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Katzman #2
Dream Mate
Katzman Warrior Trajan Varl was sent to Elquone by his friend, Chellak Rai, to find a doctor for his mate. When Elquone's High Ruler won't let the doctor, Saris, leave without a contract, Trajan has to refuse. His laws don't allow slavery. The High Ruler then reclassifies Saris and he is taken away to be retrained as a pleasure slave. Trajan now has no doctor to take back to Katzman. More than that, Trajan suspects that Saris is his mate. Determined to find out and bring a doctor back as ordered, Trajan breaks into the training facility and rescues Saris, spiriting him off the planet in his ship. When they are attacked, they take an escape pod to a nearby planet. The emotions the mating cycle evokes in both of them threatens to tear them apart before they can even get together, and they are still being hunted. Can Trajan convince Saris to be his mate and save his life, or will he lose his mate before he can even claim him?
Contains male pregnancy
Contains male pregnancy
119 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2009
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247 people want to read
About the author
Stormy Glenn
310 books1,700 followersAbout Me
I believes the only thing sexier than a man in cowboy boots is two, or three men in cowboy boots. I also believes in love at first sight, soul mates, true love, and happy endings.
I live in the great Northwest region of the USA, with my gorgeous husband and soul mate, two boxer/collie puppies, one old biddy cats, and three fish. When I'm not being a mother to my six teenagers or cleaning up after my two 70 pound lap puppies, you can usually find me cuddled in bed with a book in my hand and a puppy in my lap. Or on my laptop, creating the next sexy man for one of my stories.
I welcomes comments from readers, so drop me a line. stormyglenn@hotmail.com
What do I do ?
I'm a writer of erotic, paranormal, werewolf, futuristic, contemporary, gay, and Ménage a Trois romances. I'm currently published with Siren Publishing, Torquere Press, and Noble Ellora's Cave.
I believes the only thing sexier than a man in cowboy boots is two, or three men in cowboy boots. I also believes in love at first sight, soul mates, true love, and happy endings.
I live in the great Northwest region of the USA, with my gorgeous husband and soul mate, two boxer/collie puppies, one old biddy cats, and three fish. When I'm not being a mother to my six teenagers or cleaning up after my two 70 pound lap puppies, you can usually find me cuddled in bed with a book in my hand and a puppy in my lap. Or on my laptop, creating the next sexy man for one of my stories.
I welcomes comments from readers, so drop me a line. stormyglenn@hotmail.com
What do I do ?
I'm a writer of erotic, paranormal, werewolf, futuristic, contemporary, gay, and Ménage a Trois romances. I'm currently published with Siren Publishing, Torquere Press, and Noble Ellora's Cave.
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April 1, 2015
Stormy Glenn is a bit of a conundrum to me. She's not a very good writer, but her stories are interesting. Maybe she's one of those people who would be great at telling a story around a campfire, but she runs into trouble when she has to put the words on paper. I'm constantly finding mistakes in her books, not just typos, but the wrong words being used. For example, she once used "perspective" when the correct word would have been "respective", then used "prospective" when it should have been "perspective". I've also spotted several incomplete sentences. It's frustrating and happens frequently in her books. On top of that, her characters tend to be rather stereotypical and sometimes insulting. I love her ideas, but her writing is so mediocre that I can't in good conscience rate her books any higher than two stars. Are they worth paying money for? Definitely not. But if you can borrow them from a library source or friend and are into m/m (and sometimes m/m/m) paranormal or sci-fi romance, you might enjoy them.
August 30, 2010
Second book in the Katzman series. I liked it but I liked the first book better. I hope Stormy Glenn continues with the series soon.
June 7, 2019
I liked this book even better than the first and that says a lot. Saris was a wonderful mate for a big, strong, warrior and Trajan couldn't agree more. I'm loving all the mpreg aspects, plus Chellak and Demyan had twins! Yay!!
Looking forward to the next book!
Looking forward to the next book!
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March 16, 2010I was really surprised, after reading the previous book and posting about it, to discover that The Katman's Mate was so popular among the M/M romance readers. And no, it was not a surprise due to the fact that the book was not good, as I said in my previous post, despite some typo errors, I really enjoyed that story, but I really thought it was not a story for all. There are some squeack factors that I thought would have taken aback some readers, especially male readers, and instead I have a first hand experience of a male reader who said it loved it... so, maybe, even if I try not to, also I have some preconceived ideas that are wrong.
