Sometimes your greatest fears bring you where you need to be, no matter how hard the road is.VictoriaI was stupid. Scared and stupid when I followed the racist leader of the anti-Zmaj into the desert. We were exiled from the rest of the human survivors but hey, at least I was getting away from the huge and intimidating, dragon-like Zmaj warriors. A plus right?Then I was kidnapped by alien space … right?
Then I was kidnapped by alien space pirates, stolen from the planet and forced to be their slave. Now I’m scared and alone, but I’m surviving. Somehow. I would never in a million years have imagined missing the desert hell-hole Tajss, the ruined planet that became humanity’s home after our generation ship crashed. But I do miss it.
When the pirates finally return to Tajss, a hint of the one thing I’ve denied myself blossoms. Hope. There are other humans here. Others like me. Could I escape?
Before I can act on the idea I’m kidnapped. Again.
This time it’s not the creepy space pirates. No, it’s worse. This time it’s one of the primitive, domineering alien-dragons. He’s massive and scarier than any pirate. He steals me from them and makes off into the desert with me.
I’m scared and confused to discover that the man I thought was a brutish alien is actually confident and kind. The way the light shimmers on his scales is utterly fascinating and he’s dedicated to taking care of me. The longer I’m with him the less I’m worried about surviving. Now I have to worry about losing my heart to a Zmaj.
Lothor
The moment I see her my inner dragon decides. She’s perfect and she has to be mine.
I’ve been alone for so long. I don’t know how to talk to her, I don’t understand her language, and I barely remember my own. I haven’t spoken to another in longer than I can remember.
Somehow I have to make her understand that I’m not dangerous. I’m her protector. I’ll stand for her against every enemy. I’ll care for her and even though I can’t speak to her, my actions will win her over. In time. As long as I can carve out enough of it and defeat every threat that fate has in store for us.
She’ll learn to love me, eventually, because she is the one. The one I’m fated to find, the one my dragon has claimed. My treasure.
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“Dragon’s Protection” Is ONE In A Great Series With An Awesome Balance Between Drama & S€X¥ Times!
Here’s a case of YOU don’t know what you’ve got… Until it’s Gone!
And boy does She Realize THAT once She’s kidnapped & taken off Tajss!
Then, when a finally brought BACK,
She’s kidnapped AGAIN…
But it’s by a Primitive Zmaj!
Is She outta the FIRE & into the PAN…
or will the Zmaj offer Her a “Dragon’s Protection,”
And Maybe Sooo MUCH MORE… like His HEART!
I love that “Dragon’s Protection” dives RIGHT In, & IT interconnects with the other ‘Dragons of Tajss’ Stories; YET, your not too lost reading it as a Standalone… How Awesomely Sweet is that!!! I haven’t read ALL these books, but I’m never lost when I come back again! I Love it! Although, I’m usually itching to go back & find out what I might’ve missed in this Seriously Addicting Series… LOL!
These Books just Rock IT & get better & Better with Each additional Installment…
You’ll find a plethora of Action, Adventure, Anger, Attitude, Drama, Danger, Enemies, Fighting, Intrigue, Love, Lust, Passion, Protection, Possession, Romance, Surprises, Survival, Suspense, DRAGON BABIES GALORE & of course… Many Twist & turns to keep you entertained & turning the page, Page, PAGES~ Again & AGAIN~ on a quest for that HFN ENDing within the books of this Series… They are So Amazing!!
Miranda Martin brings this World Alive Every Time with Installments you’re sure to LOVE… One-Click “Dragon’s Protection” TODAY! You’ll be happy you did…
I was granted, via B00|{$P®0UT, an ARC of Miranda Martin’s “Dragon’s Protection: A SciFi Alien Romance (Red Planet Dragons of Tajss Book 16).” I recommend this book to others based upon its own merits. All opinions expressed within this review are uniquely my own & freely given!
Until next time… Happy Reading!
Dragon’s Protection is Book 16 in the Red Planet Dragons of Tajss series by Miranda Martin. This is a well written story with well developed characters. In Dragon’s Protection we meet Lothor (a Zmaj warrior) who has been living alone for sometime in a cave with his pet Sree. Victoria (a human) has very bad luck both by decisions she makes as she is a very fearful person and also by circumstances she finds herself in. She is captured by space pirates and held as a slave for at least a year. When the pirates go back to Tajss, she is able to escape from them and runs into Lothor who grabs her and runs. These two have a very rocky road ahead on there path to an HEA. This is an action filled page turning adventure with enough length to allow for backstories and allow a romance to develop which you need to read to see how Lothor and Victoria get to their HEA. Received a free copy from Booksprout and this is my voluntary review.
