Between war and duty, they find love…
On a planet where women are chattel, Anika is to be delivered to become the mate of an Alpha Commander. Secretly in love with another, she is unable to accept the arrangement and flees. Bound by his duty, her lover Urazi intends to bring her back to fulfill her function. But war intervenes, and as their planet fights a desperate battle against a villainous … villainous despot, Anika and Urazi become united in their determination to save their people. But with their lives on the line, the love they share may become the biggest risk of all.
The third book of the Breeder science fiction romance series, Warrior can be read as a stand-alone.
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The third and final story was one that piqued my curiosity since both hero and heroine were known to me in the earlier books. Plus, the civil war on Parseon between ideologies definitely has my vested interest. It was a great showdown in more ways than one.
Yes, as I noted, earlier, Warrior is the third book in the exciting and passionate domestic discipline sci-fi Breeder series. It relies on the reader’s knowledge of the Breeder universe not to mention it is the culmination of what the earlier two stories were building toward so not a good candidate for standalone or out of order.
Anika, a Parseon breeder, has led an interesting life and wishes to continue along a path she has been blazing. She wants freedom above all things even when it doesn’t make sense or isn’t safe. This was her quest to achieve it. Urazi a great Alpha Commander’s former beta and now at loose ends, is at a fork in the road, too. He quietly and steadily is headed in the same direction as Anika. She blazes a trail with a ‘come hell or high water’ attitude and gets into trouble each move she makes with Urazi coming along to get her unstuck even while she pulls him along in her wake.
This was a ticklish book for me. I enjoyed it. I really did. Urazi is a character that I found fascinating. He was deemed a beta classification and he is honorable, dutiful, and has a quiet strength and wisdom that others do not have. I loved getting his story and how he shows the value of a strong beta. Now, Anika… eh. She was doing what she could- fumbling and bumbling her way through mistakes and mishaps toward her goal like an overgrown puppy. I was cheering for her while at the same time; I shook my head because daring-do is alright, but it only worked because she did have a reluctant partner in Urazi. He loves her and wants her and he does tend to stifle her when he only wants to keep her safe, but she gives him no reason to think she deserves to take pointman on their excursions. So… I don’t know. Mixed feelings about Anika, I guess.
The romance was already a given since this pair are known and attracted already. It was a matter of learning to value and respect other things about each other, learn their own strengths and value what each brought to a relationship and their adventure journey to help bring down the Alphas who wished to continue the oppression and take over the planet. That portion of the book was exciting and tense. Loved how the author wound out the difficulties and breath-taking situations. Things got pretty dire a few times and I loved it.
The development of story and characters is what drew me in the first place and what continued to make this a great book/series for me.
Ha! And I suspected Marlix’s motives all along and loved that final scene between him and Urazi.
Things wrapped up neatly and I enjoyed the epilogue which ended the series on a high note.
While, Warrior was possibly the least shocking of the three when it came to the way the females are treated, there is still plenty to make someone be cautious if an abusive culture toward women or even the dynamics of a Domestic Discipline relationship are not their thing. But for those who are intrigued, this is a good choice if a sci-fi DD mash-up is something you would enjoy.
So, in summary, a well-developed world, cast, and plot that I can heartily recommend to sci-fi erotic romance lovers.
Warrior is book 3 in The Breeder Series and the final book….although I do hope the author will come back to this series. There are more stories to tell here in this exciting and very different world. I loved the first two books of the series and this one was just as Great!
In this series, the characters of Parseon are so well developed! The men, especially the Alpha males, rule the planet as warriors and commanders. The weaker males or betas, become their partners. Many of these males are not well treated. But some of these M/M relationships are anointed like a marriage. Women are considered much like property, i.e. like livestock, and their purpose is to serve as a breeder to the Alpha. They are raised, at home, until a certain age, and then turned over to a Breeder Containment Facilty. When an Alpha wants to have children, he must select and purchase a breeder from the Breeder Containment Facility. Once he has made his selection, and taken her into his household, she is treated as a slave with no rights or considerations. She is used by the Alpha in any sexual way he pleases, although she is primarily to be used for procreation. But he shares her with his beta, as long as the beta does not use her vaginally. In Parseon Protocol, betas are the Alpha’s usual sexual partner.
In this book, the main female character is Anika, the sister to one of the five commanders who rule Parseon. While she had been at a containment facility, she had been treated badly. A beta had kind feelings for her and purchased her. By doing this, they had to flee to a camp that acted against the Parseon protocol. But two of the commanders want to root out any who act against protocol, and Anika’s savior is killed in Book 2. Now her brother plans to give her, as breeder, to one of the commanders. Having had a taste of freedom, she has ideas of her own and wants to make her own decisions. Anoka is also a little more than attracted to Urazi, her brother’s beta. Urazi is attracted to Anika, as well, but will do his duty to his Alpha. So she decides to leave the household to try to make her own way, leaving at a time when war between the five commanders is imminent. Will Urazi go after her and if so, will duty and honor be more important than love?
This book contains dark elements, sexual content and should be read by those 18 and older.