Synopsis
from Goodreads: Commander
Kellen is on Earth recruiting women for his planet's sex-starved
males. Not particularly excited by human anatomy, he seeks nothing
more for himself than the occasional slaking of his needs with some
anonymous female - which shouldn't be a problem, since she'll have to
face the other way to accommodate his special anatomical needs.
Dr.
Monica Teague is thrilled with her ten-year assignment caring for
Garathan's sexual recruits. Her quirky looks and childish excuse for
a body guarantee she'll never be expected to put out - which is kind
of a bummer, now that she's up to her armpits in horny alien
beefcake.
But,
when an overdose of alien pheromones makes Monica drunk off her ass,
Kellen quickly claims the odd little doctor before another Garathani
realizes what she is. The overdose sparks a violent chain reaction in
her, and when Monica finally wakes, she's got the body of a porn star
- and two sexy alien mates who are determined to tame her.
If
only she were as determined not to let them.
Stats
for my copy:
Trade paperback, published Ellora's Cave, 2007.
How
acquired:
Bought.
First
line:
"Notice the slight emergence of the male's accessory sexual
organ, or what the Garathani refer to as a breeding spur.”
My
thoughts: The
Garathani have a shortage of females on their planet, and have come
to Earth to recruit women. Dr. Monica Teague has been accepted into
this program,not as a volunteer, but to help oversee and care for the
women who do volunteer. While Monica is beyond excited at the
opportunity to travel into outer space, she is a little horrified
while watching the live demonstration of a Garathani man having sex
with a human woman in the book's opening pages. She can't imagine
willingly having sex with the men of this alien race. But then, her
own body has never developed, so she thinks no man, Garathani or
human, would ever be interested in her anyway.
Of
course she thinks wrong. Monica's mother died shortly after she was
born, and she never knew anything about her father. Turns out mommy
had a big secret abut daddy, and Monica is about to learn it.
Commander Kellan figures it out pretty quickly during that
demonstration, and, ostensibly to protect Monica, he immediately
claims her as his mate, appointing Lieutenant Shauss as his second.
With that shortage of females on his planet, it's two boys for every
girl.
I
read
Enemy Overnight
a couple of years ago, not realizing when I picked it up that it was
the sequel to this book. I really enjoyed it, the writing, the
characterization, the clear storyline (well, mostly clear although
having read out of order I didn't know exactly what Jasmine had done
in the first book to warrant her treatment in the second book). I
think I liked the second book a bit more. From what I remember, it
seems that Jasmine's character in ENEMY OVERNIGHT was more fully
fleshed out, and I just liked her better than I did Monica. On the
other hand, I struggled to like and accept Shauss as a romantic hero
in that book, and if I'd read this one first, I would've already
gotten to know him a little and probably wouldn't have had that
issue. Which just reinforces my anal attitude about not reading books
out of order.
Whatever floats your boat, it's probably covered here. A little bondage, a little discipline, a little butt sex. (But no girl on girl action until the second book.) Overall, a weird but fun read, and I want to go back and read the second book again, and
have learned now that there's a third book, which I certainly want to
read also.