Extremely entertaining, captivating and interesting sexy read. I could not put it down. Wonderfully written with strong, intriguing characters. I want to read more from this author.
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Title: Dragon’s Protection
Red Planet Dragons of Tajss #16
Release Date: #AlreadyReleased
Author: Miranda Martin
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Serial: Standalone, No Cliffhanger
Genre: #SciFi #RedPlanet #Alien
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This book catches you from the first page, dinner was late cuz I just had to finish, it’s will take you a ride of your life.
Definitely a Must Read !
Victoria is a human she has been a slave on a spaceship for a long time. When the Zzlo land on a planet and are fighting amongst themselves she ran. This time she is captured by different Alien a Zmaj.
Lothor is a Zmaj from the Planet Tajss, he lives far away and alone. While hunting he sees a Zzlo spaceship that has landed. Making a quick decision when seeing a woman running towards him, he throws her over his shoulder and takes off running. Now what is he going to do with her?
This review is my own opinion, this author is one that I love to read her books. This book is packed with action and survival.
This book is Lothor’s and Victoria’s love story which is unique and unlike the couples that come before them. Lothor is a loner Zmaj who has had very limited contact with other Zmaj. He lives alone and purposefully remains away from the territory where other Zmaj may roam. Victoria is a human who originally lived in the city but then left with Grisham’s followers, the anti-Zmaj crowd. She was kidnapped and taken off planet by an alien race who enslaved her. On a trip back to Tajss, Victoria is left unguarded by her captors and Lothor sees her. He rescues her and takes her back to his home. They struggle to find a way to communicate but eventually biology kicks in and though their courting is one of the longest it is also one of the sweetest. We get to see how they each react to their attraction and how the love between them develops. They have a fur baby as well 🙂 They start to enjoy a blissful existence until dangerous threats return and turn their peaceful loving home into chaos. Overall it was an enjoyable story filled with love, action and perseverance. I can’t to see what comes next!
This is a wonderful story about two kindred spirits meeting and learning to accept and love each other. Both main characters have been through loss and loneliness. I haven’t read the previous books in this series as this is my first time reading this author, but I was able to fully enjoy this book without any issues.
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This is the 16th book in the Red Planet Dragons of Tajss series. You could read this as a stand alone, but by reading the previous stories you will better understand this planet they are on and the relationships between the people who live there. You will also understand that there are other people on this planet besides the people in the City and the history of the planet.
Victoria was one of the human women who crash landed on Tajss on the Generational spaceship. Being she was abused by her father, she had a fear of men who are big. With all the Zmaj men being seven feet tall and strongly muscled, she was afraid of them. When one of the human men wanted the humans to stick with humans and not mate with Zmaj, he was kicked out of the city along with any followers. She was one of the followers. She was kidnapped by the Zzol, a very lazy, dirty scavenger race. They didn’t sell her because she was so submissive. They kept her to do all the cooking and cleaning, since they wouldn’t clean up after themselves. They would land on a planet, do some hunting and she had to make something edible from it. They never landed on the same planet twice, until they lanced on Tajss again and a Zmaj male rescued her. She was still scare of him, but she went along with him to get away from the Zzol. They learned a bit of each other’s languages and worked together with the cooking, hunting and food gathering. He always treated her with kindness and consideration.
Lothor is a lone Zmaj warrior. Before the Destruction of their planet, he and his mate left the City and went into the desert. They created a home in a cave. His mate became ill and died even though he did everything he could. His memories of that time were blocked but knew that the precious things he had of hers per precious. When the Zzol landed near where he was hunting and he saw they had a human female, he had to rescue her from them. They were scavengers and slavers. He treated her with kindness, consideration and respect. He did everything to make it easy for her. Then when his feelings came out, she was ‘his treasure,’ his mate. When she became ill, he did everything he could to get her the help she needs, but the Order, a group of Zmaj, don’t want to have anything to do with humans and anyone outside their group. She remembered that the humans would become ill if they didn’t eat this special herb that was very dangerous to get. You would need to get a group of Warriors to get some, and this herb became addictive. You had to keep taking it or you would become ill again. Lothor was able to get the herbs that he needed for Victoria all by himself, because it was important to keep her alive.
This story had so much action and adventure and fighting, you really need to read it yourself.
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Good book
Well worth reading!
I enjoyed reading this book , it has a good storyline. It is filled with action and the interaction and chemistry between Victoria and Lothor is wonderful. I can’t wait for more from this author. I received this book as a FREE ARC copy to read and I voluntarily leave this review.
