Im desperate for a better life. Working two jobs isnt ideal, but its the only way to save up for my ticket to the Alien Bride Race. Either I win a ton of credits, or I find a mate who actually wants me. I cant lose.
When my sister started dating my ex, I knew I was done with this planet, so I set my sights on getting off of it. Ive been kicked out of my apartment for late rent. My car only starts when it wants. And my best friend stabbed me in the back, which is why Im...
Jovie
Im desperate for a better life. Working two jobs isnt ideal, but its the only way to save up for my ticket to the Alien Bride Race. Either I win a ton of credits, or I find a mate who actually wants me. I cant lose.
When my sister started dating my ex, I knew I was done with this planet, so I set my sights on getting off of it. Ive been kicked out of my apartment for late rent. My car only starts when it wants. And my best friend stabbed me in the back, which is why Im stuck scrubbing toilets at night instead of flipping burgers after my starship manufacturing shifts.
But Im not prepared to handle the giant purple electric alien who snatches me up during the race. Hes funny, smart, a bit of a prankster who keeps zapping me by accident, and a muscled machine built for combat. But hes also at odds with his kind.
Prince Aurelius doesnt want to take me home. I cant see any reason they wouldnt want him. I definitely do.
Aurelius
My Storm has been building since long before my father tried to match me. Im just not interested in the affluent and entitled types he pushes. I want someone whos lived life on the edge.
I enlisted young to avoid my father and have been in the field with the soldiers in rogue orbit, guarding the perimeter around our motherships for signs of Novark, Denarso, and Nebulous Empire ships. When I rejected the last match he tried to make over the holofeed, he told me he never wanted to see me again. The elders are angry. My kind are disappointed.
I dont care.
I wont mate with someone I dont love or want. My kind has disregarded our Storms to maintain a hierarchy, and our numbers have declined in recent years. I dont think its a coincidence.
After helping a friend under attack by bounty hunters and seeing him bond with his ABR match, Im more eager for my chance to feel that connection. The trouble is, my father doesnt know Ive entered the race. He doesnt think royalty should mate outside of our species.
His rules are suffocating. I want freedom. I want to feel the spark ignite like my ancestors once did.
The second my eyes fall on the curvy beauty charging out across the Alien Bride Race arena, I know this was the right decision. My Storm swells with a power that shocks even me. Theres something special about her.
Shes a sneaky female and slips my view a few times like shes playing with me. I like a challenge. And Im eager to make her mine.
But I must figure out how Im going to make peace with my kind. I want her to be safe, not hunted. If they dont accept her, we may have to go rogue forever. I just hope she doesnt hold it against me or worse, reject me.
A steamy, fast-love, science fiction romance with cursing, violence, and action.
