Raze I am the last of the first. A machine-human hybrid forced to serve under the regime that murdered the rest of my line. For two hundred years I have killed my way to freedom, determined to find the remnants of my people and revive them, but the Trian Syndicate will not let me go easily. Desperate to uncover all my secrets, the leader assigns me one final mission: Protect a tiny, human female. After centuries of death, this should be easy. She will fall in line and I will treat her like every other task I have mastered. But it’s not. She won’t. And I can’t. She’s not a task. She’s everything. Bea My life was a series of calculated choices until the moment I stared down the barrel of a gun. With my sister’s life on the line, I abandoned all logic and agreed to help a group of cyborgs. But all is not what it seems, and my only hope of surviving is a lone warrior sent by the Trian Syndicate elite. Raze is violent and angry, but the depth of suffering in his eyes mirrors my own. With iron fists and a gentle touch, he turns my universe upside down, but his secrets put us both at risk. I was built to survive, but can I save myself and the cyborg who’s become my whole world? Reluctantly Kept is the second book in the Her Alien Mate series. It can be enjoyed as a complete standalone but will contain characters featured in future books. This book contains violence, steamy scenes, a tortured hero, and brief descriptions of sexual abuse and childhood abuse. It is intended for adults only.