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Saving Askara

by J.M. Link

🌶️🌶️mild·spoiler·Saving Askara #1·✓ Series Complete

Why Read This?

One of the best alien romances in the genre — the aliens actually feel alien, with genuinely different biology, culture, and communication. The slow burn between Tori and Aderus builds through real obstacles, not manufactured drama.

Synopsis

Victoria's day starts out like any other aboard the transorbital ship, Phoenix. Such is the life of an emergency medicine specialist in the age of "post-discovery". Sure, she had always dreamed of interacting with intelligent extraterrestrial life- the real thing, not those microbes on distant moons. Who wouldn't? She was still happy with her career, however mundane and demanding it might be. That's what it took to run a ship the size of a small city smoothly. Monotony. But all that changes one morning, and suddenly she's not so sure she didn't stick her foot in it... Be careful what you wish for. *** Escape had been their only drive, and even death was preferable to the alternative. But they never thought their flight for freedom would put them in an uncharted system. Forced to interact with an isolated world and its inferior, albeit curious people. When it affords them an unforseen and unprecedented opportunity to take back their world from those who seek to destroy them, however, Aderus begins to wonder if it wasn't fate. Earth's proposal is shocking and uncomfortable for a fierce, independent race that relishes in their solitude. But the more he learns of humans, the more he comes to admire and respect them. One, in particular. *Saving Askara is a Part I of II* Book II coming Summer 2018 WARNING: Not intended for readers under 18. Contains explicit sexual content.

At a Glance

3.97 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️mild
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

alien romanceslow burnforced proximity

Mood

adventurousromanticintense

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.97 ★

Page Count

212 pages

Published

2018

Primary Genre

Sci-fi Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Single Narrator

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Spice Details 🌶️

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sexual assault (referenced)violencegoredeath

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