whole ass conversation with each other about the main male characters tragic backstory. Like, come on.
I gave 2 stars because the narration was stellar and the alien world she created was really good.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 2, 2020
The Kindred Warrior’s Captive Bride: A Kindred Tales PLUS Length Novel - Evangeline Anderson
This novel might be PLUS size but it was so good I could not put it down and finished it quicker than some novellas.
I love the way the author always has MC’s that have obstacles from their past, and present, which they must overcome.
Need fix is a Blood/Vision Kindred Warrior who lost his pregnant wife ten years prior. Losing his bond mate crushed him so they he stopped believing in The Goddess. Being a talented navigator he buries himself and his emotions working on a trader ship that sometimes has deals in “somewhat” legal items. He has vowed never to touch or love another he could not deal with the crushing pain ever again and he refused to be susceptible ever again.
Lan’ara sells herself as a young teenager to a finishing school “Twyleth Tigg Academy” to be trained as the perfect wife or concubine for rich important buyers. She did this to get money for her widowed mom and four younger brothers to survive. She has a good heart, is smart and brave although the school has trained her to become submissive and meek. She has learned some useful skills such as cooking, etc but yearns to be a free woman one day.
Pirates invade the school on graduation day and Lan’ara has been put on a cruel auction block. When Need sees the poor girl being bid on by horrible aliens he tries not to help but when his shipmate a disgusting creature with three heads, he decides to rescue her.
Need and Lan’ara have no idea she was injected at her graduation but “Lust Bacterium” to make her the perfect winning female to the Senator she was promised to. When this substance is activated Lan’ara has to have Need help her with the reactions.
Need finds himself torn between his vow and growing feelings for Lan’ara. Lan’ara has been forced to do what she can to survive, she’s been traumatized by the whole pirate abduction event. Now she finds her feeling toward Need growing very strong if only he would return them.
This small summery is just the overview of an exciting amazing storyline that is about love, the strength to overcome life’s hurdles and the strength to move on and live life in the present.
This authors special flair for authors sizzling scenes that fit into the storyline does not disappoint.
It was great how the MFC discovered she had so many talents and abilities to help her blossom into the independent woman she longs to become. Need was stubborn but in the end he had to pull himself out of the past and embrace love and the future.
This novel might be PLUS size but it was so good I could not put it down and finished it quicker than some novellas.
I love the way the author always has MC’s that have obstacles from their past, and present, which they must overcome.
Need fix is a Blood/Vision Kindred Warrior who lost his pregnant wife ten years prior. Losing his bond mate crushed him so they he stopped believing in The Goddess. Being a talented navigator he buries himself and his emotions working on a trader ship that sometimes has deals in “somewhat” legal items. He has vowed never to touch or love another he could not deal with the crushing pain ever again and he refused to be susceptible ever again.
Lan’ara sells herself as a young teenager to a finishing school “Twyleth Tigg Academy” to be trained as the perfect wife or concubine for rich important buyers. She did this to get money for her widowed mom and four younger brothers to survive. She has a good heart, is smart and brave although the school has trained her to become submissive and meek. She has learned some useful skills such as cooking, etc but yearns to be a free woman one day.
Pirates invade the school on graduation day and Lan’ara has been put on a cruel auction block. When Need sees the poor girl being bid on by horrible aliens he tries not to help but when his shipmate a disgusting creature with three heads, he decides to rescue her.
Need and Lan’ara have no idea she was injected at her graduation but “Lust Bacterium” to make her the perfect winning female to the Senator she was promised to. When this substance is activated Lan’ara has to have Need help her with the reactions.
Need finds himself torn between his vow and growing feelings for Lan’ara. Lan’ara has been forced to do what she can to survive, she’s been traumatized by the whole pirate abduction event. Now she finds her feeling toward Need growing very strong if only he would return them.
This small summery is just the overview of an exciting amazing storyline that is about love, the strength to overcome life’s hurdles and the strength to move on and live life in the present.
This authors special flair for authors sizzling scenes that fit into the storyline does not disappoint.
It was great how the MFC discovered she had so many talents and abilities to help her blossom into the independent woman she longs to become. Need was stubborn but in the end he had to pull himself out of the past and embrace love and the future.
