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Heart's Prisoner
- Dark World Mates, Book 1
- Narrated by: Maxine Mitchell
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Heart's Prisoner
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Summary
He's not like anything Lana has ever encountered.
Asset X: Massive, deadly, and a little terrifying to say the least. A devilish warrior, and a killer. Captured on a hellish world after attacking a military campsite and now imprisoned in a state-of-the-art cell inside one of the military’s top bases, Lazris. Lana has been assigned to "study" him; to learn his secrets and gain his trust, if he is ever allowed to set foot out of his cell. As a top behaviorist, it is the biggest hurdle of her career.
Asset X - or Xerus as he is called - won't give up his secrets easily. He is difficult, elusive, and dare she say, unfathomably alluring...despite his seething demeanor and hard, frightening physique. Something subconsciously draws her to him. Something wildly irresistible. Even if his wicked smile and needful gaze could just be a ploy to win her trust and escape his cell. She shouldn't think of him like that. He is an alien after all. And possibly their enemy.
Xerus claims he is on a mission. A mission to destroy. And he cannot afford to fail. If he dares let Lana get close, dares open his cold heart to her, she could compromise everything.
This book contains heated intimate scenes and some violence. It is intended for mature listeners.
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- elisha
- 23-11-21
Heart-racing suspense!
I’ve read my fair share of sci-fi and alien romance but this one was completely different. Incredible world building, developed characters, and a slow build romance- that alone would make this a five star read. Add in the thrilling suspense and my mind is blown! Best book I’ve listened to in ages.
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- Tee
- 14-03-23
Brilliant
This was my first time listening to this narrator and she is already one of my absolute favourites. She did such an amazing job and I was hooked from the beginning. I listened to this audio in two days (would have easily be one if I didn't need my sleep lol) anyway, great voice acting! The romance was a slow-burn one and not one of those Insta-Loves, which I was so pleased about. It made it easier and more natural for them to fall for each other, along with character development. I felt so immersed that I was sad it ended so soon <3 but at the same time I'm glad it wasn't dragged on.
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- Janice Balint
- 27-02-23
Wow
I enjoyed this book so much! Wish the epilogue was longer. I’d love to know if they were able to procreate.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-02-23
Would recommend
Excellent alien romance for those who like a military vibe & plot but still want maximum tension and romantic development. Great slow burn, amazing handling of the peril, etc. Loved this narrator, will look for more of their work.
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- Maeve Largey
- 20-01-23
Destroyed the female main character
A solid premise, but massive plot holes.
Created a relatively interesting main character, then just completely betrayed all set up and character development and common sense when she got with the romantic interest.
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- Goblin1264
- 20-01-23
Amazing!!
Let me first say that I am fairly new to the whole audio book thing. Whilst I am a voracious reader, I’ve been reticent towards audio books as I’ve always felt that reading allowed for more of a “ connection “ to the book and its characters. After all, no one can visualise the characters and create the nuances better than a reader can within their own head. Some things just need to simmer and meld within your head. I am so impressed with this book and it’s primarily because of the narration of Ms Mitchell. She is incredible! Her ability to seamlessly move between characters, the ebb and flow of the scenes and the emotions she injected into each was truly remarkable as was her accents and intonations. Sooooooo good!! A must listen! 5 stars all the way. It helps that Ms Mitchell had such high quality material to work with. The author’s attention to character development and clever storytelling was a pleasure. I’m now a huge fan.
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- kfkf
- 11-01-23
A slow burn that never catches fire
5 stars for first 3/4, 2 stars for the last quarter
I was hooked for most of this book. Couldn’t turn it off. Listened while I brushed my teeth.
Then, when we finally come to the point where these 2 great characters get together after so much tension and conflict…. Meh. No big declarations of love or even like. No good steamy scenes. No heightened emotions, It’s a non-event.
Very disappointing. I was on the edge of my seat for hours and then it fizzled out. I set the audio speed to 1.3x just to get it over with.
The MCs deserved better!
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- Anonymous User
- 03-12-22
Okay, I suppose
The story was enttertaining enough to listen to the end, but nothing special. Fun for a time, but forgettable.
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- Kindle Customer. tish
- 02-12-22
Very different
This is my first Maxine Mitchell book. Very violent and an exciting read. But I loved the alien romance. The narration was excellent.Really enjoyed this experience!
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- Jax
- 24-11-22
An unexpected great listen!
This is by far one of the best sci fi / romance books I've ever listened to.
Some parts are a bit barbaric, and I was seething with some of the characters being meat headed bullies.
Superb world building and a good dose of suspense.
I'm so glad I got this on the included titles - and happy to use a credit for book 2
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- potsherds
- 05-07-21
An ACTUAL good adventure alien romance novel
With a PLOT.
