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Tales Of The Shareem #4
Calder
Medic Katarina d'Arnal moves to the slums to work in a free clinic and ends up drawing the job of inoculating Shareem. The first Shareem who shows up is the Calder, a level three, muffled from head to foot, refusing to bare even an inch of skin. He's used to an elderly medic who jabs him and lets him go, not the pretty, young highborn woman who wants to do everything by the book.
Calder hides himself because, unlike the rest of the Shareem—the handsome, arrogant, a-holes—Calder is scarred all over, the result of a plasma fire years ago. He's learned that women crave to be with him, as hideous as he is, and he's created a world where they can indulge in their darkest fantasies with the Beast. He give them an exotic experience with a capital E.
But this woman, Katarina, looks at Calder the man, and wants to know all about him. Calder decides to show her what he is when she's tricked into visiting his lair—but Katarina keeps insisting on touching his burned face with her gentle fingers, trying to find the man behind the tormented Beast.
Calder knows if he lets her in to what he truly is, it will be the end of him . . .
Tales of the Shareem: Calder (Book 4) is a novel of 50,000 words, fourteen chapters.
Calder hides himself because, unlike the rest of the Shareem—the handsome, arrogant, a-holes—Calder is scarred all over, the result of a plasma fire years ago. He's learned that women crave to be with him, as hideous as he is, and he's created a world where they can indulge in their darkest fantasies with the Beast. He give them an exotic experience with a capital E.
But this woman, Katarina, looks at Calder the man, and wants to know all about him. Calder decides to show her what he is when she's tricked into visiting his lair—but Katarina keeps insisting on touching his burned face with her gentle fingers, trying to find the man behind the tormented Beast.
Calder knows if he lets her in to what he truly is, it will be the end of him . . .
Tales of the Shareem: Calder (Book 4) is a novel of 50,000 words, fourteen chapters.
230 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 25, 2013
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Allyson James
46 books1,331 followersAllyson James writes paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and erotic romance (paranormal and futuristic). She is a nationally bestselling author, a multiple RITA nominee, an RT Award winner, and a Prism winner. She also writes romance (paranormal and historical) as Jennifer Ashley. See Allyson's website for current and upcoming books. See also Allyson's GoodReads bookshelves for all books under all pseudonyms.
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June 14, 2018
My favourite book of the series is an alternative story of the Beauty and the Beast.
Calder, a Level 3 Shareem, is horribly scarred after a fire in the lab where they were performing experiments on him years ago. Now that all Shareems are free, Calder is a well paid manwhore. Many rich woman pay him in order to have sex with him, the ugly beast. And he understands women, he knows what they want and he offers it to them.
After all that what he has experienced, Calder is scared of clinics, experiments and needles. Medic Katarina d'Arnal' job is to inoculate Shareems. When Calder refuses to be examined, Katarina decides to find out who this guy is really. And help him. Even if he does not want to be helped.
Calder, a Level 3 Shareem, is horribly scarred after a fire in the lab where they were performing experiments on him years ago. Now that all Shareems are free, Calder is a well paid manwhore. Many rich woman pay him in order to have sex with him, the ugly beast. And he understands women, he knows what they want and he offers it to them.
After all that what he has experienced, Calder is scared of clinics, experiments and needles. Medic Katarina d'Arnal' job is to inoculate Shareems. When Calder refuses to be examined, Katarina decides to find out who this guy is really. And help him. Even if he does not want to be helped.
March 3, 2014
Nothing satisfies quite like a mysterious tortured hero...
CALDER
a.k.a The Beast: Level Three Shareem
This aversion to nudity does not serve him well when he checks into the clinic for his required inoculations. The pretty little doctor working at the slum clinic insists that he disrobe for a full exam. Naturally, Calder refuses. He rips the hypo from her hand, inoculates himself, then storms out of the clinic leaving a baffled Dr. Katarina d'Arnal behind.
KATARINA
a.k.a. Dr. Katarina d'Arnal
As I said, the wait-list to be hunted by the BEAST is a mile long, but meddling Dr. Angelica Laas (who we've known from previous books) decides to play match-maker. She hack's Calder's database and inserts a listing for little miss Katarina. She then sends a transmission to the clinic Dr. d'Arnal works at and informs them that someone is in need of medical attention at Calder's address. You see where this is going?
Once Katarina realizes that she's been set up in this erotic situation with the Shareem she has been dreaming about, she willingly submits herself to the dark and to the desires of the BEAST...
