Being imprisoned with Alice, his mate, helps maintain his sanity and gives him the strength to survive. Beaten and betrayed, Luka refuses to break and remains honorable and strong even in his worst moments.

Even when wounded and abused, he still fights to protect others. If there was ever a creature in more need of help and tenderness than Luka, she couldn’t imagine it. Here is how she describes Luka while they are imprisoned: I love her fighting spirit and compassion. Her selflessness when imprisoned with Luka and her patience when befriending the other imprisoned women is admirable, as is her determination to free them. I love Alice! She is smart and courageous even when faced with unfathomable obstacles. The two main characters, Alice and Luka, are dynamic and well-developed. Can they escape their imprisonment, and, if they do, what will happen to Alice and Luka?

She must also face the undeniable attraction she feels for Luka and the possibility that she is his mate. Thrust into a new world and forced to interact with Luka, a hunky imprisoned alien who can’t understand her, Alice fears she’ll never escape. The Clecanian men outnumber the women 20 to 1, and a deranged scientist uses his victims for reproductive experiments. It begins when Alice is kidnapped and imprisoned on an alien planet for breeding purposes. The second book in The Clecanian Series, Freeing Luka is an immersive sci-fi romance with well-developed characters and vivid world-building. Once free, can Alice and Luka’s tenuous relationship survive on this planet? Will the evil men that held them prisoner ever see justice? And can they play a part in the rescue of the other women being held captive around this strange new world? Alice knows only one thing for certain-her life will never be the same again.ĭisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon, and I may earn a small commission, at no cost to you, if you purchase through my links. When an opportunity to free herself, Luka, and the other human prisoners presents itself, Alice takes it. As the days drag on, it becomes harder to keep her heart locked away, until she can’t help but wonder what a life with Luka might look like outside their dark prison. It’s just Alice’s luck that when she finally begins to get her life on track, she’s kidnapped by reptilian creatures and forced into a cell with a fierce incoherent alien for some kind of breeding experiment.Įven though they aren’t able to communicate, Alice and Luka find solace in each other’s company. But before he can tell anyone what he’s discovered, he’s captured, drugged, and thrown in a cell. After years of working tirelessly with little progress, he becomes enraged when he uncovers a sinister plot to abduct compatible species from their home planets. Synopsis: Luka has spent his life researching fertility in the hopes of discovering a cure for the Clecanians’ low birth rates.

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