Title:
Punished: Brides of the Kindred Book 27
Author:
Evangeline Anderson
Rating:
Five Siren Stones
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Sub-Genre:
Erotic Science Fiction
Keywords:
Alien Warriors, Kindred, Goddess, Humanoids, D/s, Dae’mon Kindred Warrior,
Human
Print
Book: 979-8374088465
Price:
$19.99
Page
Count: 466
ISBN
E-Book: Amazon Digital
Price:
$3.99
Publisher:
Self-Published
Buy-Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Punished-Brides-Kindred-book-27-ebook/dp/B0BSJZSJVH/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1674317899&sr=8-1
Blurb/Summary:
Mia and Severith are undercover, pretending to be married. But the cult they are infiltrating has some strange sexual practices. Will their partnership be blown to pieces? Only one thing is certain—someone is going to get…Punished.
Mia Deen is a strong, independent woman—she’s also a police detective in the Human Kindred Relations Department of the Tampa PD. Petite but curvy, Mia has worked hard to make a name for herself in a man’s world and she certainly has no secret sexual wishes to be dominated in any way.Severith is Mia’s partner—he’s also a rare Dae’mon Kindred warrior. Seven feet tall, muscular, with red skin and horns, he’s a warrior to be reckoned with. But though the bad guys fall down at his feet in fear when they see “The Devil” coming, there’s one thing Sev can’t master—his intense attraction for his partner, Mia—an attraction which apparently is not returned.
All goes well until Mia and Sev are sent undercover to expose a cult. The PPP or Peaceful People of the Prophet have some very strange religious beliefs—the strangest being that a wife must submit unconditionally to her husband and he has the right to punish her sexually if she disobeys him.
While pretending to be a married couple, Mia and Sev begin to question everything about their relationship. Will the charged atmosphere of the strangely sexual cult blow their partnership to pieces? Will Mia learn to submit to Sev or will her troubled past keep her from giving in to the intense attraction between them? You’ll have to read this He Falls First, Fake Dating, Spicy Sci-fi Romance to find out.
Only one thing is for sure—someone is going to get…Punished.
Author's Spice Note--this one has some kinks in it--just warning you. It's not for the faint of heart!
***Please read the Author's warning at the beginning of the book for triggers. Thank you
Review:
Punished has great contrasting main characters. Mia grew up in a religious cult and Severith looks like the human version of the devil. He’s enormous and she’s petite. Together they make a great detective team. They are called to investigate a cult on a different world that wants to expand to Earth. Going in they know there will be no back-up, no rescue. The success of the mission hinges on Sev and Mia working together and protecting each other.
The cult has an extremely deviant “Prophet”, and their practices push both Sev and Mia to face their pasts. Boundaries are crashed through as both their lives are at risk. The Kindred Goddess plays a protective role as she must confront a great evil.
Punished has a HFN ending for Sev and Mia. They go through an awful lot to get to that HFN ending! There are some unresolved issues with the cult that would be interesting to see play out in another book. The only thing that, as a reader, I would have liked to see is how Sev and Mia resume their partnership at work.
There are strong D/s themes throughout the story and the author does warn of these kinks.
This is an interesting story with some hard-hitting issues.
I received this ARC for an honest review.
