Kiki

There's no way I'm letting this alien who calls me his Xiveri mate claim me as his. He hasn't hurt me, and he might say the right things, but his kind has already taken too much from me.

Trapped now on his harsh snow-consumed planet waiting to be hunted, with no way of escape, I'll do the only thing I can. The one thing I've been training for since the aliens first came to the human moon colony to hurt us. I'll fight.

Va'Raku

Nobu has never seen a queen before who is able to wield sword and staff, fist and tongue. A warrior queen, and mine to claim. But when her hate puts the entire village at risk, I finally come to understand the provenance of her pain.

While she is the only one who can unravel it, I can teach her control, acceptance, release. But first I will need her trust. And only then can we fight together against our shared enemy and bring him to his knees.

Taken to Nobu is a full-length (90k words), stand-alone sci-fi romance complete with an alpha alien overlord, proud warrior heroine of color, fated mates who are also enemies to lovers, world-building, and extra steamy bits. Trigger warning: This book is about a woman overcoming a past sexual trauma (neither described nor depicted) and the gentle, but firm, male who helps her get there. All Xiveri Mates come with a guaranteed HEA; however, I recommend listening to Taken to Voraxia before Taken to Nobu as it sets the stage.