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Ruwen: Fated Mate Alien Romance (Mated to the Alien Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Kate Rudolph (Author), Starr Huntress (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 2,178 ratings

Book 1 of 10: Mated to the Alien

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He’s dying. She’s running. They’re each other’s only hope.
Ruwen’s cursed alien species is on the brink of extinction, and he’s about to add to the death toll. He’ll be dead before the month is out if he can’t find his mate. Too bad that most Detyen women are dead.

Abandoned, ditched, and on the run from vicious aliens…
After being kidnapped from Earth by unknown forces, Lis has been dropped on a inhospitable planet with little food and no hope. She'll do anything to find a ship to take her back to Earth, but Polai is hostile to all alien life, and Lis is running out of places to hide. Can she trust the alien hunk who looks at her with heat in his eyes?

An impossible chance...
From the moment he sees her, Ru knows Lis is his mate. But she's already wounded and distrustful of aliens. How can he prove that he’s trustworthy? If he can’t overcome Lis’s fears, their bond will break before it has a chance to form, leaving Ru dead and Lis all alone in a hostile galaxy.

The Mated to the Alien series can be read in any order and there are no cliffhangers!
Get your taste of these fated mates in ebook, print, or audio!

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More Detyens? Yes, please!
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Stoan - amazon.com/dp/B06XT32X4M
Cyborg - amazon.com/dp/B071ZFY4W1

An alien adventure:
Crashed - amazon.com/dp/B01JDTX3MK

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Don't miss the rest of the series!
Stealing the Alpha: Alpha Shifter Romance
#1: The Alpha Heist - amazon.com/dp/B014AQ3TUC
#2: Entangled with the Thief - amazon.com/dp/B0155U83VC
#3: In the Alpha's Bed - amazon.com/dp/B015NTI2WK

More hot shifter romance!
Bear Shifters
Bear in Mind - amazon.com/dp/B01B41CNQ2

Wolf Shifters (and the BBWs who love them!)
The Mate Bundle (four steamy shifter shorts!) - amazon.com/dp/B01I2ONIBS
Alpha's Mercy - amazon.com/dp/B00U2OCTI0
Gemma's Mate - amazon.com/dp/B00Y8OXI7G

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01NBG8W09
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 7, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2346 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 227 pages

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- #7 in Science Fiction Romance (Kindle Store)

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Kate Rudolph is an ex-derby girl who lives in Indiana. She loves writing about kick butt heroines and the steamy heroes who love them. She's been devouring romance novels since she was too young to be reading them and had to hide her books so no one would take them away. She couldn't imagine a better job in this world than writing romances and sharing them with her fellow readers.
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pb loves to read

Wow—This is one terrific read!

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2023

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Man oh man…this book has something for everyone! The storyline is totally kick ass; the characters are great; the plot twists and turns keep you flipping those pages; and the build up to the HEA is truly amazing. This is really a great read and you need to grab a copy today! ❤️❤️

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021

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The author did a great job keeping the reader busy, there is some action, a lot of romance, a few hold your breath moments. I really enjoyed this, it is the first time I have read anything my this author. My heart did go out to Ru with his life ending very soon he took it for what it was worth and took on another mission, ready to go down in flames. Lis being kidnapped and dropped off with a note saying opps sorry wrong person have a nice life. They couldn't have left her on a more dangerous planet.

I enjoyed watching these two getting to know each other as their life hold on the balance a few times. I enjoyed all the character, I thought they added a lot to the story. Has a good plot, thrilling and exciting. I look forward to reading more from this author.

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Mary Kirkland

A sweet alien romance

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2022

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Ru knows that he doesn't have long time to live because he hasn't found his mate. So he's taken one more mission and hopes to complete it so he can collect the money and live out his last days in peace. But while on his mission he finds a human female that was mistakenly kidnapped and brought to this alien planet and left. He knows right away that she's his mate but she doesn't trust him at all because of the ordeal she's been through.

Lis has been on her own ever since she was kidnapped and left on the alien planet. She tried to get help from the aliens who lived there but they aren't friendly at all so when Ru finds her and tries to help her, she's not willing to trust him at all. He has to blast her with his stun weapon and bring her back to his ship in order to place a translator on her so they can communicate.

All she wants is to go home but he knows if he can't get her to accept him as her mate that he will die. He's not going to tell her that though and asks her to give him a chance in the time it takes for him to get his mission completed. She agrees to give him a chance while they are together but she actually starts to feel something for him pretty straight away and she doesn't understand why. He doesn't really explain why she might feel something for him or about how he'll die if she doesn't agree to be his mate.

Watching them get to know each other and fall for each other was really fun to watch. But I would have liked more of a back story as to what Lis endured after being kidnapped since we were just told it was bad but not what happened. I would have liked more of a back story on both of them as well to get to know them both better. But this was a fun little alien story.

