Claimed by the Alien Rogue

Fated Mates of the Zaarn, Book 1

De: Krista Luna

Narrado por: Tor Thom, Elle Sonali

The grumpy blue alien doesn't understand a word I say. So why do I find it so hard to resist him and his wicked tail?

CARA: I went to space looking for adventure, my job to protect the other women of the expedition. When gray aliens wake me from cryo in the middle of a market, it turns out I'm what's on sale. This sure isn't the fun I dreamed of!

A blue alien with horns and a tail leaps to my rescue. We escape into the jungle, zipping through the trees on a hoverspeeder. This is more like it!

Gravin's as gorgeous as he is grumpy. I hope I'm not imagining the heat in his eyes, but how can I be sure when his growls are in an unknown language?

GRAVIN: Banished from my home world because I didn't have a fated mate, I never expect to find her on an auction block. I fight for her. Steal her. I don't care that she's not Zaarn. Car-Raa is sunshine and strength and the most beautiful thing in the universe.

The mating pull burns hot in me, demanding I give her my mating vow. But we need special translation tech. We dive into a heist, attempting to con the same mobsters I stole her from. When danger threatens, I'll risk everything to save her. And to claim her as mine.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Krista Luna (P)2024 Tantor

great characters

I read all these books on Kindle and now they're on audible? awesome!! these characters are easy to fall in love with and they story is sweet and fun. highly recommend

Middle of the road alien romance!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙🩷
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌎
Character development: ☹️😮😋
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Cara - she was a human peacekeeper on an ark ship sent to find a planet that can sustain life. She and the others on board were in cryo-stasis for over 100 years when she suddenly was awoken. She expected to be one of the first to be awakened, what she didn’t expect was to open her eyes and be face to face with a big grey alien in the shape of a pyramid. Nor did she expect to end up on an auction block with bird and lizard like aliens bidding on her.

The Hero: Gravin - he is a Zaarnian. His species has a shortage of female births and any male who does not find their mate by a certain age is banished from the home planet. He and his friends have a ship and they travel the universe making their living in space. When one of the ships main features brakes down, he travels in one of the ships shuttles to a trading planet to get a replacement part.

The Story: When Gravin sees Cara on the auction block, he immediately knows that she is his fated mate. He never knew that his kind could find a fated mate of another species. He tries to buy Cara, but when the price goes above what he can afford, he decides to steal her from the reptilian mob boss that buys her. Cara is attracted to the handsome blue alien that bids on her, but when he doesn’t win, she is not happy with her new owner and is pleased when Gravin kidnaps her and runs away with her.

This is a pretty standard alien romance. There is not much that is original about it, though I did like the characters. The world building was ok, though not spectacular, the aliens and animals on the planet are described pretty well though and I always like books where the main character gets an alien pet. Though they always seem to be similar to a cat. I would say this book was pretty middle of the road for alien romance, not great, but not bad by any means. I give it 3.4 stars, though the narration was terrific.

This audiobook was told in multiple points of view and was narrated in dual narration by Tor Thom and Elle Sonali. I really like Tor Thom’s super deep voice for these huge and dominant alien males. He does a great job and his voice is perfect for this genre. Elle Sonali has a nice, feminine voice that is expressive and is enjoyable to listen to.