Chasing Tails

Mated to the Araced Pirates

by Kaylee Pike

Not all aliens have tails, but the ones who do are extra fun.

This anthology contains all five novellas in the Araced Pirates series, as well as Halloween Mischief, which is a related story. (Only three of the guys have tails, but don’t worry, the other two aliens have other good qualities!)

I Bit Him, So He’s Mine
Marigold Wong has been kidnapped, and she’s not going to go down easily. The first step to escape: fight off her captor, a giant Tholkon pirate who keeps giving her his kitten. Should be easy enough, right?

I Caught Him, So He’s Mine
Nova Paramar is one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy for a reason — she always finds her mark. But this time, the Araced pirate on her list comes with unexpected complications: a broken ship, a wild brawl, and an unexpected attraction.

I Bought Him, So He’s Mine
When Aurelia spots a dangerous thug who is after her, she takes the only escape route she can think of — she bids on an even more dangerous looking man in the charity dating auction she’s supposed to be helping with.

I Touched Him, So He’s Mine
When a couple of incompetent pirates deliver a human prisoner on Voltoi’s doorstep, he’s more concerned with how they learned about his secret kink. But he soon discovers that she may be the key to reversing the painful psychological response he has to touch, if he can just convince her to help him.

Content: 18+ This series contains explicit alien sexytimes, a bit of kinky fun, and some characters dealing with childhood and more recent trauma.

589 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 29, 2022

Reviews

[kymagirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun and amazing collection of all the Mated to the Araced Pirates books, plus Halloween Mischief. So easy having all the books in one bundle to read the books in series order and ‘get’ the overarching storyline. Sweet, hot, sexy goodness with aliens with tails that know how to use them!

I Bit Him, So He’s Mine – Iahlo and Marigold

Marigold (h) believes she’s been kidnapped by pirates and at the first opportunity goes into attack mode biting Iahlo (H), a Tholkon. She unknowingly gives him a mate mark stirring his need to claim her as his soulmate. The action and adventure features threats and challenges that will find some role-reversal and exploration of what family really is. Can’t go wrong with a blue alien with special eggplant for sexy scenes! Great world building and enjoyable characters in this short hot and steamy quickie romance. Sweet and spicy start to kick things off.

I Caught Him, So He’s Mine – Ehnai and Nova

Nova (h), a bounty hunter, is after Ehnai (H), an Araced pirate, whom she's ultimately supposed to deliver to The Duke. Missing Iahlo, Ehnai finds himself drugged and imprisoned aboard Nova's ship. The pair are attracted to one another and it's not long before the action moves into the hot and steamy realm. As their relationship develops, Nova will have to rethink what she's been told about Ehnai and who she can trust. Can’t go wrong with a red-orange alien with a tail for sexy scenes! Great world building and enjoyable characters in this short hot and steamy quickie romance. Sweet and spicy quickie with all of our favorite characters!

I Bought Him, So He’s Mine – Ghin and Aurelia

Aurelia (h) visits a friend on a remote space station to avoid hired thugs working for a cheating ex who can't take no for an answer. Ghin (H), a red pansexual Araced with a tail, agrees to take part in a friend’s charity auction. Aurelia places the winning bid for Ghin, but to his disappointment she seems to have no interest in him. As they spend more time together, things get ultra-hot and steamy between the two as they explore their desires and kins with one another, even if there is a time limit for their relationship. Action and intrigue with hot and steamy goodness in this alien quickie!

I Touched Him, So He’s Mine - Voltoi and Willow

Willow (h)is having a bad day which goes even further downhill when she's kidnapped by The Duke's thugs and delivered as a gift to Voltoi (H), a red Araced with a tail. Voltoi isn't thrilled that anyone knows about his proclivity to keep a secret menagerie in his secret penthouse. He suffers from an allodynia-like condition that causes him intense pain if someone else touches him, so when Willow touches him and there's no pain, he's obviously curious. As the pair get to know one another, the sexual tension between the two builds until things get ultra-hot and steamy between the two as they explore their desires and kinks with one another, including toys, BDSM, and more. Fun alien quickie with family and friends reunions and HEA.

