Leading an all-female crew on a deep space expedition weighs heavily on Maggie Vohlmer’s young shoulders. Their mission, find a habitable planet to replace the dying Earth. With the Odyssey in orbit around a promising new world, a team of their best scientists is attacked while exploring the surface below. Maggie can only listen helplessly to their distress call as a solar storm prevents a … rescue. In the aftermath, she is left with an impossible decision, pursue the powerful aliens who have taken eight of her own, or leave them to their fate while protecting the hundreds of women still under her command.
When their ship is seized by the same enemy days later, they are surprised to find their captors are gorgeous, human-like men. They are also huge, stronger, and much farther advanced. Maggie can only hope they aren’t the barbarians they first thought and can be reasoned with. Those hopes are dashed when they are whisked away to the aliens’ world to become mates to these dominant men. They are shocked further to learn that on Primaria, men make the rules, women are expected to obey, and defiance will be met as it has for generations, with a bare bottom spanking. Reeling as their world, and mission, is turned on end, Maggie and her crew can think of nothing except escape.
As leader of the Primarian Space Fleet, Commander Roth is dedicated to protecting his people from otherworldly threats, as well as searching out a compatible species that will help save his dwindling race. With so much at stake, he doesn’t have time for a mate. But destiny has other plans for him, sending him the perfect match in the form of the curvy, blonde captain.
Except Maggie is unwilling to give up the fight for their freedom, not while her mission to save the people of Earth is unfulfilled. She refuses to submit willingly, and Roth will not bend. Both struggle to deny the passionate chemistry that flares hotly between them. When in a twist of fate, they are paired together, can these two determined leaders find a way to coexist? Or will Roth’s resolve that she bow to his authority, and his old-fashioned brand of discipline, lead to heartache? And, in the end, can Maggie, who tries her mate’s patience at every turn, find a way to rescue both worlds, while learning to acquiesce to the dominance of her unexpected mate?
Publisher’s note: A stand-alone sequel to Taylor’s bestselling, The Barbarian’s Captive, His By Command is a romantic novel containing sexual scenes, spanking, and elements of BDSM. If this subject matter is offensive, please do not buy this book.
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The Primarian series is an excellent one. I love the way that everything works. The connections in between the main characters are just electric and all encompassing, even when they aren’t getting together very well.
I like Maggie because she works really hard at being the captain that she is. She worked hard to get there and she takes her responsibility very seriously. It’s her goal to help the people of Earth find a new home. But when she meets up with Roth, that plan goes south big time.
Roth makes me really mad sometimes because he doesn’t seem to try to think about what’s going on with Maggie and the other human women and why they may be upset as to what is going on. I mean, they were on their search for a good reason and they have a huge reason to be upset. I wish that he would’ve put a little more thought into that. She has a valid point. Of course, he also takes keeping his people safe and secure very seriously. And as a dominant type male, that means keeping all the women, namely Maggie, under control and behaving.
I love the conflict that comes up because of the differences between Roth and Maggie. It makes their relationship feel really real and like something anyone might have.
Just as good, if not better, than Book #1.
I have to say that I love how the heroines in these books don’t go all doe eyed and lose all sense of self around their mates. Maggie remains strong and determined throughout and I definitely sensed that Roth, whilst not willing to meet half way, certainly made allowances for Mags, given her unfamiliarity with their way of life. As the story unfolded he also appeared to grow in tolerance as well as try to appreciate Maggie’s perspective.
I read this back to back with the first book, and am really happy to be able to say that it is very much it’s own story and that Roth and Mags each had well developed personalities, distinct from other’s in the series. The fact that it didn’t rehash a chunk of the previous book, and any overlap was either from a new perspective or, more commonly, of events not previously experienced. I had wondered if the author would have all the stories running concurrently, which can soon lose it’s appeal, but from this book it appears that each book will both move the story arc along as well as the overall time line.
His by Command is a great read, and a little longer than most other ‘alien romance’ books I’ve come across. It has good world building and a detailed plot that goes much further than capture, spank, submit! I’d go as far as to say that the submit part is never totally achieved nor, for a power-exchange story, are their really all that many punishments. Which is great as sometimes they end up distracting from the story whereas these ones enhance it. Instead time is devoted to allowing us to connect with the main characters and to believe in their relationship.
I’m definitely up for reading book #3 and very much recommend this series.