"I might be a killing machine. I just don't know it, yet.
Siroc: My mountain domain operates as smoothly as the sleek machines that mine for ore in the caves, but when a human female is found in the snow, every alarm bell rings—literally. It's Jane, a volunteer of the human-Mitran breeding program, who had disappeared six months earlier, but not willingly. It's clear she was abducted and surgically 'enhanced' with implants to improve her senses and strength, and she has no recollection of what happened to her. The mystery of unlocking those memories is nearly as intriguing as the female herself, until acts of sabotage make me question whether Jane is hiding a secret that could destroy thousands of lives under my protection.
Jane: I am rebuilding my life after waking up in a Mitran infirmary with abilities I shouldn't have and scars to go with them. But I have no memory of my past. The alien warlord, Siroc, is always nearby. Always watching. Gaps in my memory coincide with 'accidents' and strange occurrences. As we grow closer, I desperately want to know—what if something inside of me will kill everyone I care about, including the warlord who has my heart?
Contains mature themes."
"Sabine
As the top medical expert on human-Mitran offspring, I'm excited to be sent to the alien planet to help deliver babies, but my shuttle goes down on Mitra and leaves me stranded. When a gorgeous warlord finds me, I think I'm rescued, but my hopes are dashed. We're both trapped inside a mysterious forcefield with dangerous creatures and poisonous flora. Worse, Warlord Dakkan can't stand me and I must put my life in his hands to survive.
Dakkan
My dislike of Dr. Sabine Mecon isn't personal—I just distrust her species' advanced medical techniques. It's only because the human females living in my Thrail demanded a human doctor that I invite Sabine to my domain. But now we're trapped in a sort of contained habitat far from my Thrail with no communication with the outside world. Keeping this beautiful and headstrong female safe is my top priority, but soon I want to do much more than protect her. If our love has any chance to survive, we must learn who created this hidden place and escape before its many dangers consume us.
Contains mature themes."
"Lise
When I'm assigned to report on the alien bride program, I'm thrilled to get a break from the crowded city. No noisy apartment building. No synthesized food. But Mitra is nothing like I thought it would be. It's beautiful, yes, but it's also a rugged land on the border of enemy territory. It all changes when the warlord rescues me from being trampled by a ugris. Adrik is big and gruff and everything I never wanted in a man, but he's all I can think about.
Adrik
Only one of the females from Earth interests me and it's the one who isn't here to find a mate. While the lovely journalist is busy writing and taking pictures, our enemies to the north are consolidating their forces along the border I defend. When the females at our Thrail fall ill and our communications are cut off, I need Lise's technology and wits to win a battle that could devastate the Thrail. But I need Lise in other ways, and I am determined to show her that she belongs with me.
Contains mature themes."
"When there's no safe place to hide you on Earth, witness protection sends you to another planet.
Tori
That's how divorcing a crime boss landed me across the galaxy. Unlike the other women here, I don't want to marry one of the . . . okay, fine—gorgeous—Mitran males. After I'm called to testify at my ex's trial, I'm getting back my life on Earth. But Ruzak, the aloof warlord who holds himself apart from the throng of males hoping for a bride, needs my help identifying a spy who may not be as human as she appears. One wrinkle: Ruzak is much more interesting than he appears.
Ruzak
In exchange for breeding females from Earth, we must allow some humans to stay on Mitra who are not here to find a mate. It's a small price to pay to give our struggling population a chance to survive. Tori is spitting mad to be here, but the fact that she isn't here to find love makes her an ideal choice to find the Dessican spy I know is in our midst. Tori sparks my long-dormant desires, but falling for her comes with a price: I will have to let her go, no matter how fiercely I wish to claim her.
Contains mature themes."
"'We were not supposed to come here.'
Claire
He is my patient, my subject. The gorgeous cyborg who has fought so hard to regain the memories taken from him recalls most of his life, except his childhood. We journey to the village of his youth to be reunited with his family. The journey brings us closer, blurring lines I swore I would never cross. But Craal's resurfaced memories don't match what we find at his village, and I can't escape a sick feeling that we were not supposed to come here.
Craal
I was turned into a monster in order to destroy my own people. Slowly, I'm remembering who I am with the help of a human woman. Claire is beautiful, intelligent, and I'm powerfully drawn to her. When we arrive at my family's village, my memories don't line up with the behavior of the people there. A pulsing sound that can't be traced gives Claire headaches and is likely the root of the mystery. As we dig deeper, we uncover an explosive secret, and someone will stop at nothing to keep it hidden.
Contains mature themes."
"Axlos
My people are fighting for their lives against a power determined to rip our planet apart for a valuable energy source. I am on the front lines, leading our forces. I knew this would be my fate if we went to war, and I don't expect to survive. My only regret? Not telling Arria, the shy little human we rescued, that I loved her. Now it's too late. I've taken my last steps on my home planet of Heveia. I'll fight to the end alongside my warriors to ensure that my people survive. That she survives.
Arria
I may be one small, quiet human, but I have a knack for a few things. One of them is seeing patterns that even computers miss. When I unlock an enemy command cipher, I know it can help our forces, but the algorithms disagree, and it's deemed too risky to send me out in the middle of battle. Instead, I do the riskiest thing I've ever done and steal a shuttle with the help of a friendly cybot. When we arrive on Axlos' ship, his feelings become crystal clear. Amid a battle that will end the war—one way or another—I learn if I can open my heart or if the scars of my past will determine my future.
Contains mature themes."
"So, I have the hots for my alien doctor.
