Khalil and his elite team of Alpha warriors are strong, honorable, and completely bored babysitting their princess on a peacekeeping mission. Although the disobedient, sassy female Zahara does make things interesting for Khalil – until everything goes wrong. Attacked. Abducted from their spaceship. Caged. The Trakonians are the most vile and dangerous males in the galaxy, and they have developed … they have developed their greatest weapon, a drug called Fragment with multiple devious forms. One that brings insanity, one that freezes you in place with pain… and the worst of all, ‘heat.’ This time the enemy doesn’t just want to kill them, they want to use Khalil’s team of Alphas for entertainment.
Driven into a crazed rut by the chemical heat, there is no way to resist, no way to be honorable, and the vulnerable females from their ship are going to suffer.
Author’s Note: Alpha’s Capture is the first yummy episode in the Caged Alpha serial. If you enjoy a gritty sci-fi adventure that devolves into a raw and sexy omegaverse tale with a reluctant reverse harem, this is the series for you.
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‘Alpha’s Capture’ is Livia Bourne’s first book in her “Caged Alpha” series and if you’re expecting her safe, sane, and consensual BDSM scenes that you’d find in her Black Light books then you’re going to be sorely disappointed. I think Livia Bourne is a darker, edgier side of Livia Grant. Of course, her world-building is vivid and played out in my mind throughout the story. The storyline itself was fascinating with suspense, danger, twists and turns I certainly didn’t see coming, and a chemistry that is so palpable it jumps from the screen. This is a novella sized story and yet I feel like I’ve gotten to know Khalil and Zahara along with Onyx, Avincent, and Thrash. I can’t wait to see what Livia brings us next.
Author Livia Grant is known for pushing the envelope and making readers squirm with her erotic romance. Writing her first science fiction romance as Livia Bourne she holds nothing back. A group of vile aliens find amusement in sexually torturing females to death. They capture a spacecraft full of Alpha male warriors and female betas to use as entertainment in their Roman Gladiator style games, having developed a secret drug to force the honorable Alphas to attack and rape the females. Alpha’s Capture is like a scary movie that forces you to cover your eyes–then peek through your fingers because you have to watch. It’s brutal, but brilliantly executed.
The first book in Livia’s Alpha’s series was very intense from the beginning. Alpha’s Capture was captivating and full of action.
Khalil is the captain of the ship transporting the Princess and her entourage on their voyage when strang things start happening.
They wake to be imprisoned by some sick beasts and then chaos ensues.
I can’t wait for the next book!
Livia Bourne’s “Alpha’s Capture” is book 1 in a planned series and oh boy! What seems to start out as somewhat…mild…in that spending time on a space craft way, rapidly turns into a milieu of horror. And if you think that’s a bad thing, then do not start this series. But if you’re like me, one-click, and do it now. Stepping away from her contemporary writing, Ms. Bourne takes us to the blackness of space and the evilness of the Trakonians in this contribution to the omegaverse universe. It has all the vile deliciousness that comes with the omegaverse with the added “bonus” of what happens when things go from really bad to buckle-up and hold on tight.
Gritty and Dark Sci-Fi Story!!!
A dangerous technology, a brutal kidnapping and a set of games where the “winner” may actually be the one who found their death as it is “over” for them.
Not for the faint of heart, but somehow it is hard to look away….
**I am voluntarily leaving my honest review of this book**
Warning – triggers abound. Abduction/kidnapping, confinement, abject terror, rape. Evil sadistic violent murdering aliens capture a honorable alien race. The honorable alpha warriors are caged and drugged, the females brutalized and drugged, and both are used for sadistic non-con entertainment by their captors. Sounds awful, right? But Livia’s writing is so good you get sucked into the story, and even though this is a prequel novella, you quickly become invested in the characters. It is very dark omegaverse, and so far no romance to be found. This is a cringe-worthy cliff-hanger prequel and I can’t wait for the next book, hoping there is some redemption coming!
