Title: Alien Hope
Author: Ursa Dax
Series: Fated Mates of the Sea Sand Warlords #14
Pages: 303
Abby has a secret. She is pregnant with a human baby and a boy baby at that. She has kept it a secret for fear of what the Sea Sand Gahns will do since they don’t want any male humans on the planet. Desperate, she deceives the Bitter Sea warrior Kokha to take her to the Deep Sky territory where she hopes she can break away and live in a cave alone with the baby. Instead the longer she is with Kohka, the less she wants to leave him.
This was a very emotional book. Abby has been living in fear for 9 months and is desperate to protect her baby. She doesn’t trust anyone, not even Kohka after getting to know him. I really liked Abby and her drive to protect her child, but I do think she should have told Kokha what was going on before her labor hit because she knew what kind of person he was by then.
Kohka was a sweet and protective man who just wanted to take care of Abby. From the very beginning he was drawn to her and traveling to Deep Sky just enhanced those feelings. I really am enjoying these ones where they fall before the mate bond is confirmed by their Vrika/Lavrika/Kell. These two were really cute together and I enjoyed how Kohka stepped up to being a father so quickly.
This story also had another section about the sky gods who were mentioned in the Bitter Sea cave. We have an actual appearance and battle that causes a lot of damage. I don’t know how I feel about this being added to this series if I am being honest. It feels like a way to sell interest in another series because it doesn’t fit well with the overall story so far (at least to me it doesn’t). I just really want to see some progress about this war with the humans and it just keeps not happening.
Goodreads | The StoryGraph | Amazon
Previous books and reviews for the series:
Red-Haired Ash Reads 