Cat-shifter Prince Reid is always looking for a good time, and no woman is safe when he turns on the charm. When the opportunity arises to go on an ambassador’s trip, he jumps at the chance–especially when that trip includes exotic destinations and available women. What more could a rogue prince want? But he never thought he’d find a woman who could bring him to his knees with just one look. He … He will do anything to protect her and make her his…forever.
Jasmine St. Claire appears to have it all, but looks can be deceiving. Escaping her gilded cage by joining a foreign transport, she didn’t plan on leaving one man’s rule for another. Yet it would seem the charming Var prince has decided he wants to claim her for his very own.
Part of the Dragon Lords World
About the Series
The cat-shifter princes were raised to not believe in love, especially love for one woman, and they will do everything in their power to live up to their father’s expectations. Oh, how the mighty will fall.
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As one by one the Var Princes get their chance at love and family of their own and this story is the playboy Reid and how his charm didn’t win him his mate. A wonderful story befitting this rogue and his scandalous ways. And how love, kindness and care can help heal domestic abuse suffered in a loveless marriage as Jasmine St. Claire learns.
If you are looking for a HEA book with some steamy scene you like this book. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and found it a good addition to the series. You could read it on it’s own, but you will get more if you read. The book in order. The story is well written and easy to get into. There is chemistry between the characters.
I really enjoyed this book. Jasmine was in an abusive relationship to a doctor who in all appearances was charming, intelligent, and a gentleman. But alone, he was controlling, jealous, and abusive. She tries to buy passage off the planet from ‘Ambassador’ [Prince] Reid, but he turns her down, convinced instead that she just plans to sleep with him and offers to do so but she turns away. After some tense moments with her husband, she overhears him talking about working with the Medical Mafia and that he plans to have a child with her. Horrified and more determined than ever, she escapes and manages to sneak aboard the prince’s ship. Great story. I was especially fond of Jasmine and wanted her to have her safe and happy ending. 5 stars.
loved it !!! love this series !!! love Jasmine and Reid… this is their story.. a fast paced action packed drama…. Jasmine needs to leave … like right now… she stows away on Reid’s ship… that’s just the beginning…. how they fall in love… and everything… a good story…
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I enjoyed reading this book, as the storyline is entertaining and filled with action and adventure. The interaction and chemistry between the characters is great. 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.
This is a Lords of the Var Series. If you don’t understand what that means I highly suggest you go back to the beginning and start at the first book in the series. It also has a crossover series. This book is about Play boys shift or Prince Reid and Jasmine. He thought that going on a trip as an ambassador would be absolutely fun and hilarious. The problem is that he accidentally/on purpose/meets his true mate. And he is not sure what to make of that because she is not from his planet. The problem is that she is in a bad circumstance and that she needs help and the mate bond is making him realize that he is willing to do everything to help her, and that’s not just because they are made it together. I actually enjoyed this book. I can’t wait for more
Jasmine St. Claire has been married to an ambitious and controlling doctor, Chad St. Claire, for four years. The marriage has been a miserable one for her and she is desperate to get away. The story of how this ‘cold’ woman and playboy Prince Reid meet is a good one! But Jasmine refuses to fall under another man’s rule and Reid fights his attraction to her, believing that he’d be unhappy with only one woman for the rest of his life. Can Jasmine really escape from Chad and the Medical Mafia? Will she give herself up to save a man and friends who have come to mean so much to her? And can Prince Reid let her go? If you like steamy fantasy romance and are looking for a page-turner, give this book a shot! You’ll like the twists and turns and enjoy seeing the characters who appear in the other ‘Lords of the Var’ series books. Brave women, powerful men, and strong themes of family love and loyalty abound in this series.
Jasmine has been so wrongly and badly treated since she was a child, but she’s finally found a group of people that she feels safe around. The crew of “The Conquerer” help her start to open up after she stows away. Prince Reid has been a playboy from his coming of age and has had his fair share of women, sometimes all at once, but something about Jasmine has him turned around. But now they’re getting to know each other things start to get even more complicated. Pillow creates intense emotions and difficult situations for her characters to overcome and her unique style of HEA never disappoints.
