The Crystal Warrior by Maree Anderson, is the 1st in her Crystal Warrior series of f/m paranormal fantasy romances about aliens warriors released from entrapment in magical crystals to woo their magically bonded true mates, who just happen to be modern human women attempting to fulfill some sort of personal dream (beyond the obvious sexyfuntimes with hawt alien warrior one, that is). This is All Romance eBooks' Earth Day countdown selection for April 13th, in conjunction with the author herself.
The entire series has a medium 3 flames on the ARE heat index, and the 1st book mentions that it is "Winner of the Romance Writers of New Zealand Clendon Award for full-length romantic manuscript."
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All Romance eBooks until just before midnight US central time on April 14th. If you missed it earlier, the previous day's 3-flame f/m Roman Britain Celtic tribal revolt action/adventure & backstabbing intrigue historical romance will still be free for a limited time:
The Centurion and the Queen.
ARE have a banner across the top of their website stating that it'll be down for scheduled maintenance from 12-5 AM central US time on the 13th, in case you're wondering why you can't get in during those times. Other times when you can't get in, you're on your own.
Author Anderson doesn't seem to have anything particularly on sale, but you can pick up some of her other titles (f/m paranormal & sci-fi erotic romances, mostly) at a discount
via Fictionwise using the usual weekend coupons, or during All Romance's periodic rebate promotions and their regular Buy 10 Get 1 Free offer.
And she offers to sign Kindle copies of your books by personalizing them with whatever the Kindlegraph service is,
linkage on her website.
Description
She’s a dancer, and the most important thing in her life right now is the success of her new dance studio. He’s an alien Crystal Warrior with one big-ass curse hanging over him. In a moment of weakness she lets him seduce her. Now they’re magically bonded and his life is in her hands.
(Winner of the Romance Writers of New Zealand Clendon Award for full-length romantic manuscript.)
Chalcedony (Chalcey) has given up on men. Who’s got time for all that angsty dating crap when she’s got a new dance studio to run? Then she’s given a piece of wulfenite crystal and Lord Wulfenite, Keeper of the Shifting Sands fief, literally pops out of the crystal and plants one on her. Wulf is the man of her dreams… or at least, dressed like an ad for We Love Leather, with killer abs and delectable pectorals, he sure looks like the man of her dreams. But if there’s one thing Chalcey’s learned: If it looks too good to be true, then it sure as heck probably is too good to be true! And Wulf proves to be no exception.
Wulf doesn’t stop to wonder why he’s so attracted to Chalcedony. All he knows is he’s finally escaped from a centuries-long hell and he wants this woman – more than anything he’s wanted in his entire life. Chalcey doesn’t stand a chance. Before she realizes what’s at stake, she’s bonded with him and his life is in her hands. She knows she should walk away and leave him to his fate. No way is she planning on getting stuck with a guy who used to steal women for breeding stock! But the more she learns about Wulf and his past, the more conflicted she becomes.
Only when the Crystal Guardian’s curse threatens everything Chalcey’s worked so hard for, does she finally realize what’s truly important. But even if she can figure out how to save Wulf from his fate, it might be too late.