It will be fine, he told himself as he walked to his work station and logged in. He seated himself and began to work. To his right, growing in a little pot beside the 3-D monitor cube which hovered over the hand-board, was a small, green bush—a bonding fruit plant.
Calden still didn’t know why he had planted the seed and grown it in the first place. Maybe to remind him of his home world and the Kindred Brothers he had left behind. Though he found his work here fulfilling, he still missed Ren and Bram and the rest of his friends aboard the Jor’gen Kindred Mother Ship. He wondered if they had ever found a new race of females to bond with. Had they also planted bonding fruit seeds in the hope of finding new mates?
“Well if they did, I hope their seeds worked better than mine,” Calden muttered to himself as he studied the holo-cube of the 3-D monitor which glowed softly in the air in front of him. The seeds he had planted had resulted in a sickly, stunted piece of vegetation which had never bourn a single piece of fruit. It was almost as though the plant knew it wasn’t needed, so why bother to grow properly?
Which was a silly thought, Calden told himself. You couldn’t go around anthropomorphizing plants or getting attached to specimens like the tiny, fluffy branthas with their big eyes and their affectionate way of rubbing their heads against your hand as though begging to be petted and stroked. His heart fisted in his chest as he remembered the way the last of the little specimens—his favorite if he was being honest—had collapsed in his hands as he held it and stroked its lithe body, waiting for the inevitable end. His throat got tight at the memory and his eyes seemed to burn.
But that was emotion he was feeling—unnecessary emotion. He tried to push it away and concentrate on the task at hand.
Calling up the controls to the nutrient tank where he had already planted the DNA for his new specimen, he gave it the command to start the growth sequence. Luckily, the subject’s brain had been preserved, though the body had been frozen solid and mangled by some heavy machinery aboard the ship—she must have died of shock and been instantly frozen the moment her ship was torn in two and the vacuum of space found her.
Not a pleasant way to die but it was lucky for Calden. Her body was of no use since he intended to grow a new one anyway. But an undamaged brain meant that the clone he would grow in the nutrient tanks would have all of the original owner’s knowledge and the personality should be intact. It might take a little while for the memories to come back but that was just as well—it wouldn’t do to have her wake up in the tanks remembering the moment of her death. Such traumatic recollections could be emotionally scarring and were best left for later in the acclimation process.
She’s going to be perfect, Calden thought as he entered the command to begin accelerated clone growth. Perfect inside and out and I’m going to learn so much from her…
He had no idea how right he was…or how painful that knowledge would be.
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Brides of the Kindred series
(Sci-Fi / Action-Adventure Romance)
CLAIMED (Also available in Audio)
HUNTED (Also available in Audio)
SOUGHT (Also Available in Audio)
FOUND (Also Available in Audio )
REVEALED (Also Available in Audio)
PURSUED (Also Available in Audio)
EXILED (Also Available in Audio)
SHADOWED (Also Available in Audio)
CHAINED (Also Available in Audio)
DIVIDED (Also Available in Audio)
DEVOURED
ENHANCED
CURSED
ENSLAVED
TARGETED
FORGOTTEN
SWITCHED
UNCHARTED
UNBOUND
SURRENDERED
VANISHED
IMPRISONED
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME ONE
Contains Claimed, Hunted, Sought and Found
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME TWO
Contains Revealed, Pursued and Exiled
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME THREE
Contains Shadowed, Chained and Divided
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FOUR
Contains Devoured, Enhanced and Cursed
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FIVE
Contains Enslaved, Targeted and Forgotten
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME SIX
Contains Switched, Uncharted and Unbound
All Kindred novels are now available in PRINT.
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Kindred Tales
The Kindred Tales are side stories in the Brides of the Kindred series which stand alone outside the main story arc.
These can be read as STAND ALONE novels.
MASTERING THE MISTRESS
BONDING WITH THE BEAST (Also Available in Audio)
SEEING WITH THE HEART
FREEING THE PRISONER
HEALING THE BROKEN (a Kindred Christmas novel)
TAMING THE GIANT
BRIDGING THE DISTANCE
LOVING A STRANGER
FINDING THE JEWEL
BONDED BY ACCIDENT
RELEASING THE DRAGON
SHARING A MATE
INSTRUCTING THE NOVICE
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 1
Contains Mastering the Mistress, Bonding with the Beast and Seeing with the Heart
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 2
Contains Freeing the Prisoner, Healing the Broken and Taming the Giant
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 3
Contains Bridging the Distance, Loving a Stranger and Finding the Jewel
Born to Darkness series
(Paranormal / Action-Adventure Romance)
CRIMSON DEBT (Also available in Audio)
SCARLET HEAT (Also available in Audio)
RUBY SHADOWS (Also available in Audio)
CARDINAL SINS (coming soon)
DESSERT (short novella following Scarlet Heat)
(Also in Audio)
BORN TO DARKNESS BOX SET
Contains Crimson Debt, Scarlet Heat, and Ruby Shadows all in one volume
Alien Mate Index series
(Sci-Fi / Action-Adventure Romance)
ABDUCTED (Also available in Audio)
PROTECTED (Also available in Audio)
DESCENDED (Also available in Audio)
SEVERED (Also available in Audio)
ALIEN MATE INDEX VOLUME ONE
Contains Abducted, Protected, Descended and Severed all in one volume
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All Alien Mate novels are now available
in PRINT.
