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Alana

The question is, do I allow this dark moment in time to rob me of the life I could possibly have here? I have never known such horror or fear. If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I would have never believed any other living thing could possibly do this to another. The scars may be gone on the outside now, but they will remain forever in my soul. They tell me I can never go back, all that I have ever known is gone. Where does this leave me in the world of monsters? He beckons me, promising me…the fairytale… the impossible dream. Everything I have ever wanted to hear! But I don’t know if I'm strong enough to go forward as long as the shadows of our past pull me backwards.

SoL

I knew she was withholding the truth from me. I had no idea who I held in my arms, until it was almost too late. The moment her true essence was revealed to me, my body reacted, reaching out for the one thing I had been searching for my whole life… my Inamorata. The very mistress of my heart and now that I have finally found her. I will follow her through the sands of time… no matter how long it takes. I will find my way back to her… because she is MINE!

This book is intended for a mature audience only, as it’s a very dark romance, with triggers. Also, there is baby talk (I know her words are spelled wrong) if any of the above bother you, please don’t purchase this book… xoxo

Book one DaR
Book two XuL
Book three SoL
Book four RaZ

198 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 22, 2022

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Jennifer Julie Miller

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I have a boy job by day... and the world of imagination at night... I believe dragons, unicorns and vampires are real... because what fun would this world be if they were not !!!

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2,976 reviews2,686 followers
June 7, 2023
A massive mountain of a man!



The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: ❤️💙💜💚
Steam: 🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎🌍
Character development: 😠☺️😋😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Alana - she lost her parents, was forced to sell their farm and still owed money to collection agencies when she got a job as a dancer on a cruise ship. She boarded an airplane to go to the job and was abducted by aliens when they hijacked the plane. She was in stasis for nearly 90 years and wakes up to find she has been sold to a blue female on the space station ecstasy.

The Hero: SoL - he is the second child of the House of DaR. He is a massive blue alien who is larger than everyone on the planet. When he was young, he was mistreated along with his friend who was a little girl he took care of until they were separated, she was taken to learn how to please men and he was sold, but then escaped until his father DaR found him and raised him to be a good man.

The Story: Alana was bought by that same little girl who grew up to be a beautiful woman named Vareena. To get her own freedom Vareena bought Alana to replace her in the pleasure house where she works as a performer and a prostitute. Though Vareena is wanted by an assassin and when she is killed, Alana escapes with SoL, though she is disguised as Vareena.

This series has been fun because each Hero is a different type of alien despite being a father and his sons. The father DaR had 22 sons, each by a different type of female alien as part of some sort of genetics program. I hope more books are added to this series and that they get put on audiobook.

Though this one was a bit shorter than I usually like, since it was less than 5 hours, though I picked it up on sale so it was worth it. I also like that these aren’t overly steamy. I get a bit sick of the smutty alien romance where they spend more time in the bedroom than anywhere else. I like action and adventure in these stories.

This book is told in multiple points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Emily Sutton-Smith and Tor Thom. Tor is perfect as always and has a deep voice which I enjoy immensely. Emily Sutton-Smith also does a great job, she has a soft, feminine voice which I have come to enjoy quite a bit while listening to this series.

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786 reviews30 followers
March 29, 2022
I have to admit to a lot of eye-rolling with this installment. It feels shorter and a whole lot less descriptive for some reason (even though the page count is the same and there's less actionable moments per plot). I really enjoyed the humans in the first two, and felt like I could track their attitudes throughout the stories--but this Alana doesn't feel like a solid identity...so that character shift was a little frustrating.

If you read my review on the first book, ya' know how I feel about that artwork interspersed in the text: we're better off without it.
Let me explain how and why (skip to the next paragraph if you haven't read this book yet and you thusfar plan on it), in this book, I'll use the creepy evil 'Shadow' guy as my example. The author will introduce the character in-text, by description first, then she shares the image of whatever character at the chapter end. So. In text, as a reader I'm immersed in the movie behind my eyelids, I image this guy looking like a creepier yellow venom, with his weird tri tentacle appendage...and low and behold I get to the image and it's nothing close to the unique vision my brain spat out at her explanation, even if the image shown wasn't missing it's weird appendage (which I'm still confused if it was actually its peen or not). This ALWAYS pulls you from a text. It's jarring. Even if the image at the end is cooler than you imagined, you get displaced from the text as you reformat the previous action to replay the character with that new design.
When you read a picture book, the image's action is written on the page that corresponds with it--so that your brain is keeping a tally as you go, there's a reason for that. As a trained illustrator, trust me, that's the reason we do that.