Omega verse is so dark and twisted. Livia Grant dies a great job of sucking you in and making you want to read more. Very dark novella with non con and other dark situations but so well written you can’t stop reading.
Alpha’s Capture is the start of a sci fy romance series! Livia Bourne does a great job of building this world and these characters. You can’t help but love Zarah for that flame of independent fierceness that burns inside her! Khalil is an honorable man that you are desperately rooting for!
This book grabs you from the beginning and doesn’t let up! Even at the end Livia keeps you so engaged that you are shocked and flabbergasted when you realize you are at the end! I cannot wait for the next book! A definite fun read for this girl is new to Omegaverse! Great job Livia!!!
Wow, what a book to come out of the starting gate! Sexy, primal, and oh-so moreish by anyone’s standards, Alpha’s Capture will lure you into the sci-fi world of Livia Bourne where Alphas and Omegas are pitted against one another in a sexy battle for the entertainment of alien overlords. This is not the basis of the whole book, I have to add, but I can’t wait for book 2 to see how the author writes our intrepid heroes out of their unfortunate situation!
I’m no stranger to the Omegaverse, and I loved this first effort from an author who’s new to the genre, but definitely knows how to make it sizzle and bite! The troubles and heated tension were kept high from the word “capture,” and the characters were vividly depicted. The tortures and sexual cravings kept me so on edge, biting my nails! I didn’t want this to end in a cliffy, but I’m absolutely ready to find out how this all pans out!
A great glance into the future of what it may be like to live in a lifetime that is like a Star Trek episode. There is nothing wrong with the big sexy aliens that want to protect from the other bad big nasty alphas. It is a good story of good vs evil in the future
The first book in a new Omegaverse series. It is short, but very fast paced story, but since it is the first book in the series, it does end in a cliffhanger. Yes, i did yell at my ereader.
Like all books by this author it is very well written and full of amazing layered characters and there is a lot of details, but still keeps a good pace.
What kind of Omegaverse world is being created is still a bit unclear. each author give his or hers spin of it. I hope we get to know about the world more in the next book.
This is only the second Omegaverse book that I’ve read & since the other was a different author & a contemporary setting, I was completely unprepared for this read. This is brutal. It is harsh. It makes for very uncomfortable reading that does nothing to set me a-tingle. But, it is an interesting & original read that sucked me in right from the start, even when I didn’t want to read what was happening. Be aware – this is book 1 in a SERIAL. It is not standalone & there is no HEA. Be prepared to commit to the whole series to get to the end
WOW! This new series, by an author who in new to this trope, starts off with an actual bang and the excitement doesn’t stop. It is the first book and has a cliffhanger (there’s the warning to all of those who don’t like cliffhangers) that left me breathless. If you haven’t read any Omegaverse stories then you need to know that there are a few things that are standard to this world, but you might need to search it because the Zon Gods can get offended if the review isn’t clean enough. There are not many things that are clean about theses stories.
Because this is a first story in a series the book spends a lot of time setting up the characters, plot, and the rules in her world. That doesn’t mean there isn’t any sexiness. The whole story is sexy. It’s also adventurous, full of dangers and excitement, sexy men, a strong independent woman, and a bad guy that you want to kill instantly. The heat level is off the charts! I felt like I was holding my breath during parts of this one and the end sort of smacked me in the face because I wasn’t paying attention to where I was in page count. I can’t wait to get my hands on the next one.
Ms. Bourne takes the reader on one earth shattering experience.
This is her first delve into sci-fi and she blew it out the water!
She delivers Alpha noble warriors and deviant Aliens.
In this book we are introduced to Commander Khalil Khan and his crew.
They are escorting the Princess and her entourage and the beautiful Zahara.
When they are taken captive they are about to live a very real horrific nightmare.
It ends in one jaw dropping heart pounding cliffhanger.
This story is intense!
It’s a no holds bar on dark and gritty.
