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Freeing Luka

by Victoria Aveline

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler·Clecanian #2
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

You'll experience a satisfying emotional arc where trauma gives way to hope and a hard-won connection.

Synopsis

Luka has spent his life researching fertility in the hopes of discovering a cure for the Clecanians’ low birth rates. After years of working tirelessly with little progress, he becomes enraged when he uncovers a sinister plot to abduct compatible species from their home planets. But before he can tell anyone what he’s discovered, he’s captured, drugged, and thrown in a cell. It’s just Alice’s luck that when she finally begins to get her life on track, she’s kidnapped by reptilian creatures and forced into a cell with a fierce incoherent alien for some kind of breeding experiment. Even though they aren’t able to communicate, Alice and Luka find solace in each other’s company. As the days drag on, it becomes harder to keep her heart locked away, until she can’t help but wonder what a life with Luka might look like outside their dark prison. When an opportunity to free herself, Luka, and the other human prisoners presents itself, Alice takes it. Once free, can Alice and Luka’s tenuous relationship survive on this planet? Will the evil men that held them prisoner ever see justice? And can they play a part in the rescue of the other women being held captive around this strange new world? Alice knows only one thing for certain—her life will never be the same again.

At a Glance

3.74 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn
Energymedium

Top Tropes

captive romanceforced proximitysurvival romance

Mood

emotionaltensehopefulromanticswoony

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.74 ★

Page Count

368 pages

Published

2020

Primary Genre

Sci-fi Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Stephen Dexter

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

Mood & Vibe

Mood

Writing Style

emotionalimmersiveconversational

Story Pacing

medium

Emotional Weight

heavy

Energy Required

medium

Vibes

Alien captivity romance where survival and silent connection forge a bond that feels both desperate and tender.

Characters

FMC Archetype

damaged survivoroutcast / misfit

MMC Archetype

tortured soul

Relationship Dynamics

mutual piningslow burn

Spice Details 🌶️

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Spice Level 4

Spice Style

emotional / lovingromantic / sweet

Getting Steamy

body worshipaftercare on page

Bringing the Heat

None
kidnappingtraumaviolencecaptivitydubious consent

World & Setting

World Type

space/sci-fi

Primary Setting

prison / captivityforest / wilderness

Fantasy Creatures

Reading Context

Emotional Payoff

tension finally satisfiedconnection

Best Time of Year

anytime

When & Where to Read

summer eveningcamping tripin naturespring afternoon

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