First Mataras: Iliana Excerpt - Releases September 17

 

The pretend relationship just got a lot more complicated for Nobek Cosdas.

Cosdas pretended awareness of the kurble game, which had resumed as soon as the injured player had been carried off the field. He paid the giant monitor enough attention to keep up with the competition…and a damned good game it was…but another view riveted him.

Specifically, his clan with Iliana. Hanvel held her upper body against his and wore a soft smile Cosdas had no memory seeing before. No one looking at Hanvel and Iliana, so cozy and content, would dream they weren’t in love.

Iliana’s legs draped over Selbi’s. She kept him close too. The Imdiko’s expression was pure, unadulterated infatuation. Selbi wasn’t watching the game at all. He hung on every word Iliana said.

As for Cosdas, he’d put his hand on her shoulder, and she’d twined her fingers with his to draw him into the group. The four were a connected entity. They looked meant to be together.

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Their agreement didn’t include falling in love. What happens when a ruse becomes reality?

Iliana Rossi’s reluctance to join a Kalquorian clan comes from a terrible loss that leaves no room in her heart for any men. Dodging the alien three-man clans eager for a Earther mate is a full-time job, and she’s running out of patience with those desperate to change her mind.

Hanvel, Selbi, and Cosdas pursue Matara Deefa, a rare unclanned Kalquorian woman. She’s everything they could possibly want. But her parents have promised her to another clan, and Clan Hanvel can’t seem to convince Deefa that love is more important than rank and family approval.

When Iliana meets Clan Hanvel, the solution seems obvious. They embark on a fake courtship that satisfies societal and family pressure; a relationship that requires no love, no commitment, and no responsibilities to each other.

But when passion wakes for the reluctant foursome, they have a choice to make: loyalty to the impossible past or a chance for love they can keep.