He shattered her world. Can she trust him with her heart?Giant spiders, walking trees, bloodthirsty vines. For Jeneva, it’s just another day trying to survive in the jungles of Ankau.Until the sky ripped open, and the true monsters came through.Now her world is under attack, and the only place of safety may be at the side of a rock-hard scaled alien.But he’s filled with secrets – how can she … he’s filled with secrets – how can she trust him?
Vrehx cares for nothing other than the destruction of the Xathi hordes who burned his home and killed his family.
But when a weapons test goes horribly wrong, the battle spills over to an uncharted world.
The planet is filled with lethal native life…but nothing is more dangerous than the human woman who obsesses his thoughts.
When war rages around them, can they fight together, or will his burning need for her drive them apart?
Vrehx is the first book in the science fiction romance series Conquered World. Each book is a stand-alone romance with alpha male alien warriors and women who don’t put up with their nonsense. No cheating, no cliffhangers, HEA guaranteed!
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Jeneva heard two women screaming at each other. Because the dangerous foliage on the planet responded to noise, their shouting was not a good idea. She approached them and suggested they stop the argument, but they smugly replied that they carried a “howler”, a device beyond human hearing that would allegedly ward off any nasty things. Jeneva assured them that if the creatures could hear the howler, the women were indeed screwed. Instead of remaining silent, they started in again about whether the warning was true and how they would know. So Jeneva just walked away and left them to their fate.
Suddenly a horrible ear-splitting screech sounded, driving Jeneva to her knees. When she could get up again, she hurried back to the women to demand what they had done. But they were staring at the sky in terror as a jagged scar was torn across the blue sky and the entire forest erupted in chaos! One of the trees stepped forward, a lethal spider creature disappeared and reappeared close enough now to attack. The woman screamed and were useless in the fight. Jeneva shoved one out of the way of an attack, but didn’t clear herself fast enough and was injured. Surprisingly, as she prepared to fight with the spider again, a non-killing tree came forward and fell over on the spider to kill it. She would have to take them to shelter in a cave before the other two spiders, members of the pack of three, sought them out to kill them.
Back in space, part of the Xathi ship that had already slipped inside the rip was coming apart and disintegrating. Some of the Xathi crew were floating in space and then were shredded by the force of the rip that the Vengeance was quickly moving toward. No one knew what was happening. Sound ceased, horrible visual scenes happened around them, then sound suddenly returned. It was impossible to function or understand what was happening until they realized the Vengeance was crashing on an uncharged planet below them. The Xathi were also crashing and no one knew if their ship would be destroyed.
As Vrehx and his crew members tried to explore their crash site, one thing after another came at them! Beautiful deer surrounded them – and they saw the silver spikes protruding from their hooves as they suddenly attacked. Even a simple vine released creatures that spit acid at them. As they finally came into a clearing, they heard a strange howling noise. As they moved forward, they saw three women at the mouth of a cave and someone fired at them as if in warning. Would they retaliate and kill the women they assumed were just like the rest of the creatures on this planet? Or would they be able to communicate and perhaps even work together to survive?
For some reason, the characters in this book were not managed as well as I could have hoped. The female characters were downright annoying because they should have been strong and capable with the experience of living on this deadly planet. Yet they were acting out and whiny at times to the point I wanted to skip over that section of the book. However, the action and world-building was really good. I felt drawn into the story line and dragged along, kicking and screaming and afraid to look over my shoulder sometimes! The constant action and suspense won me over and I will definitely read the next book in this series.
The story line was good. Jeneva and Vrehx are the main characters of this story. She is a little aggressive and he just takes it. This is different than most because the female is the lead in this book.
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Dangerous environment, killer people, hot aliens and women who not only need an attitude adjustment but some other things. I did like the storyline and the other characters. I was given a review copy by booksprout and voluntarily review it.
I liked this alien romance and look forward to more in the series. Jeneva is just trying to survive the jungles of Ankau when the planet comes under attack. Vrehx just wants revenge on the people who killed his family but when the fight spills over to another world he finds Jeneva and sparks fly. Fast-paced read with plenty of drama and suspense. A good read.
Excellent start to a new world. I wonder if they will be stranded there or find a way to get home. I do see that there will be more so maybe we will find out in later books. This world is so interesting the very flora and some of the animals have become symbiotic. Hard to survive on this world. Very good story though. I received a complimentary review copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving a honest review.
I loved the book!
Though the ending was too much of a cliffhanger for my complete happiness. Cliffhangers are my only true enemy.
But for real, I LOVED this book.
I loved the characters and their banter. I loved their background stories and the way they were able to come together.
I am beyond excited for the next book in the series and will be reading it as soon as I can.
I would highly recommend.
Happy reading!
Rating 5 stars
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This Book had some good and some bad to it. The good: The storyline was engaging and interesting. I liked the male lead, Vrehx. The Bad: The female lead was absolutely awful and annoying to boot.
I can see that most reviewers agree that the female characters in this book are not the most liked characters. Perhaps that is what the author intended and I don’t want to second guess. Readers who want females to be strong, well-liked and loved characters may shy away.
Personally, I liked the book. I enjoy all types of characters and it’s the author’s imagination that shines here. I will certainly look forward to more books in the series!
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Alien war. Alien invaders trying to destroy the planet and enslave everyone. Strong heroine who can kick some alien ass. Empath. A nice start to the series. I am excited to read the next one.
I’m a huge fan of first-contact, enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn sci-fi romance, so to find another author who loves these tropes as much as me is exciting! Vrehx is an excellent beginning to a promising series. Can’t wait to see where it goes next!
Terrific beginning of this new series. I love that Jeneva is a strong, independent woman used to being on her own. I liked how Vrehx understood how she felt even though they didn’t speak the same language. I was not a fan of her sister. I did love how easily Jeneva adjusted to learning how to defeat the bad aliens. This looks to be an exciting series and I am anxious for the next one. I volunteered to read an advanced reader copy and am under no obligation to leave this review.