Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Book Birthday – Alien Mercenary’s Prize – Mina Carter

 



Alien Mercenary’s Prize (Lathar Mercenaries:  Warborne book 3)

Published to Amazon on March 23, 2021

Author Mina Carter

Amazon



Natalia Heath is a survivor. She’ll survive an alien fight pit. No problem.

On the run from her crime lord father most of her life, Nat knows how to survive in the worst places in the universe. Being kidnapped by aliens and thrown into a gladiatorial arena to fight for her life is just another turn of bad luck in a lifetime of them. She just needs to figure out a plan to escape.

What she doesn’t plan on though is the sexy alien who says he’s here to rescue her... or the sparks that fly between them.

Beauty’s secret could get him killed... not revealing it will mean her death.

Former pit champion and now a member of the famous mercenary unit, the Warborne, Beauty has two goals in life; keep his head down and die of old age in his own bed. Unfortunately he picked the wrong profession for that. When a team member’s sister is captured, he must head back to the gladiatorial fight pits and reclaim his place as champion to save her.

Unfortunately for him, she turns out to be a spiky, snippy little human female with plans to save herself. Worse, her scent is the most tantalizing he’s ever encountered... She’s beautiful, alluring, and HIS. His mate.

But the rules have changed. The pits are no longer a place where skill in combat can elevate a fighter to freedom. It’s a place of despair and hopelessness with no way out.

To save them all, he must deal with the devils of his past and fight a new champion, one shrouded in secrecy who kills all who dare to step onto the sands in challenge...



Official published review:

Strength and weakness are a heady combination

I should have known that Beauty's story was going to be phenomenal!  The author had me on the edge of my seat from the first page and with each turn the excitement just increased.  I absolutely love the characters!  They each have not had a fantastic past, but they made their little place in the world and when they found their people they shined.  I enjoyed that Nat was such a strong character and yet she didn't lose the softness of a gentle heart, and Beauty is everything I hoped he would be and so much more.  Just when I thought the story wouldn't get any better the author revealed a secret that had my mouth dropping and made me desperate to see what would happen next.  I think I have said this at the end of each book, but this one might just be my favorite.  It is certainly one that is going to stay with me and be a frequent re-read, well at least until the next book in the series steals my heart.

5 stars

A GR BB

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/REZ6SRM9RON8G




Mina was born and raised in the East Farthing of Middle Earth (otherwise known as the Midlands, England) and spend her childhood learning all the sorts of things generally required of a professional adventurer. Able to ride, box, shoot, make and read maps, make chainmail and use a broadsword (with varying degrees of efficiency) she was disgusted to find that adventuring is not considered a suitable occupation these days.

So, instead of slaying dragons and hunting vampires and the like, Mina spends her days writing about hot shifters, government conspiracies and vampire lords with more than their fair share of RAWR. Turns out wanna-be adventurers have quite the turn of imagination after all...

(But she keeps that sword sharp, just in case the writing career is just a dream and she really *is* an adventurer.)

The boring part: A full time author, photographer and cover artist, Mina can usually be found hunched over a keyboard or graphics tablet, frantically trying to get the images and words in her head out and onto the screen before they drive her mad. She's addicted to coffee and would like to be addicted to chocolate, but unfortunately chocolate dislikes her.

Author’s Website:  https://minacarter.com/
Author’s Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/minacarterauthor/
Author’s Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/minacarter77/
Author’s Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Mina-Carter/e/B002BOH5R4
Author’s Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2920063.Mina_Carter
Author’s BookBub:  https://www.bookbub.com/authors/mina-carter



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