Sven Magnusson is on Earth, and it is an everyday struggle for him to understand a culture where women aren’t treasured and their pleasure isn’t the first priority of their men. Serving as a bodyguard and sharing in the job of keeping the Queen sexually ready for the King is a position that Sven is honored to hold. But lately he’s been yearning for more, and Thea Cooper is at the center of his fantasies. Can Thea and Sven find common ground when their cultures are so different, or will misunderstandings end them before they even get started?

Secured Mail is the second book in the Valhalla series. It does stand alone, but it is so much better when read after Planet Mail.

Kate Pearce has done it again. What a wonderful world she has created in Valhalla. How can you dislike a world where women are so important and in such short supply that the most important thing in a man’s life is to bring pleasure to his woman? I envied Douglass Fraser when she crash landed on Valhalla in the previous book in this series. I didn’t think I would envy Thea as much, but I was wrong. Working with a recently discovered alien race of hot, sexy Viking men, being the object of desire of one especially handsome man, and engaging in some rollicking, good sex, Thea is definitely the object of my jealousy whereas Sven is a new fodder for some fantasies. I really enjoyed the simple plot in Secured Mail. It was uncomplicated, straightforward and accomplished the goal of setting up the relationship between Sven and Thea. Secured Mail is a book you definitely don’t want to miss!

Reviewed by: Hayley