The Katzman's Mate, and Dream Mate even more, are male pregnancy stories. I couldn't say it clearly in the previous post, since the male pregnancy of the main character was the final surprise of that book, but here instead is the central event and even the starting point: Demyan, mate of the Katzmen ruler, Chellak, is pregnant and he wants a doctor from his own planet. Chellak, who dotes on his mate, sends one of his warrior, Trajan, to fetch a suitable doctor. When Trajan arrives on Elquone and sees for the first time Saris, the chosen doctor, he knows that he has found his mate. Saris was a bruter, a genetically changed man who is able to give birth, but he didn't like the side effect, being a property of the sire of the babies, and chose to be a doctor for them, instead. Even if he doesn't like the idea to be the property of a man, also him recognizes Trajan as his mate, since he is the man he dreams at night.
From this moment on the story follows the usual path: the two fall in love, they have to overcome some perils, in between they have the chance to deepen their relationship, even to "mate" a time or two, and then the happily ever after, with full accessories. Again I think the story is very much as an old classic futuristic romance, when I read story like this one, I always think to Johanna Lindsey and her Warrior's Woman, and it's a compliment I'm paying to the books, I loved that old savage futuristic romance.
What struck me is that a story like this one could be of appeal for a man. All right, I can understand the appealing for a woman, seeing a man going through the labor (pun intended) of a pregnancy is like a little vengeance; no, I don't think it's much the idea to "womanize" the man, it's more a thing of "see what it means?". But for a man? maybe the appeal is the idea that, even if in a fictional way, the men are now independent from women, even for that "little" particular that is pregnancy (again reverse pun intended).
What probably it's less "squick" here than in the previous story, is that Saris is a little less feminine; not in body, he is, like Demyan, lithe, small and beautiful, almost cute like Trajan thinks, but at least in behavior he is stronger; he is also more independent than Demyan, he has a strong core that let me think that he would be able to take care of himself even alone, something that I didn't feel for Demyan.
Anyway, again, the story was surprisingly easy to read, and this comes from someone like me that usually is not very fond of Futuristic/Fantasy setting. Truth be told, I was expecting a sequel to the previous book with the two main characters of before as central characters here, and instead this second book is focused on another couple... nevermind, we have still the chance to see what happened to Demyan and Chellak, and from the plan of this story, I think that the author is not yet finished, there are at least 2 other men that could probably be future main characters in other sequels.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/160601790X/?...
The Katzman's Mate, and Dream Mate even more, are male pregnancy stories. I couldn't say it clearly in the previous post, since the male pregnancy of the main character was the final surprise of that book, but here instead is the central event and even the starting point: Demyan, mate of the Katzmen ruler, Chellak, is pregnant and he wants a doctor from his own planet. Chellak, who dotes on his mate, sends one of his warrior, Trajan, to fetch a suitable doctor. When Trajan arrives on Elquone and sees for the first time Saris, the chosen doctor, he knows that he has found his mate. Saris was a bruter, a genetically changed man who is able to give birth, but he didn't like the side effect, being a property of the sire of the babies, and chose to be a doctor for them, instead. Even if he doesn't like the idea to be the property of a man, also him recognizes Trajan as his mate, since he is the man he dreams at night.
From this moment on the story follows the usual path: the two fall in love, they have to overcome some perils, in between they have the chance to deepen their relationship, even to "mate" a time or two, and then the happily ever after, with full accessories. Again I think the story is very much as an old classic futuristic romance, when I read story like this one, I always think to Johanna Lindsey and her Warrior's Woman, and it's a compliment I'm paying to the books, I loved that old savage futuristic romance.
What struck me is that a story like this one could be of appeal for a man. All right, I can understand the appealing for a woman, seeing a man going through the labor (pun intended) of a pregnancy is like a little vengeance; no, I don't think it's much the idea to "womanize" the man, it's more a thing of "see what it means?". But for a man? maybe the appeal is the idea that, even if in a fictional way, the men are now independent from women, even for that "little" particular that is pregnancy (again reverse pun intended).
What probably it's less "squick" here than in the previous story, is that Saris is a little less feminine; not in body, he is, like Demyan, lithe, small and beautiful, almost cute like Trajan thinks, but at least in behavior he is stronger; he is also more independent than Demyan, he has a strong core that let me think that he would be able to take care of himself even alone, something that I didn't feel for Demyan.
