
The following ratings are out of 5: Narration: πππππ Romance: ππ€πβ€οΈπ Heat: π₯π₯π₯π₯ Story/Plot: ππππ World building: πππππ Character development: πππ₯²π The heroine: Kiki - she was from the same moon colony as Miari from Taken to Voraxia and was one of Miariβs two best friends. All Xiveri Mates come with a guaranteed HEA however, I recommend listening to Taken to Voraxia before Taken to Nobu as it sets the stage. Trigger warning: This book is about a woman overcoming a past sexual trauma (neither described nor depicted) and the gentle, but firm, male who helps her get there. Taken to Nobu is a full-length (90k words), stand-alone sci-fi romance complete with an alpha alien overlord, proud warrior heroine of color, fated mates who are also enemies to lovers, world-building, and extra steamy bits. And only then can we fight together against our shared enemy and bring him to his knees.

While she is the only one who can unravel it, I can teach her control, acceptance, release. But when her hate puts the entire village at risk, I finally come to understand the provenance of her pain. Nobu has never seen a queen before who is able to wield sword and staff, fist and tongue. The one thing I've been training for since the aliens first came to the human moon colony to hurt us. Trapped now on his harsh snow-consumed planet waiting to be hunted, with no way of escape, I'll do the only thing I can. He hasn't hurt me, and he might say the right things, but his kind has already taken too much from me. There's no way I'm letting this alien who calls me his Xiveri mate claim me as his.