**sigh**
I've got mixed feelings with this one folks. A few things bothered me about this installment in the Tales of the Shareem Series:
Insta-Love has been a near constant in this series, and I've been more-or-less cool with it. The heroines always seem to fall in love very quickly with their Shareem, but for some reason, Katarina seemed to fall extra hard, extra fast...
Maybe I feel this way because because I loved the connection between Ky & Aiden in the last book? Their connection grew over twenty years, so the love seemed more real/deep to me?
In addition, Calder's mood swings kind of drove me nuts. One second he was so sure that he wanted Katarina, the next he was running away and hiding in his lair for weeks. There's a difference between "broken" and "childish".
That being said, once the emotion started pouring honestly from both main characters, the book became immensely enjoyable! Calder and Katarina were a little awkward in the beginning, but once all the petty behavior was set aside, and the real conflicts began to occur... Wow.
This story Features:
oral sex,
vaginal sex,
anal sex,
captive fantasies,
light bondage,
spanking,
whipping,
MFM menage,
& Double penetration...
Some of My Favorite Moments:
“This is Calder, sweetheart,” Braden said. “One of the best level threes ever made. Means he’s gentle as a kitten one minute, dangerous as a desert tiger the next. You never know what he’s going to do.”Calder was a wonderfully crafted character. The author had set up his mysterious and foreboding persona in the the previous books. He was more intriguing than any other Shareem by the time we got to his book.
But that made him more exciting.
CALDER
a.k.a The Beast: Level Three Shareem
Braden on Calder: "...Forget about Calder, sweetheart. He’s . . . Put it this way—when he got burned he went to a bad place, and I don’t mean the DNAmo lab. He never really recovered. There’s a darkness to him that a pretty lady like you doesn’t need to touch. He’s taken level three to a height even I don’t understand. And I’m pretty bad-ass.”We knew that Calder was disfigured by a fire when he was being experimented on at DNAmo. We also know that Dr. Laas saved him, but that he had not mentally recovered from the incident. He covered himself head to toe in black robes and goggles, allowing no one to see his mangled skin.
This aversion to nudity does not serve him well when he checks into the clinic for his required inoculations. The pretty little doctor working at the slum clinic insists that he disrobe for a full exam. Naturally, Calder refuses. He rips the hypo from her hand, inoculates himself, then storms out of the clinic leaving a baffled Dr. Katarina d'Arnal behind.
KATARINA
a.k.a. Dr. Katarina d'Arnal
She suddenly understood the complete appeal of Shareem, why women would pay fortunes for an appointment with Calder.Calder has a gimmick to cope with his disfigurement, he has created a pleasure palace where he hunts his prey in the dark. He capitalizes on wealthy women's captive fantasies, and makes a ton of money doing it. There's a waiting list a mile long to get in. And once you're in Calder's lair there's no safe word, no mercy... He will hunt you, he will find you, and you'll learn what it is like to be with the BEAST.
Shareem would do anything in the name of pleasure. And there was a hint of uncertainty about how far they would go.
As I said, the wait-list to be hunted by the BEAST is a mile long, but meddling Dr. Angelica Laas (who we've known from previous books) decides to play match-maker. She hack's Calder's database and inserts a listing for little miss Katarina. She then sends a transmission to the clinic Dr. d'Arnal works at and informs them that someone is in need of medical attention at Calder's address. You see where this is going?
Once Katarina realizes that she's been set up in this erotic situation with the Shareem she has been dreaming about, she willingly submits herself to the dark and to the desires of the BEAST...
**sigh**
I've got mixed feelings with this one folks. A few things bothered me about this installment in the Tales of the Shareem Series:
Insta-Love has been a near constant in this series, and I've been more-or-less cool with it. The heroines always seem to fall in love very quickly with their Shareem, but for some reason, Katarina seemed to fall extra hard, extra fast...
Maybe I feel this way because because I loved the connection between Ky & Aiden in the last book? Their connection grew over twenty years, so the love seemed more real/deep to me?
In addition, Calder's mood swings kind of drove me nuts. One second he was so sure that he wanted Katarina, the next he was running away and hiding in his lair for weeks. There's a difference between "broken" and "childish".
That being said, once the emotion started pouring honestly from both main characters, the book became immensely enjoyable! Calder and Katarina were a little awkward in the beginning, but once all the petty behavior was set aside, and the real conflicts began to occur... Wow.
