When they told her she’d been abducted from Earth as a tribute bride for a badass alien warrior, Hope thought it was the craziest thing she’d ever heard. That was before she was kidnapped by space pirates.
Hope didn’t buy the idea of being a tribute bride. After all, she’d never been into commitment. But when she sees the Drexian who’s come to rescue her, she’s more impressed than she wants to … wants to admit. Not only is he gorgeous and built, but he seems willing to do anything to keep her safe. Too bad she has no intention of going anywhere but back to Earth.
Kos has always been a loyal and driven Drexian warrior, rising in the ranks to become first officer of the space station. He’s never spent much time with human women, but how complicated could they be? When he rescues Hope from the pirates, he figures the hard part is over. Now he only has to get her back to Drexian space and formalize his mating claim on her. What could possibly go wrong?
Only everything.
This standalone alien abduction romance novel features steamy scenes on a prison ship, a smoking-hot Drexian warrior who will do anything to protect his mate, and a guaranteed HEA. If you like feisty heroines, aliens with extra erogenous zones, and a little playful spanking, you’ll love STOLEN, the ninth book in Tana Stone’s sci-fi romance Tribute Brides of the Drexian Warriors series.
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A reluctant mate to be persuaded!
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Hope was on the space station called “The Boat,” destined to become a tribute bride for an alien warrior named Kos. She never expected to marry and lived a full and independent life traveling the world and refused to be married to anyone. If Hope had to choose, Kos was the perfect male but, all she wanted was to return to her life on Earth. From his first meeting withHope, Kos knew that only she would become his mate. I found this an entertaining book full of the adventures Hope and Kos experience as he endeavors to persuade his reluctant mate to marry him.
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Book nine in the Tribute Brides of the Drexian Warriors series a well written story that kept me turning pages. Hope and Kos will have a lot to go through there is suspense, drama, danger, kidnapping, near death, and romance. I want to read the next book. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I enjoyed this story about Hope who is one of the women who is abducted as a tribute bride only then be abducted by Ganthar space pirates and Drexian First Officer Warrior Kos who rescue her from the pirates. Their adventure begins as they meet and clash only to fall in love. I liked Hope was a women of strong conflictions who was not bowled over to become a bride and Kos (alpha male) who takes one look at Hope and thinks he can claim her as his bride ended up learning the errors of his way. She wrote another fascinated story with twists and turns, the world building and the battles quite detail, along with titillating romantic scenes. Along with this story this has been a very enjoyable series to read and review via Booksprout with more villains cropping up. ARC
This ends the Drexian Warrior Series of Tribute Brides. This has been a great series as each story is different then the story before or after. Hope is stolen from Earth and is on her way to her Drexian mate. Then she’s taken again by Ganthar space pirates. Then she’s rescued by her Warrior mate, Kos who has no idea about human women and especially ones that are stubborn and independent. Good well written story and Kos is a determined and worthy warrior who will show his devotion to his mate, maybe if she gives him a chance. Get your copy and read about Kos and Hope. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Hope is not happy about being a Tribute bride. And when I say “not happy”, I mean self-destructive, mean-spirited, no holds barred, not gonna do it. And then she’s kidnapped by slavers.
Kos is surprised when he gets his chance for a bride, and when she’s kidnapped, he goes with Inferno Force to get her back. Once that’s over, they part ways with Inferno Force and head for the base, but Hope has a better idea. Just take her back to Earth. Things go downhill from there.
I liked the book, but I wanted to just slap Hope up side the head. Sure, she got taken from Earth against her will, but don’t be an a-hole about it to the one person who is on your side!
Hope is a stubborn, independent human who is taken as a tribute bride, closely followed by capture from Ganthar space pirates. Before that dubious adventure has sunken in, she is rescued by her Drexian First Officer Warrior mate, Kos, who thinks the difficult part is now over. All he will need to do is claim his “obviously grateful” mate and begin their happy life together. He obviously has no idea about Earth females who want to go home, however. No argument will persuade Hope who will fight to escape and get back to Earth regardless of the danger she places them in.
This was a good and well-written book, with an intriguing story line. Kos is a worthy Drexian warrior who will show his devotion to his mate – if he ever gets the chance. Grab your copy and see whether Kos and Hope find their HEA.
This author is amazing!!!! I LOVE all her books, each time I think they can’t get any better another book comes out and I LOVE it!!! Her writing style and characters are AWESOME and AMAZING I can’t get enough of them!!! This was Kos and Hope’s story, they have plenty of action, drama, suspense, twists and turns with romance steam and hot alpha aliens and a chemistry and interaction that will grab you and pull you in keeping you reading right to the end. It always amazes me with each story how she has each couple with their own story and characteristics each one better and better. I can’t wait to read more!!!
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This is an impressive, action-packed Sci-fi alien romance & is definitely worth reading. The plot is well-written & full of unexpected, suspenseful situations with good scene descriptions & world building. The characters are well-developed with unique individual personalities
There is: a independent young human female (Hope) is definitely not too impressed by her situation when she is first abducted as a tribute bride, then by Ganthar space pirates & to just make her day even better she is rescued by Inferno Forces & a Drexian First Officer Warrior (Kos) who is under the impression that all he has to do is formalize his claim on her & claim her as his tribute bride but Hope is absolutely determined to escape & return to earth not realizing that she is placing them in terrible danger, Drexian Inferno Force Warriors, space pirates, evil Kronock aliens, a despicable Curator, various kinds of aliens, twists & turns, action, adventure, drama, intrigue, suspense, abduction, deceit, betrayal, enemies, danger, threats, violence, conflict, life-threatening incidents, some steam, compromises, love, contentment & a satisfying conclusion with a interesting ending that could be paving the way for the next book in this series. I enjoyed reading this Sci-Fi romance & would recommend it.
