The people of the planet Malka are in a perilous situation. The ratio of men to women on their planet is severely out of whack. In fact, they need to find another race with whom they can breed in order to survive. Luckily, they’ve discovered that they can breed with humans from Earth. The leader, Nico, and his strongest warriors have already taken Earth women as mates. Now Demos and his mate, Nina, are on another excursion to Earth to retrieve additional women. On Earth, Anne is trying to find her parents’ killers when, suddenly, a large, barbarian-type guy and a woman appear in her house. They tell her they are from some other planet and kidnap her!

This is the third book in the Barbarians of Malka series, and I have to tell you, I’m a sucker for barbarian kidnapping stories. The author has a brash, straightforward style of storytelling, and it works well in this novel. I liked the characters of Anne and Alistair, who seemed like real people to me. The sex scenes are very graphic, mostly between committed male/female couples. The reader should be aware that there is one rape scene which is used to illustrate the evil nature of the villains. I thought this story was quite enjoyable, as I have liked all of the Malka series books, and believe that readers of futuristic and science fiction romance will enjoy it as well.

Reviewed by: Jean