Her Mate and Master (Zandian Masters 6)
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She rushed forward, falling into her father’s embrace, rediscovered memories jostling around her head. She remembered his deep voice. The strength of his arms. The straightness of his back. The warmth of his hug.
Tears wet her cheeks, and she sensed, by the tightness of Seke’s arms, how much emotion he choked back.
“Talia. I thought you were dead. I’m sorry I never found you.”
“You found me now,” she said against his chest. “Tomis found me.”
He seemed reluctant to release her, but, after a long moment, he did. He raised his forearm toward the ceiling to greet Tomis. “Thank you. For rescuing my daughter. I am forever in your debt.”
Tomis bowed. “And I, yours, for my upbringing. And because I have mated her.”
The room erupted with cheers of congratulations. Seke thumped Tomis on the back, and the handsome Zandian who’d been standing with Lily’s sister did as well.
Tomis bowed to him. “My lord. May I present my mate, Talia, daughter of Master Seke.”
Zander inclined his head. “Welcome Talia, and congratulations on your mating.”
She curtsied. “Thank you, my lord. And thank you for sending Tomis to rescue me.”
Prince Zander’s lips quirked into a smile. “Tomis sent himself. Not that I wouldn’t have dispatched a mission for your rescue.”
She gazed up at her warrior, who tucked her back against his side, as if she belonged nowhere else. “Is that true?”
He nodded, once. “One look at you, and I was willing to give my life for your rescue. Are you surprised?”
“No,” she whispered. Of course she wasn’t. Tomis was her hero. Her protector. Her mate and master.
He leaned down and brushed his lips across hers. “Are you all right, starshine?”
“Yes,” she murmured. “I’m perfect.”
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Acknowledgements
Thank you to Aubrey Cara and Katherine Deane for their beta reads and to all the readers who kept asking, when is the next book coming out?
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His Human Slave (Book 1)
COLLARED AND CAGED, HIS HUMAN SLAVE AWAITS HER TRAINING.
Zander, the alien warrior prince intent on recovering his planet, needs a mate. While he would never choose a human of his own accord, his physician's gene-matching program selected Lamira's DNA as the best possible match with his own. Now he must teach the beautiful slave to yield to his will, accept his discipline and learn to serve him as her one true master.
Lamira has hidden her claircognizance from the Ocretions, as aberrant traits in human slaves are punished by death. When she's bought by a Zandian prince for breeding and kept by his side at all times, she finds it increasingly harder to hide. His humiliating punishments and dominance awake a powerful lust in her, which he tracks with a monitoring device on her arousal rate. But when she begins to care for the huge, demanding alien, she must choose between preserving her own life and revealing her secret to save his.
His Human Prisoner (Book 2)
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN DESTINY—UNTIL HE MET HER.