Anyway, again, the story was surprisingly easy to read, and this comes from someone like me that usually is not very fond of Futuristic/Fantasy setting. Truth be told, I was expecting a sequel to the previous book with the two main characters of before as central characters here, and instead this second book is focused on another couple... nevermind, we have still the chance to see what happened to Demyan and Chellak, and from the plan of this story, I think that the author is not yet finished, there are at least 2 other men that could probably be future main characters in other sequels.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/160601790X/?...
July 23, 2011
I think I enjoyed this second book in the Katzman series a little better than the first. I liked the two main characters, Trajan and Saris/Sari. They were both fiercely strong and passionate in their beliefs in different ways. The roles of rescuer and rescuee ended up getting switched around. This was actually a pleasant change of pace if not somewhat unbelievable at times. As with many relationships, these two stumbled over communication and therefore wasted time worrying and feeling bad. I liked the connection back to the first book so that we get to see a continuation of the relationship between Chellak and Demyan. All in, I liked it and chose to overlook the editing issues. I’m interested in seeing what happens with Anjali (introduced in this story) in the next book.
May 21, 2014
Saris is great. Capable, no-nonsense, self-sufficient.
I liked this one too, as the quick, sweet story it is.
Many of the things wrong with the first volume reappear (though not all) and Trajan may not be the brightest pebble in the pond, but I don’t really care.
It was nice.
I liked this one too, as the quick, sweet story it is.
Many of the things wrong with the first volume reappear (though not all) and Trajan may not be the brightest pebble in the pond, but I don’t really care.
It was nice.
January 13, 2011
The first one I read a while ago and wasn't really impressed. This one was better, but again it had that annoying part where the guys didn't talk and pouted. I didn't like the sudden throw of information that wasn't previously mentioned nor especially clarified in this book. Also, the birth thing was rushed and not satisfying at all. I mean I have no idea how bruter give birth, I want details even if they are gross. Still I am intrigued enough to want to read the next book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 14, 2012
typical stormy glenn romance. nothing fantastic, nothing so bad it can't be finished. what is typical stormy glenn? imagine a shorter harlequin romance but with no t&a (see, i was going to write no surprise pregnancies, but... yeah.).
laziness dictates i will use this as my template for all books by the following authors unless a book is remarkably good/bad :
stormy glenn
lynn hagen
scarlet hyacinth
joyee flynn
carol lynne
gabrielle evans
laziness dictates i will use this as my template for all books by the following authors unless a book is remarkably good/bad :
stormy glenn
lynn hagen
scarlet hyacinth
joyee flynn
carol lynne
gabrielle evans
August 12, 2013
I'm gonna go with a 3.5 for this one this time. Though a little longer technically, it felt shorter. It was sweet, and a little funny and I liked Trajans vulnerability, but he seemed a little inept at times for a fabled Katzman warrior. Still for the second time around I enjoyed it as much as the first time.
July 2, 2011
Read as part of my July Category Challenge. I am really enjoying this series. Saris and Trajan were good together. I thought it hilarious that Saris actually thought he was in control of his emotions. He was just as emotional as Trajan. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
May 23, 2012
aside from the minor mistakes of using the wrong name when a character is taking or replying...that plot was okay.
the constant appearance of the characters name in each sentence was kind of exsessive.
the constant appearance of the characters name in each sentence was kind of exsessive.
June 14, 2013
This gets so ridiculously sappy at the end, I'm rather embarrassed to have read it. The kind of embarrassment that makes you shifty just looking at someone else, knowing you've just read something that is simply too corny to sit well.
On a somewhat unrelated note, I'm hating these book covers.
On a somewhat unrelated note, I'm hating these book covers.
May 22, 2011
The plot is simple, the rescue was ridiculously easy, but over all the writing is better than in the first volume.
July 22, 2012
More like 3,5 stars but I love mpreg.
September 23, 2011
I like how the alien males can get pregnant.
September 2, 2013
It wasn't half bad, no, not at all. I like Saris. He's intelligent and not passive, brave. Want to see Karis to find his own mate.
March 6, 2014
why do I keep doing this to myself?
April 13, 2015
Very enjoyable.
November 15, 2010
very good furry book. SF and mpreg too.
December 3, 2010
2.5 stars
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