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This is Prince Reid’s story. He is a “player” in every sense of the word. He was a staunch believer of his dad’s, the deceased King Attor’s, words about only having half mates. To Reid a life mate equaled hundreds of years of heartache if she died. The Var are one & done if life mated. There’d never be another. Reid was completely content with his harem, that is until one look at Jasmine while on an Ambassador mission.
As for Jasmine, her backstory is so horrific from the time she was a little girl until she wouldn’t wake up on The Conqueror. It’s so bad in multiple ways that I wanted to reach into the pages and tear someone to shreds. I refuse to name the ba$tard but he does get his come uppins and I hooted & clapped.
Once Jasmine was fully “awake” she was as insatiable as Reid which is why Reid fell as hard as a Qurilixen tree for his one & only.
Not to mention Queen Ulyssa & Princess Tori have some surprises in the book as well.
The book actually has happy endings times four. Three on the Var side & one one the Draig side. It is so wonderful and I can’t wait until the next Var Prince to fall.
Two thumbs up & 10 stars. This has been my favorite Var book to date.
The Playboy finds his Match
This is Reid story, who we first meet in ‘The Savage King’ good-naturally hitting on his brother’s woman. In Jasmine oh boy does he meet his match. I loved stories about playboys reforming their ways for the right woman, and this story hits all the highlights and then surpasses them. The Lords of the Var series, for me, have been a hit, and I loved reading Prince Reid’s happy ending.
This is a steamy sci-fi/fantasy romance.. I loved it! It has super fun adventure, sexy aliens, and edge-of-your-seat passion..
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3.5 stars – Good but…
POV: dual
HUMOR: some
F BOMBS: no
CLIFFHANGER / STANDALONE: S (mainly), see below
NEW AUTHOR FOR ME: no
POSSIBLE TRIGGERS: physical abuse, mental abuse, verbal abuse, cheating, manipulation, control, starving someone and being locked in a closet as form of punishment, explicit sex scenes
MCs: Prince Reid (shifter, multi-partner playboy, high libido, immature, full of himself, long hair, dark complexion good looks) and Jasmine St. Claire (human, rich doctor’s trophy wife, intelligent, described as frigid)
PROS:
1. Author can definitely write a story: good details about environments, steamy scenes, many likeable characters
2. Reid definitely has a different personality and character than his other brothers.
3. Story not inundated with f-bombs, etc.
4. Reid’s character showed growth
CONS:
1. Not quite a complete standalone. Some parts weren’t exactly explained; nuances wouldn’t make sense; acronyms not spelled out
2. Based on Jasmine’s past, many of Reid’s alpha qualities could be triggers even the sexy, growly wanna-throw-you-on-the-bed ones
3. The first time Reid saw bruises on Jasmine, a trophy wife, he thought it was from sparring. really?
4. The flight crew were more caring of Jasmine than Reid
5. Reid calls her “fea” which wasn’t explained (seems to be a term of endearment), but in Spanish, it means “ugly.”
NOTEWORTHY:
1. Favorite quote from book: “Now, ask me what I want. Don’t assume anything. Ask me.”
2. The other characters in the book: The adoration between father and baby. Very sweet!
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Wow! Michelle has done it again giving me a book that I can get lost in. I really love these books and the world that they are in. Michelle has given us a well developed world that she has several series in. This book is part of a series and recommend reading all to get the best out of it. You won’t be disappointed.
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Prince Reid is the playboy of the family. He can’t figure out why his three other brothers took full mates. Why would they want to settle for only one female. He likes his father’s ideas of sampling as many of the fruit as possible. When he is forced to act as ambassador for the Var, since his brother who is the usual ambassador doesn’t want to leave because his mate is pregnant. What a lame excuse!! He goes to the planet Nozando with his twin Jarek to present an award to the daughter of a doctor that helped them on their planet before he was killed. He presents the award and then returns to the ship hoping to get the heck out of there and away from all the stuffy people!