This story Features:
oral sex,
vaginal sex,
anal sex,
captive fantasies,
light bondage,
spanking,
whipping,
MFM menage,
& Double penetration...
Some of My Favorite Moments:
December 18, 2010
I can't help it, I have a thing for tortured and damaged heroes. Calder is the ultimate tortured Shareem, and he has the scars to prove it. Luckily for him, fate puts Dr. Katarina d'Arnal in his life - and the rest is history. ;)
After being slightly disappointed with the last installments in the Tales of the Shareem series, I'm glad to say that I enjoyed Calder as much as Rees. I still think that Ms. James spends too many lines recapping former heroes' stories and that's annoying. I've read their books and I don't need a reminder of past events, especially when they don't have anything to do with the current story. As for those who haven't read the previous books, having them spoiled like that isn't exactly conducive to enticing them to read them anytime soon.
Aside from that, I really liked this book. I was ready to give up on this series, but now I hope Ms. James keeps writing it. Braden certainly deserves to have his own book. If she writes it, I'll read it.
After being slightly disappointed with the last installments in the Tales of the Shareem series, I'm glad to say that I enjoyed Calder as much as Rees. I still think that Ms. James spends too many lines recapping former heroes' stories and that's annoying. I've read their books and I don't need a reminder of past events, especially when they don't have anything to do with the current story. As for those who haven't read the previous books, having them spoiled like that isn't exactly conducive to enticing them to read them anytime soon.
Aside from that, I really liked this book. I was ready to give up on this series, but now I hope Ms. James keeps writing it. Braden certainly deserves to have his own book. If she writes it, I'll read it.
September 25, 2013
3 1/2 round up to 4. Scif erotica with Bioengineered Doms. That's what a level 3 like Calder was designed to be. Along with being incredibly endowed enough to ruin a woman for a normal man ;). This has probably been my favorite Shareem book. Some world building scifi but the main emphasis is the relationship. I found the sex scenes hot and panty melting. There's a little something for everyone :). The menage scene was my favorite. . I love that poor tortured Calder could get his HEA. The books are a bit repetitive but I'm definitely continuing with the series. A few editing errors but very minor. If you are looking for an epic SciFi saga- this isn't it, but if you are looking for some scorching sex scenes set in a SciFi world with hot bio engineered alpha males then this book will melt your panties . Enjoy :D
January 6, 2018
Beauty and the Beast story
I don't think you need to read the previous books in the series in order to understand this one, but I don't think it would hurt. I did have to read a few of the sentences over again to understand this book so maybe reading them in order would've helped me a little bit, but I was able to follow along with the story for the most part.
It reminds me of a cross between Beauty and the Beast and Laurann Donner's New Species series. I like the interaction between Katarina and Calder. The sex scenes were especially hot. I guess Allyson James aso writes under the name Jennifer Ashley and those books are a little more historical romance and less erotica, but I am glad she writes sexy books under this penname!!!
I don't think you need to read the previous books in the series in order to understand this one, but I don't think it would hurt. I did have to read a few of the sentences over again to understand this book so maybe reading them in order would've helped me a little bit, but I was able to follow along with the story for the most part.
It reminds me of a cross between Beauty and the Beast and Laurann Donner's New Species series. I like the interaction between Katarina and Calder. The sex scenes were especially hot. I guess Allyson James aso writes under the name Jennifer Ashley and those books are a little more historical romance and less erotica, but I am glad she writes sexy books under this penname!!!
September 18, 2015
Oh Calder, I'm so glad that we didn't have to wait for your story! You have my heart and soul and you are my favorite so far. Every inch of your story was heartbreaking and I wanted to be Katarina so bad so I could be the one to love you! This read very much like a beauty and the beast retelling and it was wonderful in scale! Honestly I cried so much reading this book! I didn't expect Calder to be more of a Dom, but it also worked that deep down inside he just wanted to love him woman!
May 12, 2015
Calder. Oh my how I was looking forward to his story and he did not disappoint. Tortured hero. The Beast. A man who thinks that nobody could possibly love him and that women only want him because he can show them their greatest desires and their greatest fears all rolled into one. Calder is hiding from the world because he believes he does not belong in it.
Enter Katarina. A heart of gold and a massive capacity to love. She does not judge people until she knows them, this uniqueness makes her popular among the Shareem but she can't get the first Shareem she met out of her mind.
This is off world Beauty and the Beast. I loved it. This book is a little darker than the others but I really enjoyed it, still easy reading.
Another 3.5 yummy Calder stars.
