Iriduan Test Subjects - La série

Claire I learned the hard way not to go UFO-hunting without expecting to be abducted. After a camping trip looking for little green men turned into a real alien abduction, I found myself trapped in an alien research facility. What’s worse is that the eerily beautiful aliens running the place intend to use me as a lure—and potentially much more—for their actual test subject. They’ve turned a monstrous alien scorpion into a humanoid super-soldier using their advanced genetic engineering. Unfortunately for them, their new monster wasn’t cooperating with their plans. At least, he wasn’t until he caught one whiff of my pheromones and imprinted on me. Now, Thrax is determined to keep me, and he’ll do whatever it takes to protect me, even if it means tearing the research facility apart to escape. For the first time in my life, I feel like I’ve finally found a place where I fit in perfectly—right in the clutches of his four arms, two of which boast massive insectoid pincers that could snap my head off my shoulders. I trust Thrax not to hurt me though. I just wish I could trust any of the other aliens that surround us. * This book is the first in the Iriduan Test Subjects series. Don’t miss the other monsters and aliens in the following books: The Kraken’s Mate The Serpent’s Mate The Warrior’s Mate The Hunter’s Mate The Fractured Mate The Iriduan’s Mate The Clone’s Mate Content warning for all the books in the series can be found on the author’s website.

Joanie I escaped an alien research facility, but my troubles are far from over. The Iriduans who experimented on me did something to me that changed me. I’m sure of it. Why else would I feel so strongly drawn to the monstrous Nemon, the alien test subject who helped all of us captives escape from the clutches of the Iriduans? It’s true that Nemon’s face and upper body are so handsome that he could be mistaken for a Greek god, but below his waist, tentacles writhe constantly, and they’re always twisting in my direction like he can barely resist wrapping them around me. Yet, I feel safer with Nemon than I’ve ever felt in my life, and I can’t help thinking about how it would feel to surrender to his truly alien embrace. What did the Iriduans do to me? More importantly, what kind of monster lurks behind the sweet and deceptively innocent mask of the male I want to make my own?

Cass After an alien abduction puts Cass in the clutches of an Iriduan pirate queen, she’s unexpectedly rescued by an alien with a snake-like lower body and a surprisingly handsome face. But Cass isn’t sure she’s actually safe with him, because he looks at her with hunger in his eyes. Nahash Iriduan scientists performed drastic alterations to Nahash’s biology using genetic engineering. Though it turned him into a naga, they told him he was now free from the affliction that causes Iriduan males to bond to a single female for life. He isn't prepared when he suddenly imprints on a human female that he rescues during a raid on a pirate colony. Now, he’s stuck with her, because if he isn’t exposed to his mate’s scent on a regular basis, he will die. The fact that his body craves her as much as it needs her fills him with resentment, but when he realizes that the Iriduan Empire will do anything to keep her under their control because of what she means to him, he doesn’t hesitate to protect his mate—even if it means betraying his people.

Theresa Five years ago, I was abducted by aliens. After escaping an Iriduan research facility with the help of the reptilian Akrellians, I found myself entranced by their leader, Prime Commander Tirel. I was so strongly drawn to him that I didn’t trust my feelings. Fearing that my powerful emotions for him were the result of Iriduan experimentation on me, I turned my back on his offer of marriage and returned to my ordinary life on Earth. Now, Tirel haunts my dreams and thoughts of him fill my every waking moment. I miss him so much that I sleepwalk every night as my dreaming mind tries to go to him. I would gladly return to him and beg him to give me that same proposal, kicking myself for turning it down the first time. Unfortunately, I’m stuck on Earth, surrounded by humans who don’t even believe in the existence of aliens. I have no one who can help me find Tirel. Until a mysterious and potentially dangerous Iriduan shows up on Earth with a claim that my beloved Akrellian is in terrible danger—and that I’m the only one who can help him.

Ixceramenops is a Menops bounty hunter in search of something vital, but what he finds when he reunites with Tarin is far more than he bargained for. Even though she’s small and weak and disgustingly human, he still finds her fascinating and can’t keep his antennas from straining in her direction. He craves the chance to spend more time with her, but time is not on his side. He’s made a deal with the mysterious and calculating Halian, an Iriduan traitor he believes will save him from his own nature, but it involves lying to Tarin and her friends. When something goes awry while Ixcera is carrying out his end of the bargain, he and Tarin are teleported to another world—one that is inhospitable to them both. A deadly encounter forces Ixcera to undergo a metamorphosis, leaving his body altered in a way that makes it impossible for him to ignore his growing feelings for Tarin. But secrets, lies, and a past he can’t change form a seemingly insurmountable obstacle between them. Hunter must prove he’s worthy of his queen and earn her forgiveness for his past mistakes, but the consequences of those mistakes have yet to fully manifest—and when they do, no one will be safe.

Enslaved by aliens, Paisley is forced to work on an ancient wrecker starship. She knows she must keep her head down and her behavior humble in order to survive. When the crew responds to an automated distress call from an Akrellian warship that shouldn’t be malfunctioning, she senses a threat but knows that no one will listen to her warnings. As the rescued passengers of the distressed ship bring an Iriduan on board the wrecker in shackles and chains, Paisley senses the danger he poses to them all—and the opportunity he presents to her. They’re both captives, but the darkness in the Iriduan’s eyes tells her that he might actually belong in those shackles, so, when he offers to free her from her own slave collar if she helps him escape, she fears she could end up unleashing a monster upon the galaxy by accepting. Paisley isn’t sure who to trust when everyone around her is terrible, but Halian is the only monster offering to set her free. Is he really the villain they say he is? If so, she probably shouldn’t feel so drawn to him.

Molly has a dangerous secret—a subterfuge so bold and risky that she can’t allow anyone outside of her trusted circle to get too close to her, fearing discovery. When an Iriduan warrior named Shulgi is lured into her criminal underworld on Za’Kluth to reclaim his property, he threatens her aloof façade. She didn’t count on her reaction to the handsome Iriduan male, nor could she predict that she would come to crave him more than her next breath. Her plan was simple, the potential payoff big enough to take the risk, but her intense feelings for Shulgi cast her carefully constructed life into turmoil. Her feelings for him risk everything she has worked so hard to build, but she can’t bring herself to deny the promise of a love that would be worth any sacrifice. Shulgi is determined to free Molly from her bonds, and Molly is desperate to protect her secret, even as she loses her heart. Their love threatens to destroy them both, but neither of them can ignore it. When tragedy strikes, will they survive the fallout—and can their love possibly endure the truth?

Rhonda: After being abducted by aliens, I found myself in a maze, fearing I was in some twisted experiment. Then I learned that I wasn’t the lab rat in that maze. I was the cheese! Fortunately, the monster hunting me wasn’t interested in making me his next meal. Although he walks on two legs like a man, he has a venomous sting that can kill a woman in an instant—or leave her begging for his touch. He decided to make me beg. His reaction to me confused my Iriduan captors and made their leader determined to understand his test subject’s interest in me—and I’m determined to drive the arrogant scientist crazy. Perhaps the mysterious Iriduan captive in the cage next to mine could help me with that, but sometimes, he gets this cold, emotionless look in his eyes that makes me think he’s the biggest threat of all. I left Earth minus one human man and ended up with three alien males who might be too much for me to handle, but I’ll have a lot of fun trying—if we don’t all end up dead.