But back to the point at hand, once again, the cover work is exceptional. The theme and dimension of the series is maintained and I love that, the caricature aspect of it is both choice and golden. Showing how strange and dynamic the characters are right off the get go is awesome, and I love the author's care in crafting their differences from one another.

I also want to point out that she's copy-pasting her bio at this point, all three of the Darverius about the Author pages say "this is my tenth novel..." So yeah, the typo team needs to be a wee bit better with her stuff. That is unfortunately also reflected in the text: so many typos. I get a little itchy is all.

BUT.
Pretty good series maintainer. I'm totally ready for book four, because I have a hopeful feeling that its plot is going to pull the series up into the strato!
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1,252 reviews40 followers
September 21, 2023
more like 3.5

Okay so we have slightly better editing. We still have very weak tea smexy scene. You have 1. ONE basically in each book and still the author has this creativity everywhere but no description of the goods.

It also felt like a rush job. You have an entire back story then it is rushed to the finish line for what? ITS ONE NAUGHTY SCENE I AM SURE YOU COULD HAVE FIT A SECOND ONE AND A DESCRIPTION OF HIM AND HIS ACCOUTREMENTS
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6,449 reviews80 followers
December 22, 2025
4 -4.5 stars

SoL is the third book in the Daverius, House of DAR series, and it is SoL and Alana's story, and boy does it start with a bang, or should I say a bloody mess!

I like Sci-fi tales because anything goes, and it's not weird. The world that Jennifer has created is full of modern technology, along with AIs that are more than they seem. What a great and original read! It is heartbreaking, sad, gruesome, loving, and heart-warming, with some fun moments. Yes, there were some tears.

The story is told in multiple POV, which makes the story more immersive. There is action, slaughter, a variety of aliens; some are truly evil, and others are just big teddy bears.

Yes, there are some editing issues, but they don't detract from the story, not enough to be a pain in the arse.
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182 reviews
December 3, 2024
A little too gory for my personal preference, but I love a good found family!!!
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520 reviews46 followers
July 3, 2022
This was enjoyable, but not quite as much as the first two in the series. The synopsis was a bit misleading. It talks about scars and a dark experience and trying to get over it, but that stuff doesn’t happen till near the end and she seems to get over the experience pretty well (there’s mention of a few nightmares, but that’s it). I think if the synopsis said something like “I wake up in a strange alien world with a woman telling me I have to take her place on a stage dancing in front of dangerous aliens…” then I wouldn’t have felt as lost wondering where all these scars are that the synopsis mentioned.

Still super curious to keep reading the series. DaR, the father, is mated. And now two of his sons, XuL and SoL are mated. RaZ was sent to earth to retrieve their grandfather and we know from an earlier epilogue that he’ll find his mate on earth while there. They mentioned his ship is on return now but possibly lost after mechanical failure during a jump. And Alana thought she saw a human in the market at the end of this book, so that might play out soon for some other brother.
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1,020 reviews
April 20, 2024
WTF did I just read?????
I don’t even know if I can review this book. It was all over the place and my feelings are just confused right now.
As per usual, this book was very basic and short and all over the place. I didn’t really like the main female. I felt like she had a personality that was neither here nor there and also just kind of bipolarin away.
SoL was sweet, but pretty much an exact replica of the other two males in previous books. The beginning seemed promising, but then it just went weird real quick.
I mean, they had a very quick and weird (Horny Horns) intimate moment while they were in captivity. Which really just didn’t seem the right place in time at all and the whole thing with the horns had me really questioning my own needs in a romance book because this was just not one of them.
And I hate the use of the word rosebud for the word anus.
It’s just way too weird and elementary.
And then the rest of the book continue basically as the other previous books where it’s just kind of cut and paste at this point.
I also found that at one point SoL almost seemed kind of like a creeper, almost like stalker-ish and that kind of seemed out of character for how he was normally supposed to be calm cool and collected.
The sex scenes are barely there and horribly boring written, even the weird ass final sex scene that was just so bizarre that I was like what the fuck am I reading?
I don’t know this book has tiny are really cool, but the majority is just kind of basic boring and fluff
18 reviews
March 13, 2024
3 stars only because of editing