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February 27, 2013Calder has been republished as an ebook as of Feb 23, 2013. I love this guy! (Allyson posting as Jennifer)
April 21, 2017
Loved it. Pretty much all smut, but I'm such a sucker for a good Beauty and the Beast Story. The HEA for these two was just so sweet.
June 8, 2014
Favorite of the Series
CALDER is the fourth book in the Tales of the Shareem series. The series is erotic romance. The sex is more graphic and exotic than the normal romance including m/m/f scenes. The Shareem are a genetically engineered group of men who were created and experimented upon with the purpose of creating sex slaves. The Shareem have been freed from the company that created them but are second class citizens on their home planet.
Calder is a unique Shareem. He was almost killed during an experiment gone wrong and bears serious scars over most of his body as a result. Calder has created a persona for himself as the Beast. He has a dark lair where he satisfies that dark fantasies of the women who hire him. Calder's one rule is that a woman comes to his lair only once and them is never permitted to return.
Katarina d'Arnal is a medic who has come to work in the slums. She meets Calder when he comes for his scheduled inoculations. Soon she is involved with Calder.
I loved this story. Calder is a angst filled hero and there is a definite beauty and the beast vibe here. This book is more emotional and living than the other books in the series because from the start Katarina is concerned about Calder as a man. Calder's back story is interesting and kept me turning the pages. He is unique even amongst the Shareem and I found the story more romantic.
I'd rate this one a 4.5
CALDER is the fourth book in the Tales of the Shareem series. The series is erotic romance. The sex is more graphic and exotic than the normal romance including m/m/f scenes. The Shareem are a genetically engineered group of men who were created and experimented upon with the purpose of creating sex slaves. The Shareem have been freed from the company that created them but are second class citizens on their home planet.
Calder is a unique Shareem. He was almost killed during an experiment gone wrong and bears serious scars over most of his body as a result. Calder has created a persona for himself as the Beast. He has a dark lair where he satisfies that dark fantasies of the women who hire him. Calder's one rule is that a woman comes to his lair only once and them is never permitted to return.
Katarina d'Arnal is a medic who has come to work in the slums. She meets Calder when he comes for his scheduled inoculations. Soon she is involved with Calder.
I loved this story. Calder is a angst filled hero and there is a definite beauty and the beast vibe here. This book is more emotional and living than the other books in the series because from the start Katarina is concerned about Calder as a man. Calder's back story is interesting and kept me turning the pages. He is unique even amongst the Shareem and I found the story more romantic.
I'd rate this one a 4.5
November 21, 2011
Ahhh Calder. You are my favourite by far!!
Calder is a great character and we really get to know him. From his kind soul to the lonely shareem he has made himself. We figure out why he is always covered and how much he hates that! Really deep down hates it! We all know he is whore and has freaky women running after him.
Katarina. She is great! A doctor who throws sterotypes to the wind and does what her heart tells her. She is strong and resilient and really puts the hard yards in where Calder is concerned.
I really connected with him and i completely understood why he didn't want her to help. He didn't feel worthy or her. I think in the end that was what it was. He didn't feel worthy of the treatment or the time and effort she would be put in, or mostly of her wanting to be with him and loving him.
This is by far the best and hottest book in the series!
Calder is a great character and we really get to know him. From his kind soul to the lonely shareem he has made himself. We figure out why he is always covered and how much he hates that! Really deep down hates it! We all know he is whore and has freaky women running after him.
Katarina. She is great! A doctor who throws sterotypes to the wind and does what her heart tells her. She is strong and resilient and really puts the hard yards in where Calder is concerned.
I really connected with him and i completely understood why he didn't want her to help. He didn't feel worthy or her. I think in the end that was what it was. He didn't feel worthy of the treatment or the time and effort she would be put in, or mostly of her wanting to be with him and loving him.
This is by far the best and hottest book in the series!
January 4, 2016
Not sure how to rate it, so I went with a 3 star. In general I liked this one, with the hero being a science experiment, the power-difference between the heroine and the hero, and the beauty & the beast style story... but I thought the "fixing" was completely unnecessary, and also the way it was done without his permission... uhmmm.... that certainly bothered me and his reaction to it was confusing and weird. The bdsm wasn't too bad, so I actually somewhat enjoyed the sex scenes, but I mostly read this for the previously mentioned tropes, and the "needs to have sexual release often otherwise dies" thing. So sexy :3
December 31, 2014
I loved Calder and Katarina. Calder has suffered so much pain in his life, and then comes Katarina, his healer and his love. The other Shareem play parts in bringing these two together, which is fun.
