In the first Zorn Warriors book, the cruel Anzon aliens kidnap Ariel from Earth and make her a slave. When they find out their bodies aren’t sexually compatible, they offer her up as a prize to their Zorn slaves and force the men to fight in order to win her.
Ral, a beefy, gorgeous dark-haired Zorn, wins the battle. At first sight and sniff, he falls in love with her and binds her to him as his mate for life. After they escape their captors and go to the planet Zorn, however, their problems really begin.
I really liked this story. Ral is sexy, gentle, attentive, and he’s wild about Ariel. He’s also basically a prince to the Zorn people.
Ariel is a strong woman, but she does let him walk over her at times. I wish I could’ve learned more about her past on Earth. She misses her family and friends, but she never seemed too broken up about not being able to go home.
Love and romance bloomed very fast. I understand it from Ral’s POV, but Ariel seemed to fall head over heels a little too fast given the trauma she’d experienced.
Ral has an overprotective family—mostly a few sexy brothers and a really hot dad—and I enjoyed the family dynamics as they learn to accept Ariel, a lowly human, into their fold. Little do they realize the major changes that Ariel and the human race will bring to Zorn.
I have an older copy of this novella, and it could use an edit (misspelled words, choppy sentences, etc). Hopefully, the re-released version is in better shape. The story is told in third person, Ariel’s POV, but I would’ve liked to have read from Ral’s POV too.
I’m looking forward to reading more in the series.
4 Stars ( )

awwwww. ( )

Abducted by aliens and turned over to Ral as reward. Teaching an alien how to pleasure a human. They escape and learn each other back on Zorn.
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Little bit of soft porn because its from Ellora's Cave. I read it in one night. Wasn't awful, but not going to run out and see if the author has more. ( )

This is a somewhat different-than-usual take on the 'I got abducted by an alien' concept. The kidnapped woman, Ariel, ends up being 'given' to one of the alien's slave races rather than remaining a prisoner of the original kidnappers. The Zorn, a group of men that now work as miners, are not everything they seem, and when they escape the situation changes significantly.

Ariel is, understandably, scared to death when she gets kidnapped, then passed on to a group of wild-looking men who fight over which of them gets to keep her. There is an automatic sort of bond with them because they are also prisoners, but she is still shocked because she is now considered 'property'. Not being able to return to Earth is a major problem for her initially. Luckily, she is very resilient.

Ral is a big surprise in more ways than one. Yes, he is tall, has more muscles than should be legal, and sounds like a total macho at first. But he also has a very keen understanding of what Ariel needs and quickly compromises on some of the things she finds difficult to accept about his culture. He faces an uphill battle though, and it takes a while before things improve.

I don't read a lot of f/m romance any longer, but this author was recommended to me by a friend. It was definitely worth checking this one out. The language and the plot are simple and straightforward, but the story had enough twists to keep me interested. The situation and the characters fascinated me from the start, and pulled me in to hold me captive (pun intented). I will definitely check out the other books in this series! ( )