This is a super sci-fi romance.. I love these aliens! Their mates are perfect for them. Adventure, danger, and steamy romance.
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Here we have one more story in the Drexian warrior series of the tribute brides from earth. What amazes me with every book is the imagination this author has for all the different battles and scenarios that are described in these stories. This story here is no exception to that. This one is actually quite fantastic and I just loved reading it. The storyline makes good sense and the characters are OH so fabulous and some over the top, but that comes with the neccessary territory when writing stories about aliens… This story is just really really good and fun to read so five fantastic and very rare stars go to this story!
Once again Tana Stone has brought another fantastic story of Drexians and humans fighting for what is the most important thing of all, love and freedom. You can’t help but keep reading from start to finish in one go. I absolutely loved reading this story.
Hope was from New Zealand and was a tribute bride for Kos. When the Boat is attacked, they have to abandon ship. Only the ship with the tribute brides on it is taken captive by pirates. Kos is the first officer to the captain and Hope is his bride and he will do anything to get her back.
They both have so much to work for to get to the point of rescue. They escape the pirates only to be captured by the Curator who puts them in a clear holding cell to display his captives to his paying guests and expect them to perform for these guests, they escape only to be attacked again. Will they ever get to the Drexian ship where they will be safe again?
Kos and Hope have much to go through before they are able to find their happily ever after, but they sure heat up the pages as you get to know and love these characters. The next chapter to unfold will be for Captain Brak and his mission to find Madeline and rescue her from those who have bought her from the pirates.
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I enjoyed reading this book, it is filled with action, intrigue, and adventure, the interaction and chemistry between the characters of Hope and Kos is wonderful. I can’t wait for more from this author. I received this book as a FREE ARC copy to read and I voluntarily leave this review.
It always amazed me that when a human get abducted by aliens and realized that they are no longer ever seeing earth again, their first instinct is to overpower the Alien to try and get back to earth. Nevermind that they are in a spaceship with no idea how to fly the craft or understand any of the Alien language to read any instruction on how to get back to earth. Best part is many a times that impulse came when they are lightyears from earth and cannot even see earth! Which direction are they supposed to head towards?
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Loved this book! This series is one of my all time favorites. This book is a fast paced action-packed thrill ride.
This is Kos and Hope’s story. Hope is a travel blogger from New Zealand who is adept at keeping people at a distance so she won’t get hurt. She also is not keen on the idea of being a tribute bride (she had a major screaming fit when she first arrived on the Boat). When the Boat had to be evacuated after the attack, she and the other brides were kidnapped by Ganthar pirates. Kos is the first mate on the Boat and temporarily joins with Inferno Force to find his bride. On their way back to the relocation point they are kidnapped, attacked by the Kronok and almost die.
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This novel was cleanly written and edited, with only a few typos that I caught in the ARC version of this manuscript. The world building was quite vivid and enjoyable. The characterization was okay, but I do have to admit to being disappointed in the heroine and the direction that this story took. In the beginning of this story, I was very excited because I thought that this heroine was going to finally be the one to get back to Earth and blow the top off the human trafficking deal the Drexians have with Earth’s governments. I thought she was going to be the heroine that was going to hold the Drexians to account for kidnapping unwilling human women, and then not giving them any choice in who they marry. However, that is not at all what happened in this story. Instead, the heroine is incompetent at escaping the Drexians, the hero and heroine are kidnapped by the Collector, and she is made to feel guilty for trying to escape her Drexian match and she spends all her time apologizing for trying to escape. Other adventures than ensue. I cannot adequately explain how let down and cheated I felt about this, after the story’s very promising beginning. At one point in the story, the Collector says to the Drexian hero, something along the lines of, “What I am doing to aliens is really not that different to what you Drexians do to human women.” I agree whole-heartedly with the Collector in this instance. I enjoyed the setup of this series, and have enjoyed most of the novels in the series quite a bit, but at this point in the series’ history, the Drexians still have not been made to acknowledge how wrong what they are doing to human women really is, and at this point, I am not sure that the author is ever going to include that kind of important, necessary plot evolution in this series at all. It is a real shame.
The development of the romantic relationship between the hero and heroine was fairly natural and organic. The plot and pacing was exciting, with me quickly turning pages to find out what was going to happen next. This novel had low angst and high stakes, which tends to be one of my preferred narrative structures for a romance novel. This novel uses the Kidnapped Bride trope, the Mars Needs Women trope and the Heroine Unwilling to Commit trope. The world building was four stars. The plot and pacing was two stars, because I was very disappointed in the direction the plot went in after a very promising beginning. The characterization was three stars. The development of the romantic relationship was four stars. The combined score, therefore, was three stars, because of how disappointed I was with the direction this story took. This novel has a Happy Ever After ending instead of a cliffhanger, so that is a big plus to this novel. I recommend this story to readers who enjoy alien sci-fi romance novels. I am not buying myself a keeper copy of this novel.
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