A doomed woman. An honorable male suffering a terrible burden. Can her love redeem his broken soul? Earth’s fate rests in the hands of shape-shifting dragons, studly aliens, and a determined woman who demands a say in her own fate. In this exciting finale of the An Alien Exchange trilogy, follow their adventures across the galaxy to a tale that features mounting action, stimulating passion, and … features mounting action, stimulating passion, and heart-pounding emotions.
Sherrilyn Marie Cantor firmly believes success doesn’t come to those who sit around and wait for it to show up; it takes determination, discipline, and hard work. At thirty-four, she has it all – a successful business and more money than she can spend until a jealous partner sets her up and frames her for stealing trade secrets. She loses everything and faces a twenty-year federal prison sentence. When an unexpected offer to find “love among the stars” comes her way, she doesn’t hesitate to escape her unjust fate and leaves Earth forever.
A Zerin descended from a secretive line of dragon shapeshifters, M’alalu (Ki) Ki E’eur ignores the fact he’s living a half-life. Broken from childhood guilt for the murder of his parents and six-year-old sister, he silently goes through the motions of everyday life. A former mercenary and friend of the crown prince of Zerin, Ki absorbs a debt his prince intended to take. He’s expendable; the prince isn’t. Now he’s in the crosshairs of a power-hungry despot determined to overthrow the current democratic galactic government.
In a twist of fate, two very different people are thrown together—a woman who believes love is a fable and a male who has made an ancient pact to never find his TrueBond. Desperate to save Earth from a planned invasion, can two stubborn individuals determine to remain apart allow love to bring them together?
Check out Ki’s Redemption – the action-packed finale of the Alien Exchange trilogy that one reader sums up as: “You know it works when you have a big smile on your face as you read the last sentence in a book! And I’m grinning like a fool!”
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I really hope that Ms. Kruspe reads this review. She will not cringe, cry or go into a depression. I just want to let her know that I’ve never done the following:
Read a story with dragon shifters.
Read a sci-fi story that had me in tears with laughter, a story that was completely plausible, a cast of characters that I fell in love with and did I mention dragons?
Yall this book. Between Sherri and Ki’s relationship, a ship called Elemi (she is a HOOT), a prince and a duke for friends. Not to mention the human females that they mated with and the entire plot of aliens taking over earth? The villains are perfection. It’s almost like you can see them twirling their mustaches for fun. And no, I’m not making fun of them. They were nasty, alien and the end was awesome. You will cheer when it happens. But I will say that one aspect does make me a little sad but I won’t spoil it for you.
Sherri is hilarious. And strong, too. Her personality is at times snarky but also, just trying to figure out what in the heck is going on with her and her body. This is where the dragons come into play. She handled it well but there are plenty of fun moments, too with the dragon. I grieved for them during the book at one time but I understood why Ms. Kruspe did what she did. Sherri needed to go into her new role on Earth and grieve Ki at the same time. It was hard but she got through it.
Ki is an alien but he is all male. Dumb when it comes to Sherri at times, alpha when it comes to protectiveness and an all around great guy to know. I understood why he didn’t want to mate with anyone but his dragon has basically told him to buck up and get it over with. Trust, the dialogue between Ki and the dragon are downright hilarious. In fact, the dialogue between Sherri and her dragon are fun, too. You will fall in love with Ki from the very beginning.
The two dragons in the book are fantastic. Remember this is science fiction, NOT fantasy, so for me, the dragons are more of a person than an animal. They have their own personalities and aren’t afraid to let Ki and Sherri know it. I could read a book with just them in it. Yes, they are that good in the book.
I really loved the plot of the book, too. Intergalactic war on the Earth; sexy alien men that aren’t afraid to be a bit dumb when it comes to women but will do anything to protect them, even when they don’t need protecting. This is the third book of the series and I’ve already bought the first two books in the series. I need those stories.
Do yourself a favor and give this book a chance. I don’t read anything related to dragons or science fiction but I loved it. Its a bit spicy in places but appropriately so. It is a romance. Another thing, the romance is a slow build. It might appear that it was fast but really it’s not. It is sweet, frustrating and the pay off is great.
Ki’s Redemption is the third book in the An Alien Exchange Trilogy, BUT it is the first one I have read. Did this impact me in any way? Only by making me want to read the first two immediately!!! For the story itself though, it was all good. The characters are clearly defined and well established. Enough of a back-story is given so you understand all about things that have happened in the past, without it overshadowing the current story.
I love a good science fiction romp, and this book had it all. Sassy and strong females. Alpha males who need taking down a peg or two at times by said females. Artificial Intelligence. Androids. Robots. Bad dudes. Seriously, it’s all here. Even better than a good science fiction romp, is a good science fiction romp that has DRAGONS!!!! And boy was I not disappointed by the two shown in this book! The descriptions of them are vivid, making it so very easy to see them in my mind. Can I just say, I thought Cleithe was amazing! Her grief broke my heart!
With no editing or grammatical errors that disrupted my reading, this book was a delight from start to finish. The story is gripping and full of action without being too much. Absolutely recommended by me, with the proviso that you simply must read books one and two too. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to get my grubby mitts on said books!
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian – I Dig Good Books!
I have been with this series since the beginning. so in love, I woke up early the day this one released so I could download and start reading. I couldn’t put it down (hoping my boss didn’t see my ereader in my drawer) and cant wait to read anything Keri puts out there.
Ki is consumed by guilt from the tragic fallout from one bad youthful decision. Sherri was betrayed by everyone she ever knew and becomes the unwilling host of the consciousness of one of the galaxy’s most notorious criminals. But the True-Bond they forge helps them work together to grow beyond their pasts and help save everything they know and love.
Holy Hannah, this book grabs you and doesn’t let go until the last page, when this reader was like “WHAT? THAT’S IT??? IT CAN’T BE OVER!!!” LOL Because I was completely captured by these characters, and their friends, and even the beyond-icky villain. The worlds were detailed and complex, the politics rang all-too-true, and some ugly universal truths were exposed in all their not-glory. And there are DRAGONS. (Everything’s better with dragons, even outer space.) And snarky ghetto spider-bots with BIG mouths.
There were a couple of instances of too-convenient solutions that raised a brow, but I was willing to forgive because overall this was a book that literally pulsed with energy and emotion. And I loved the strong-but-wounded hero and heroine who were infinitely stronger together. And did I mention the dragons?
I enjoyed the book very much. The characters were interesting and the action kept the story moving along. Until, the author decided to get political. I don’t read fiction for the politics. So, I won’t be buying any more of Ms. Kruspe’s books.