Hi, I’m Natalie Hale and I sell my blood for a living. Not like you’re thinking—I don’t go to the Blood Bank and give plasma to make money. It’s not nearly that easy. Instead, I literally have strange men biting my arms all day for a sip of my delicious blood. That’s because I was abducted and then abandoned on the awful world of O’nagga Nine, where everyone is kind of a vampire so they need blood to survive. And since my blood is pretty much all I have to my name, it’s what I sell to make a living. Not a very good living, though. In fact, I’m miserable. Living on O’nagga Nine is like living in the Arctic Circle—it’s horribly cold all year round and my apartment is a literal hole in the ground. Also, no matter how many men bite me, I barely make enough to get by. That is, until I run into Baron Vik’tor. Vik’tor is the richest man on the planet and everyone defers to him. When he swoops me up and takes me to his penthouse, I suddenly feel like I’m in a scifi version of Pretty Woman. (Only I don’t think Richard Gere asked to bite Julia Roberts and drink her blood.) The main thing is, though, I’m safe and warm—finally warm! Vik’tor is only half vampire—his other half is Braxian which means he has curling horns, blue tattoos, and a wicked temper. He’s also fiercely protective of me, which I kind of like after having to make it on my own for so long. But my own personal Pretty Woman scenario can’t last for long. There are people in Vik’tor’s life that want to get rid of me—people who will stop at nothing to see me dead. Will I survive the attempts on my life and will Vik’tor get to me in time? You’ll have to read The Baron’s Bride to find out… Author's Note—This is book 6 in the Alien Mate Index series but it can be read as a stand alone book, though you might enjoy it more if you read books 1-5 first.