Ka'atari Warriors Series by Kenzie Kelly

Go to space, they said. It’ll be an adventure, they said. They had no idea.Cora’s boring job as a lab tech on board the space station Shangris is interrupted when two ships fall out of hyperspace and put Earth smack in the middle of an intergalactic war. She’s not sure which side she should be on, but the built-like-a-brick-house blue warrior who rescues her from the crumbling station could be more evil than Hannibal Lecter and she might not care. Especially if he’s in to eating people... moreGo to space, they said. It’ll be an adventure, they said. They had no idea.Cora’s boring job as a lab tech on board the space station Shangris is interrupted when two ships fall out of hyperspace and put Earth smack in the middle of an intergalactic war. She’s not sure which side she should be on, but the built-like-a-brick-house blue warrior who rescues her from the crumbling station could be more evil than Hannibal Lecter and she might not care. Especially if he’s in to eating people. But not in the creepy way.The Talia’s captain ordered Kiran and his team to search the damaged station for survivors, and kill any Scovid he might find. The squid-like humanoids were known for using more primitive races for barbaric experiments. The Talia was tailing this particular ship when they jumped blindly into an unknown sector of the galaxy. With Ka’atari mates being as rare as a three-headed givuthde, he never dreamed his would be one of the survivors.Things get even more complicated when another hyperspace jump, an unruly alien pet, and politicians get involved.Hunka hunka blue alien love, action packed, steamy sci-fi romance fun! less

She expected a boring post babysitting scientists. She got an intergalactic war and a one-way trip to a distant universe.Space marine Anela was shuffled off to the U.N. station Shangris after accidentally punching a superior officer during a bar fight. They thought they were punishing her, relegating her to a career languishing under monotonous patrols and tedious paperwork. Boy, were they wrong... moreShe expected a boring post babysitting scientists. She got an intergalactic war and a one-way trip to a distant universe.Space marine Anela was shuffled off to the U.N. station Shangris after accidentally punching a superior officer during a bar fight. They thought they were punishing her, relegating her to a career languishing under monotonous patrols and tedious paperwork. Boy, were they wrong. Three days after landing on the station, two warring alien ships dropped out of nowhere, plowing a path of destruction that included the Shangris and leaving the few survivors far from Earth with no way to get home. Never one to sit idle during a fight, Anela was more than willing to join the war effort against some slimy alien bad guys in her new universe. She thought she was done with curve balls—and then fate sent her Brak. A distraction wrapped in a blue skinned hunk and tied with a bow of fabulous skills.As a Ka’atari warrior, Brak was no stranger to risking his life for the Alliance. He’d been at war his entire adult life and was a seasoned soldier. So he never expected to get caught during a mission aboard an enemy ship, and he certainly never expected his rescue to be in the form of the small human he’d helped rescue a few months before. He knew human women had a higher chance of being a genetic match for Ka’atari, and therefore a higher chance of bearing a warrior’s child, but when he didn’t rhun with a survivor, he threw himself into the effort to find a way to Earth. Then Anela found him, broken in a million ways, and as she put him back together, he wondered if he needed a genetic mate to be happy.The Alliance and the other survivors are counting on them to find a way to Earth, fate seems to conspire against them (or is it bringing them together?), and an alien pet shows up just in time to throw a wrench into the whole plan.Hunka hunka blue alien love, fated mates, action packed, steamy sci-fi romance fun!This is book two of the Ka’atari Warriors. You can jump in anytime (there’s a brief recap of the story so far listed in the contents), but it’s best to start with book one: Kiran. This novella has a guaranteed happily ever after and no cheating. less

One of the first to find her rhun, one of the first to fall pregnant—and the only human survivor of the Shangris to be left alone.Xenobiologist Gabriella never expected to study anything more interesting than alien bacteria, but the stars had other plans. Flung across the universe with no way home, she’s compelled to join a huge Azar warrior right off the ship. As her friends fall in love with their mates, she hopes for a bright future... moreOne of the first to find her rhun, one of the first to fall pregnant—and the only human survivor of the Shangris to be left alone.Xenobiologist Gabriella never expected to study anything more interesting than alien bacteria, but the stars had other plans. Flung across the universe with no way home, she’s compelled to join a huge Azar warrior right off the ship. As her friends fall in love with their mates, she hopes for a bright future. That hope is dashed when her mate seems to prefer anywhere but with her, and then gets himself killed. Very pregnant and very alone, she latches on to the Rucieth who appears next door. Vrik is mysterious, sexy as hell, grumpy, and he wants nothing to do with her. Gabriella is determined to win him over.Banished to Kadeya by his team leader, Vrik wants nothing more than to wait out his forced time off and get back in the fight. He has neither time nor patience for his bright new neighbor and her bizarre choice of pet. It doesn’t take long to determine the beautiful human quiets the voices in his mind. He needs her—maybe more than he wants to admit. The Scozid threat grows across the universe, the Ka’atari warriors are scattered, and Gabriella’s pet is far from enamored with Vrik. Action packed, steamy sci-fi romance fun!This novella is the sixth in the Ka'atari Warriors series. It has a guaranteed happily ever after and no cliff hangers but the story progresses from book to book and the series is best read in order. less