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Serena B

A great beginning !!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022

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I enjoyed this book of Lis and Ruwen !!!
Ruwen is an alien species that must find their mate before their 30 th birthday.
He is 29 ...... And can think of no better way to go then on a pleasure planet . But 1st he has to get paid for one last job .

Lis has been kidnapped by aliens from earth and subjected to
, " testing " . After a while , she has been dumped on a very distant planet with a few protein bars and some water !!! And this planet is NOT a very welcoming planet to off- worlders !!!
Lis needs a way off this hostile planet , and Ru wants to help her !!! Problem solved , right ???
Well.... There is that small thing of Lis being his ," denya " , his mate......but Lis just wants a ride .
Of course she wouldn't turn down a ride between the sheets, but Ru wants more !!! This book was sad and funny and had quite a few action scenes that I thought were great !! Would definitely read more about this world !!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023

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A quick, easy read. The characters were likable and interesting. The ending however, was a little abrupt. I hate abrupt endings. There are sexual scenes that may offend some readers but, are somewhat tame in some respects.

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Bigred6126

It's different in a good way.

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2019

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I liked the story line. I really love the sci-fi romance novels and most of the stories are aliens from a dying planet. This is a new twist. If the alien isn't mated he dies. So tis both. I enjoyed the book, love the heroine and hero. Waking up in the middle of nowhere after an all nighter is bad enough. Ended up on an alien planet, that's seriously screwed up. A lot of other books would've sent her to the auction and that's that. There's an HEA. It works. I read the 2nd one and enjoyed it. These are standalones. I've been starting so many sets of books and then not being finished its drove me mad on KU. I don't have to worry about that here.

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Debdutch

Action filled alien love story.

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2023

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has aliens, danger, action and a love story. Interesting first book in a series. Makes me want to read more.

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Goddess of Chaos

Unexpected results... Lis never coulda imagined...

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2020

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The story has a bit of a whirlwind/wavy hands kind of beginning to get Lis to Polia... But given the fun and interesting story that unfolds, the beginning is easy to forgive, and actually feeds in to some humor later.

Ruwen is living like a man with no future. Taking dangerous jobs. Living life on the edge. Enjoying all the fun, pleasure, and risks the Universe has to offer... until he meets Lis, who brings with her the most unexpected thing of all... hope.

This done in one quick read is a lot of fun. Different than the Detyen Legion / Warrior stories, which are focused more on revenge for what happened to their home world, this centers on the few survivors doing just that, surviving, and finding strength where they can.

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Samantha Colpitts

Refreshing alien romance

Reviewed in Canada on March 8, 2023

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I've read a lot of middling to bad alien romance and this subverts (almost) all of the most tired and overused tropes. Humans are tough not delicate glass bobbles. MC is competent and brave. There are fated mates and the leading guy dies without his, but it's handled realistically and with sensitivity and respect for the lady as a partner and individual.

Fiona Faith Ross

A Ruwen By Any Other Name

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2023

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Lis has been dumped by cruel captors on a hostile planet light years from earth. Ru is an alien who finds himself by chance on a mission to the same planet while she's trying to get home. It looks like Ru is Lis' best chance of getting out of there alive, but can she trust him? Once in a while a book comes along that is so skillfully written it takes your breath away. I fell for the characters early on and I couldn't stop turning pages. Then I got to a moment when I was so invested in them, I couldn't bear to read through the latest danger in case it broke my heart, but then I had to find out what happened and I read on. The setting and world-building was economical and efficient but expansive and you got the sense of the vastness of space (if mere earthlings can ever). A wonderful read and I loved it.

lotsofbooksde

apologies. wrong girl.

Reviewed in Germany on January 15, 2018

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Haha. That was such a funny little story. I liked the plot and the characters and can easily imagine this as a TV movie with lots of action and naughty scenes. Great work.

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Rosemary Hughes

Drama and romance tied up in galactic Espionage

Reviewed in Australia on July 15, 2017

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A dramatic portrayal of survival and escape, for Liz, the female human, who was abducted from her home streets in America, to be abandoned, with next to nothing, in a hostile environment on a planet, with very unfriendly natives. Luckily, there was another in the area, Ruwen, doing something that may have cost him his life, a life that he felt only had a 3 month end of life expectancy. That was until the two ran into each other, and then both of them were struck by fate.
Read the story of their escapades before they could finally relax, together.
I actually listened to the audio rendition of this book, and found it a very entertaining and rewarding experience.

Vivacious Val

Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2024

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As usual any book written rock written under Starr Huntress is not going to disappoint. Great start to the series and I will be reading more!!