June 6, 2020
3.50 Stars. (BW/WM). Kindle e-book. Paranormal romance. Long and redundant. I have read a enjoyed many of this author’s books and I support her diverse charters in her story telling. Her stories about the Kindreds are my favorite and most enjoyable reads, this book was no exception except for a couple of caveats, the storyline repeated on the following loop for over 25 chapters: the hero avowed to avoid any intimate interaction with the heroine; but would eagerly perform oral sex and would engage in heavy betting and then he would regret and repent and renew his vow. The hero, Needrix/ Need is a hybrid Kindred warrior, his mother is a Blood Kindred and his father is a Vision Kindred aside from strength and good looks, he is endowed with 2 fangs instead of caines and he has the ability to see his enemies weaknesses and to dream share with his mate early in their relationship. After leaving the sanctuary of the Kindred realm and communing with the Goddess because his mate and child perished during childbirth, Need joined the crew of the Dark Star and became its Navigator, First Mate and Sales Coordinator. During a routine stop, Need buys the heroine, a Black virgin who had been stolen from a preparatory school for future brides to men of means and influence and was being sold as a sex slave. Bottom line, unbeknownst to Need, the Goddess was giving the heroine, Lan’ara, as a second chance at love. After a couple of predictable obstacles, Need and Lan’ara got their HEA. WEIRD SEXUAL PLANTS WERE UNSEXY Just weird!
March 15, 2026
This is one of the Kindred stories with a BIPOC main character. Lan'ara's grandmother had been taken from Earth and so she is half of African descent. Anyway, this was an interesting, if not trigger-y book. Lan'ara's family is starving so she offers to go to a local boarding school where girls are trained to be concubines, essentially. Once she's about to be sent off to a Senator, the school is attacked by pirates who take the girls and sell them off separately.
Need refuses to be with another woman after his mate and child died, but when his Trollox (these characters are huge with 3 heads and in previous books apparently it was a death sentence to be "bred" by them) coworker tries to buy Lan'ara, he is compelled to buy her out from under him. Need doesn't want to get to know her but they do essentially bond and there are a lot of adventures along the way.
What I liked about this book was how the other crew members that Lan'ara met on Need's ship loved her, and her ultimately getting a chance to be her own person which she hadn't even thought of before that time. At the end Lan'ara becomes the head chef and is in training to become the medical officer on the ship which gives her the autonomy she deserves.
Need refuses to be with another woman after his mate and child died, but when his Trollox (these characters are huge with 3 heads and in previous books apparently it was a death sentence to be "bred" by them) coworker tries to buy Lan'ara, he is compelled to buy her out from under him. Need doesn't want to get to know her but they do essentially bond and there are a lot of adventures along the way.
What I liked about this book was how the other crew members that Lan'ara met on Need's ship loved her, and her ultimately getting a chance to be her own person which she hadn't even thought of before that time. At the end Lan'ara becomes the head chef and is in training to become the medical officer on the ship which gives her the autonomy she deserves.
January 28, 2023
I liked the tile of this book straight away. I liked the two main characters names Need and LanaraI enjoyed reading 📚about the love 💘 scenes in this book. I liked the chapters about the market place and wanted a bath 🛁like a dog that you could ride around in with blue slosh water in side it. The fruit remind me of water melons. I liked the chapters in the book when Need and Lanara were making food together. I liked some of Manna and Need fellow ship mates. I know that I have loved reading 📚 about the other books 📚 about Kindred and they bride's and I knew straight away that I would like this book. I did feel like half way reading 📚the book that I would like Evangeline to write more books 📚about ships has well has spaceships for the kindred and then we could read about Kindred and bride's in spaceships and ships in water too. This could be a new idea 💡 or new chance of books 📚 to start from.
I don't want to meet a Trolivox or be a bride who has to marry a Trolivox.
I would like to read a story about Mistress Bigaboo I liked her having a own Kindred to rescue her May be a idea 💡 for a story.
I liked the ending of this book very much. The book made me feel just because Lanaral was I charge of her relationship that I could may be in charge any relationship that I might have the furtune. I liked the way that a man and woman could be in charge in a relationship.😀 I didn't like some of the chapters towards the end of the book from forty onwards.
I don't want to meet a Trolivox or be a bride who has to marry a Trolivox.
I would like to read a story about Mistress Bigaboo I liked her having a own Kindred to rescue her May be a idea 💡 for a story.
I liked the ending of this book very much. The book made me feel just because Lanaral was I charge of her relationship that I could may be in charge any relationship that I might have the furtune. I liked the way that a man and woman could be in charge in a relationship.😀 I didn't like some of the chapters towards the end of the book from forty onwards.
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December 3, 2020
I love these books and I would have given this a 5 star rating, however I'm not a fan of the plus length books, for me they are just too long and they don't really add anything (except more pages!!). The book was amazing, as always, and I was captured from the start - but sometimes they just take too long to read and I get a little frustrated that they take so long to finish which puts me off reading the next in the series, even though this author is one of my favourites. Then when I see "Plus Length Novel" it just fills me with dread.
However, all that being said, the book itself was fabulous and takes nothing away from the actual story line, the characters were awesome and I felt so attached to them as I normally do and it was quite different to other stories.
Thoroughly enjoyable and couldn't put it down, will definitely read the next in the series and anything else that Evangeline writes.
