Once they claim you, you become their mate for life. I am Anna, a junior officer working under the command of Earth Federation. My job is to patrol the most dangerous regions of the planet. I didn’t plan to fall in love with an enemy alien…
First, I lose power to my headset. My emergency lights cut out completely. Darkness surrounds the entire jungle.
And then I hear him. A sharp clicking … entire jungle.
And then I hear him. A sharp clicking noise comes from above my head.
He snakes his arms around my body. Hot breath tickles my ear, and a deep growl resonates near my neck. When the syringe hits, I’m done for.
I’m taken and auctioned to the highest bidder. Within minutes, all of my data is erased and systematically expunged. I no longer exist.
No one is coming to save me. And I know what happens to me next…
In darkness, he rises over me like a tidal wave.
I am abducted. I am lost to the world. But he promises to save my life.
I am his mate.
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Anna thought she was doing the right thing. Trying to save the planet she was raised on. She finds out very quickly though after she was captured that her government has been the ones doing wrong the whole time. Which has captured her world is forever changed. She will find love and understanding.
Ax has had a brutal life. He has been working for the syndicate most of his life. But when he captures the human woman his world has changed forever.
Will they be able to live their lives together in peace or will this planet destroy them both?
I will be recommending this book to family and friends.
Joy
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its listed as a dark sci-fi romance…its not dark at all in my opinion but it is sci-fi. there appears to be plot holes the heroine was kidnapped and sold to an alpha 1 page she is wanting desperately to get away and go home and the next page she is madly in love with the alpha with no mention of how this happens…its a very strange story…the parts of the story i think that are meant to make the story dark are faded out completely leaving a big hole. she was kidnapped and wants to go home (the end of 1 chapter) and then she is in love with him (the beginning of the next chapter) that is literally how it is in the book. there is no reference of any kind as to what may have happened to cause this. no flash back scenes or anything. it was an okay story but left me more confused then anything else
Interesting book. Really dark but good. Read it in one day. Some scenes made me put it down and go get some water but after that I was right back reading it. Would I recommend this book to friends? Yes. But I would warn them first. Excellent book!
Loved the book it was great, the story was well written and the characters are interesting. Ax is an alien slave turned rouge. Anna is a junior officer for the Earth Federation, she was kidnapped and sold as slavery, Ax was the highest bidder. It was hot and steamy with emotions that makes you want more. It was so worth reading one you do not want to finish.
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Loved this storyline and the characters are well written. They draw you into their adventure and keep you hooked until the end.
This paranormal story started out with an effective scene which set the tone for the entire story. The drama and suspense were palpable from beginning to end. I liked how the author created this world which was scary and believable.
DNF – Just had to finally call an end to trying to read this one
So I am just going to say this ……………. I could not finish reading this book, even if you gave me a million dollars. Well, okay maybe if you paid me a million but otherwise no way.
I was really surprised by this story and the writing as I have read a number of Penelope Woods books and for the most part found them really enjoyable and liked them. This felt like either someone else had written it or it was an unedited copy of the book. It was rough, jumpy, not a good plot, a lot of trigger situations and it was not romantic nor does it contain any romance at all. So this was not a good book for me and I would not recommend it to anyone else.
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I was absolutely hooked right from the beginning
and found it nearly impossible to put down the book
until I finished it.
Great action and romance.
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Alien Mate: A Dark Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Penelope Woods.
Once they claim you, you become their territory.
I am Anna, a junior officer working under the command of Earth Federation. My job is to patrol the most dangerous regions of the planet. I should have planned for what happens next…
First, I lose power to my headset. My emergency lights cut out completely. Darkness surrounds the entire jungle.
And then I hear him. A sharp clicking noise comes from above my head.
His arms snake around my body. Hot breath tickles my ear, and a deep growl resonates near my neck. When the syringe hits, I know I’m done for.
I’m taken and auctioned to the highest bidder. Within minutes, all of my data is erased and systematically expunged. I no longer exist.
No one is coming to save me. And I know what happens to me next…
In darkness, he rises over me like a tidal wave.
I am abducted. I am lost to the world. But he saved me.
I am his mate.
A great read with some great characters. Liked the story and I liked the cover too. 4,*.
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This was a good book to read. It was fast-paced enough and had some twists and turns to make it interesting.
Anna is with the Earth military to try to break up a slave ring that is being run on her planet. Unfortunately, she gets caught and is processed to be a slave too. All her special enhancements from the military, her eye, is replaced so they can’t track her. When she goes to auction, she sees that she is the only human there, both slave and buyers. When the winning bid, totally outrageous, happens to be the guy who captured her, she doesn’t know what to think. She just knows that she has to stay alive and hopefully she can escape or her friend can find her.
Ax is the guy who just so happens to have captured Anna, but there is something about her that drawls him to her. He will do anything and burns all his bridges to be with her. He hides her when she contacts her friend to try to rescue her, they then plan to take down the whole slavering on the planet. It isn’t just run by the bad guys, it is controlled by the human Generals who get their pick of the slaves for as long as they want and they wallow in all the money made by the slave rings.