The sixteenth book in the Red Planet Dragons of Tajss series a book that once I started I was not putting down until I finished it so a very late night / early morning. Victoria was captured by another group of Aliens when she was banished with Gershom’s group they have now landed back on Tajss and she is kidnapped again this time by a Zmaj. Lothor sees the human woman and is bound to get her away from the pirates. Their story has suspense, drama, danger, twists, turns, a woman that trouble seems to find, and romance. I enjoyed reading this book. I read it through KU and I also received a copy from BookSprout, I am voluntarily reviewing.
Dragon’s Protection is Miranda Martin’s cabin romance for the Red Planet Dragons of Tajss series. It’s intensely focused on its protagonists Victoria and Lothor, and for the vast majority of the book they’re the only characters we encounter. In a book like this, a lot depends on how the reader feels about those few characters they’re reading about. And in Dragon’s Protection, I think Martin created a really winning couple.
Victoria is a masterful creation because she suffers from crippling self-doubt. Martin has done a simply wonderful job in crafting this character. Victoria was raised in a deeply abusive environment that has shaped who she is and how she sees the world. And it explains how she ended up following Gershom, the human antagonist to the main couples encountered earlier in this series. Victoria struggled not only in Gershom’s camp but was then abducted by loathsome aliens and forced to be their servant, so she had to find a way to survive with them. So when she finds herself back on Tajss, it seems like a bitter joke—until she’s swept away—literally—by Lothor.
Lothor is the very thing Victoria needs. He’s incredibly thoughtful of her and absolutely obsessed with her. One thing I love about the Red Planet Dragons series is how many of the alien Zmaj are basically clueless when it comes to realizing they’ve met their life partners, and Lothor is no exception to that. But he comes to realize that Victoria is his treasure, and he’ll do anything for her. He’s one of the most accessible heroes in this series.
The major mysteries of recent books in this series—such as relations between the splintered human/Zmaj camps and discovering what the native Order truly is—are only slightly deepened in this book. But it’s good to go to a different locale and a changed feeling when dealing with an entry a long-running series like this one.
I did think Lothor’s bijass—the madness that can overtake an unmated Zmaj—was rather convenient in this book. In the early books of the Red Planet Dragons series, the bijass was a constant threat to the Zmaj. Here, Lothor is barely dealing with it despite his extreme isolation, and it appears when it’s convenient for plot tension rather than being an omnipresent threat.
Martin has crafted a long and complex tale for Victoria and Lothor, and I truly enjoyed it. It’s hard to keep a long-lasting series fresh, building new viewpoints rather than repeating earlier plots. Martin is doing a fantastic job with that in the Red Planet Dragons of Tajss.
Personally I would rather be with the Tajss Dragons but all the humans are not with the main group. The helplessness of Victoria is a big downer. I understand that she was from an abusive situation and that would really make you fear everything. Victoria seemed to alway be needing to be rescued. The Order’s are a new kind of Dragon. Lothor has lived alone since the destruction of their society so he doesn’t belong to any group we have read about. He is the first Zmaj that has a pet. Lothar rescues Victoria but they can’t talk to each other. In order to really understand where each story goes I suggest you start with the beginning and work your way forward. I look forward to the next book in this series. I received a free ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
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Victoria is thinking about what she left behind when she and two others left Tajss to follow Gershom, now actually missing the desert of Tajss she had despised and the dragon-like Zmaj warriors she had wanted to avoid. But leaving that hated place and getting captured by Zzlo pirates, then becoming their slave in an even more miserable situation, makes you remember that things may not have been so bad back on Tajss after all. Victoria cooks and cleans for the filthy pirates who play mind games and shove her around. The other two captives, Noelle and Albert, had been sold off a long time ago, so she has no one to talk to. Her father had been abusive, so the huge Zmaj – even though they were never violent toward the women — had really frightened her and she took the first opportunity to leave them behind. Now she spends all her days with a tiny ray of hope to one day escape. That is her only option. The ship trembles, so she knows they are landing on a planet to hunt food. Looking out of the small window, she cannot believe her eyes! Two suns, sand, 3 trees in an add pattern – they are landing on Tajss!!!
Lothor is hunting, trying to separate a single animal from the herd. If the herd hears him, he will become the prey. He can only battle one guster successfully. He throws a small stone and the guster investigates, but it loses interest and he must attack now or lose it. The attack was not quiet, so when he kills the beast, he buries himself in the sand and waits. The others indeed come to see what happened but cannot locate him, and they leave. Lothor cuts off the meat and puts it in pouches, then returns home to his pet, Sree. On a shelf, he touches a mirror, hairclip and ribbon. They stir a dim memory in him, so he will not throw them away. But a high whistling sound draws his attention, and the ground shakes. Something has landed, and he takes his weapon and leaves his cave.