Halloween Mischief - Dalko, Luna, Mags, and Midnight

Dalko (H), a green alien with four arms, shows up with Mags, a twelve-year old girl, at a house on Halloween night where they meet Luna (h). Thinking he’s a threat, Luna tases him and then finds herself embroiled in their plans to elude The Duke’s minions and escape to a ship that will take them to sanctuary. Dalko realizes that the more he’s around Lune, the more in danger of a mate bond forming, but it’s hard for the pair to contain their attraction for one another. Ultra-hot and steamy sexiness with some kink play thrown in – edging, toys, and more. Halloween hotness!

[Karen Nastasio · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great collection of books that will have the reader flipping through the pages and take you on a fun ride.
Book 1
This was a quick and easy read and at times I laughed out loud at the antics these two got up too. Marigold Witherspoon is on a mission to bring down and prosecute Slave traffickers that’s why she on this space station. Now she has been cornered by some aliens in a side alley and is abducted and wonders where she will end up. Iahlo is on a mission to track down Marigold Witherspoon and give her good news but it all goes terribly wrong and they end up kidnapping her instead and now she is very stressed and he offers his pet cat for her to hold to try calming her down. Stuck with these alien men and the one named Iahlo keeps giving me his cat to hold and it is a cute cat and he is sexy for an alien but I cannot get involved. The more time they spend together the closer they get and it isn’t long before they cross the line and she finds out that if she bites him he will belong to her it’s a custom in his race. Does she bite him and take him as her mate and do they have a HEA or not.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Book 2
This was quite an enjoyable book the main characters had me laughing at there antics with that be said Nova is a Bounty Hunter and is very good at her job and latest job is to bring Ehnai the Araced Pirate to the Duke and when she finds him she drugs him and is now on her ship held in the cells. Her only issue is that he is so sexy and charming she is finding it hard to stay away. Ehnai now finds himself on board the gorgeous and sexy bounty hunters ship Nova must of drugged him and now he must find a way to escape all the while fighting the attraction he has for her. Now stuck in space together it is long before there burning desires for each other blur’s the line and this has Nova wondering who she can trust and who is telling the truth. Loved it.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Book 3
This was a quick but a very enjoyable read and the hot and steamy scenes between our main characters had me staying up late to finish it. Aurelia is hiding from her ex David on Resuppy station and thinks it’s perfect but when his hired thugs who has been searching for her are closing in because he cannot let her go. Now helping her friend out with an auction she see her ex’s thugs and searches for the biggest and scariest alien to bid on so he can keep her safe and now at there date it doesn’t go well and she ends up telling him what is going on and he promises to keep her safe. Gain has auctioned himself i a hope to find love and a mate and when the gorgeous woman bids on him he is excited that she could be the one. But on there date she seems distracted and ends early but not before she tells him of her ex that won’t let her go and so he offers to protect her and keep her safe. There feelings for each other deepens the closer they get and when there desires reach boiling point they steam up the sheets and what a wild time they have together. Can Ghin save Aurelia and have a future together or once she is safe she walks away.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Book 4
I really enjoyed this book about how one little human female can bring a rich alien man to his knees with just a touch. Volkoi owns and runs a Communications company and is very wealthy and this affords him to have a special kind of kink that only a few people in his inner circle know about his Menagerie of living beings and he has just been gifted a gorgeous human female by two Tholkon thugs who know about his needs and now he needs to find out who revealed his secret and why and when she touches me it’s the first time I’m not repulsed or in pain after my childhood trauma but soothed by her touch instead. Willow is having a bad day and to top it off she gets kidnapped by aliens but they where looking for her roommate but took her instead and now she is in a cage with a sexy as sin Alien male looking at her and when she touches him and something changes in the way he looks at her and she is not sure if it’s good or bad. Volkoi wants more from the human Willow then he has ever wanted before and together there nights are so explosively hot that I didn’t want it to end. There is so much more to this book that you’ll enjoy. Great book.

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[Tasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I BIT HIM, SO HES MINE.

I loved reading this short story. It’s well written and tells Mari, Iahlo and Connor’s story. It’s got amazing characters and a happy storyline that sees mum and son reunited years after Conner was taken by slavers. It also sees Iahlo meet his soulmate, Connor’s mum Mari. It has a bit of a dramatic start, a sad and intense middle and a happily ever after ending with steamy scenes throughout. I was absolutely hooked from the start and highly recommended it.