The Shareem books are erotica, with good stories, good back stories, strong men and strong women - who find each other and fall in love. But you have to remember the word EROTICA - if you don't want intense sex often filled with domination, don't choose these books. If you do, try this series - I think you'll be glad you did.
The Shareem books are erotica, with good stories, good back stories, strong men and strong women - who find each other and fall in love. But you have to remember the word EROTICA - if you don't want intense sex often filled with domination, don't choose these books. If you do, try this series - I think you'll be glad you did.
October 24, 2015
The mysterious beast Shareem. Once aging this author keeps the series new and fresh. This follows Calder the secretive Shareem. He had it tough in the labs so now he does all he can to control situations. He meets a new medic who plays by the rules and he doesn't like it.
Will this bossy medic tame the beast? A must read!!
Will this bossy medic tame the beast? A must read!!
December 23, 2011
Calder was my favorite out of this series, I think because he was so tortured and yet had such a gentle side to him. I fell in love with himr.
January 6, 2013
Hot, sexy and just sooo very steamy. Loved every bit of this book.
November 10, 2014
3.5 stars for me. It was 100% erotica. While the sex was naughty and there was lots of steam, the storyline was just ok for me. I dont think I will personally continue this series.
August 30, 2016
Not a review, note to self: not for me.
November 4, 2021
I was surprised by how good this book was. It had some really interesting world building that made it more interesting than a lot of other sci-fi smut out there. The setting is a planet where society is run by women, with very few men left. A group of men had been enhanced in the past for the purpose of pleasuring women, but as society changes, visiting the Shareem became taboo and, while still popular, was done in secret.
The main story is a "beauty and beast" type one. Calder became covered in scars after being caught in a fire, and as a non-beautiful level 3 Shareem, gains the moniker "Beast" and women visit him when they wish to be dominated by a "monster". Unlike other women, Katarina sees past what Calder presents to the outside world and treats him like an actual person.
There's definitely a lot of smut in here, but there's actually an interesting plot to go with it, which it often hard to find. I jumped into the series at this book, and although there are characters mentioned that obviously came from previous books, everyone was introduced and described well enough in here that I was never confused about what was going on. I thought this worked fine as a standalone, but because it was so good, I'll probably go back and read the books I missed before this.
The main story is a "beauty and beast" type one. Calder became covered in scars after being caught in a fire, and as a non-beautiful level 3 Shareem, gains the moniker "Beast" and women visit him when they wish to be dominated by a "monster". Unlike other women, Katarina sees past what Calder presents to the outside world and treats him like an actual person.
There's definitely a lot of smut in here, but there's actually an interesting plot to go with it, which it often hard to find. I jumped into the series at this book, and although there are characters mentioned that obviously came from previous books, everyone was introduced and described well enough in here that I was never confused about what was going on. I thought this worked fine as a standalone, but because it was so good, I'll probably go back and read the books I missed before this.
March 6, 2018
Interesting! We NEED the Nano technology don't we!
May 28, 2018
Always nice to have a romance novel with a plot that isn't quite as formulaic. A few smoking hot love scenes.
February 25, 2017
I PERSONALLY CANNOT RESIST A BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TROUPE AND WHILE THIS ONE WASN'T EXACTLY NOVEL LONG, IT WAS STILL GOOD. THERE WAS A NICE BALANCE OF INTRIGUE, SMUT AND A TOUCH OF ROMANCE.
OUR HERO is a man who is both emotionally and physically scarred from his time as an experiment whereby his entire body and face was destroyed by a fire. So now he's practically a Beast lurking in human form and those high born women who find him for the sex just use him as a novel fantasy of being with 'The Beast' and letting him dominate them or do whatever he wants with them. To say that Calder has a self-esteem issue is putting it lightly. When he meets our heroine, he does everything he can to get rid of her, short of killing her. But when he realises that she truly wants him just for HIM, CALDER and not the Beast or some form of pity or ridicule, his heart starts accepting that he might just like her. The only thing that I have to complain about is that their blooming relationship was TOO SHORT!
OUR HEROINE is a Doctor who replaces Calder's old one and she is genuinely shocked when she meets Calder for the first time, her first Shareem and to say he fluster her is an understatement. Their attraction is smouldering and the tension was delicious, because despite desiring him, Calder is insistent to push her away. She is also a highborn with money, much like our previous heroines and I like her because she is genuinely interested in Calder's well-being.