Ok. I have enjoyed these books so far. This one was a little darker, meaning the scenes with the bad guy/alien were more graphic and gross than the previous two. Of course, they all have some pretty graphic torture scenes. I wouldn't be able to stomach watching these as a movie. But the rest of the story (in all books so far) is good and well thought out - emotional, practical, fantastical, romantic, scientific to a point, funny. I would give this book 4.5 stars for that alone.
Unfortunately, the editing on this book, specifically, sucks. I couldn't even make myself send enough error reports because so many of them interfered with the understanding of what was being portrayed. I'm not talking about just misspellings. There are missing periods, commas, question marks, and quotation marks; there are missing words from sentences or extra words in sentences as if someone was trying to remove a sentence but only took away a few words. It really screwed up the flow of the book and made it hard to understand what was meant to be happening. The XuL book had a few mistakes like these, but it was still enjoyable to read. With this book, I almost got too frustrated to continue. I really hope the editing is better for RaZ because I'd like to continue the series.
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220 reviews7 followers
July 7, 2025
Alana is a human abducted and thrust into an alien world, and SoL is the powerful alien who believes she is his soulmate, although not at first. When they first meet, he is intrigued by her but knows she is withholding who she really is, he almost immediately realizes that she isn't his old friend he had come to help. Before they can trully learn about each other, they are captured.

Alana goes through some dark trauma, the torture she goes through is especially tough to read. SoL's reaction to her pain is heartbreaking. SoL himself is fierce when he needs to be, but his greatest power comes from his patience and empathy.

We also get to catch up with beloved characters and see the overarching story continue to evolve. Little Keida steals the show a little bit.
117 reviews1 follower
April 15, 2022
Too good to end!

I am loving this whole family. Dark, dangerous and ginormous Sol accidentally saves mouthy and brave human Alana but they end up captured in far worse situation. Ok the torture scenes were horrendous for Alana. Seriously JJ your mind is dark, but really good. Author was so descriptive and created such a dark scene that I felt the characters hopelessness and loss, absolutely brilliant. Of course its a HEA story which I like but it's ever evolving with past characters still a big part of the overall story. DaR's sons just get freakier and cooler with each new story. Can't wait to read about the next brother. Just saying there's 22 of them.
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776 reviews13 followers
May 24, 2024
So good !

This book is just as good as all the other books I've read in this series. A human woman that falls for the male that she has met under dire circumstances . I read a review where the reviewer complained about all the errors and grammar errors in the book. I think that reviewer misunderstood some of the words used. Things can be written differently than we are used to reading. I saw a couple errors but nothing that was overwhelming. I plan on reading the rest of the series. I'm glad DaR was written to have 22 sons. That means after reading SoL I have (hopefully )19 books left to read. Whoop whoop !! 😍😎😋
1 review
October 24, 2022
Great book

This is a very good book but needs to have a proofreader come in and clean up a few places to fix words that mean something different than what is trying to be conveyed. A few running sentences and some duplicated words where it appears this just had not been reviewed before being put in circulation.

I love the story, and got wrapped up in the characters saga. I just had a few areas that were still in the draft stage I think, which makes a reader have to do a double take to figure out what is meant.
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315 reviews6 followers
April 2, 2023
When the unexpected happens, grab it by the horns.

Verbena is planning to leave planet ecstasy,to that end, she buys another woman at an auction. All her planning goes out the window when she is caught.
Alana wakes in a strange place. The last thing she remembers is the plane taking to a new job. Escaping the planet with SoL she feels safe until their ship is hijacked.
SoL can't believe his luck. His mate is standing where he awaits an old friend. Escaping and trying to keep them safe is proving harder than he thought.
A must read for all lovers alien worlds.
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Author 10 books233 followers
April 29, 2023
The spiciest couple yet!

“Are you stealing me away to ravish me?” “My little fighter, you can guarantee some misbehaving!”

This one quickly became my new favorite! It is such a sweet romance and SoL just stole my heart! The story calls them horns, but when Alana is involved they act more like tentacle play and I'm here for it. I'm loving the world Jennifer created here and am excited to read the next one! Was there any doubt? Love this series, go forth and read, but definitely start from book 1!
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83 reviews
July 23, 2023
I love it!

