Alien Bride Race Series by Sybur Phyre

CyleneAll I have to do is avoid being captured to win a million dollars. The challenge? Escape the hands of every alien warrior that gets dropped in the valley. They’ll have plenty of other women to snatch up. Easy peasy.I’ve always been fast, athletic, but broke, and treated like I’m a source of free labor by my family. Well, my half-brother’s family... moreCyleneAll I have to do is avoid being captured to win a million dollars. The challenge? Escape the hands of every alien warrior that gets dropped in the valley. They’ll have plenty of other women to snatch up. Easy peasy.I’ve always been fast, athletic, but broke, and treated like I’m a source of free labor by my family. Well, my half-brother’s family. A million dollars could get me off of Earth and help me start my own business in the one thing I’m really good at—teaching women alien self-defense, like how to use their extra arms, tentacles, and horns to our advantage.The women I’m stranded with on the alien planet outnumber the alien warriors, princes, and dignitaries by one. Only one of us can be free. Some of the women aren’t interested in the money, just a rich and powerful alien husband. I had to escape my family just to make it here. I know I’ve got a good chance at the prize money.VitusI’ve finally let my best friend coerce me into signing up for the race. I tell myself I’m not stuck doing what my father pressured me to until his untimely death last year. Guilt made me finally commit.If I’m unhappy with my selection, there’s a loophole to get me out of the commitment. If we want to trade brides with another male, we can simply negotiate at the Mingle Celebration. After taking control of my father's army, I no longer tolerate being told what to do.But when we land on the planet and I see a brunette climb the cliffs and disappear on the other side, something primal in me switches on. She is strong and would bear me strong warriors. It is honorable for Nytherans to continue their lineage with many offspring, but only with a capable mate.I just have to catch her first.A steamy, one-love, alien romance with action, cursing, and some violence. less

KikilaMy father has given me a choice. I can marry the earthman he's picked for me, or I can enter the Alien Bride Race. He thinks I won't take the latter, but I'll do anything to avoid being stuck with his sleazeball business partner, Draeke. I've tried to run. But that's the problem when your father's in Terran security. He finds me no matter where I am.The only way I can get away from him is if I leave the planet altogether. He doesn't think I'm tough enough to survive... moreKikilaMy father has given me a choice. I can marry the earthman he's picked for me, or I can enter the Alien Bride Race. He thinks I won't take the latter, but I'll do anything to avoid being stuck with his sleazeball business partner, Draeke. I've tried to run. But that's the problem when your father's in Terran security. He finds me no matter where I am.The only way I can get away from him is if I leave the planet altogether. He doesn't think I'm tough enough to survive. I'm going to prove him wrong.When they drop me in the valley for the race, I'm expecting some sort of process. Instead, the alien males spill out of the transport before it even sets down. The meadow is in total chaos.It doesn't take long for me to be captured. I'm disappointed in myself but don't mind being so close to the muscled warrior. His incendiary gaze and the way he touches me says he wants me in a way Draeke never showed.As we're about to turn for his ship, another male tears me out of my new mate's arms, jumps onto a small starship, and rockets us away from the planet.I didn't even get his name!Whoever has starjacked me isn't a participant.When I look back, I see my new warrior mate watching and shouting in anger.I hope he rescues me.RowkinNone of the females made my two hearts pound the way they did the moment I saw her. I have heard other males speak of such a connection, but I never believed it until I felt it myself. She was an intoxicating distraction. I should've held on tighter.The ABR managers have no response. They've never encountered skyjackers before. I must take matters into my own hands if there's any hope of rescuing her. They don't want me digging into things for fear it will hurt their reputation, more than a missing woman.I don't care about anything but getting my mate back. From the moment I caught her scent, I changed inside. She is the only one for me. I can no longer breed with another. It is her or no one.I will steal, lie, fight, and kill if it means getting her back in my arms.***A steamy, one-love, alien romance. Some cursing and violence. less

