The Alien King's Desire by A.M. Griffin Series: The Hunt #3
Published by Indie on December 17, 2019
Genres: Science Fiction
Pages: 256
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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A spin-off of The Hunt series.
Melisizwe is the Kgosi and sole ruler of the bu Kumkani Kingdom. He needs a powerful queen with alliances, wealth and connections at his side. To find his perfect mate, he invites nine dignitaries from across the galaxy for a meet and greet. Instead of focusing on a fitting match, he’s plagued with assassination attempts, civil unrest, and meeting his true lifemate—a human. For the good of his race, he must pledge himself to a female of status, so there’s no room in his life for a lowly security guard.
Atlanta Georgia Moore has never visited Earth or her namesake. Born and raised on a distant alien planet, she has worked hard to fit into a world with people who view human emotion as a weakness. She has trained hard to suppress all human traits until she meets the Kgosi. The effect he has on her body and heart frightens her but, for the first time in her life, she wants to embrace who she really is.
Atlanta can fight and protect others, but defending herself against love just may be the battle of her life.
The Alien King’s Desire is a spin off The Hunt series, but can be read without having read The Hunt. Atlanta Georgia Moore and her mother live on the planet Luur with the Oncuns. Oncuns don’t show their emotions and are uncomfortable with people who do. They do make great security. After her mother’s death, she is adopted by the Oncun family that took her in. She has to work twice as hard to prove herself, since she is human and the Oncuns see her as weak.
Lanta and her adopted sister and only friend, Elkah, are assigned as security for Princess Una. She is one of many who are meeting with Melisizwe bu Kumkani, Kgosi of the bu kumkani Kingdom to become his mate. Basically, he is the king of a kingdom on the planet of Ipakethe. His younger brother, and his human mate, we meet in the second book of The Hunt series, Hunted by the Alien Prince.
Lanta has worked so hard to stifle her human emotions. The only other human she has ever met is her mother, whom she lost when she was really young. Then she is introduced to Payton. And it is hard to control those emotions any more. Not to mention in the presence of the Kgosi (the Ipakethe word for king).
Melisizwe is working to find the marriage that will help his kingdom. He wants to increase his planet’s status and have more trading for his merchants to offworld trade routes. He has chosen every woman that will help with that mission. They all have status and wealth. But his people have never married outside their own race so the other rulers on his planet are not happy about his decision.
I really enjoyed the books by this author. While there is the insta-love aspect to the stories, neither character takes it lightly. They both struggle with their own sense of duty to themselves and their people, but also have this desire to follow their hearts. I also liked watching Lanta wanting to be more herself, which she’s never been allowed in her entire life.
About A.M. Griffin
By day I see myself as Clark Kent – or maybe a girl version of him. I’m working hard at the day job, trying not to blow my cover. Then, in the face of danger – or in my case, at night, I’m a super-hero.
In my head, I’m fighting crime wearing a black-leather cat-suit. And since this is my fantasy, of course I have the body to make my outfit work. I’m wearing a black mask, with my glossy (and split-end free) black hair hanging down my back. To top this uber cool (and slimming) ensemble off, I’m wearing fire engine red lipstick over full, pouty lips. On my skinny sexy legs, I have on stiletto boots that ride up to my knees.
Now I’m ready to fight crime – cool like (wha-cha).
Oh wait, I let my imagination run away from me. I don’t fight crime, I spin tales in my pajamas. Which, to keep the flow on the cool side, could be imagined not as flannel with snowflakes pictured on them, but as black silk.
So with my black silk pajamas on, after putting in hard hours at the day job, at night I sit at my computer looking cool as hell and spin tales of alien invasions, sexy alien kings, tough-as-nails Earth women, fighting, murder and of course, alien dismemberment.
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I started listening to audiobooks when a new book in a series was coming out and I wanted to get a refresher, but didn’t have time to read all the books (I think it was Anita Blake). I fell in love. I stayed with strictly re-reading books that I’d already read for a long time. I eventually tried an audiobook for something that I hadn’t read first and was hooked there too. Now, I listen to audio for both re-reads and first time. I have some series that I’ve given up reading and only listen. I try to get any many books/audiobooks from the library to help save on my budget. Books on CD and the newer digital downloads from the library really allow me to listen more. I then purchase my favorites (because who can wait in line for your favorite book??) and less mainstream books from Audible or some other online retailer.
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that cover really peaked my interest. glad it was a good one
I’ve really enjoyed the stories I’ve read from this author.
Great review you have here. I actually really like insta love stories especially if its done well. Definitely sounds like a author I would enjoy.
This is my third book by this author. I’ve really enjoyed them all. I want to try more of her work.
Great review. I haven’t read this series yet, but I have read others by this author. She’s a good writer.
Everything I’ve read has been in this group of books. I want to try more of her work. She does have some audiobooks that I want to try.
I’m glad you enjoyed this spinoff. I like when characters get their own stories.
The hero of this book had a very small part in the second book of The Hunt series. So it is almost a stand alone. It was fun.
Sounds interesting… but even though you said you can start with the spinoff, this world feels large and complex. How are the original and spinoff connected?
The hero of this book, is the brother of the hero of the second book. The second book takes place on a different planet, so you don’t get much of the king (her of this book) in it. But previous hero and heroine do have more time in this book, but you could read this without having read their story. She has build a fun world of several different planets and a lot of different aliens.