However, all that being said, the book itself was fabulous and takes nothing away from the actual story line, the characters were awesome and I felt so attached to them as I normally do and it was quite different to other stories.
Thoroughly enjoyable and couldn't put it down, will definitely read the next in the series and anything else that Evangeline writes.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 31, 2020
Denial is a river
There are no guaranteed HEAs in life and that might also be true for this Kindred pair. From the moment I started reading, I just had to know what happened at the end. This is the first book in a long time where I felt the overwhelming urge to flip to the end and see if the characters reached their HEA, I resisted and I hope you do to while you are turning through the pages. The author pulled out all of the stops and took us through an emotional roller coaster as these two characters worked there way through unexpected emotions, danger untold, and expected outcomes. It is the unexpected that pulled me deeper and deeper into this story and would not let me go until I finally made it to the very end. This author just has a way with her writing that is fresh and new with every book, I really can’t wait to find out what happens next in her world of the Kindred.
There are no guaranteed HEAs in life and that might also be true for this Kindred pair. From the moment I started reading, I just had to know what happened at the end. This is the first book in a long time where I felt the overwhelming urge to flip to the end and see if the characters reached their HEA, I resisted and I hope you do to while you are turning through the pages. The author pulled out all of the stops and took us through an emotional roller coaster as these two characters worked there way through unexpected emotions, danger untold, and expected outcomes. It is the unexpected that pulled me deeper and deeper into this story and would not let me go until I finally made it to the very end. This author just has a way with her writing that is fresh and new with every book, I really can’t wait to find out what happens next in her world of the Kindred.
February 6, 2021
2021 READ: 4.5 STARS!
This is the first book that I read from the series. Oh my! There's a warning about reading responsibly on chapter 1 because it might make readers uncomfortable. I was. I went back to conditioning myself that human - aliens themes might make me uncomfortable with some scenes, so I won't let it hinder from enjoying reading the book.
I love the FL and the ML. Their interactions were between innocence and experienced mixed with curiosity and lust bacterium hahahaha. This was a steamy read - hihihihi. The only thing that somehow made me detached is, I wanted more emotional attachment between the two. I also felt that the end part was hurried and it I felt the story ended abruptly.
My review is not for intelligent discussion. It's what I felt/thought while reading the book. For 2021, I would rate the book this way:
1 - DNF'ed
2 - does not exist
3 - did not like
4 - it was okay
5 - I like it / I enjoy reading it (but it doesn't mean I recommend it)
This is the first book that I read from the series. Oh my! There's a warning about reading responsibly on chapter 1 because it might make readers uncomfortable. I was. I went back to conditioning myself that human - aliens themes might make me uncomfortable with some scenes, so I won't let it hinder from enjoying reading the book.
I love the FL and the ML. Their interactions were between innocence and experienced mixed with curiosity and lust bacterium hahahaha. This was a steamy read - hihihihi. The only thing that somehow made me detached is, I wanted more emotional attachment between the two. I also felt that the end part was hurried and it I felt the story ended abruptly.
My review is not for intelligent discussion. It's what I felt/thought while reading the book. For 2021, I would rate the book this way:
1 - DNF'ed
2 - does not exist
3 - did not like
4 - it was okay
5 - I like it / I enjoy reading it (but it doesn't mean I recommend it)
May 31, 2020
Another outstanding piece of writing by the talented Evangeline Anderson. I loved this story for the same reasons i always adore this series and for its own unique storyline. Needrix is a Kindred who has sworn against love after tragically losing his mate. Lan'ara is a graduate of the elite Twyleth Tigg Academy awaiting transport to live with her future husband. Lan'ara never wanted to attend the academy but with the death of her father there was no other choice to raise the money needed to help care for her four brothers.
Although Lan'ara had given into the life she was bought into she never expected to be kidnapped by pirates, be threatened by nasty aliens such as the Trollox or fall in love with a Kindred.
Although Lan'ara had given into the life she was bought into she never expected to be kidnapped by pirates, be threatened by nasty aliens such as the Trollox or fall in love with a Kindred.
June 21, 2020
Another enjoyable read in the Kindred series, but beware of some violent scenes which may trigger some people. A Kindred warrior, Need, finds himself in a predicament after buying a slave girl, Lan'ara, at auction. She had been captured by slavers from her finishing school. Need is drawn to the slave girl, but has sworn off females after a past trauma. Lan'ara must find her place on the ship while living near the Trollox that had almost won her at the auction, but still looks at her hungrily. Need and Lan'ara must help each other to overcome various obstacles and there will be plenty of steamy scenes along the way. Enjoy this addition to the series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 21, 2020
Still no editor, still rampant illiteracy. "Eek" out a living? Using "sheers" to cut something? The ever-popular "reigns" to steer a horse (or a fucking bathtub)? Factor in the asinine names given to things, the routine of pairing awful tastes together (which "shouldn't work together but taste amazing!"), And especially--great goddess, ESPECIALLY--the weird situations and ridiculous naïvté used to justify sexual acts (just enough to stop discomfort and of course, we won't go further), it's the same garbage she's been churning out without benefit of an editor for ages.
