Escape is impossible. And now I’m relying on a monster for mercy. I can see how he eyes me. He owns me. He can do whatever he wants. His will is law. This world is wrecked. Society has collapsed. The Kraaj control everything. They can do what they want. Take what they want. They command. And we are theirs to claim. If we don’t obey, we die. How do you find love in the middle of a war? Maybe you do, somehow. But I guarantee you, it’ll be twisted. It’ll make you sick. Everyone in this world is just a lamb They’re waiting to be slaughtered by my Kraaj master. And when he’s done, each night, he’ll come home. And turn his hungry eye to his prize. To the one soul that’s twisted enough to be his fated mate. The only one in this galaxy gone mad that’s a fit for him. Me. Brute’s Challenge 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.