My mate was taken from me. It’s time I took her back.Eight years ago Annabella was given to me. Primitive, irresistible need compelled me to claim her, but it was not just instinct that drove me to punish her defiance and ravage her beautiful body so thoroughly and savagely. Every screaming climax was a brand marking her as mine.But she was stolen from me, her memory wiped clean by the same … wiped clean by the same madman who gave her to me.
Now she is back on this planet, and this time when I take her I’m going to make sure I keep her.
Publisher’s Note: Devoured includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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The year is 2249. Annabelle was a geological student selected from hundreds to intern in Bellenia. She had been three weeks into the program when she woke up to find herself completely nude, chained inside a locked cage and being given to Volkodan alien as his mate. Unfortunately for Commander Draziak Zecon, he had also been lied to and was being held in chains and forced to participate in the Major General O’Rourke’s sadistic experiment. This is their story and what a grueling, heart-wrenching beginning it has. The world-building on this outpost was so descriptive I could see it within my mind’s eye. The characters were so filled with personality I had no choice but to love or hate them, and you’ll know which one to hate, trust me. And ultimately the chemistry between our Hero and heroine is an all-consuming, make your heart palpitate, turn pages quickly kind of heat. With this exciting tale and a sexy romance, what more could a reader ask for?
Crikey!!
What a rollercoaster this was!! Piper really outdid herself this time.
I found it highly believable the most evil, disgusting character was a human being – as I imagine would be the case IRL.
An imprisoned, tortured and drugged alien prince whose only ‘crime’ was having something the madman commander of the remote planets research facility where he crashlanded, wants. A beautiful human female given drugs by the human perpetrator of these horrific acts, so she will forget… until her memories come crashing back after finding him years later.
The madmans longterm plan to rule the earth has just run into a problem!
This is a great read all round.
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Beast (formerly titles as Devoured) by Piper Stone is a dark sci-fi tale of Draziak, an alien who hails assistance for his spacecraft only to be betrayed, and Annabella, a geologist intern working for Earth who is drugged and tricked into mating with Draziak but has no recall of the event. They meet up 8 years later and the story progresses from there with Draziak angry with Annabella for leaving him after their sexual encounter when in fact she had been removed by the individuals who had placed her in his cell. This novel has unexpected twists, secrets, and steamy attraction.
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The Scorpian returns to to complete is plans for world domination.
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This book is part two of a two part series. Annabella and Draziak had been drugged and forced mated when they had been prisoners of a man known as the “Scorpian”. After their mating, their memories of each other had been wiped and, for eight years Draziak had been entombed deep in caves on the planet. Annabella during that time worked in a number of different jobs while trying to complete her studies in Geology. When she was offered work studying the geology of the same planet she was excited to travel so far away from Earth, having no memory of her time there previously. After a earthquake exposed his prison, Annabella discovers her mate and he forces her to leave with him before he is discovered. Their, story becomes a fight for survival as they join forces to evade the Scorpian once more. The story ends happily but with many more surprises to come, you will have to read the book to find out what they are. I thoroughly enjoyed both of the book in the series, but this one had the most action and hidden surprises. I would advise readers to read the first book before reading this book for better understanding and clarity in the story.
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This was an exceptionally well-written book that I really enjoyed with exceptionally crafted characters. The story and characters hooked me from the beginning and I could not stop reading until late at night. I loved the characters while watching them grow together and they went well together and the Scorpion and his men were easy to hate and was also well crafted. I found this book fascinating with great word building which made me feel apart of the story as it unfolded in front of me. A must read for any fan of Alien Romance and it had many twists/turns, deceptions, action, adventure, betrayal, and love
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No matter what, should be the title of this book not the “Devoured”.I can just say two words “Evil scientist“. That’s what this is about. It’s like starcrossed lovers he manipulates them to wear eight years have gone by. EIGHT YEARS. Annabella has no clue what happened. She basically has in amnesia.. She wakes up in his cage, has no clue why she’s“ on lockdown. Then this alien comes in and the evil scientist, of course in the background that she can’t see who’s hiding behind this glass says “hey this is your mate have at it.” What?! And she instantly is drawn to this “alien beast“ . Steamy things happen he only allows one hour as he plays the exhibitionist. When all is said and done they are both sedated and separated yet again. He, Commander Draziak Zecon, her mate swears no matter what he will find her.
Darkness in the story? yes. A page turner once it gets rolling? Definitely. Putting it down? Only for bathroom breaks and even that didn’t stop me. Secrets, adventure scenes that make you crazy? No doubt. Should you read? Only if you want to feel like an exhibitionist too. Lol
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Draziak was an alienand his mate Annabella was human. They were given drugs to forget about what had transpired between them. They were tortured and then years later it was arranged for them to be put together again and then everything started blowing up and secrets began coming out. Interesting and exciting adventure
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Star crossed lovers!!
Annabella and Draziak’ story is complex and compelling!
This alien and human are brought together by lies, treachery and deception.
Their story will span a period of missing time, extreme danger, experimentation, brutality, punishments, death, surprises, deadly games, scorching heat, sizzling sex and intense emotions!
This sci-fi romance is full of action, adventure, mystery, intrigue and chemistry!! An absolute must read!!!
A greedy human has found a way to enslave an alien prince, and force a mating of a human female. Then, he wipes the female’s memory, and traps the prince in a mountain. I had mixed feelings about the way the mating occured, but it definitely set the dark tone of the rest of the story. Eight years after these events, Annabella, with absolutely no memory of what happened, is back on that same planet. She keeps having suspicions and doubts about why her team is on the planet looking for minerals on a mountain. One night, she discovers Draziak, her mate, and then it seems like everything comes crashing down. The sex between them is intense and dark. I loved the way the story flowed and almost everything was explained. Great book to get my mind off things going on in the world.