Lothor is able to rescue Victoria, but neither knows the other’s language and they cannot easily communicate. Will his kind and compassionate treatment soothe her fears? Will she recognize now that he is gentle and loving, despite his 7-foot height, and would never hurt her as her father did?
There are many other events going on in the book, but this rescue was meaningful when the reader can see the similarity yet vast different in her situation. The pirates couldn’t communicate either, except by gruff sounds and shoving her. Lothor is totally different, despite his size. If she gives him a chance, each of them can certainly provide the healing they need to become whole again. Grab your copy and see how things turn out for them, or if she once again turn away in fear.
This is such a great and well written PNR book. The characters are well developed and engaging. The storyline flowed smoothly with each turn of the page.
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This series on the planet of Tjass with all it’s hardships, danger, invaders, and ultimately love. Ashlee goes with her newly mated friends to The Order, a Council governing Tjass. Here she meets Khal a protector of the order. They are trying to establish a relationship between the two communities. As usual, this author’s characters are engaging, crisp, and memorable with some hot scenes. Good read!
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This is number 16 in the Red Planet Dragon series and is written very well. I don’t like Victoria very much is all.She has lived in fear all her life but she just doesn’t grab me as a strong character. Lothor rescues Victoria and he never gives up hope that she will come to not fear him and there is a happily ever after. Starts out with Victoria on a slave ship,with the ship returning to Tajss where Lothor rescues her. It’s a good read but I would have liked Victoria to be a stronger character who takes control of herself faster.
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Never on Tajss has anyone, human or Zmaj, so loved a mate.
Lothor is solitary; he needs only to hunt, to forage, and to avoid other Zmaj, lest the bjass bring them to mindless alpha-male violence. He has no memory life on Tajss before the Devastation took his home, his people, his mate and his future. When human Victoria’s generation ship crashed on Tajss, fear lead her to follow xenophobic Gershom in the hope she could avoid the frightening dragon-like Zmaj. When the Zzlo slavers attacked the exiled humans, she was taken. Fear of punishment kept her quiet and submissive. Then the Zzlo revisit Tajss, Lothor finds them, and liberates her. Despite their fears, and lack of common language, they learn to live together, work together, and communicate. They fall in love, and – joy of joys – conceive a child. Tajss becomes their paradise – until the Zzlo return for Victoria. Desperate Lothor falls into a bjass-fueled rage, and then vows to save his wife and their child. (At this point, the reader should grab the tissues.) I frantically flipped pages and sobbed as Victoria’s captors and Lothor’s quest took them on parallel journeys of danger, near-successes, frustration and injury. Victoria’s love for her unborn child and its father gives her courage and strength she’s never had. Lothor’s gritty endurance and strength will are mind-bending, awe-inspiring, and heart-rending. Sixteen novels into her Red Planet Dragons of Tajss series, Miranda Martin’s world building is still fresh, active, and enlightening. Old friends reappear in cameos that tie events together and advance the series plot. Above all, her genius at characterization engages the reader heart and soul in a terrifying, compelling, and ultimately triumphant tale of two lovers who will never regret what they did for love. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This time we get to watch the Dragons of Tajss in a different light, which was a wonderful way of getting to see how things are done in different areas of the planet. While this book takes place over a few years we get to watch as Lothor and Victoria grow their relationship from friendship to something more. There is plenty of action, suspense and romance to fulfill all your needs.
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The series takes a bit of a different turn with this story. Lothar is a totally new character without any ties to any of the groups we already know about. Victoria was one of the people that followed Gershom into exile. But she was kidnapped by the Zzlo.
The story takes place over a couple years. It is based mostly on their relationship, although the Zzlo play a big part in it. Towards the end of the book we meet up with some of the members of the Order and even later a couple of people from the Dome City.
I was sort of expecting a story about a member of the Order so I was thrown off at first. Once I got past my expectations I read the story quickly. Victoria isn’t portrayed as the strong female character that is usually in this series but not everyone can be the same. The one thing that stood out to me was that there wasn’t any meteor showers mentioned. I figured that would be something that would have happened toward the end of their time together but maybe the timeline was different than I thought.
Even though this could be read as a stand-alone, I suggest that you read the rest of the series to understand some of the things about the planet and the people.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. I did borrow it through KU also