'Small female, you are in the Death Plains now. Forget those other men and everything's that's come before. The only path forward, the only one who can keep you alive now, is me.'
Wow-ee, this books brings the drama. Jocelyn's part of the group of earth women who have found themselves abandoned on the planet of Zaphrinax. As her friends fall in love with the enormous, kangaroo-legged alien men they're now living with, some of the women are keen to have all the fun without ending up with a bun (in the oven). Jocelyn's identified a herb that acts as a form of birth control, but unfortunately they're running out. It's native to the Death Plains, but let's face it, that doesn't sound like an ideal road trip destination. But when she discovers that representatives of the four tribes are headed there to meet the new Gahn (think badass warrior chief), she decides to invite herself along for the ride and bring back the herb her friends need.
However, as with all good romantic suspense, alien romances, on entering the Death Plains, she finds herself in a spot of bother when her party accidentally set camp on top of a nest of giant killer scorpion crabs. Facing imminent death, she's saved by an unfamiliar warrior. Yay! But WTF? Why isn't he wearing any weapons? Eek! Now hang about, has he just leapt on the back of that death machine with the aim of killing it with his bare hands? Oh, yes he has... But before Jocelyn can say 'thank you very much, kind sir, now please take me back to my friends', she's over his shoulder and he's running away...
Her rescuer is Razek and he's having a really bad day. he's taking part in a 'Baklok', a series of tests that decide who will be the next Gahn of his tribe. He's been sent out into the Death Plains to see if he can survive for three days and nights without any weapons, and things were tickety-boo before the men from the other tribes arrived with a puny, defenceless female and insisted on parking themselves on top of the biggest death trap in the middle of the Death Plains. Now he's wounded and not only has to survive the Baklok (which, just for funsies, might involve a fight to the death to decide the ultimate winner), but now also has to keep Jocelyn alive. And if that wasn't bad enough, she's making him feel things he never thought possible. Could this weak and tiny female be his mate?
Ursa Dax has done it again. Alien Victor is a fabulously fun fated mates alien romance, with all the heart, heat and humour I've come to expect from her. If you're after the ultimate in escapism, then check out this book. I absolutely loved it!