There's obviously a need for women's erotica but please, someone--someone *literate*--jump in to fill the gap with something less cringeworthy.
There's obviously a need for women's erotica but please, someone--someone *literate*--jump in to fill the gap with something less cringeworthy.
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June 1, 2020
While I definitely enjoyed Lan’ara and Need’s story, I have to admit it was a bit anticlimactic compared to most of the others in the series. The storyline was fantastic, but after so much tension and buildup I anticipated a much bigger battle and much more detailed “cool down” period before the end. I’m definitely all for the happily ever after, but I was hoping to be blown away With how we got to that ending, like I usually am. Don’t get me wrong. I still enjoyed it. The sexy times were definitely sizzling hot, and I loved all the characters, both main and supporting. I hope we get more of them in later books. Definitely still a recommend read, though.
June 2, 2020
I love the Kindred. I have every Brides of the Kindred, Kindred Tales and now the Kindred Birthright Series books. However, I have started to see repetitive story lines, this lust bacterium, or lust dust or whatever has been used too often, always with the same result. She doesn't want to give in to these drug induced demands her body is making or he doesn't want to give in to caring about her, they always give in. I have started new release books and as I read them thought I had read them before because of the story line. This is still a good story, I was just hoping for something new and different.
June 2, 2020
I have read almost every story that Ms. Anderson writes and I have enjoyed them. However, I just couldn’t get into this particular book. There were some good points. I loved the crew of the Dark Star except, of course, for the evil Trollox; they were intriguing and entertaining. There was some action but something seemed to be missing from it. Need And Lan’ara had chemistry but it felt contrived and, as such, was missing something special. I expect other readers will enjoy their story but, unfortunately, it just didn’t work for me.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 8, 2020
Another great kindred romance. He has vowed to never allow a female into his life or heart. But when he sees her on the auction block and the fear in her eyes he still starts to walk away. But the goddess is not having any of that. Need is a good male with a broken soul. But he refuses to see what is in front of him and will very well live the rest of his life without love. The ship he is part of has a very interesting mix of species and not all of the are meat creatures (term explained in story). Some are sweet and nice and others are downright disgusting. HEA is promised and you will love it.
June 24, 2020
Forgave to easily
I enjoyed reading Captive Bride, but I felt that she forgave him too easily. She almost had the worse thing imaginable happen to her because of her Kindred. Either in a forced relationship with an old guy, or in a forced situation with a three headed foul smelling monster.
That poor girl had one bad thing after another happen to her. Normally I don’t like the brides too much, not including the original few brides, but I really liked this one. She rose above her past and her what her life had become, and found a place for herself. Really nice ending for her, and fortunately for her Kindred she was forgiving.
I enjoyed reading Captive Bride, but I felt that she forgave him too easily. She almost had the worse thing imaginable happen to her because of her Kindred. Either in a forced relationship with an old guy, or in a forced situation with a three headed foul smelling monster.
That poor girl had one bad thing after another happen to her. Normally I don’t like the brides too much, not including the original few brides, but I really liked this one. She rose above her past and her what her life had become, and found a place for herself. Really nice ending for her, and fortunately for her Kindred she was forgiving.
June 25, 2020
I loved Need and Lanara's story. They were so sweet and yet tried so hard to stay away from each other. Need had a tragic past and you really couldn't blame him for trying to distance himself from women. When Kindred love, they love hard so we know it's a difficult time for him. But who can resist Lanara in a time of need. This big Kindred has to save her and help her without getting caught up in her life, can he do it?
Loved this story, these Kindred stories never get old and always keep me on my toes. Can't wait for more, I hope they never end!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Loved this story, these Kindred stories never get old and always keep me on my toes. Can't wait for more, I hope they never end!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 19, 2020
As my grandson says,OOOO NO! You have to hear it to understand, but it is very cute. Anyway this story is just unbelievable. The poor woman has been through HELL since her father died. My stomach is in turmoil over what is going on. It is an excellent story. Full of so much feeling and the author makes you feel everything that is going on. It can be long and drawn out or short and sweet. Or the other way around. The story is well worth the money to buy and it is one that you will keep coming back to and rereading and finding more every time you do.
May 30, 2020
Lan’ara a female with lots of courage and spirit. Getting abducted and Evil Trollex who wants to breed her. Need a Kindred Warrior who swears to never take a mate again. When these two characters cross paths and with the help of the goddess they both must learn that no matter what happened in their past its always a light at the end of tunnel which can bring new beginning and a chance for love. Evangeline Anderson wrote a great book and I can't wait to read more of her stories
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