I CAUGHT HIM SO HE’S MINE.

This is a very well written and fast paced romance book. The characters are fantastic, Nova is a feisty female, she may look small and weak but looks are deceiving. Ehnai is protective, possessive and when he first sees Nova he knows she is his. The storyline is amazing with action, danger, passion, steamy scenes and more with a happily ever after ending. Nova is a bounty hunter and her mission is to bring Ehnai in alive. She finds him and gets him onto her ship with the help of a sedative. Ehnai has no plans to stay there and is waiting for the right moment to escape. He finds out that it’s someone very familiar that put a bounty on his head and he definitely doesn’t want to be anywhere near them. He tries to escape and they end up having a strangely erotic flight that damages the ship. With no other option he has to take them to the sanctuary. He just hopes he can convince Nova to never reveal the coordinates of the planet, if he can’t he’s worried that MADIA might do something so that Nova never has the chance to.


I BOUGHT HIM, SO HE’S MINE.

This is a fast paced and very spicy read, and I absolutely loved it. I could not put it down, it really is that awesome. The characters are amazing with scorching hot chemistry from the get go. The storyline is exciting, steamy, spicy with bits of action too. There’s a charity auction, a very reluctant bride, an attempted kidnapping too with a happily ever after ending. Go buy this book now, you won’t regret it.


I TOUCHED HIM, SO HE’S MINE.

I am loving this series so far and this book is no exception. It’s very well written with amazing characters and an awesome storyline. It’s got an abduction, a hero with childhood trauma with a hidden menagerie, fated mates, steamy scenes and more with a happily ever after ending.

Willow is kidnapped and she tries telling them that she not who they think she is. She’s given to an Araced male who likes keeping females locked up. Volkoi is a rich and successful male with a dark secret that only his inner circle knows about. When he’s gifted a human female, he knows his secret is out and he needs to find out how. To make matters even more complicated the human female is his fated mate. She’s angry and he’s worried that she can never give him what he needs, there’s only one way of knowing and he hopes he isn’t making a mistake.


HALLOWEEN MISCHIEF.

This is a sweet story and I enjoyed reading it. It’s well written with a feisty and protective human female, a dominant and protective male alien who is submissive in other aspects, steamy ones and a female human 12 year old that has claimed the male as her dad, no take backs. Honestly there are some funny scenes, some steamy scenes and some heartwarming scenes and altogether this story is about a perfect, if slightly dysfunctional and crazy, family of 3. Definitely a must read!!.


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[Nina Diab · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful series collection! I loved all of them. This collection includes:

I Bit Him, So He's Mine
I Caught Him, So He's Mine
I Bought Him, So He's Mine
I Touched Him, So He's Mine
Halloween Mischief

I Bit Him, So He’s Mine

I loved this book. It was such a fun, quick read. And with an eye-catching title like that, it caught my attention right away! lol Great world building and wonderful characters. The story was enchanting and I couldn't put it down. I completely loved Iahlo, Marigold, and Conner, as well as the other supporting characters. A sweet read. 5 stars.

I Caught Him, So He’s Mine

Great world building and wonderful characters. Ehnai and Nova have such great chemistry and I loved their banter. He is her bounty, so it's an enemies-to-lovers romance, but when they finally gave in to each other, it was scorching! I also loved the supporting characters. This was such a fun, steamy read! 5 stars

I Bought Him, So He’s Mine

I loved this book. It was such a fun read! It was one of my favorites. Great world building and I loved the characters. Ghin and Aurelia made such a great couple. They were opposites but seemed to balance each other out. I was especially charmed by Ghin and couldn't get enough of him. I wish this were longer! 5 stars.

I Touched Him, So He’s Mine

I loved this book! It's my other favorite in the series. Great world building and wonderful characters. The premise of this story is so unique with a male lead that experiences pain [psychologically] from a past trauma. Until he is gifted with a human woman whose touch doesn't hurt him. Such scorching chemistry between Voltoi and Willow! I also really liked Dalko. I couldn't put this book down. 5 stars.

