A woman on a dangerous mission to a new worldA warrior sworn to protect her, who fears to risk his heartCan Whitney and Rafe escape from the giant beings who have captured them?And will Whitney end up…Pairing With her Protector?Dr. Whitney Washington is a Xeno-zoologist living on the Kindred Mother Ship and she has a big problem–she has a crush on her bodyguard. Unfortunately, the big Beast … Unfortunately, the big Beast Kindred who comes with her to dangerous planets to protect her clearly doesn’t return her interest…or does he?
Rafe is a warrior with a past–a bad one. He has been hurt before when dealing with females and he doesn’t intend to repeat the experience. But it’s hard to ignore Whitney’s beauty and bubbly personality. Still, he’s determined to try until an unexpected turn in their latest trip to a new planet for research changes everything.
Forced to land on an unknown world, Whitney and Rafe find themselves among a group of feral humanoids who seem to be about as smart as house cats. Soon they are mistaken for pets by the huge aliens who live on the planet and taken into captivity as a “mating pair.” But what will happen when Rafe and Whitney actually have to mate in order to escape?
You’ll have to read, Pairing With the Protector to find out…
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I enjoyed the story line alot in this one. And it makes me curious to see what happens next with the kindred. I was glad the little boy lived as well.
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Let’s see. The plot might have been interesting if they landed on a prehistoric planet where the Tuskers would never guess Tweedles were sentient. But it was like a 20th century Earth, with Elephant people… sigh. We know our pets have minds, although this author doesn’t know that, apparently. So why would the Tuskers think speaking is a disease?
Secondly, pets ARE sentient and they aren’t stupid. Yes, they are more instinctual than humans and all, but the way this author is linking speaking with sentience is just wrong. So non-speaking tweedles are dumb pets with no mind and don’t deserve to be saved? They had no emotion, no thought, just instinct, yet the author compared them to a human’s pet… I seriously doubt this author has pets as any pet owner can tell you, they are curious, emotional, intelligent beings even if they don’t speak or solve math problems. That this author thinks cats and dogs are mindless beasts really disturbs me.
Lastly, there was no emotional connection between Whitney and Rafe AT ALL. First, I did not like Rafe. He was not just wounded but an inconsiderate jerk. Don’t even try to tell her why you don’t want to bond. Plus, he had NO interest. Whitney also was basically sexually harassing Rafe, since he had no interest yet she kept flirting and pushing him.
Sigh. I have to agree with another reviewer who said these are like an assembly line of scifi smut with no soul being churned out fast as possible and NO consideration for quality. I’d rather wait for a GOOD book than read much more of these half-baked ones.