OVERALL I think I already mentioned all I can about this story, it just depends on how invested you are on this series and which character intrigues you.
OUR HERO is a man who is both emotionally and physically scarred from his time as an experiment whereby his entire body and face was destroyed by a fire. So now he's practically a Beast lurking in human form and those high born women who find him for the sex just use him as a novel fantasy of being with 'The Beast' and letting him dominate them or do whatever he wants with them. To say that Calder has a self-esteem issue is putting it lightly. When he meets our heroine, he does everything he can to get rid of her, short of killing her. But when he realises that she truly wants him just for HIM, CALDER and not the Beast or some form of pity or ridicule, his heart starts accepting that he might just like her. The only thing that I have to complain about is that their blooming relationship was TOO SHORT!
OUR HEROINE is a Doctor who replaces Calder's old one and she is genuinely shocked when she meets Calder for the first time, her first Shareem and to say he fluster her is an understatement. Their attraction is smouldering and the tension was delicious, because despite desiring him, Calder is insistent to push her away. She is also a highborn with money, much like our previous heroines and I like her because she is genuinely interested in Calder's well-being.
OVERALL I think I already mentioned all I can about this story, it just depends on how invested you are on this series and which character intrigues you.
December 27, 2011
Calder is Shareem. Genetically created to be the ultimate in sexual pleasure. A level three, he’s mysterious, rough, dangerous. That was before an experiment gone wrong at the DNAmo lab…
Now Calder is something else. He is The Beast. A being women fear even as they beg to be “hunted” in his pleasure palace. And he gives his clients everything they want and more, his sexual skills legendary, his waiting list long…until Katarina.
As a highborn woman, Katarina should shun all Shareem. Yet the compassionate young doctor works in Pas City, one of Bor Narga’s worst slums, voluntarily treating all lower classes. And Shareem are considering the lowest of the low. One taste of Calder, however, and shwants more than sex with The Beast—she wants the love of Calder the
Suddenly Calder is feeling emotions he’s never known. But even if he can overcome the pain of his past at DNAmo, an obsessed client could steal away Katarina’s love before he has a chance to return it.
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Katarina works for treating Shareems and such, and Calder is who she took an interest in as her client. After a time of pleasure with Calder, Calder's face was revealed because his mask fell off-or rather was pulled off by katarina on purpose, and calder got mad and practically ran away. Katarina then the next day meant Braden....another shareem.
Braden is the closest thing calder's got as a friend, and everytime when Katarina makes an attempt to talk to Calder, he pushes her father away from him(figure of speech).
But Katarina later on took a sample of his skin, and left to go to her rich life so that she can work for injections and find a way to make Calder look like himself again, without the scars and all, and later when she injected it in him, it worked.
But later on, one of Calder's clients was there at Calder's house and was furiously mad because someone(Calder) didn't answer her request to meet with the beast and show her some fantasys that she had in mind, so she went in the place and threathened Katarina, and shot the whole place on fire, and Calder went in and saved Katarina and threw her out of the house, while he was still in there alone and melting, like how he did b4 that caused all the scars. Katarina and Calder's doctor that fixed him from along time ago, fixed him again and Katarina injected the smooth face and rid of scars thing again.
Calder and Katarina love each other, and so does the beast.#74
Now Calder is something else. He is The Beast. A being women fear even as they beg to be “hunted” in his pleasure palace. And he gives his clients everything they want and more, his sexual skills legendary, his waiting list long…until Katarina.
As a highborn woman, Katarina should shun all Shareem. Yet the compassionate young doctor works in Pas City, one of Bor Narga’s worst slums, voluntarily treating all lower classes. And Shareem are considering the lowest of the low. One taste of Calder, however, and shwants more than sex with The Beast—she wants the love of Calder the
Suddenly Calder is feeling emotions he’s never known. But even if he can overcome the pain of his past at DNAmo, an obsessed client could steal away Katarina’s love before he has a chance to return it.
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Katarina works for treating Shareems and such, and Calder is who she took an interest in as her client. After a time of pleasure with Calder, Calder's face was revealed because his mask fell off-or rather was pulled off by katarina on purpose, and calder got mad and practically ran away. Katarina then the next day meant Braden....another shareem.
Braden is the closest thing calder's got as a friend, and everytime when Katarina makes an attempt to talk to Calder, he pushes her father away from him(figure of speech).
