"The third installment starting with THE CHALLENGE"
The Endekian and the Rystani have been enemies it seems
forever. Rystani pilot Xander unfortunately needs Endekian
Doctor Alara Callandar for a very important mission. It
seems everyone in the galaxy have contracted some sort of
Terran virus that no one can find a cure for. Xander needs
Alara to use her psi-talent to identify the DNA needed to
cure the virus before it wipes out the entire galaxy. Unfortunately he has to make a deal with the devil, namely
Drik the leader of the Endekians. Drik tells Xander he can
take Dr. Callandar but only if he leaves Kirek behind.
Kirek is very valuable to the Rystani people but he
convinces Xander that he knows this is what he is supposed
to do. What Xander doesn't know is that Endekian women need to
have sex in order for their cells to regenerate but if
they have sex with the same man for too many times, their
cells adapt to that man which could be a bad thing. Still
when he meets Alara the attraction flares and sparks fly.
If Alara goes into Boktai the only thing she can do is
have sex and immediately. When this happens she loses her
psi ability. This makes for very interesting reading as
the story progresses. Every book I think Susan Kearney can't write a better or
more intriguing story and every book she proves me wrong.
This whole series thus far (The Challenge, The Dare and
now The Ultimatum) has immediately gone right to my keeper
shelf upon finishing them. I eagerly look forward to each
and every one. I just wish I could read them more slowly
so I could savor them but to me this is just plain
impossible. Susan, keep them coming!
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 10, 2006
SummaryDr. Alara Calladar needs a man...
....but she sure as krek doesn't want one.
If Alara doesn't make love soon, her cells will fail to
regenerate and she'll die. Unfortunately, her only option
is an enemy—Rystani starpilot Xander, her
abductor...and a member of the race who has been battling
hers since the beginning of time.
Insufferable smug, Xander issues an ultimatum: He'll make
love to Alara only if she will use her psi-talent of
identifying DNA to help him find the cure for the deadly
Terran virus spreading across the galaxy.
Alara is trapped. She gives Xander what he wants—and
gets what she needs. But Alara holds a pair of secrets:
the more they make love, until the only person she can make
love with is him—and the more time they spend together,
the more Alara likes Xander.
When it seems that all the forces in the universe have
aligned against them, can Alara trust Xander with her
life...and her heart?
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