Cruel Union

Making her mine…
Aurora is my Fated Mate, she just doesn't know it yet. I've known it from the moment I saw her though—she's supposed to belong to me. She's my mate…my princess…and I'll burn the whole galaxy down to have her.

Once we spend some time together, she'll warm to me. She'll start to feel The Need all women have when their Fated Mate is a Brute like me. The desperate urges will drive her right into my arms. Soon, she'll be begging me to plant my heir inside her.
And I can't wait to give her exactly what she needs.

Having my enemy's baby…
I don't know what Slade sees in me. I'm too old to marry and too curvy to be attractive. Everyone thinks I'm nothing but an old maid…except for the seven-foot-tall alien crime boss who wants me for his own.

But Slade doesn't just want to marry me—he wants to get me pregnant! He says he's going to plant his heir in me and I had to agree to it. My stupid brother gambled away all the tribute money we pay to Slade's family—Clan Cruel. So I have no choice in the matter, but I'm scared to death.
What am I going to do?

Author's Note--Cruel Union is a forced marriage, Dark Mafia Romance--the first book in the new Brutal Universe Series.

Enter The Brutal Universe

Years ago everyone who could afford it left the dying Earth and traveled to the stars. There, humanity found that they were not alone—there was plenty of sentient life to connect with…if they wanted to.

A core group of humans refused to have anything to do with the aliens. The Untainted, as they chose to call themselves, have pure human blood in their veins—their DNA has remained unchanged for centuries. They marry each other and do their best to ignore the outsiders—but there are some who are hard to ignore…for instance, the Brutal Crime Lords.

The Brutal Crime Organization operates like the Cosa Nostra back on Dying Earth. Made up of four different Alien Crime families, they rule over whole sectors of the Imperium Galaxy and extract tribute from anyone living in their territory. The Brutes, as they are called, have inhuman lusts. Always searching for their Fated Mate, once they find her, they develop The Thirst which compels them to taste her juices. Some have tails and most have horns. All of them have special equipment that's big enough to split a woman in two…or give her pleasure beyond her wildest dreams.
When a woman enters a Permanent Binding with a Brute, she can never, ever be free of him.

*Author's Note--I hope you'll enjoy this new series--I wanted to take Mafia Romance themes and tropes and put them in a sci-fi setting filled with cruel and irresistible Alien Mafia Enforcers. Expect to find Love and Betrayal, Enemies to Lovers, and growly, grumpy Morally Grey Heroes determined to find their Fated Mates at all costs.

The Four Families
Clan Cruel--these Alien Mafiosos carry a Darkness inside them that other Clans fear
Clan Savage-- Serpentine blood ensures these Alien Enforcers have fangs and a desire to taste their woman's blood
Clan – Vicious--Moving neon tatts and an ability to read their enemy's intentions are the characteristics of these Morally Grey Alien Capos.
Clan Ruthless -- These Alien Crime Lords have bat-like wings and burning red eyes.

*All Four Clans have 3 things in common-- Horns, Knots, and The Thirst--an insatiable desire to taste their Fated Mate