Fairly cliched story if even I can figure out the mysterious enemy almost immediately, but a well-written story nonetheless. I thought the pacing was good, people didn't act like complete idiots (mostly) or do 180's on their own personalities, and folks responded appropriately to situations. So it avoided a lot of the pitfalls of the usual cringe-worthy alien romance genre. The level of hostile sexism the mc encounters is over-the-top and unbelievable, though.
World-building was believable and sufficiently thorough.
Don't expect award-winning genre fiction, But it's pretty great within it's assigned lane.
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- Odesa
- 27-06-21
If you are a teenager you will probably love this.
Unfortunately, this was quite a drudge. Lana Heart is clueless and her assignment seems to change from chapter to chapter just like her area of expertise. She is led around by every man in the book, (I hope feminism makes more progress than this in the future) and this book only passes the Bechdel Test by a hair. There’s one other woman, Nicole, mentioned in the book and she is the resident counselor (it’s very strange that Lana would automatically be assigned a counselor, is every woman in this book a cry baby that needs to be told what to do and someone to listen to her ‘problems’). Nicole is also her friend (as she is the only other woman on the station and apparently men and women can’t be friends, it’s a bit of boy against girls so Nicole and Lana only have each other) and listens to her “revelation” I kid you not, that despite keeping these aliens in cages, calling them ‘assets and having all these safety protocols the military is really only interested in keeping the aliens like animals. I laughed out loud. No kidding? Also, another annoying fact was that Nichole’s uncle runs Lazurus so it’s assumed she got the job only because he is her uncle not because she is qualified.
The rest of the characters were men, including the Alpha alien, telling the lead female character what to do all the time and Lana did what they all said without any agency of her own all the time (and at the same time acting in a very unprofessional and submissive manner). The author was trying to show a strong woman but instead displayed a story of a woman negotiating by compromising herself through an extremely misogynist world and being content with that. Constantly men were telling her what to do and she was doing it (but at the same time making herself out to be the victim). I laughed when she was making the alien dinner (play house much?) I mean there was so much childish behavior between adults in this book. Some of it even gave off puritanical Victorian historical vibes-the MC giving the alien a lock of hair and bracelet, something that would only have significance in Western culture on Earth (an anthropologist, linguist, behaviorist, would know this). Also culture changes, human culture would have also changed with it. Just like we don't give portraits or locks of hair to each other anymore.
The world-building was pretty much a mixture of the Alien movies and Silence of the Lambs and I mean verbatim. There is nothing wrong with stealing but make sure it makes sense for your world (all I can think is that these other reviewers have never seen Alien). Overall, none of it really made sense in the world. Including the point of Lana's job. I am not a dumb person but there was absolutely no point in what she was asked to do or the way in which she conducted her job. Obviously, the author did not know either because the goalposts kept shifting.
The crux of the issue, a real feminist, who values herself, who values her status in society, and who values her career would never fall in love with an alpha male. As an educated woman I had a lot of issues with this book, so much so I could barely listen to it, but I finished it just to see how silly it would become, and trust me, it became very silly. If you’re a teenager and know nothing about the world, occupations, languages, different cultures, etc. you might find this entertaining, (that’s where I think the good reviews are coming from, teenagers). If you’re an educated woman who has ever had a job that required an education, give this one a hard pass.
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- Carol
- 31-05-21
Nail biting mystery
This is one of the books that I could not put down because I just absolutely had to find out what was going on. Nothing was straightforward and plenty of hints that there was some mystery. There was more focus on the mystery than the romance, but the romance was very important. There were plenty of bad guys that I loved to hate, especially when they belittled and sexually harassed Lana. I love it when a narrator performs the reading in such a way that I forget that he or she is reading a book. Ms. Mitchell’s talent was superb.
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- Kindle Customer
- 25-04-21
Amazing
Absolutely great story! Especially if you're a fan of a slow burn! The characters were strong and the voice acting was fantastic.
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- Brandy
- 29-04-21
great book
this book was fantastic. A slow burn romance. the narrator's voice was amazing! A must read!
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- Kaycee Bertrand
- 23-09-21
Great Plotline, and good romance
I really liked the story and listened nonstop to finish. There were some thing's that confused me in the story, little plot holes. But I really wanted more of the story, I felt it ended too abruptly
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- Rockin' Reviewer
- 09-06-21
Great book!!
This is the first book in Dark World Mates series and it is spectacular!! It's like a mix of Resident Evil and Doom all into one nail biting book. There's deceit and suspense as well as some steam. This is also the first book by Olivia Riley that I have listened to and there will definitely be more.
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- Melissa Irvin
- 25-05-21
very different
kind of long...but a descent love story.. some twists. the ending was a shocker but nice
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- Ruth Guiness
- 22-09-21
Wow!
I am a Booktuber and I stumbled on the gem. Great narrative, great story plot and a decent length. The sex scenes are not extensive, but I’m ok with that.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-09-21
Amazing FIND
the story moved slow at first. ( stay the course) you wont regret it .. strong characters. subplot takes over some time but the world building is important.. LOVED. the story. will enjoy the next and the next hopefully
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