Halloween Mischief

I really enjoyed this book. It was such a fun adventure. Great world building and wonderful characters. I really liked Dalko. There was a light-hearted air to his personality and I loved his banter with Mags. Luna was a great match for him, and despite how they first met, she took a chance to help them. A fun read. 4 stars.

[OneDayI'll · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh?

I was looking for lighthearted fluff after the last book. This wasn't exactly that. Slavery is apparently a thing. No mention of anything besides labor but it's still slavery. And the story involves a child who was kidnapped into slavery when he was 11? I think. One minute the mom talks about him being taken at 11, the next he's mentioned as being 17, but only 3 years have passed? It was confusing. Also, this was stated as being the complete series. But several couples have paired off already. Events are being reminisced about. A revolution is already underway. And it all already is in place or has happened. So there's apparently some books before this one. Due to all that I didn't make it all the way through the first in this set. Hormonally controlled insta-lust that became love rather oddly only after a separation. For a trained therapist she completely ignored her son's valid feelings and comfort. Something anyone who's recovering after slavery would resent being removed from. Basically, it was a mess. But because you barely meet the characters it isn't really worth looking for previous books and unraveling it. And I want to state that we were promised gifted kitties. We were not gifted kitties. One kitty was present and was barely mentioned. Much like Portal cake, the kitties were a lie.

[Georgia Keller-Kruse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good

I really liked these stories, so much so that I went and found the previous collection. However I did take a star off due to all the editing errors. Numerous times characters were called by the wrong names. And there were quite a few punctuation/grammar errors.
I like that the author supports pansexuality but not that all the characters ended up in hetero-normal relationships.
I also like that while there is a lot of sex, those scenes do not take away from the storyline.

[Christina Sneeringer · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like alien romance this series is perfect. Each story is full of relatable fun characters, heart-melting romance, and an overarching story that ties the series to Ms. Pikes' other novels. I love it so much it's hard to pick but the titles of the stories are really what grabbed my attention in the beginning.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Caroline Doig · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 fantastic sexy alien sci-fi romances with these aliens who have tails and who find their forever females.
Book 1 I Bit Him, So He’s Mine: Iahlo’s and Marigold’s story.
Book 2 I Caught Him, So He’s Mine: Ehnai’s and Nova’s story.
Book 3 I Bought Him, So He’s Mine: Ghin’s and Aurelia’s story.
Book 4 I Touched Him, So He’s Mine: Voltoi’s and Willow’s story.
Book 5 Halloween Mischief: Dalko’s and Luna’s story.
I loved these stories and the characters and I highly recommend this book.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five great stories in the Araced Pirates series, the stories are.
I Bit Him, So He’s Mine, Marigold and Iahlo, I Caught Him, So He’s Mine, Nova and Ehnai, I Bought Him, So He’s Mine, Aurelia and Ghin, I Touched Him, So He’s Mine, Willow and Volkoi and Halloween Mischief, Luna, Dalko and twelve year old Mags. The stories where all well written and fun to read.

[Lisa Bing · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a fun and steamy set of stories. Each book was for a different couple and had challenges to each relationship. This is meant to be taken lightly and bring on the heat ;P I found I could connect with the characters and got caught up in the emotions of the dramatic bits. Overall, I really enjoyed this set and look forward to what's next by this author :D

[Tima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun erotic romance alien/human boxset

These stories are all great individually but it’s awesome to have them together for ease of binge reading! My reviews are on the individual books from the first time I read them.

[Esmeralda Silva Tenazinha · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Areced Pirates are something else. You just can't not like them! I enjoyed eavh and every One if this books and in this boxset it's even better, easy access! The stories are fun, hot and very Easy to read. The perfect package for a few data of fun.

[Juanita E. Arp · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this Alien pirates collection, the storylines are awesome and filled with action and adventure. I can't wait to read more from this author. I received this book as a Free ARC copy to read and I voluntarily leave this review.

[Tammy D · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love these stories!! Each one is a great quick read and it's nice to now have them all in one collection. If you enjoy hot spicy aliens then look no further than this collection.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Misti Britnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chasing tails

Interesting stories. Tons of spelling, logic, and grammar errors that need correction. Medium spice. If these were properly edited, they would be worth a second read.

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun and Entertaining

Loved this series that follows the romantic entanglements or a crew of good guy space pirates as they find love among the stars.