But Katarina later on took a sample of his skin, and left to go to her rich life so that she can work for injections and find a way to make Calder look like himself again, without the scars and all, and later when she injected it in him, it worked.
But later on, one of Calder's clients was there at Calder's house and was furiously mad because someone(Calder) didn't answer her request to meet with the beast and show her some fantasys that she had in mind, so she went in the place and threathened Katarina, and shot the whole place on fire, and Calder went in and saved Katarina and threw her out of the house, while he was still in there alone and melting, like how he did b4 that caused all the scars. Katarina and Calder's doctor that fixed him from along time ago, fixed him again and Katarina injected the smooth face and rid of scars thing again.
Calder and Katarina love each other, and so does the beast.#74
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 29, 2016
"Calder" by Allyson James. Book 4 in the Tales of the Shareem series.
I'm really liking all these Shareem books! This one was no different. I enjoyed it just as well. A Beauty and the Beast type story with the main characters of Calder, a level three Shareem who was horribly burned, and Katarina, a highborn woman who is a doctor who wants to help the underprivileged people on their planet of Bor Narga. A sci-fi erotica romance.
I actually liked this book the best so far because I found the characters were given even more depth than in the previous books. Being erotica, obviously there are scenes of bondage, m/f sex and m/f/m menage (no m/m during the menage).
I really enjoyed the story line in this book as well. Taking out the erotic part of the story, it's two people wanting something that society says is wrong. A Shareem and a highborn woman can never be together, right? Especially someone as messed up as Calder. Horribly disfigured, he's known as the Beast, and woman pay him a lot of money to make their deepest and darkest fantasies come true. But when he meets Katarina at the clinic and then finds her in his pleasure lair, he just can't resist himself. Katarina can't believe she's in a pleasure lair; especially when she came their because she was told that someone needed medical attention, not for any other reason. But when she sees Calder, her heart goes out to him.
Really, I found this book to have more of a romantic element to it than the others which I really enjoyed. Another Shareem in this story is Braden. A very easy-going level three Shareem. I liked his character a lot as well and can't wait to read his story (I believe his book is next in the series).
Overall, a really good addition to the Tales of the Shareem series.
I'm really liking all these Shareem books! This one was no different. I enjoyed it just as well. A Beauty and the Beast type story with the main characters of Calder, a level three Shareem who was horribly burned, and Katarina, a highborn woman who is a doctor who wants to help the underprivileged people on their planet of Bor Narga. A sci-fi erotica romance.
I actually liked this book the best so far because I found the characters were given even more depth than in the previous books. Being erotica, obviously there are scenes of bondage, m/f sex and m/f/m menage (no m/m during the menage).
I really enjoyed the story line in this book as well. Taking out the erotic part of the story, it's two people wanting something that society says is wrong. A Shareem and a highborn woman can never be together, right? Especially someone as messed up as Calder. Horribly disfigured, he's known as the Beast, and woman pay him a lot of money to make their deepest and darkest fantasies come true. But when he meets Katarina at the clinic and then finds her in his pleasure lair, he just can't resist himself. Katarina can't believe she's in a pleasure lair; especially when she came their because she was told that someone needed medical attention, not for any other reason. But when she sees Calder, her heart goes out to him.
Really, I found this book to have more of a romantic element to it than the others which I really enjoyed. Another Shareem in this story is Braden. A very easy-going level three Shareem. I liked his character a lot as well and can't wait to read his story (I believe his book is next in the series).
Overall, a really good addition to the Tales of the Shareem series.
April 24, 2010
Calder [#5:] for those of us who love our heroes tortured and heroic...
from the author's site:
Calder is Shareem. Genetically created to be the ultimate in sexual pleasure. A level three, he’s mysterious, rough, dangerous. That was before an experiment gone wrong at the DNAmo lab…
Calder is something else. He is The Beast. A being women fear even as they beg to be “hunted” in his pleasure palace. And he gives his clients everything they want and more, his sexual skills legendary, his waiting list long…until Katarina.
As a highborn woman, Katarina should shun all Shareem. Yet the compassionate young doctor works in Pas City, one of Bor Narga’s worst slums, voluntarily treating all lower classes. And Shareem are considering the lowest of the low. One taste of Calder, however, and she wants more than sex with The Beast—she wants the love of Calder the man.