When they return to the ship the wife of one of the doctors at the conference, Jasmine, is there to give them a new medical bed that she won as a prize at the conference. What she really wants is for them to take her off the planet and away from her cruel husband. They take the medical bed but Reid refuses to take her with them. When she returns to her husband she overhears him talking to a couple of the other doctors that are at the conference. When she hears them asking him to join the Medical Mafia, she knows she has to get out of there before he kills her. She sneaks onto Reid and Jarek’s ship. When they find her it’s too late to return her to Nozando. Reid, being the conceited jerk that he is, thinks she has snuck on board because she can’t resist him and wants to have an affair with him. He is stunned when she rejects him.
This is a great book and Jasmine gives Reid a run for his money and puts a pretty good dent in his ego before they finally figure things out.
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Loved this read the characters and the plot was riveting reading
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and have to admit that once I began reading it was impossible to put the book down until I reached the final page and discovered the outcome. The prince is a rogue that thinks that what he says should go without any debate and with little thought to the knockout effect.
Jasmine is in a relationship where she is being treated terribly and if she fails to remove herself from it, she may possibly lose her life. The Quirilixen are totally against any violence towards women or children or those unable to defend themselves and they would actually die to protect an innocent in need if the required help, without question and without recompense they are a noble race.
I assure you that once you begin reading this story you will not be able to put the book down until you reach the end.
I assure you that you will love every moment of this book it is simply a fantastic read.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading any future publications; keep up all the great writing.
It starts out with a woman who was abused by her husband seeking a way out of her predicament, the guys refusing to let her come on the ship, her becoming a stowaway, finding out she is being chased by the Medical Mafia and so much more
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Reid & Jasmine
He’s the playboy prince. He admits he can get any woman–until he can’t. She didn’t even seem to give him a second look. One reason he refused to allow her to travel with them.
Traveling with them is her only way out of the life everyone thinks is so wonderful. Little do they know the truth.
Finding her on board makes him realize his feelings are different. Learning her experiences she refused to share made him want her more and fight harder to leave her alone.
It is fun watching her come out of herself and into the world and people. The life she’s been refused. There are enemies, revelations, and secrets brought out. Watching the two together, with the help of family members fans have met before makes this a fun read. Warning, if this is your first in the series you may just want to read the entire series.
This story combines three of my favorite characteristics in a book; sci-fi, shifters, and angsty romance. Reid is full of himself, a handsome ladies man who can go all night with several women. Jasmine has been sheltered her whole life and has an abusive husband. They can’t possibly be right for each other, but their chemistry is explosive. Secrets and misconceptions hinder the Insta-Love, yet somehow fate finds a way and a sigh worthy HEA.
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Our playboy prince finally finds his mate even though he doesn’t want a mate. Reid is so cocky when he first meets Jasmine, that I was surprised that she didn’t smack him (it is revealed later why). The story is really good and we get more time with the crew of the Conqueror – I love those guys. Rick, Dev, Lochlann, Evan, Lucien, Viktor, and Prince Jerek always bring more fun and excitement to a story. This is pretty much a slow burn romance with only one or two tense moments. While I enjoyed te story, it just didn’t have the “umph” of the previous Var Princes’ books (or Jarek’s or any of the Space Lords). Overall, it keeps your attention and you get to see succumb. It does leave one major question unanswered – what was in the box?
Jasmine is living a brutal life. She has been manipulated and hurt by her husband who sees her as nothing but a means to an end. She is in truth quite brilliant but he keeps her dosed up so she isn’t really capable of being anything other than the docile little wife. She somehow managed to get the strength of mind to run away and hides on a Var ship. Reid’s ship more accurately. I think in olden times Reid would have been called a Rake. He is happy-go-lucky, determined never to be tied down and to live his party lifestyle for as long as he chooses. Well that is until somehow he cannot get Jasmine out of his head. She has a lot that she needs to process and yet Reid somehow sees beyond all that to the person inside. Without really realising it he changes and his life choices change along with him. The thought of his former preferences somehow seem hollow but if he can just keep hold of Jasmine, have her with him because she wants to be then it might all be different. Will it though?