To secure his legacy, Commander Dak, a ruling Alpha of planet Parseon, purchases Omra, a breeder slave. He intends to impregnate her, produce a son, and hand her off to his anointed beta partner. As Dak and Omra discover a sexual bliss banned by his world’s law, he begins to question the traditions and ways of his people, causing him to jeopardize his command and endanger the life of the woman he has come to love.

Cara’s Review
I had seen this novel a time or two on Amazon, and always dithered on whether or not to buy it- saving my extra money up for Christmas! When I came upon it as a novel I could trade for an honest review, I was ecstatic! My only regret is not ponying up the money earlier, so that I could have read this book earlier, because it was an absolute great read.

Dak is the Alpha Commander, and finds it is time to purchase himself a breeder. The Parseon people had long ago recognized the feeble-mindedness, weakness, and general uselessness of females- so they kept the females of breeding age in Breeder Confinement Facilities, where they could be purchased, used to have off-spring and returned. However, Dak’s world is about to be turned on its’ head when he comes across Omra.

Dak believes that Omra will serve him as an ideal breeder, but things become difficult when he realizes that he does not want to share Omra (as a proper Alpha host should) and can’t imagine passing her back to the Breeder Facilities. Now, the two must try to discover who they really are, what they really believe, and of what worth are feelings.

This book could have played out in several ways, but I thought that Ms. Bristol did an awesome job at the telling of this tale. She managed to describe the inner struggles of Dak and Omra exceptionally well, and the book definitely ended on a “Happily for now” note…I can foresee many struggles ahead.

Another interesting plot twist: The Parseon people have had issues since some sort of radioactive fallout…so they injected and restored their DNA by splicing in human DNA. This opens a whole new for any book club of nature vs. nurture. Are Omra and Dak unique? What is causing the increasing popularity of the Enclaves?
So, not only would I strongly recommend this book, I’d say have a couple of friends read it with you, so you can discuss some of the themes present in it. Okay, enough of a teacher moment. Let me recap: this book is a great sci-fi romance read, Dak and Omra are awesome main characters, and there is superhot loving involved. What about that description doesn’t enthrall you?