I’ve switched to my new release, NARIO, which is a scifi romance and the latest in the award winning Badari Warrior series.
Starting at the beginning of the book…the excerpt, skipped ahead a little bit from last week:
Camp ahead. Faine’s thought was crisp. He was a senior soldier from Nario’s own pack and second in command on this mission. The rest of the squad was a mix from other packs but they were all Badari and cohesive as a unit.
When he reached the top of the ridge, Nario slid into position next to the forward scout he’d deployed and noted with approval as his other soldiers took similar positions without disturbing the undergrowth. Although he had the exceptional vision of a Badari, Nario took out a pair of distance viewers and assessed the camp. Lean-tos provided shelter, well-constructed but crude. They’d never survive the coming winter. Meat was cooking on a spit over the roaring fire, tended by two women. Several men were seated nearby, playing a game of some sort. Other humans were here and there throughout the campsite, occupied with various tasks. A stream burbled nearby and Nario saw two people fishing.
No guards? He asked the scout telepathically. The lack was curious, given this Rogair must know the danger he was constantly in from the Khagrish. Or perhaps the man believed the enemy wasn’t coming back, having burnt down a huge section of the forest a year ago.
Sentries along the ridge, his man replied.
Three have been captured by our forces without incident and with no time to give a warning, Faine said.
Nario focused his viewers on a woman crossing the open ground, carrying a wooden platter. She was tall for a human woman although he personally preferred that. Some of the humans were too petite for his taste.
Shaking his head to dispel the distracting idea, he was annoyed with himself for losing focus on the mission. Yet he continued to watch the woman, the swing of her ebony hair fascinating him.
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NARIO: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 16) by Veronica Scott
What starts out as a simple mission to rescue a group of lost humans turns into a nightmare for pack enforcer Nario, as he’s captured by the enemy scientists and plunged into an unprecedented journey to their home world for unknown experiments.
No Badari has ever been to the Khagrish planet but Nario vows to find a way to save himself and the others taken with him. The situation takes on additional urgency when he realizes one of the human women in the group is his fated mate. Aliana Ridley was a historian in the Sectors, traveling from world to world to record significant events when she was abducted by enemy aliens and destined to become a subject in unimaginable experiments. Now she has to rely on this fearsome, genetically engineered soldier to help her escape their captors and find a way home. She agrees to pretend to be his mate to fool the scientists but soon finds herself experiencing emotions she never expected to have with a man who’s handsome but not human. Will Nario find a way to escape the enemy’s grasp and get them all safely back to the Badari planet? Author’s Note: This is a complete story for the two main characters, ending with their HEA. There is a cliffhanger situation unresolved in the book for a pair of secondary characters, which I’ll resolve in the next book in the series.
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