Please note that I did receive an ARC of this book, and the opinions expressed in this review are my own.
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I enjoyed this a lot, although I found it to be different than some of her other novels in that both Draziak and Annabella are the victims of a madman’s experiment. Draziak and his crew crash landed on Bellenia, a human outpost and were thought that they were being rendered aide, when in fact they were being studied and methodically exterminated except for Draziak their prince, who is experimented on then mated to Annabella. Then she’s taken away. It’s a compelling read, Couldn’t put it down.
A well written story that held my interest until the end. Annabella and Draziak’ story has suspense, drama, danger, a villain, and romance. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a rollercoaster ride that you don’t want to end. This story just grabs you at the beginning and doesn’t let you go. Annabella used as bait and Draziak just used. There is so much action, adventure, misstrust, deception, mystery, anger, pain, passion and love. This is a story that will grip your heart and rip it in two. There is an HEA but you need to read the story to find out what it is. I absolutly love Piper Stone’s book. Thank you for another amazing adventure. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
When I saw that Ms. Stone’s “Devoured: A Dark Sci-Fi Romance” available on Booksprout, I clicked to download it immediately. The cover, the title “Devoured,” and, having read other sci-fi stories by Stone, my expectations were pretty high, and yet, she exceeded them! Not only has this become my favourite storylines of hers, but I also feel this is her best-written work to date (sci-fi)!! I got the book around 4 am and decided to read just the first chapter before heading off to bed, which was a “mistake” because then I couldn’t stop reading until the last word at 7am!! I experienced so many emotions: tension, fear, anger, revulsion, and bitterness, within only the first four chapters of this incredible story, that I was riveted, barely breathing! The tension, the animal magnetism and sexual intensity are so erotically described their heat is almost palpable. Hell, I was gripping my Kindle so tightly, my fingers kept cramping!! Some moments had me pumping my fist in the air; others had me wanting to commit violent acts. The anguish in some passages literally had me with tears streaming down my face! The way Ms. Stone was able to capture the authenticity, physically and emotionally of her characters, has left me feeling “devoured” by this book!! (and I shortened this review!! )
I absolutely loved this book. Mix a fast paced, exciting story line, a steamy connection between the characters with well written, believable characters that you can’t help rooting for and you have this book. Binge read and only disappointment was that it ended. Cannot recommend highly enough.
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Piper Stone is one of my favorite authors to read. I was excited to read her latest book after reading the description. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book as much as her previous ones. And here are the reasons why:
1. At the start there were 3 POVs. Generally in a book there is either one or two. The third one just did not fit because only one chapter near the front of the book was written the POV for the antagonist and it was the only time this specific character had his own POV.
2. It got a bit confusing keeping track of the present vs the past and the past vs the even further back past. It just seemed very disjointed. It did not flow as the story progressed. And this continued right through to the end of the book.
3. I finished the book and still had questions that had been raised in the :past story line of the main characters that were never answered by the end of the book.
It was interesting to read, but usually book can pull me into the story and I binge read until it is finished. That was not the case with this book for me. I would read a bit of it, put it down, pick it up later that day and repeat the sequence until I finished it. Normally, I would sit down and read a book cover to cover in one sitting. I struggled a bit this time. I am sure this is just a one off for me because I loved all the books I have read of hers in the past..
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Intense and complex read
—>>> This read is so much more than the book’s description; it is actually an intense and complex read. Commander Draziak Zecon and his Volkodan battleship crew are forced to make an unscheduled landing on human Outpost 14, Bellenia. But they become pawns to a man there hellbent on gaining power and playing his cruel games. Nobody was going to stand in his way. Draziak is a beast with escape and revenge foremost on his mind, but first he has to find his way back to Annabella, whom he has to convince is his mate and that everything she knows has been manipulated. Other than this, it is one of those stories which will immediately draw you, and you really should just delve right in.
She was used…
Our female heroine is used. The beast wants revenge for himself. Piper has another winner I don’t know how she does it. This book has hot mating, good, evil and revenge. The story scans an eight year span. My only beef is the book doesn’t tell you what has happened to our heroine in between the beginning of the story and where it restarts again after the eight years. I would recommend this book. There is spanking involved so if you have triggers please don’t read this book.
She did it again. Each new book, keeps getting a more detailed backstory, multi-dimensional characters, and an intense plot. You still get the steamy scenes and yes, the dominate, Alphas (in whatever shape or form what may – it’s all delicious).
This book is a little convoluted, so pay attention (there are flashbacks layered on wakefulness- it can get confusing). I really enjoyed the theme of who is the bad guy when the aliens crashed and came in peace any to have humans take them in to custody and start to experiment on them. A crazy military scientist goes rogue and start exterminating the aliens after he steaks their technology. . . but only after he does one last experiment — one on cross-breeding and he forces his interns as test subjects then he erases everyone’s minds.
Forced down a mining shaft after experimented on and left for dead, the alien Prince remembers that was done to him even 8 years later and he wants revenge. He also wants his mate. It’s an intense story of revenge and lust. Then learning of love. Only thing, I wish the epilogue have more, but PS tends to tell it like it is at that point which I kinda like.
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The story arc of this book was wonderful. This book kept me absorbed and reading steadily until I was done! The twists and turns of the plot kept me engrossed as I read along. The relationship between Annabella and Draziak was compelling. I had to keep reading until I found out if they had a HEA. I’ll let you read to find that out as well. The only issue I had with the story is that the ending was so quick. I would have loved more details when the book was wrapping up, but all in all, I loved the book and recommend it. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.