Close Liaisons

The Krinar Chronicles, Volume 1

By: Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

A dark and edgy romance that will appeal to fans of erotic and turbulent relationships....

In the near future, the Krinar rule the Earth. An advanced race from another galaxy, they are still a mystery to us - and we are completely at their mercy.

Shy and innocent, Mia Stalis is a college student in New York City who has led a very normal life. Like most people, she's never had any interactions with the invaders - until one fateful day in the park changes everything. Having caught Korum's eye, she must now contend with a powerful, dangerously seductive Krinar who wants to possess her and will stop at nothing to make her his own.

How far would you go to regain your freedom? How much would you sacrifice to help your people? What choice will you make when you begin to fall for your enemy?

WARNING: This book contains strong sexual content and explicit language and is not suitable for listeners under 18.

©2013 Anna Zaires (P)2013 Anna Zaires

Critic reviews

"If you're looking for some sexy summer reads, you'll want to check out the new book series, Krinar Chronicles. Author Anna Zaires brings you a kind of 50 Shades of Grey meets Star Trek tale...." (Marie Claire)

"For diehard fans of the paranormal romance genre, author Anna Zaires's risqué new book could be your next guilty pleasure. Zaires's most recent read, Close Liaisons, combines a love story with science fiction in the tale of Mia, an unassuming college student whose life gets suddenly entangled in a dangerous, otherworldly affair." (Woman's Day)

author seems young..

its easy to tell the author is orally young or immature (not meant in an offensive way) or maybe just very shy. terminology in sedation scenes is childish, which isn't a big deal. my main issue is how incredibly weak and pathetic Mia is, its insulting really. she never even Attempted to stand up for herself and deny him and then proceeded to regularly defend his actions and lie to protect him?? why?? she should've had a semblance of a backbone.

Good Story Concept but Poor Narration

I have been thinking about what turned me off about this book. The story was really unique and I enjoyed it but the narration killed it for me. The characters just did not come alive. I like books where the narrator acts out the story rather than just reading it aloud. This one lost its appeal because you do not get captured by the characters. There were lines that Mia said that just fell flat. So during the entire book I was checking how much more was left. If the author changes the narrator, then I would consider listening to the next book in the series. Otherwise I am done with it. The entire book is based on an alien evasion and that we live in peace with them. There is a resistance team and how Mia gets sucked into helping them. She gets involved with Koram who is an alpha male and she struggles between sides. Like I said the concept is good but the narration sucked.

WOW a fasanating listen

Any additional comments?

Loved this book. Great to listen to something different. Lot's of Hot Alien and sex. A Very fun and yummy read. :)

Don't like weak women...

Don't read this if you don't like weak women. I just can't get into this with the story heroine like she is.

awesome

loved it. absolutely salacious. listening to it again. this book is super hot. A must read

Great story!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes- Very well developed story. The story is built up so well and in such great detail you can relate to the characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Close Liaisons?

Any/all of the sexual encounters between the two main characters.

Have you listened to any of Kathleen Godwin’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This was my first time.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I would have loved to, however too lengthy for one sitting.

Any additional comments?

Wonderful author, great storytelling! I am a fan for life:)

What An Annoying Female Lead

As an avid reader of science fiction novels, this one was quite fantastical and great to read from a technological stand point. The idea of the earth being occupied by such omnipotent beings was a surprising and nice concept. The author did a good job of reading the overall story. However, her tone in portions of the story that to me needed emotion was lackluster at best and emotionally devoid at worst. Now, the worst part of the story by far was the whiny female lead. She's a college student at NYU but was portrayed as extremely naïve and ignorant to basic life concepts. Her thought process was severely stunted to the point of annoyance and frustration. It was so frustrating to listen to her constant crying fits. She came off as very weak and infantile, characteristics that I hate in female leads. The male lead however was quite the opposite. Intelligent, sexy, powerful, caring, and very long lived. I want to read the other stories just to be introduced to more of the fantastical world of the Krinar. I can't wait to read about the new technology that will surly be introduced in the other stories. Overall I think that this is worth a credit if you can deal with the heroin of the story being so weak. I hope this review was helpful.

Very Good

I like this one and I'm going to be on the lookout for more from this author. I listened to it in one sitting. Well worth my credit. Caution contains explict sexual content.

I Enjoyed This One Very Much!

A very interesting twist on "War of the Worlds." I found Korum to be a fascinating character and Mia to truly be naïve. Because Mia is so inexperienced, she does not think to ask questions that she should and it could have cost her a great deal. This story also shows what can go wrong when your "Allies" don't give you the whole truth about things.

There are many things that were left unexplained in this book, but that give me a reason to look forward to the next in this series. I do hope that Anna Zaires continues with Korum and Mia's story and more about the Krinar.

IT TOOK CONTROL OVER ME AND I LOVED IT

This is a must listen to for any PNR lover - it's got sooo many GREATS in it - great world-building, great action, a great amount of great sex scenes, great characters, great suspense and all written by a truly great and gifted author.

Earth has been taken over by the Krinar's aliens who try to live alongside the humans but when Mia (a 21 yr old naive virgin who's still at Uni) suddenly sets eyes on an alien in the park called Korum (a handsome, sexy, intelligent billionaire) it was a close encounter she's going to both come to love and regret. Korum doesn't take no for an answer from her and wants to possess her mind, body and soul and brutishly gets his wish but Mia is fighting for her independence (amongst other things) and has a few surprises for him too. But you just can't help liking both these main characters.

This is a WOW, OH NO, YES YES YES, DON'T DO IT, WOOO HOOO, WHOA, PHEW, MMMM DELISH, RUN, ARGHH, AHHHHH, and a big SIGH when their tumultuous romance concludes and I desperately went straight on to book 2 because I can't wait to see what's coming next.

Worth a credit? I downloaded the whole trilogy and I would have gladly used more credits up to listen to this awesome, fantastic and brilliant series which blew me away..... so that's a YES.