Harper Avery was taking out the trash when strangers asked for directions—and stole her from Earth.
Now she is light-years from home, trapped in an alien slave market, and about to be sold.
Commander Zared Maktu was never supposed to find her.
His mission is simple: raid the auction, recover another captive, collect the payment, and keep searching for the Farseek people scattered across enemy space.
Then Harper walks into his path.
One breath is enough.
Zared knows what she is.
His solmatu.
His mate.
The one woman every instinct in him says he should protect, claim, and never let go.
Harper has a very different opinion.
She has already been abducted once. Imprisoned once. Owned once.
She will not trade one cage for another—even if the alien commander offering protection is dangerously attractive, fiercely honorable, and impossible to ignore.
Zared can fight slavers, command warships, and tear through enemy space.
Winning Harper may be harder.
Because fate can recognize a mate.
It cannot make her choose him.
Commander’s Mate is Book 1 of the Farseek Mercenaries series, a high-heat science-fiction romance with an alien warrior commander, an abducted Earth heroine, fated mates, forced proximity, found family, military-space-opera stakes, and a possessive protector who must earn the one thing he cannot take.
Her yes.
Previously published as Commander’s Mate by Clarissa Lake.
Genre: Science Fiction
Now she is light-years from home, trapped in an alien slave market, and about to be sold.
Commander Zared Maktu was never supposed to find her.
His mission is simple: raid the auction, recover another captive, collect the payment, and keep searching for the Farseek people scattered across enemy space.
Then Harper walks into his path.
One breath is enough.
Zared knows what she is.
His solmatu.
His mate.
The one woman every instinct in him says he should protect, claim, and never let go.
Harper has a very different opinion.
She has already been abducted once. Imprisoned once. Owned once.
She will not trade one cage for another—even if the alien commander offering protection is dangerously attractive, fiercely honorable, and impossible to ignore.
Zared can fight slavers, command warships, and tear through enemy space.
Winning Harper may be harder.
Because fate can recognize a mate.
It cannot make her choose him.
Commander’s Mate is Book 1 of the Farseek Mercenaries series, a high-heat science-fiction romance with an alien warrior commander, an abducted Earth heroine, fated mates, forced proximity, found family, military-space-opera stakes, and a possessive protector who must earn the one thing he cannot take.
Her yes.
Previously published as Commander’s Mate by Clarissa Lake.
Genre: Science Fiction
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