Ahhhh I’m enjoying this series way too much 😝. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the author really knows what she’s doing. I don’t know how she keeps up with the timeline so that all the books just flow into one big ol’ story. It it were me I would have been so confused! I’m loooooving all the characters and I honestly couldn’t wait to read Sol’s story. She came up with a completely new storyline that even now I’m shook about. The author’s imagination knows no bounds and I’m forever grateful. Highly recommend!
691 reviews3 followers
February 6, 2025
SoL

This is the third book in the House of DaR series. They can be read alone but they do build on each other, so in order is best. This one lost a star because of the numerous errors and the e book misses pieces of orange sons here and there.
The story itself is wonderful and HOT! Alana is on the plane that got stolen in the Bermuda Triangle. Along with the ad things that happen to her she also meets SoL, who rescues her.
Keidra, a little girl, is priceless!
These books are pure escapism and just what this crazy time needs.
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47 reviews
January 3, 2023
One of my favorite monster love story

This starts off as one alien/girl buys a human to replace her so she can escape her life but it all goes sideways when the assassin she has been hiding from finds her.
So Alana is thrust into SoL's arms as she pretends to be Vereen. And the legs or death struggle begins.
I love that through the terrible parts you know there will be a happy ending.
132 reviews
May 30, 2023
Disappointing

The 1st in the series was good. The second, not so much. I had already bought this one so went on with it. The downward spiral of the series continued. This one just seemed childish and too unbelievable even for aliens. I ended up skimming the last 30% due to this. I'll check my library an if I've already bought the next, I'll try to read it. If not, I'm not buying it.
95 reviews1 follower
March 23, 2022
LOVED LOVED LOVED IT

I hope you write a book about all the brothers…I read this one in one go …I was a little tired at work 😀 The pics in the book are great…the pic on the cover of the book was a little disappointing, it looks very cartoonish …my friend wasn’t even interested in it until I told her not to judge the book by its cover…she loved it…Thank you
42 reviews
March 28, 2022
Don't read if you have stuff to do

This is the 3rd book of the series and I have to say it gets better and better. I love the way that author interweaves the characters into the main story of the 1st novel. The character development is amazing the story is sometimes hard to read but sometimes amazing to read in the end. Would highly recommend this author as she does it all.
1,554 reviews12 followers
April 22, 2022
Oh My Goodness

I have enjoyed all of the books in this series. SoL is on his way to rescue a friend. Before he can get her safely on his ship they are both kidnapped and tortured. Loved catching up with the couples from the previous books. Kedia, Sol's niece and Dar's granddaughter is so sweet. Kudos to the author great work. 👏👏👏.
87 reviews
January 11, 2023
Enough

Please stop with the aliens speaking like guys in a bar. Ok babe. Part of the fantasy is aliens are not the regular earth guys. Also I have a really hard time with giants mating with humans. Some size difference is expected but come on. Hope the next book is more like the first one.
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1,437 reviews
April 15, 2023
I totally enjoyed this book. Alana and SoL are a couple that clicked from the time they met while he was trying to rescue his females friend who was trying to get Alana to replace her so she could escape the brothel outpost. Instead they are captured and fight the ugly shadow aliens who want to know what they know.
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169 reviews2 followers
June 24, 2023
This was a pretty good read, but my Least favourite of the 2 previous books

For me the best part about this book was catching up with the previous couples. DaR//Kira , XuL/ Brittany and their adorable daughter who at only 3 has all these huge alien uncles wrapped round her little finger.

Look forward to reading SoL’s story next.
110 reviews1 follower
February 27, 2024
Marvelous!

Third book in this series of 10 that I can see. Each book is about Dar' s boys, with the start with him. The part I really enjoy is the pictures that show what the author is writing about. It helps me understand what she sees in her story.
Thanks so much for this wonderful world you have built.
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54 reviews
March 23, 2022
Anybody, please help me. I want a new book, now.... Its terrible to want on a new book, when it should have been here yesterday.
This book, nr 3, is about a new human girl who is bought on the slave marked, and she meets SoL. OMG, its so HOT! I read the book at once, couldnt but it down.
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171 reviews1 follower
March 26, 2022
great series

Though these abduction stories are quite graphic, complete with evil aliens, it made the hero’s shine even more! How intrepid our female heroines are in their quest for survival in a very brutal and violent alien world. Thought provoking for me. Well done !
333 reviews5 followers
March 27, 2022
Loved It!

Alana and Sol are two tortured souls that heal one another. I have been eagerly away another book about Dar’s sons and this one was worth the wait. I’m anxious to see in the future books what the update will be on our rapidly expanding family!!
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