First in a new series from the author of The Afótama Legacy. Get the novel—nearly 120,000 words—at a special pre-order price of just 99¢ through August 14th!___As an adamant opponent of Terran settlement on the planet Jekh, Owen McGarry made his family name synonymous with “traitor” on Earth. Lobbyists standing to profit from off-world colonization hinted that the Jekhans were preparing to … were preparing to declare war. Nearly twenty years after Owen’s supposed death, his granddaughter Courtney wants to learn the truth—even if she has to travel to the far-flung colony to do it.
Court soon learns that not only was her grandfather right about the Jekhans, but that conditions on their world are far more hostile than she feared. Terran forces decimated the population of the resident human-alien hybrids, and the people who remain seem to be all out of fight. That is, except for the pair of men Court finds hiding in her basement.
Fugitives Murki and Trigrian see a future in Court. On a planet where so few women remain, she has the potential to be the mate the lovers need. And more, she could become the advocate for their people that her grandfather didn’t get the chance to be.
When the corrupt local government seeks to punish Court’s friends and family for her actions, she has no choice but to make a stand. If it takes a riot to make the people on Earth see that they were misled about Jekh, she’s more than willing to start one. After all, her reputation couldn’t possibly get any worse.
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ERSTWHILE is a romantic adventure set in the near future that contains dark humor, some violence, and a very needy pair of extraterrestrials.
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Book was fun to read.
I’m always looking for light reading that is a fast page turner. It was easy to step into this world and I found the book interesting, the characters smart, caring and easy to like.
Not great writing. I did not care about the characters and they did not seem to be emotionally involved.
Great book with lots of anticipatory futuristic things, some of which I can see happening and some take to the extreme. It attacks some of our preconceived notions about others. My only complaint is the amount of sexual encounters.
Okay. Well written… just didnt have me drawn in. I could easily put it down and didnt think about the characters. To me a 5 is when i have issues putting it down and dream about the plot/characters!!
This book is very sexually explicit, so if that type of story bothers you do not bother reading this one. Otherwise it was very original and fun.
fun read, different
Loved the characters. Couldn’t put it down.
Loved the characters. Can’t wait to read the next one.
Just weird awkward
Good read!
A great book! I would recommend it to anyone who loves alien romance. The characters are wonderful and the action keeps the tension mounting until the end. Not only is the book a page -turner, it is 334 pages long! And it’s free.
I enjoyed the world building. It is kind of like a distopian society on another planet caused by humans. Some Jekh came innocently to Earth for help but when humans came to “help” the Jekh were enslaves.
Courtney came to Jehk to find out the truth. Her grandfather is being used as a scapegoat and their whole family is considered traitors.
When she gets there she discovers two Jekh men, Murki and Trigrian, hiding in her basement. One of them is sick and the other is starting to become sick himself. It is a hormone issue that could be fixed with medicine but the humans won’t give them any. Courtney can help them by mating with them. But will she risk her mission to help?
This book is a m/m/f relationship, so if you don’t like those kinds of books you won’t like it. But if the thought of a two men and one woman make you hot, then this is a must read. I liked the story and wanted more!