She thinks the gorgeous, silver fox alien is a hologram. He’s not.The only alien warrior True isn’t intimidated by is the one in her holodeck simulation. Not only is True a virgin, she’s barely been kissed, so the huge, hunky Drexian warriors terrify her. But the guy in her simulation doesn’t. He may be as big and built as the rest of them, but she knows he’s not real. It’s the only reason she’s … only reason she’s not afraid to kiss him.
Captain Varden never meant to lie to True, but when she assumed he was a hologram, he didn’t correct her. Especially not after she laid that kiss on him. Now she’s convinced he isn’t real, which is probably for the best. He’s too old for someone as young and pretty as her, although when she kisses him he feels like a Drexian cadet again.
When the Kronock attack and they’re forced to abandon the space station, True comes face-to-face with her hologram—on the escape transport. Before she can be properly outraged, they’re stranded on a jungle planet. Between trying to stay alive and evading the enemy, can she forgive him for deceiving her? Can he ever accept that she could fall for someone so much older?
This standalone alien abduction romance novel features steamy scenes on a jungle planet, action-packed space battles, smoking-hot Drexian warriors who will do anything to protect the women they love, and a guaranteed HEA. If you like silver foxes, aliens with extra erogenous zones, and virgins getting (a lot) more than they bargained for, you’ll love CRAVED, the eighth book in Tana Stone’s sci-fi romance Tribute Brides of the Drexian Warriors series.
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My Captain
Varden is an older Drexian that has never that about having a mate. He has commanded his for at least twenty years and figured that l life shop had past him by.
True is a shy and repressed young woman that had been raised by overly zealous religious parents to the point she was scared of males.
It takes being abducting and sent into space for her world and knowledge to be broaden.
Misunderstandings and secrets will have you shaking your head at these two characters.
Loved the book it was great, the story was well written and the characters were interesting. Once I started I could not get enough from start to finish with twist and turns and adrenaline rush and excitement that was just the start. True was a tribute bride and rejected her Drexian warrior groom, she was moved to the independent section of the spaceship, when her best friend Ella married her Drexian mate Ella was moved so they started to communicate through a holographic Captain Varden was curious about the holographic so he talked to True who thinks he is holographic and her best friend Ella sent it. They are getting attacked by the Kronocks, the escape shuttle they ended up crashing and that is the start of friendships getting closer between True and Captain Varden where no one knows of their relationship.
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Meh May-December romance
Tana Stone’s Drexians are wonderful alien warrior heroes, and it’s been a great series so far, but… There comes a time in every series where it seems like the author has hit the inspirational wall. Craved, the latest in the series, has that exhausted feel. Varden, the captain of the “Boat,” is a silver fox whose holodeck interludes with human female True have been sweetly steamy and relatively chaste beach encounters. She doesn’t know he’s not part of the simulation, which is why our very young, innocent, and religiously-repressed heroine has felt safe with him. The evil Kronock attack, the captain’s cover is blown, and the whole “I can’t trust you/I’m a frightened virgin” vs. the “I’m too old for a mate/I’ve screwed up my chances by deceiving her” conflict plays out against a backdrop of shipwreck/jungle planet/Kronock hunters and Drexian rescuers… It isn’t bad, but it feels old, tired, insipid, and I wish the author had just taken a break to let the creative enthusiasm rebound and shine through. I am voluntarily leaving this ARC review, ad hoping for better next time.