Xithilene Mates Series by R.L. Olvitt

Naomi Parsons discovers things get complicated when you unintentionally catfish a Xithilene priest. She wasn’t planning on falling in love with an alien—or on lying to him. Now he's coming to her sleepy little town for Christmas, and he assumes that she's his mate. It turns out she should've read the fine print on that mate portal website before she signed along the dotted line...R’visth has his own share of secrets, yet he hopes his prospective mate will be able to overlook his flaws... moreNaomi Parsons discovers things get complicated when you unintentionally catfish a Xithilene priest. She wasn’t planning on falling in love with an alien—or on lying to him. Now he's coming to her sleepy little town for Christmas, and he assumes that she's his mate. It turns out she should've read the fine print on that mate portal website before she signed along the dotted line...R’visth has his own share of secrets, yet he hopes his prospective mate will be able to overlook his flaws. All his life, he has longed for a woman who can see that he is more than his faults. When he travels to Earth with little more than a single piece of luggage and naked hope, he isn’t sure whether he’ll be welcomed with open arms or sent back to Xithilene in disgrace.Naomi and R’visth are from worlds apart, yet they’ve been searching for the same things. When they meet, they’ll get the chance to have it all: love, belonging, and family—but only if their enemies don’t stop them first. Not everyone is happy to have an alien in their midst, and some people will stop at nothing to get what they want. less

Two pairs of best friends—one alien, one humanTwo sets of lovers—one genuine, one pretend...until the moment they touchReesi has been in love with her best friend ever since she was a young girl running the streets of Fassalthi. With his dark, broad wings and vivid green scales, Taeth is the perfect example of Lisseethi masculinity. He’s all she’s ever wanted—until he decides to search for love among the humans... moreTwo pairs of best friends—one alien, one humanTwo sets of lovers—one genuine, one pretend...until the moment they touchReesi has been in love with her best friend ever since she was a young girl running the streets of Fassalthi. With his dark, broad wings and vivid green scales, Taeth is the perfect example of Lisseethi masculinity. He’s all she’s ever wanted—until he decides to search for love among the humans.Soon Taeth is making plans to travel to Earth to be with his human lover, but bold, vivacious Angie Rodriguez has a best friend, too. David Alcantara has been holding a torch for his childhood friend for as long as he can remember. When Taeth and Angie push him to pursue Reesi, they both agree to a correspondence to appease their friends. Neither one of them is looking for love, but they’ll pretend. If faking an attraction they don’t feel shows Angie and Taeth what they’re missing, the charade will be worth the effort.The trouble is that pretending isn’t so easy when friendship starts to feel a lot more like love. The instant they meet in person, attraction flares between them like wildfire, but the chemistry they share swiftly becomes something far deeper. When Reesi’s health and safety are threatened, David will need to decide if keeping a love he never expected is worth the sacrifice of his friends, the life he's built for himself, and the only home he’s ever known. less

Can you bribe an alien with a pumpkin pie?Kayla Chang would’ve been just fine staying on Earth without ever encountering a Xithilene warrior, but when her big sister Sam goes missing after traveling to Xithilene to meet her prospective mate, Kayla is almost certain that there’s trouble in paradise. When no one else will listen to her, she takes matters into her own hands... moreCan you bribe an alien with a pumpkin pie?Kayla Chang would’ve been just fine staying on Earth without ever encountering a Xithilene warrior, but when her big sister Sam goes missing after traveling to Xithilene to meet her prospective mate, Kayla is almost certain that there’s trouble in paradise. When no one else will listen to her, she takes matters into her own hands.Fleet Captain T’xith of Vastiss has transported countless humans to his home planet, but hardly any of them ever seem to notice him. Even his crew doesn’t know the real man behind his rank. A soldier trying to navigate his new peacetime identity, T’xith feels as if he’s approaching a crossroads. He just never expected it to arrive in the form of a determined human woman.When Kayla shows up on his bridge requesting assistance, he has a decision to make. Helping Kayla will mean returning to a place that he promised himself he’d left behind for good, but if he doesn’t confront those bitter memories, they’ll have no chance of finding Sam.A trip deep into the remote jungles of Lisseethi pushes T’xith and Kayla even closer together. Add in a flower laden treehouse in the middle of a secluded forest village, a convenient lie about how Kayla might be his mate, and Christmas on the horizon, and they just might have the recipe for a real romance. T’xith and Kayla just need a little holiday magic to discover what really matters—and how to make a love between two planets work. less

The first time Jaess of Vastiss saw Samantha Chang was the day he helped rescue her from her false mate. He held her in his arms as he raced away from her kidnapper’s village and delivered her to freedom. The fiery human woman may have gone home to Earth, but that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten the way she felt in his embrace or the sweet intoxication of her scent... moreThe first time Jaess of Vastiss saw Samantha Chang was the day he helped rescue her from her false mate. He held her in his arms as he raced away from her kidnapper’s village and delivered her to freedom. The fiery human woman may have gone home to Earth, but that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten the way she felt in his embrace or the sweet intoxication of her scent. Jaess has never left the forests of Lisseethi, much less Xithilene, but he will travel to Earth himself if that’s what it takes to find her again—the woman he longs to call his mate.Sam is struggling, trying to find a way to fit back inside a life that doesn’t feel like hers any longer. She never expected to be back on Earth, living under her mother’s roof, creditless, jobless, and straight out of luck. She risked everything on the dream of love with a Xithilene man and lost it, and she has no intention of putting her heart on the line a second time, but fate may have other plans.When the two encounter each other for a second time on Earth, sparks fly. Now they’re going to work together, Jaess as a dancer and Sam as the flutist accompanying him. With every performance, the connection they both feel only grows stronger, but love alone won’t be enough to keep them together. Sam will have to decide how far she’s willing to leap for the Xithilene man who was meant to be hers, because she’ll need to face her fears if she ever wants to truly claim him. less