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I lost interest quickly when the storyline became implausable.
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Anna was a soldier on patrol when she was captured and sold as a slave. It was a difficult transition for a human woman to make especially when she was weak and suffering from a virus that causes genetic mutations. The Alien who purchased her cares for her and over time she recovers and accepts him as her master. When she becomes pregnant they decide to seek help in escaping the planet but instead they face much danger from both the human and alien population. This book kept me interested up to a point, then my acceptance of the story failed as I found it impossible to accept implausible possibilites of the storyline. I love to read SciFi romances but when the story becomes unbelievable I loose interest quickly.
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Decent story but her acceptance of the situation was way too fast for my taste. Overall it was an okay read, not a bad addition to the genre.
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Ordered to “Embrace the suck”
—>>> Junior Earth Federation Officer Anna Longdale experiences the adventure of her life when she is caught by Syndicate slavers while on a mission and then taken from a slave pageant auction by the original Alpha alien slaver Ax who had caught her in the first place. Unfortunately, she contracts a degenerative disease, and it is up to Ax to save her life as well as condition this rare human female to become his mate. During that time, they slowly form a bond, and their feelings shift to love over the next few weeks. But having witnessed the brutal treatment of fellow alien woman during her capture and then going through it herself as she was selectively processed for the auction, Anna takes the only opportunity she has to stop the travesty of them being sold into slavery and used as stock to breed. And perhaps ends up biting off way more than she reckoned she could chew, because, as they soon discover, the Federation and the Syndicate have much (depraved twists involved) to answer for. Definitely an entertaining read!
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I couldn’t get into the story but others could. I like dark romances some of the time but this one didn’t work for me.
Anna works for the federation and is captured by slavers on an operation. Ax is the one who captured her and is also the one who purchased her later at an auction. There is lots of rough times between the two and then a fight to stay together when both his and her organization turn against them.
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This was a great story and was very entertaining. Once I started I could not put it down. The chemistry between the hero and heroine is sizzling hot. I would recommend this to anyone that loves a great love story.
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So this was a free ARC copy from the author and booksprout for my voluntary honest review of this paranormal read.And once I started I just had to finish and see how it ended, and really enjoyed it. It had a great storyline and great characters to read about, plus it was sizzling hot! This was a new author to read for and review her and I look forward to seeing more of her work in the future! *Spoilers Tag-Anna was a junior officer working under the command of Earth Federation.Her job is to patrol the most dangerous regions of the plant.She should have planed for what happened next…..First sje lost power to her headset.Then emergency light cut out completely.Darkness surrounds the entire jungle.Then I hear him , a sharp clicking noise comes from above my head.Then his arm snake around my body.Hot breath tickles my ear, then a deep growl near my neck.When the syringe hits I know I’m done for . I’m taken and auctioned to the highest bidder.Within minutes my data is erased and I no longer exist. * So if you want to see how this book finishing then go get it its so worth it!!! ENJOY EVERYONE
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I liked that this book had enough going on to keep the story going. There were parts of this story that I just didn’t enjoy and I was not able to really get into this book. I am glad at the end Anna and Ax are able to get to safety though.
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This was a very enjoyable story. The characters have a great chemistry between them. There were a lot of twists and turns.
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We Can’t All Be On The Side Of the Angels
Life is a matter of perspective, what you’ve been taught, what you believe, with a dash of your cultural norms mixed in for good measure. Anna is a human who is convinced that the Earth Federation has spent the past 100 years trying to bring peace to the planet she is on. She believes the military (and planet) are best served continuing the mission of the previous generation.
Ax is a native who knows the truth, what happened 100 years ago, and more recently, and why the natives won’t cooperate with the Earth Federation, and while some of it might be cultural differences, it is not as simple as Savages and Barbarians refusing a chance at civilization and peace.
What keeps the story interesting is that Ax is not without his faults… Both he and Anna learn a lot over the course of the story… some battles are bigger than one couple, some principles are worth fighting for, and sometimes, hard as it may be, you have to step back, look at your community, and see if they will ever accept outsiders, or if they are, by nature, a closed community.
A done in one, quick read, I am curious if this Universe will be explored further, as a lot of interesting World Building took place here in Alien Mate.
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I wanted to like this book it had and interesting plot but it was disjointed it skipped around to much for me.
Anna is and officer for the Federation on a messed up planet theres horrible slavery and abuse and the people she should trust well forget it. Her capture truly becomes her only salvation. Ax is and Alien working for the syndicate a bunch of slaves no he isn’t a good guy and he dose some really bad things but he dose try to do write by Anna. That being said there is allot of violence some gore and a great finally battle but the middle of this book was to rushed with the whole I hate him now I love him stuff no real build up. And that’s the reason I gave it 3 stars.