RosalynnI've saved up for years to get my ticket and myself to the Alien Bride Race office on the lunar spaceport. Working retail for life and having no one to come home to except the stray cats in the alley has never been a dream come true. I've heard stories about ABR and how wild and territorial the alien males can get over the contestants. Just once, I want someone to need me... moreRosalynnI've saved up for years to get my ticket and myself to the Alien Bride Race office on the lunar spaceport. Working retail for life and having no one to come home to except the stray cats in the alley has never been a dream come true. I've heard stories about ABR and how wild and territorial the alien males can get over the contestants. Just once, I want someone to need me.I'm tired of being just a body to stand at the counter with a fake smile and pretend I am obsessed with every single perfume we sell. For too long, I have waited for the thrill of running with the other women, pretending to be scared. Inside, I'm excited to meet whoever catches me.The males race around me, chasing other, faster women. I wonder if they don't find me a challenge and if I should've taken better care of myself or tried to scrub more of the perfume from my permeated skin. Males pass me, returning with other women in their arms who laugh and smile like I want to. I trip on a root and fall. A warm hand helps me up.To my dismay, the sexy alien hunk already has a woman over his shoulder. He's built like a prime warrior and dressed in armor that bears the sigils of a kingdom I've not heard of. He's royalty. I'm a nobody. Yet in his gold eyes is a hint of regret as he leaves me behind to cart his woman off with the other males.Soon, there is no one left but me. They've all gone inside the alien starship to begin the festivities. A woman from ABR hands me a credit chip for a million bucks and gives me her congrats. I thought for sure being slower would get me caught, and only the fastest won the money. I never thought I would win. This was never my goal.The alien prince who passed me now watches from the open doorway of the starship. His stare stirs desire in me as I walk to the private transport that will return me to the spaceport. But he didn't choose me. He chose her.I can start over and have almost anything I want...except the only thing I longed for most. But my new life doesn't start off quite as easy as I expect. There are a lot of others who want to get their hands on my new prize money. Now, I'm stuck in the race to protect my life.ZinnarMy selected mate seems to have more interest in a Ginarigon who often picks females open to sisterhood. I am a wreck inside at her rejection. But I want to love and mate with one female. Clearly, I chose incorrectly.I was not supposed to return home to my family's kingdom mateless. They will scold me for letting her go despite that she is undoubtedly happier elsewhere. I don't believe in forced marriages. I want someone who wants me, needs me like I need her.Stepping outside of the party to get some air, I notice the woman in the field, among the trees and bushes, in silent tears as she walks toward the transport that will take her home. There is a special strength in her, a quiet pain of loneliness but conviction from her acceptance. She keeps going even though she scraped her knees in her earlier tumble. It's something I understand--making sacrifices for my kingdom.I want to talk to her, though I don't know if she'll be interested now that she has the money. But by the time I make my decision, she's already taking off. When she glances at me from the window, I know I have to get to her before I lose her forever. At least we could give it a chance.The race might be over, but my hunt for her has just begun. If she won't have me, I'll have to make her an offer she can't refuse. I'm not going home empty-handed.A steamy scifi alien romance, featuring violence and cursing. less

She doesn't know she's supposed to be MINE. I knew the moment we parted ways years ago. It felt like dying. Now, she's in danger. I'm not wasting my second chance.ZariahThe last package I receive from my mother contains the one thing I don't an entry ticket to the Alien Bride Race.My father was a savage bounty hunter turned pirate. I was a mistake. I was also, in his mind, free labor until I made my daring escape as a child... moreShe doesn't know she's supposed to be MINE. I knew the moment we parted ways years ago. It felt like dying. Now, she's in danger. I'm not wasting my second chance.ZariahThe last package I receive from my mother contains the one thing I don't an entry ticket to the Alien Bride Race.My father was a savage bounty hunter turned pirate. I was a mistake. I was also, in his mind, free labor until I made my daring escape as a child. My twin brother stayed with our father and carries on the family tradition. I joined the shipping industry for an honest wage, but I can't seem to escape my past.Now, I transport dangerous things as a private contractor. I trust few people and fewer aliens. But my mother's last gift included a message, apologizing for my childhood, one that makes me feel guilty for wanting to throw away my ticket. I don't want an alien mate. I'm not interested in starting a family when I come from one that's such a mess. But when the ticket falls out of my pack and a fellow contractor at the bar picks it up, I get teased to no end. To my surprise, Elix, someone I helped long ago, steps in and returns it to me.He's a lone wolf type, keeps to himself, depends on no one, and is of an endangered species with few left in the universe thanks to the war with the Nebulous Empire. He's a jacked beast of a male with a protective tendency that I like. But more importantly, he's the only one who's gotten close to me and not tried to find out where my father hid his bounty.I don't care for my father's credits or metal junk. All I want is to earn my way so I don't have to look over my shoulder for the rest of my life. My mother thought an alien mate might keep me safe. Maybe she's right.I haven't seen Elix in two years. He's packed on a lot of muscle and, for a moment, makes me reconsider what I want for my future. But we come from opposite sides of the law, and I won't dishonor my mother's last request. With what's going on in my secret shipping life, the Alien Bride Race might be the safest place for me. I just have to win or make whoever catches me pick someone else so I can slip away again. A week's vacation to let the stardust settle sounds like a good plan.I just didn't expect to want him...ElixI didn't want to leave Zariah behind after she helped me escape spaceport police as a child. I just had to sort my life out after my kind had perished in the battle with the empire. I'm a hot commodity for my special healing skills. Staying a ghost is imperative. But I can't get Zariah off of my mind. I've hunted plenty of criminals and fought in countless battles since then, but she is a hard woman to track. Her father taught her well.I know she's working under the radar, shipping something illegal across Sol Federation territory. It's my duty to report her, but I don't have concrete evidence or the desire. From the shadows, I've watched over her and protected her at every opportunity without her knowledge. When I find out she's entering the race, I'm thrust into a different battle.I always thought she'd stay single forever. The mere idea of another male laying one finger on her has me burning up with rage.Zariah's memory kept me alive on the outer rim in the heat of battle. She might disregard the law, and I might defend it, but there's a part of her I desperately want to protect. I need her in a way she doesn't yet know. When I catch wind of plans of other males to bond with her in order to access her father's hidden bounty, I know my time is up.She's in danger.I have to find a way to get into the race so I can protect her, and I might have to break a few rules to get in. less