And I can’t wait to read more!
It was intense from page 1. Khalil and his warriors are transporting a royal princess and her entourage and they are attacked by their worst enemy with an unknown weapon. This is the authors first foyer into this trope and it’s sure to be a hit with her regular readers (like me).
It is very intense, quite a bit more than her other regular series which I love. After letting the story sit for a few days before I wrote this review, I am very interested in what will come next and how Khalil will handle Zahara and the other obstacles.
I recommend this book.
I received this advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.
Gobsmacked
I am utterly gobsmacked. There is a reason that this author is one of my favorites. I knew that she was a talented writer because each book she writes gets better and better. However, This book just took her to a WHOLE new realm. Had I not known better, I would have thought this was her normal sub-genre that she writes in because it is one of the best I have read in the Omegaverse world which I don’t say lightly because there are some strong contenders in who is the best in this category.
The world building was exceptional. The story itself was unlike anything I had read before. She made me want to understand the characters and what their backstory was. The story was beyond intense and what these characters went through was horrific. Yet, even as unsettling as it was it also fed my dark soul and my interest was beyond piqued. Even as intense as the story was, I still was curious as to how these characters would survive and what the ramifications would be when they did.
This is not a story that is sugar and spice and everything nice. There is a level of depravity here that will make a lot of people offended (Not me, Bring on the dark and twisted) so that needs to be known before this book is read. I would hope though that most people reading Omegaverse would already be aware of that before venturing into reading this book. There was nothing comforting about this story unless I focus on the connection and hope that these characters can escape and what the future holds. Yet, it is there that lies my desire to know more and why this book is as exceptional as it is. She created a story that was not only well written but had the potential for so much more. I could see some aspects of her BDSM writing style and that thrilled me because I live for all the details that she adds to make her stories have cohesiveness and clarity.
I might have cussed out loud when this portion of the book ended because I was most assuredly not ready for this story to be over. It ended on a WHOPPER of a cliffhanger. I need the next book like I need air. Kudos to the author for knocking this one out of the park. She rendered me speechless which anyone that knows me is virtually impossible.
Wow, hot, dark, dangerous and an absolutely captivating start to this series
Alpha’s Capture is written by Black Light author Livia Grant. This is obviously her much darker, more salacious side! For those who like to know, this book does end in a cliffhanger, and what a doozy of one it is. I’m not sure when the next book is due but I NEED IT NOW!
For a first time foray into the world of sci-fi Ms Bourne did a very admirable job of world building and scene setting. She has created her own version of an omegaverse, one that definitely had it’s own flavour. It isn’t until writing my review that I realise we didn’t have a detailed description of the Gradonian race. I presumed a very human-like appearance and am happy with that assumption.
This is a shorter read, being of novella length, but already I feel I know Zahara and Khalil quite well. Excellent character development also ensured that I started to build a connection with Onxy, Thrash and Avincent. The writing, as always, flows really smoothly and the plot was very engaging. Good pacing held my attention and reading this story felt so easy, there was no struggle to know who was speaking or to follow the story.
I am 100% hooked by this new world the author created and will now be pestering and stalking her until she has written more books in the series! Just a warning though – this is MUCH darker than her Livia Grant work, including some scenes of non-consent and very dubious consent, proceed with caution and enjoy!!!!
This is an exciting, mysterious, salacious story. I cannot wait to see how our heroes will manage to endure the trials imposed on them by their enemies. And, how, when, and will they escape?
Wow!
This book takes no prisoners!
Oh no, it does! That’s what it’s all about. And it packs a real wallop!
I expected one of those nice, cozy, Big-Alien-With-A-Soft-Heart stories. But no, this series introduction promises quite a different kind of setup. There is a bunch of ugly, brutal, stinking beasts at work and right when I wanted to protest in horror about their behavior, the book ends!!!
Ms Bourne, I sincerely hope you are sitting at your computer writing the next installment of this story!
Or else!!