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Taken to Heimo

by Elizabeth Stephens

Book 4 in Xiveri Mates

The Xiveri formula is still big, messy space romance, but Svera gives this installment a quieter emotional spine. Come for the enemies-to-lovers alien heat; stay for the way respect has to be earned sentence by sentence.

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  • Content warnings: Sexual content, Dubious consent, Violence, Graphic violence, Kidnapping, Captivity, Racism/bigotry, Religious trauma, Fatphobia, Abuse, Trauma, Attempted sexual assault, Human trafficking, Misogyny, Blood, Injury detail, Sexual assault
Length278 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 10 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast

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What the story promises

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Romance promise

  • Enemies to lovers
  • Male/female pairing (M/F)
  • Medium burn
  • High
  • Passionate / intense
  • Adrenaline rush
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  • Warrior/fighter
  • Fated mates
  • Possessive / claiming
  • Romantic fulfillment
  • Possessive alpha
  • Protective love interest
  • Rough / primal
  • Earned hope
  • Grumpy protector
  • Possessive love interest
  • Desperate / urgent
  • The angst delivered
  • Only soft for them
  • Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
  • Power imbalance
  • Frequent explicit scenes
  • Size difference focus
  • Possessive/protective
  • Tension
  • Mine declarations
  • Possessive
  • Dominance
  • Size difference
  • Dubious consent elements

Fantasy promise

  • Sci-fi romance
  • Alien romance
  • Space station / spaceship / colony
  • Space/sci-fi
  • Aliens
  • Interspecies romance
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  • War front / rebellion
  • Dystopian
  • Forced proximity
  • Guardian/protector
  • Touch her and die

Reading experience

  • Dual POV
  • Fast
  • Intense
  • Heavy
  • Medium
  • Survivor
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  • BIPOC MC
  • Dangerous
  • Fast-paced
  • Caretaker
  • Interracial romance
  • Romantic
  • Emotional
  • Deceptively deadly
  • Steamy
  • Immersive
  • Angsty
  • Hopeful
  • Forbidden desire
  • Battle of wills
  • Protect at all costs
  • Bonds forged in war
  • Morally complex
  • Series binge material

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Book details
Length
278 pages
Publisher
Elizabeth Stephens
Language
English
Format
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