Claimed by Elle Amour Review

Claimed

by Elle Amour

Ellora’s Cave Publishing

Book 1 in the Mate Seekers series.

Trista is living every middle-aged woman’s fantasy—she wakes to find her body is pre-kids, pre-stretch marks and pre-gravity. Oh yeah! What’s more, the lover sharing her fantasy—blond hair, piercing turquoise eyes and a sculpted body to drool over—makes her feel like the sexy teen she was back when he first visited her dreams. Except this is no fantasy, and Rurik the Conqueror is no dream lover. He’s real, he’s not from Earth, and this time he’s come to claim her.

Rurik had known Trista of Earth was his by the Svendian way—her scent. A war and fears for her safety were all that kept him from staking his claim years ago, but no longer. He needs her like he needs his next breath. But unknown forces intrude on his plans and Rurik finds she’s in greater danger than ever. This time he’s not giving up, and he’ll die to protect the woman who completes his soul in a way he never imagined..… Synopsis by Ellora’s Cave Publishinghttp://www.jasminejade.com/ps-8214-50-claimed.aspx

Claimed Review by Marcia Corbett

My Rating:  3 ½ out of 5 Whips

 

This is not only the first book in a series by Elle Amour, it is the first book written by Lise Fuller’s under this new pen name and her first foray into “futuristic erotic romance”.  According to Lise, “The short of it is that I want people to identify the type of book. Although still rife with action, these are even more erotic.”  Okay, enough of giving you the author’s background.  On to Claimed.

What can I say?  There is PLENTY of sex, a little bondage, interplanetary travel, ‘droids, cougar sex, one horrendously sick bad guy and a set-up for the next book in the series.  I had 2 problems with the book. 

First, the sex was so fast and furious most of the time, sometimes taking little more than a paragraph, I found myself tempted to skip the sex part to see what happened next.     

Second, the middle of the book was jumping so fast from one situation to another and back that I found myself backtracking to try to keep the story straight.

Other than that, It was a good read and kept my attention.  I liked how Trista got through several situations that would have normally had her screaming for a straight jacket by believing she was in a hospital under sedation and she was merely dreaming.   She finally realizes she really IS in a space ship, really IS “bonded” to Rurik and really DID have a most unusual bonding ceremony.

You can learn more about Lise/Elle and her books at her website, http://www.lisefuller.com/  or you can check out her Elle website, http://www.elleamour.com/main.html