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She isn’t looking for love, but a determined playboy alien has other ideas!
Year after year, Jath has watched his friends find mates and start families. Now he alone is unmated.
He yearns for what they have: a mate who’ll scream and hurl his clothing down the mountainside, and children who’ll bite and clash horns. But although many females visit his cave, none stay.
Then she arrives, greasy and exhausted, tottering off a grotesque, barely-functional interstellar freighter: Dr. Orana Pasol, a human researcher intent on studying his people.
One touch, and he knows she’s his mate.
One stolen kiss, and he knows he can’t live without her.
But she knows nothing of the ways of mating, and only wants to do her research. Males are fun, she tells him, but they can’t be trusted. The last thing she wants is to settle down with one and churn out babies, with or without horns!
“Pretend she’s a wild animal,” advises his friend. “Give her food, and see if she’ll let you touch her.” So he does, but the more he courts her, the faster she runs. And there’s no time to waste: when her research ends, she’ll leave his planet forever!
How can he win the heart of a female from another star system before it’s too late?
Perhaps it’s time for drastic measures …
Year after year, Jath has watched his friends find mates and start families. Now he alone is unmated.
He yearns for what they have: a mate who’ll scream and hurl his clothing down the mountainside, and children who’ll bite and clash horns. But although many females visit his cave, none stay.
Then she arrives, greasy and exhausted, tottering off a grotesque, barely-functional interstellar freighter: Dr. Orana Pasol, a human researcher intent on studying his people.
One touch, and he knows she’s his mate.
One stolen kiss, and he knows he can’t live without her.
But she knows nothing of the ways of mating, and only wants to do her research. Males are fun, she tells him, but they can’t be trusted. The last thing she wants is to settle down with one and churn out babies, with or without horns!
“Pretend she’s a wild animal,” advises his friend. “Give her food, and see if she’ll let you touch her.” So he does, but the more he courts her, the faster she runs. And there’s no time to waste: when her research ends, she’ll leave his planet forever!
How can he win the heart of a female from another star system before it’s too late?
Perhaps it’s time for drastic measures …
322 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2021
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About the author
A.R. Kayne
10 books8 followersI cut my teeth on the likes of science fiction, which my folks approved of, and the steamiest romance novels I could lay my hands on, which they did not. Naturally, my stories now blend the two.
My heroines roam the galaxy, flail through adventures, and seek their destinies. When they crash into love in the form of a virile, determined man (give or take a few horns or scales), they’re more inclined to run the opposite direction than to embrace it.
Fortunately, my heroes are determined to hold on to a good thing when they find it. If that means kidnapping their women or faking a spaceship crash, so be it! And if the women are furious or even vengeful when they discover the deception … well, the men will deal with that situation when it arises, even if it means dodging a few projectiles.
I live on the West Coast with my husband, my kid, and whatever animals wander up to our home and move in. I’m sure it’s purely a coincidence that the men in my novels have a gleam in their eyes and a growl just like my husband’s.
I hope that readers will enjoy my stories just as much as I enjoy writing them!
My heroines roam the galaxy, flail through adventures, and seek their destinies. When they crash into love in the form of a virile, determined man (give or take a few horns or scales), they’re more inclined to run the opposite direction than to embrace it.
Fortunately, my heroes are determined to hold on to a good thing when they find it. If that means kidnapping their women or faking a spaceship crash, so be it! And if the women are furious or even vengeful when they discover the deception … well, the men will deal with that situation when it arises, even if it means dodging a few projectiles.
I live on the West Coast with my husband, my kid, and whatever animals wander up to our home and move in. I’m sure it’s purely a coincidence that the men in my novels have a gleam in their eyes and a growl just like my husband’s.
I hope that readers will enjoy my stories just as much as I enjoy writing them!
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March 28, 2022
Great sci fi romance
The worldbuilding is fantastic and believable, and the characters are adorable, especially the nice Elders. Orana's joy in the non-human beings of her universe is infectious. I've had trouble finding well-written, lighthearted sci fi books, but Jath is delightful. I read it in KU but will buy it to reread when I need a little happiness.
The worldbuilding is fantastic and believable, and the characters are adorable, especially the nice Elders. Orana's joy in the non-human beings of her universe is infectious. I've had trouble finding well-written, lighthearted sci fi books, but Jath is delightful. I read it in KU but will buy it to reread when I need a little happiness.
November 20, 2021
It was a pretty good book! I enjoyed reading it
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