Suddenly Calder is feeling emotions he’s never known. But even if he can overcome the pain of his past at DNAmo, an obsessed client could steal away Katarina’s love before he has a chance to return it.
from the author's site:
Calder is Shareem. Genetically created to be the ultimate in sexual pleasure. A level three, he’s mysterious, rough, dangerous. That was before an experiment gone wrong at the DNAmo lab…
Calder is something else. He is The Beast. A being women fear even as they beg to be “hunted” in his pleasure palace. And he gives his clients everything they want and more, his sexual skills legendary, his waiting list long…until Katarina.
As a highborn woman, Katarina should shun all Shareem. Yet the compassionate young doctor works in Pas City, one of Bor Narga’s worst slums, voluntarily treating all lower classes. And Shareem are considering the lowest of the low. One taste of Calder, however, and she wants more than sex with The Beast—she wants the love of Calder the man.
Suddenly Calder is feeling emotions he’s never known. But even if he can overcome the pain of his past at DNAmo, an obsessed client could steal away Katarina’s love before he has a chance to return it.
July 18, 2014
Katarina d'Arnal is a medic and moved to the slums to work in the free clinic. She ends up working with the job of inoculating Shareem. The first one is Calder, and he is not very corporate with Katarina. When it comes time for Calder's appointment with her, he refuses to bare an inch of skin to her for the exam. Instead he gives himself the inoculations and leaves with Katarina stunned in disbelief.
Calder terribly burned years ago in DNAmo and scarred all over.Now hides himself from everyone. Even though he hideous, women want him because Calder can give them their darkest fantasies with the Beast.
Katarina is tricked into visiting his lair and Calder takes the opportunity to show her the beast. But Katarina looks at Calder, she doesn't see the beast. She sees the man behind the mask, the scarring and pain.
Calder tries to block her from seeing him by being the beast but it doesn't it stop her from seeing the real him underneath it all.
Calder was deliciously hot and sweet filled with pain but came out with a great ending these two. I really love this series.
Calder terribly burned years ago in DNAmo and scarred all over.Now hides himself from everyone. Even though he hideous, women want him because Calder can give them their darkest fantasies with the Beast.
Katarina is tricked into visiting his lair and Calder takes the opportunity to show her the beast. But Katarina looks at Calder, she doesn't see the beast. She sees the man behind the mask, the scarring and pain.
Calder tries to block her from seeing him by being the beast but it doesn't it stop her from seeing the real him underneath it all.
Calder was deliciously hot and sweet filled with pain but came out with a great ending these two. I really love this series.
July 28, 2014
Contains slight spoilers, but really there's nothing surprising in these books.
I really liked the hero here, though. He's absolutely one of the better thought out ones in the series. He actually has feelings and emotions that are conveyed through the page, rather than just the desire to fuck.
I'll read the rest of the books in the series. They're thin on plot but the sex is spicy, so I'd have given it 4 stars if not for the aforementioned crazy decision.
I really liked the hero here, though. He's absolutely one of the better thought out ones in the series. He actually has feelings and emotions that are conveyed through the page, rather than just the desire to fuck.
I'll read the rest of the books in the series. They're thin on plot but the sex is spicy, so I'd have given it 4 stars if not for the aforementioned crazy decision.
December 28, 2011
This series is full of great erotic tales that aren't too formulaic. They also have a bit of a running plot, which is where it loses some points with me. I like the plot, but we get enough of a hint of one that the stories feel incomplete without exploring it further. It feels like the background is building to a great Shareem revolt, but 5 books in and I'm only seeing hints of a type of 'underground railroad' where the men can escape the planet. This series would probably get a higher rating from me if I could read more of that story. I'll probably end up reading more of the series, but it's not a must have for me.
January 7, 2016
The beast yea right, only for those who deserve it... Calder was scarred badly during an experiment and because of that he full filled many women's sick fantasies of being attacked by a horrible creature in his jungle like lair... but Katarina showed him a tenderness that no one ever did before, no matter how much of a BEAST he tried to be with her. I loved how Katarina took all that Calder though at her to the point she falls love with him... which of course as with any perfect love story he eventually let his cold Beast like heart to grow love for her... but not with out keeping some of his animal like beast sex fun.
October 14, 2013
Should Have Been Longer! This a great series of futuristic sci-fi BDSM erotic romance novels and shorter novels. This one is on the short side, which was disappointing because the hero is so damn hot I'm still drooling. Caulder is the baddest Shareem yet, how could there be enough? Too many scenes were hinted at and but not delivered, too, but then maybe I'm just greedy. I still loved it. It's a recommended read to anyone interested in this genre and a must read for anyone who's read any of the other books in the series.
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