A Mafia Princess disguised as a boy....

Jessina:
Running from a loveless marriage, I disguised myself and tricked my way aboard the starship captained by my Fated Mate. Only Turk doesn’t know we’re meant to be together and how can I tell him when he thinks I’m a boy? I don’t dare reveal my true identity but what happens when my body starts craving his and he finds out who I really am? Will he believe we’re meant to be together…or send me back to the cruel old man who paid for me?

A Mafia Captain tricked into hiring his Fated Mate....

Turk:
I thought there was something strange about my new crew member. He was so quiet and shy—and much too pretty to be male. But he was also the best damn navigator I’d ever seen. Still, why did I feel so drawn to him? It didn’t make sense—I’m no lover of males. When another crew member attacked him, I was forced to take him into my own cabin to protect him. But then our bodies started reacting and the cravings began. Little did I know that the pretty new navigator was hiding a secret that would blow my life apart.

Author’s Note: Savage Union is a secret identity, forbidden fruit, dark alien mafia romance—the second book in the Brutal Universe Series. It can be listened to as a stand-alone novel, but you might enjoy it more if you read Cruel Union, the first book in the series first.

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.