Now up for Pre-order - First Mataras: Maryam

Along with intense camaraderie. Maryam was amused and chagrined to find herself snuggling with Dergan and Pana. She was astonished at how normal it felt to do so with two men.

Who was this woman she’d become in such a short space of time? Had she been this way all along, without realizing it?

She voiced some of her warring instincts to her companions. “Just so you know, I can’t imagine having to live with three men in a marriage-type situation. One was difficult enough.”

“It’s obvious from what you’ve told us that your previous relationship was not a good match.” Dergan gazed down at her, his strong features gentled from the smile he wore. 

“It wasn’t even arranged,” Pana reminded her. 

“You have a point. I was engaged for a year before marrying, believed I knew him—yet when the situation turned difficult, he left me.” Maryam concentrated on their arms embracing her, holding her in a warm cocoon. Unlike her ex, Dergan and Pana gave her their complete attention as she remembered the hurt of that period. 

They’d get that whole bit of ‘for better or for worse, in sickness and in health’ right. They were doing it now, when they were barely more than acquainted with her.

Why do these aliens have to be so damned perfect? 

Defying Earth laws and beliefs, putting her life in danger, Maryam carries the child of a grieving Kalquorian clan—and falls in love with men she can’t have.

 

Maryam left Earth’s repressive regime and her ruined dreams years ago. She lives on an alien space station, trying to forget her disappointments. Then a young, pregnant Kalquorian woman, seeking one last adventure, barrels into her life. High-spirited Briel reminds Maryam of all she’s given up on.

Matara Briel is soon followed to the station by her clan, three older men exasperated with her antics. Clan Kels has one mission: to reclaim their wayward lifemate. When the discovery is made that Earther women can carry Kalquorian men’s children and save their people from extinction, Dramok Kels is tasked with a new mission by his government: bring Maryam to Kalquor, by force if necessary.

Abducted, Maryam is determined to resist her kidnappers at every turn. Earth declares her corrupted and orders her execution for sinful relations with the Kalquorians, a charge she is innocent of. They attack the ship taking her to the Kalquorian Empire, leading to unthinkable tragedy—the death of Briel.

Discovering Dramok Kels, Imdiko Pana, and Nobek Dergan are not the ruthless enemies she believed them to be, Maryam makes a deal—she’ll carry their unborn child to term if they set her free afterward. However, she’s not prepared for the impossible love that explodes between her and Clan Kels, a love they dare not act on.

Or will they?

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