Kiki
Jorok saved my life after being trapped in a filthy cell. He's gorgeous and way too serious for his own good. To get to know him better, I tag along on an errand, but we're kidnapped and forced to nurse an alien captain's sick crew. To avoid being sold, I pretend to be Jorok's mate (which isn't difficult). I thought things couldn't get worse from there. I was wrong.
Jorok
Kiki is utterly delectable. She's brilliant, amusing, and beautiful, but she's also my queen's sister and deserves someone who can devote more time to her. Which I can't, since I'm a physician to the ship's entire crew. When she and I travel to a merchant city for supplies, we're taken by a band of Gutturians who want me to cure their crew of a mystery sickness. A deathbed confession sets us off on a quest to uncover the source of the oppressive group, who is determined to wipe out my people . . . and hers. Kiki's intoxicating charms are the least of my problems . . . and one I can no longer resist.
Contains mature themes."
"What's worse than waking up from a hibernation cell fifty-two years after being abducted?
Nothing. No, wait—a wise-cracking alien hunk with a killer smile who doesn't let me out of his sight, that's what.
Wulfrex knows every inch of his massive space cruiser and makes it impossible for me to steal it. When I try to 'borrow' one of his shuttles to get home to Earth, I find myself outsmarted by him again and accidentally pulled into a mission with far-reaching implications I could never have foreseen.
The beautiful human female makes my fangs and, eh, other things, ache. I know more about power converters and fusion drives than females, and Dani doesn't want to be anyone's mate—especially mine. Worse, she's an assassin, determined to get off our ship no matter what. Even if it means stealing aboard my shuttle as I embark on a dangerous rescue mission. She's capable with a blaster and hoards her secrets, but I will claim her heart.
Contains mature themes."
"Harp
He's my boss on this ship, but not the boss of me. At least that's what I tell myself every time the gorgeous, icy-eyed—and hearted—Heveian warrior speaks to me. Or rather, growls at me. Despite his clear dislike of me, I have the dirtiest thoughts about the big guy. When he receives an invitation to visit an alien warlord's fancy space lair, he shocks me by asking me to come with him, posing as his mate. How can I refuse?
Drave
She has no idea the power she holds over me. Each time I'm in her presence, I feel things I don't want to feel. I want things I have no business wanting. No matter how harsh I am to her, Harp laughs it off. When I have to play nice with a warlord to get secret info vital to my species' survival, I can't resist the chance to bring her as my pretend mate. Maybe it will purge these feelings I have for her.
But navigating the dark and lavish world of wealthy trade lords and alien nobility (of which I am), is more dangerous than I thought. Secrets run deep and the information I came here for comes at a steep price. When Harp's life is threatened, however, all bets are off. I will tear the station apart to keep her safe.
Contains mature themes."
"Kora
My nightmares didn’t prepare me for this.
Abducted off the space station where I teach the standard galactic language, I'm imprisoned with two other women in a cold, dirty cell on an alien ship. We're destined for something worse than death until a fierce, blue-haired alien male rescues us. We recover on his ship with his group of Heveian pirates. There, the attraction that formed when he first carried me in his arms grows into a force neither of us can deny. But something else has taken up residence on the ship. Something that will stop at nothing to destroy us all.
Ryland
I was trained from my royal youth to fight. Even here, as a rogue raider in exile with my rebellious friends, it's the role I play, until I hold Kora in my arms. She makes my fangs ache. She makes everything ache. My protective instincts roar as I vow to protect my mate against any who would harm her. But how can I protect her from an enemy so insidious that it can turn our crew against each other? I will keep Kora safe, even if it means the ultimate sacrifice.
Contains mature themes."
"My research ship crashed, stranding me on an alien planet with no hope of rescue.
When I'm captured by frightening, green aliens and given to Grael, a brooding, scythe-wielding Destran male with chameleon-like skin and the darkest eyes I've ever seen, I don't know whether to cower before him or kiss him. I've spent my life puzzling out the human psyche, but can I get through Grael's formidable walls?
I am Grael, lord of my living, symbiont ship and protector of the Destran population living in it. I have enough problems trying to free my ship from the rocky crevice its trapped in. I am not pleased when I'm presented with a 'gift' of a frightened human female by the locals. I have no use for the small, alien female, but I can't send her into the dangerous wilds where she'll be killed. What am I to do with the beautiful woman with the dark blue eyes and a smile that lights up my dark world?
As enemies close in with plans to take over Grael's ship and extract the powerful drug it produces, Grael and Lexi must find a way to hold them off and free the ship, but little do they know the devastating monster coiling beneath the seething mountain itself, threatening to devour everything in its path."
"I signed up for a research mission with five other women.
Instead, we crashed on an alien planet with too many dangers to count. Separated from the other women, I'm on my own until a huge alien with color-changing skin and a massive sword gets me out of a bad spot. I don't understand Savair's language, but I think he's under the impression that I'm his.
I am NOT his. I'm a 34-year old divorced scientist with no time for such nonsense. But if he can help me find the others in my group then perhaps I can play at being 'his' for a while. It's not a hardship. He's the sexiest male I've ever met with a jawline to die for, but there's no way I'll fall for this guy. Nope. Not a chance…
Jetta makes me ache. I desire her the moment I pull her from a Brakken meat trap. Her soft, warm body awakens hungers long banked. But my Sola, the living ship I am bound to, is dying, and thus, so am I. I must find a way to save my Sola and my mate, or none of us will survive.
Lost to the Alien Lord is book one of the Lords of Destra series. Each is a complete story with no cliffhangers, nor cheating, and guarenteed consent and happy endings.
Includes bonus story Found by the Alien Lord, A Lords of Destra novella."
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