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Venora Mates
Series · 4 books · 2020-2022

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#1

Ecstasy From the Deep

Venora Mates Book One

2020

An enticing savior, an old love, and one deranged alien hell-bent on destroying it all. The seemingly endless war with the Grutex has caused many inconveniences for Amanda, but none of those have been as bad as losing the funding for the project she is working on that is supposed to help save humanity. When she foolishly risks her life to continue her research, Amanda is thrown into the path of an alien, the likes of which she has never seen who claims she is his mate. The problem is, he isn’t the only one making that claim. As an ambassador for his people, Oshen is used to handling delicate situations, but he has never been in one quite so delicate as this. Instead of enlightening Earth’s government about the existence of Galactic Law and their right to seek aid, he finds himself face to face with the one being he’s waited his whole life to find; his mate. But the little human is in trouble and he needs to convince her to leave Earth or he risks losing the most important thing he has ever had. Damned. Cursed. Gulzar has been called many things over the course of his life. Many in his tribe refuse to even look at him and who could blame them? The only light in his life has been his little goddess, the only being in the entire world who looks at him without judgment. When he gets a vision of her in distress, Gulzar knows he will do anything he can for the female he loves. This is an MMF romance that may contain any and all triggers. There are dark tones throughout the book. If you have triggers this may not be the novel for you. We understand if that is the case and hope that you find what you are looking for!
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#2

Kept From the Deep

2021

A forgotten past, a tormented present, and a future in jeopardy. She’s been abducted from Earth, experimented on in the Grutex labs, and thrown into the path of not just one massive alien mate, but two. As a Filipina nurse living in America, she isn’t a stranger to adapting to unusual situations, but nothing could have prepared her for what’s to come. He’s hidden behind a mask of humor his entire life, but the fierce little female who holds Brin at gunpoint the very first time they meet, and the haunted Grutex scientist, can see right through it and into the depths of his soul where he keeps his darkest secrets. He never wanted to find them, but now that he has, Brin will do everything he can to protect them. He was supposed to oversee their care, but he wasn’t ever meant to feel anything for the human test subjects. Unlike the rest of his kind, Nuzal finds himself feeling sympathy and guilt over what’s being done within the labs on the Grutex ship, but he never in his wildest dreams expected to feel love. Will her mates ever be free of their pasts, and will they be able to escape in time to save humanity from the monsters of the universe? This book is an MMF slow burn romance novel. There are dark tones throughout the book. If you have triggers this may not be the novel for you. We understand if that is the case and hope that you find what you are looking for!
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#3

Awoken from the Deep

2021

One touch was all it took to show him they were everything he needed. Life inside the dome is nothing like Kythea imagined it would be. She finds herself struggling to let go of her past and the duties she was forced to leave behind, but the decision of one small human female entangles their fates and leads them to a male who will change their lives forever. Now, with her first heat fast approaching, Kythea must choose between the family who raised her, and the family the goddess has blessed her with. They say you’re a villain in at least one person’s story, but with the things Xuvri has done in the past, he’s sure he is the lead in more nightmares than he can count. With his body broken and infection setting in, Xuvri thinks it is end, but fate has other plans. He’s unstable, violent, and possessive, but can he ensure the safety of his family while keeping the madness that plagues him at bay? Esme lost the one thing that made her time in captivity with the Grutex bearable and even now, after her escape from the labs and her tormentor, the memory of those days haunt her. Yet from the depths of her darkest dreams, something precious calls out to her; something she thought she would never have. Esme will risk everything, even her own life, to answer the call and find out what fate has in store for her. Can these broken, lost, and scared fated mates make it through the tumultuous storm to the rainbow at the end? This book includes a LGBTQ+ relationship from authors who are LGBTQ+ themselves. It is an FFM romance novel. There are dark tones throughout the book. If you have triggers this may not be the novel for you. We understand if that is the case and hope that you find what you are looking for!
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#4

Enticed from the Deep

2022

Caught in the web of intergalactic politics, three unlikely people will have to find a way to work together. The Grutex scientist Erusha once considered the fading memories of his past lives to be an unfortunate side effect of the rebirthing process, but now he wishes more than anything that he could forget. The little human is his mate, the light shining in the darkness of his soul. He fears she will never forgive him for the things he’s done, and what will happen when his newly found bondmate discovers Erusha’s horrific past? Telisa Moore is determined to ignore the pull she feels for the Grutex scientist. She thought she’d left him far behind in the lab when she and her fellow humans escaped, but he’s been invading her dreams. To make matters worse, he isn’t the only alien male taking up space in her mind. The battle-scarred Venium Head of Security looks at Telisa as if he can’t decide if he wants to pull her into his arms or send her out of an airlock. Either way, she’s got far more important things to worry about. Like how she’s going to convince the leaders on Earth to ally with the Venium. Nakkov would give anything to be able to return to the battlefield, to stand with his brothers and sisters against the enemies of Venora, but his mechanical arm and leg make him unfit to serve in the military as he once did. Serving as Head of Security pales in comparison to his lifetime as a warrior. He despises the looks of pity and the way his crewmates treat him as if he were some broken creature, but that isn’t how Telisa or Erusha treat him. Nakkov doesn’t want a mate, and he certainly isn’t thrilled to find out his bondmate is a Grutex traitor, but fate seldom cares about things like that. With war looming and a target on their backs, Erusha, Telisa, and Nakkov will have to find a way to come together in order to save millions of lives that hang in the balance.

Author

Octavia Kore
Octavia Kore
Author · 10 books

Born in the Sunshine State, Hayley and Amanda are cousins who have come together to write under the name Octavia Kore. Both share a love for reading, a passion for writing, and the inclination toward word vomiting when meeting new people. Ecstasy from the Deep (From the Depths Anthology version) was their very first published work. Hayley and Amanda are both stay-at-home-parents who squeeze in time to write when they aren’t being used as jungle gyms or snack dispensers. They are both inspired by their love for mythology, science fiction, and all things extraordinary. Amanda has an unhealthy obsession with house plants and Hayley can often be found gaming in their downtime. Both authors are part of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and as such tend to write LGBTQIA2S+ characters.

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