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Grabbed, Book ThreeTo escape her father's debt to a loan shark, Dizzy seeks refuge in the upcoming Grab. She'd rather belong to one of those terrifying sky warriors from the battleship Valiant than to the sleazy criminal who wants her as his plaything.The years of constant war haven't been kind to highly decorated sniper Venom. Only the promise of earning a wife kept him going through deadly battles. Catching and collaring Dizzy fills him with incredible hope. Finally he has a woman of his own, a mate to love--and bind and adorn with his ropes.After a brazen Splinter attack, the Shadow Force uncovers secrets about Dizzy's late mother that entangle her in a web of deceit. To save Venom, her father and an operative named Terror, Dizzy digs deep and risks it all.Venom refuses to stand idly by while Dizzy's haunted past threatens the future they're trying to build. He finally has a reason for living--and he's not giving her up.A Romantica® BDSM sci-fi romance from Ellora's Cave
Publication Year: 2013
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As an alien romance I'm going to start by saying, this is a bit of a misnomer. We're basically dealing with a different human culture here. The premise of this series, if you're unfamiliar by book #3, is that the 'aliens' are a Master/slave culture and the planet they are interacting with is considerably less advanced and unfamiliar with that sort of play.
I enjoy BDSM incorporated into my romance and this managed to include a dynamic introduction into that lifestyle not with an unwilling heroine, but an enthusiastic and curious one.
If you are familiar with BDSM in sci-fi romance you'll know that most authors choose to create heroines that are usually unwilling(or too shocked) to participate and are then 'seduced' into changing their minds. For me I feel like this is so far outside of a healthy relationship I have a hard time connecting with the actual romance in those books, to me romance requires consent, and no matter what the kink, the basis for any kind of play requires consent.
This was by far my favorite book in the series and that was entirely because of the relationship that is played out between the main characters.
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