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Sent
to Earth on a mission to retrieve a DNA compatible woman for breeding
purposes,
Warrior Braden Koll has found one in Alexa Sandor.
Now it’s up to him to not only explain the
situation on Xylon where their race is dying out thanks to incursions
by the
Egesa—a half-creature, half-humanoid race of Slave Masters, but to
initiate her
into the ways of Xylon sexuality and mating.
Suffering
from strange nightmares about a foreign planet and highly erotic dreams
starring a man she’d never met, Alexa Sandor is not the least bit
interested in
Braden’s explanations. Still, she’s
attracted to him, attracted enough to hear him out about this sexual
ceremony
that will prepare her for breeding, helping to save Xylon and Earth
from the
slave masters.
It’s a
very good thing that Ms. Kerce has already told us there is more to
this
series. Xylon Warriors: Initiation is both a wonderfully
rich
romance in and of itself, but also a delightful introduction to
characters and
situations that leave the reader wondering ‘what’s next?’
The tapestry of characters introduced and
developed in this book showcases a richly layered world and culture
just
waiting to be explored and managing to do it all in one novel without
loosing
sight of the primary story is a talent that few can master.
Braden and
Alexa’s story, woven throughout that tapestry, is deliciously hot and
intense. Their bond to each other,
despite traditions that could force them apart, is splendidly displayed. The initiation ceremony is everything one
could wish for, binding an already attracted couple more tightly
together. I hope we don’t have long before
we’re
revisiting Xylon and its warriors.
Reviewed by Meribeth
McCombs for
The Road to Romance
April
3, 2004
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