{"product_id":"the-huntsman-by-natash-wingfield","title":"The Huntmaster by Natash Wingfield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndie Paperback + bookmark and SFW and NSFW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExpected arrival 26th October books will be dispatched as close to this date as possible.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre you ready for your next Alien Romance obsession?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLYRA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI came to the stars to stop being ordinary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI didn't expect to crash-land on a planet that wants me dead in about a dozen different ways before breakfast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eXylos-Vra is nothing like the sterile world I left behind. Its forests glow beneath twin suns, its predators hunt by instinct, and the ancient planet seems to have a life of its own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then there's the alien who finds me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKaelen-Thul is terrifying. Arrogant. Built like something out of a fever dream I never asked for. He's the Huntmaster of the Oru-Ka, a warrior sworn to protect his people from the dangers lurking beyond their borders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe should have left me to the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead, he takes me home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe longer I remain among his people, the more I begin to realise that Xylos-Vra might not be the prison I thought it was. Somewhere between the arguments, the danger, and the impossible attraction between us, the Nest begins to feel like the first place I've ever truly belonged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the bond tying Kaelen and me together is more than attraction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's ancient.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd whatever chose us may have its own reasons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKAELEN-THUL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am the Huntmaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI protect my tribe. I defend our borders. I answer to the Alu'un and the ancient laws of our people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have never allowed anything to become a weakness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the sky gave me a human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLyra is small, stubborn, loud, reckless, and utterly unequipped for the world she has fallen into. She challenges every command I give her and questions everything she does not understand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe should have been a burden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead, the moment I find her, something inside me knows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI do not understand why the Alu'un would bind a human to me. I do not understand why her scent calms the beast beneath my skin, or why every instinct I possess demands that I protect her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut I know one thing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnyone who threatens her will answer to me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when the darkness beneath our world finally rises, I will have to choose between the duty that has shaped my entire life...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the woman who has become my home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Huntmaster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an alien romance filled with primal attraction, tension, yearning, fated mates, cultural clashes, survival, ancient secrets, and a fierce human heroine who refuses to be tamed. 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