Mercy is nonexistent. All he knows is torture. First they bombed and blasted all our cities. Then they enslaved us. Put us into camps. Had their way with us. To defy them was to die. Now I have a new master. Pain is his profession. That’s why the Kraaj send him to our planet. They call him Black Hand. But its his heart that’s truly dark. But you know what? When I look into those cold, merciless eyes. You know what I see? When his hands touch me. Because he owns my flesh and spirit. You know what I feel? It’s hard to explain to someone whose not from here. I mean, I know he’s a murderer. A killer with blood on his hands. But when he touches me and looks at me. There’s only one thing I feel. Safe. Alien Torturer's Pet explores a grittier side of the Athenaverse. It sits in the Conquered Mates series and is a dark romance set on a human planet that has fallen to a hostile alien race. It can be read as a standalone, but it still shares the same universe that you’ve found in other books. This book features a dark romance of an alpha male alien warrior, and a human woman. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and HEA guaranteed.