Bloodlines Series by Shannon West

The Mate of the Tyger Prince world continues with Bloodlines …Mikol is now twenty-seven years old and is considered to be one of the finest generals in the Tygerian army. Just in time, too, as King Davos, after being wounded in battle is taking an extended leave of absence for a while at the insistence of his doctors and a badly shaken Blake... moreThe Mate of the Tyger Prince world continues with Bloodlines …Mikol is now twenty-seven years old and is considered to be one of the finest generals in the Tygerian army. Just in time, too, as King Davos, after being wounded in battle is taking an extended leave of absence for a while at the insistence of his doctors and a badly shaken Blake. In the king’s absence, Prince Mikos takes over his duties as Prince Regent, and Prince Mikol has become one of the two new Battle Commanders, alongside the fearsome General Haggoz. Haggoz is to be in charge of domestic concerns, assisting the Regent, and Mikol takes on the task of dealing with the planets outside Tygeria’s solar system.Meanwhile on a planet called Loros, the former king has died under suspicious circumstances, and the new leader has married his brother’s widowed queen. He has displaced the rightful heir, the young Prince Kalen, and is now trying to marry that prince off to one of the Tygerian princes in order to solidify an alliance. Lorian officials are shocked when Tygeria offers Prince Mikol as a mate, the heir apparent and most eligible of all the princes.It’s a dangerous time in the Axis empire, however, as a new threat is looming on the far horizon—a confederation of planets known as The Pton have been rampaging on the northern borders of the galaxy, in some of the sparsely inhabited star systems there. The Pton are from a galaxy known to the Axis as L87, a spiral galaxy, light-years away. Little is known about the Pton, except for the fact that they’re savage, and seem to follow “a scorched earth” policy on the planets they vanquish, after their custom of burning or destroying everything in their wake. They have their sights set on Loros now, the home of Prince Mikol’s new fiancé—to either colonize it or reduce it to smoking ruins.The once proud imperial court of Loros is seething with rumors of war and whispers of murder. Intrigue is growing daily, and threats lurk in the shadows. Tensions mount as Mikol and Kalen have their first meeting. A powerful love begins, but can they learn to trust each other and stand together against the forces that are trying to tear their worlds apart?This is the first book in a new series, with some favorite characters from the original Mate of the Tyger Prince series making frequent appearances less

Colonel Tariq, of the prestigious Tygerian Imperial Guard, has lived a hard life. A war hero, wounded in battle, he lost his parents in a shocking way at an early age, and then lost his young husband after only two cycles of marriage. The tragedies have left him wary of relationships and too scared to love again... moreColonel Tariq, of the prestigious Tygerian Imperial Guard, has lived a hard life. A war hero, wounded in battle, he lost his parents in a shocking way at an early age, and then lost his young husband after only two cycles of marriage. The tragedies have left him wary of relationships and too scared to love again. But now, he’s been given an offer he can’t refuse—an opportunity to “do King Davos a favor” and act as a personal bodyguard for the youngest prince of Tygeria, the famously blond, gorgeous and hard-to-handle Prince Rakkur.Rakkur is on his way to meet a potential suitor on the faraway planet of Loros, where Prince Mikol now lives. It sounds easy enough—except for one major problem. Tariq has a huge secret when it comes to Rakkur. One that will challenge all he thought he knew about himself—one that will change literally everything.Fasten your seatbelts and come along—it’s going to be a bumpy ride. less

Prince Jago Ballenescu, grandson of Davos and Blake, only son of Anarr and Renard, has run away from an arranged marriage that he wants nothing to do with. His parents made a match for him that is entirely “suitable” with a “nice enough” person—whom Jago finds boring in the extreme. So he does what every normal, totally unspoiled young prince would do. He runs away... morePrince Jago Ballenescu, grandson of Davos and Blake, only son of Anarr and Renard, has run away from an arranged marriage that he wants nothing to do with. His parents made a match for him that is entirely “suitable” with a “nice enough” person—whom Jago finds boring in the extreme. So he does what every normal, totally unspoiled young prince would do. He runs away.Caught and sent home in disgrace, he is on a ship bound for Tygeria with his uncle, Prince Rakkur, when they are attacked by the dreaded Pton and taken as hostages. On the ship, he meets the enigmatic, gorgeous alien Lord Dominiko. He quickly falls in love with his captor, rescues his uncle and then things begin to get really complicated.Lord Dominiko is your typical Pton nobleman—embroiled in court intrigue, surrounded by enemies, involved in numerous affairs, and completely jaded with his life. He never expects to meet a beautiful young princeling who will turn everything he thought he knew on its head and enlist him in a crazy scheme to take terrible risks, commit amazing feats of bravery and make huge sacrifices to help others and achieve a noble goal.If the two of them can pull this off, everything will fall into place. They might even save the universe. Fingers crossed, anyway. less