Worlds Apart: A Need to Fight

Anneliese the soldier is made to face her combative nature by her serene female Risnarish roomate, Salno.

Anneliese blew out a breath as she dropped onto the mattress again, jeans in hand. “I’m sorry if I’ve been aggressive. I guess I’ve been fighting for so long, I don’t know of any other way to be.”

“Because you’re a trained warrior similar to our men?”

Anneliese offered a chagrined smile. “Before I became a soldier, I fought. I’m a woman. On Earth, we say women have to be twice as successful as men to be considered half as good.”

“That is odd. What does gender have to do with excellence?”

“My point. On top of that, I’m also part of a minority that’s been getting its collective ass kicked for hundreds of years. If I don’t fight for my rights, I’m going to be run over.”

Salno considered for a few moments while Anneliese put her pants on. At length, the Risnarish woman said, “Given these factors of discrimination, I understand your automatic anger response. Like anything else, as long as the anger serves a purpose, it is worthwhile. Perhaps that is why you are a warrior?”

“So I can constructively channel my angst?” Salno might have a point. Not many Mohawk women went into military service, but the need to protect others and to right wrongs had made it feel natural to her. The idea that she might have chosen such a career because it allowed her to fight for a good reason was one worth considering.

 After escaping her alien captors, Anneliese Thompson has reclaimed her life on Earth, but she never forgot the Risnarish man who set her free. Now he’s back with an ominous message—the Monsuda are coming for her again. To survive, she must return to his planet and let his people help her. But this former soldier is done sitting on the sidelines—this time, Anneliese wants in on the fight.

Risnar warrior and scientist Nex Clauhahz searches for the former captives he freed from the Monsudan hive. Anneliese’s fire and strength instantly draw him to her. He vows to do whatever it takes to protect her, even if he has to save her from herself.

As alliances are threatened and new enemies are uncovered, Nex and Anneliese search for a way to defeat their common foe. With everything she cares for teetering on the verge of destruction, including her own warrior strength, Anneliese must prove her loyalty and worth—and embrace a second chance at love and a life worth living. 
 

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  He was her savior, but she was his salvation.


Jeannie Gardner escapes from her captors' clutches only to find herself  trapped on a planet far from Earth.  When she is discovered, by a muscle-bound warrior, she must prove to him, and a Council of Elders, that she is not a creature set free from a lab, but a sentient being from another planet.
If she succeeds, they will send her home. If she fails, she will be executed.

Risnar warrior Kren Bolep is duty bound to protect his village from the Monsuda and their creations. But this small, pink-skinned female is different, special. As the bond between them grows, Jeannie’s vulnerability invokes Kren’s protective instincts, and he vows to uncover the truth and secure her future.   

But there is a bigger threat looming. The Monsuda are coming to get Jeannie, and they’ll use whatever means necessary. When Jeannie is taken, Kren is forced to choose—disobey the Elders and place his people in danger, or lose the only person who makes him feel whole. 


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