Content levels
Trigger warnings
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Synopsis
Kira of Eshara has spent twenty-three years being the one her family loves but doesn't need. Not the heir. Not the prodigy. The middle child, steady and quiet and forgettable. So when her planet needs a treaty bride for the most feared warlord in contested space, she's the one who volunteers. She is the one they can afford to lose.Morak is prepared for a political match. A name on a treaty. Someone who would fulfill the terms and nothing more. But when Kira steps onto his ship, something in his careful plans comes undone, and the bond that takes hold between them is as old as his species and just as permanent.Because when Morak looks at her, he doesn't see someone replaceable. He sees someone he would give up everything to keep.
Tags
Starbound: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This adult sci-fi romance features a treaty bride arrangement between a human woman and an alien warlord, with a fated mates bond and likely steamy romantic content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, steamy sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include power imbalance and forced proximity.
Who'll love this
Adult readers will enjoy the interstellar romance between a woman who's always felt overlooked and the alien warlord who sees her true worth.