The Cougarville series
(Paranormal / Action-Adventure Romance)
(Older Woman / Younger Man
BUCK NAKED (Also available in Audio)
COUGAR BAIT (Also available in Audio)
STONE COLD FOX (Also available in Audio)
BIG BAD WOLF (coming soon)
The CyBRG Files with Mina Carter
(Sci-Fi / Action-Adventure Romance)
UNIT 77: BROKEN
UNIT 78: RESCUED
The Institute series
(Daddy-Dom / Age Play Romance)
THE INSTITUTE: DADDY ISSUES
(Also available in Audio)
THE INSTITUTE: MISHKA’S SPANKING
The Swann Sister Chronicles
(Contemporary Fairy / Funny / Fantasy Romance)
WISHFUL THINKING (Also available in Audio)
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR (Also available in Audio)
Detectives Valenti and O’Brian
(1980s M/M Romance)
THE ASSIGNMENT
I’LL BE HOT FOR CHRISTMAS
FIREWORKS
THE ASSIGNMENT: HEART AND SOUL
Compendiums and Box Sets
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME ONE
Contains Claimed, Hunted, Sought and Found
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME TWO
Contains Revealed, Pursued and Exiled
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME THREE
Contains Shadowed, Chained and Divided
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FOUR
Contains Devoured, Enhanced and Cursed
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FIVE
Contains Enslaved, Targeted and Forgotten
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME SIX
Contains Switched, Uncharted and Unbound
BORN TO DARKNESS BOX SET
Contains Crimson Debt, Scarlet Heat, and Ruby Shadows all in one volume
ALIEN MATE INDEX VOLUME ONE
Contains Abducted, Protected, Descended and Severed all in one volume
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 1
Contains Mastering the Mistress, Bonding with the Beast and Seeing with the Heart
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 2
Contains Freeing the Prisoner, Healing the Broken and Taming the Giant
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 3
Contains Bridging the Distance, Loving a Stranger and Finding the Jewel
NAUGHTY TALES: THE COLLECTION— Volume One
Contains Putting on a Show, Willing Submission, The Institute: Daddy Issues, The Institute: Mishka's Spanking, Confessions of a Lingerie Model, Sin Eater, Speeding Ticket, Stress Relief and When Mr. Black Comes Home.
ONE HOT HALLOWEEN
Contains Red and the Wolf, Gypsy Moon and Taming the Beast
Stand Alone Titles
(Sci-Fi OR Paranormal Action-Adventure Romance)
BLIND DATE WITH A VAMPIRE
BLOOD KISS
CEREMONY OF THREE
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (Also available in Audio)
DEFILED
EYES LIKE A WOLF (Foster Brother romance)
FOREVER BROKEN (M/M romance)
GYPSY MOON
HUNGER MOON RISING
PLANET X (Also available in Audio)
PLEASURE PLANET
PURITY (Now available in Audio)
RED AND THE WOLF
SHADOW DREAMS
STRESS RELIEF
TAKE TWO
TAMING THE BEAST
THE LAST BITE (M/M romance)
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
THE PLEASURE PALACE
THE SACRIFICE (Also available in Audio)
Stand Alone Titles
(Contemporay Romance)
BOUND AND DETERMINED, anthology with Lena Matthews, includes The Punishment of Nicollett
COUGAR CHRISTMAS (Older Woman / Younger Man)
DANGEROUS CRAVINGS (BDSM)
FULL EXPOSURE (with Lena Matthews)
KIDNAPPED FOR CHRISTMAS (BDSM)
PICTURE PERFECT (Step-Brother romance)
STR8TE BOYS (M/M romance)
Naughty Tales
(Short Reads to Get You Hot and Bothered)
CONFESSIONS OF A LINGERIE MODEL
PUTTING ON A SHOW (Step-Brother romance)
SIN EATER
SPEEDING TICKET
THE SWITCH (An erotic interlude with the characters of DANGEROUS CRAVINGS)
WHEN MR. BLACK COMES HOME
NAUGHTY TALES: THE COLLECTION— Volume One
Contains Putting on a Show, Willing Submission, The Institute: Daddy Issues, The Institute: Mishka's Spanking, Confessions of a Lingerie Model, Sin Eater, Speeding Ticket, Stress Relief and When Mr. Black Comes Home.
YA Novels
THE ACADEMY (Now available in Audio)
About the Author
Evangeline Anderson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Brides of the Kindred, Alien Mate Index, Cougarville and Born to Darkness series. She is fourty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.
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