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Bounty: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance (Barbarians of the Sand Planet Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Tana Stone (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,276 ratings
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As captain of the galaxy’s only all-female bounty hunter crew, Danica thought she was prepared for anything. She wasn’t expecting him. Marooned on a sand planet, injured, and separated from her crew, Captain Danica Miller is not having a good day. When she’s rescued from the desert by a huge, gold-skinned alien, she doesn’t know whether to be relieved or to panic. Not only is he clearly a barbarian—a barely-dressed one at that—he seems to be able to read her thoughts. Even worse? She can sense his. And he seems to think she’s his to claim. The last thing K'alvek wants is a frail creature distracting him from his mission—even if he does feel drawn to her. Then why can’t he stop himself from saving the willful woman and vowing to help her and her crew get off the planet? Especially when what he really wants to do is drag her to his tent and never let her go. This standalone action-romance novel features a feisty, all-female bounty hunter crew; gorgeous, sand planet barbarian warriors; action-packed battles; and steamy scenes in an exotic desert oasis. If you like hot alien warriors, strong women, and fated mates romance with a happily ever after, you’ll love BOUNTY, the first book in Tana Stone’s sci-fi romance Barbarians of the Sand Planet series. Get it now!
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    Barbarians of the Sand Planet
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  1. Like all Dothveks, there would only ever be one female he would be able to bond and procreate with—the one who would form a unique bond with his mind and he with hers.
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  2. He’d been right. She was nothing but trouble, a distraction he did not need and one that would keep him from his mission. But he also knew he would kill anyone who tried to touch her.
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Sand planet barbarians
Bounty Hunter Heroines
Steamy Barbarian Romance

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B083D5Q74N
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Broadmoor Books (February 4, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 4, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2988 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,276 ratings

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Tana Stone

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Tana Stone is the USA Today Bestselling author of steamy sci-fi romance. She loves feisty heroines and heroes with tails and BIG personalities. Her favorite superhero is Thor (with Aquaman as a close second because, well, Jason Momoa), her favorite dessert is key lime pie, and she loves Star Wars and Star Trek equally.

She has one husband, two teenagers, two dogs, and one neurotic cat. She sometimes wishes she could teleport to a holographic space station or be stranded on a barbarian planet (for the peace and quiet).

She loves hearing from readers! Email her any questions or comments at tana@tanastone.com

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Mica Rausch
5.0 out of 5 stars interesting read
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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Captivating and exciting. Loved the book and can’t wait to get into the next one. Crossing fingers and jumping in.
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jamie wagnor
4.0 out of 5 stars First time reader
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023
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Bounty is the first book I've read by this author and I have to say, I'm really impressed. The set up for the series was really well done. The characters and their conflicts are very defined and I enjoyed the start of this journey. Danica and K'alvek are interesting on their own but are fantastic together. The idea of being so connected to another person that your minds share emotions and it started before they ever met was a cool concept.

Danica is shown as tough and smart as well as loyal. She's dedicated to her crew (her family) and spends most of the book trying to get back to them. She's worried about each female she commands and yet still has some really heated moments with K'alvek. The teachings of her father both helped and hindered her in her relationship with the sand barbarian because she was taught to trust no one, especially men. This made her cautious to go all in with K'alvek, but I also think it made everything K'avlek did all the more special to her. She had always counted on herself and her crew and now she had someone else that she could lean on.

K'alvek, on the other hand, has one goal when we are first introduced to him- seek vengeance for his father's murder. Upon meeting and rescuing Danica, he is thrown off that path, though he constantly thinks about how he is failing his "mission" because he cares for her and sets out to save the rest of her crew. Danica gives him a new direction and he fights it for most of the book, until it becomes clear that she is more important to him than his desire for vengeance.

The background characters are more than just there to add life to the world. They each have stories and moments to shine and have chapters where they take the lead. That's an interesting approach and one I really enjoyed. Tori is a complete bad ass. Max is smart and kind. Caro and Holly are interesting. Bexli- oh I can't wait for her book. Kush! I'm so ready to read about him and Max. Tommel seems like my type of alien- grumpy and growly but with a good heart. All of them! Just all of them! I can't wait to read the next book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
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Aliens and various types of femsals from s ship that was pushed to this planets by a bigger ship. All were bounty hunters. because they some crew were very good. The bigger shield men maroon them on a desert planet. So begins the story.
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Ann
3.0 out of 5 stars not bad
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2023
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I am just not one for the fated mates trope. And it ticks me off that even in the future, many scifi stories still have rampant misogyny. Otherwise, decent characters, decent premise, decent plot. Will i read more? Not sure yet.
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s jenions.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series starter.
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024
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I enjoyed this book so much that I purchased the whole series to date. I really love it when I discover another series by an author whose other books I love.
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Carrie
4.0 out of 5 stars Okay way to kill some time
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2020
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This book was okay. It contains interesting characters, a decent plotline, and good world building. It just doesn't contain any oomph. It follows a general "meets alien with a few unique features who somehow very much the same as human males" storyline. It tries to give a nod to female empowerment with the all female crew but other than a way of explaining why there are multiple females stranded on this planet, it's not important. The author tries to make the FMC feel like a bad@$$ but it came off flat to me. The story ends in a nice transition for the next book.

Not a bad way to spend a day escaping but not something I intend to go out of my way to recommend. Will put this series to the side and possibly come back to it at another time.
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GrayJA
5.0 out of 5 stars Can’t wait to read the rest of the series - Highly recommend!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020
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This is the beginning of a series about an intergalactic all female bounty hunting crew, another bounty hunting crew that is constantly trying to steal others’ bounties, and a golden alien warrior with ridges in all of the right places telling you that you are his “mind mate”.

Each book in the series focuses on a couples’ courtship as they find their way to a HFN. Then each subsequent book begins where the other one ended and contains reoccurring characters and an overall arcing storyline. For maximum reader satisfaction and understanding, the series must be read in order.

HERE IS HOW THE STORY BEGINS:

Danica is the captain of an all female bounty hunting crew. She inherited her ship when her dad died and it is all she has ever known. Over the years she gradually brought on her crew. They are doing well having just captured their 3rd high dollar bounty in the past year.

Then before they can even start to think of what would be possible if they collected a bounty that size, they are being fired upon and boarded by their arch nemesis, Mourad, so he can take their bounty. They were not even sure they wanted to turn over a scientist or female, so they weren’t just going to hand her over to a slime ball like him. Danica worked with Dr. Max Dryden before he got to that part of the ship and disguised her as one of the crew.

It worked, but Mourad was so mad, he knocked them out and sabotaged their ship. When they woke up, the engines were smoking, the controls destroyed, and they were set to crash land on a barbarian sand planet. Fortunately they all escaped without major injuries and needed to figure what was around them besides fine golden colored sand.

Danica and Tori went out to explore some around the ship, while everyone else worked on trying to get out an emergency rescue request sent out. As soon as they landed outside the door, they knew they were going to need something to get around on the sand. They found a piece of metal and decided to use it like a body board. This worked well until they decided to turn around. Tori ended up sliding down one side of a sand dune and getting a cut on her arm, and Danica rolled down the other side.

Danica was having a wonderful dream about a golden man with pointed ears before she woke up to a bleeding calf, no Tori, no blaster, and no water. She tied a piece of clothing to her leg and tried to find Tori before passing out.

K’alvek is a Dothvek warrior who’s main purpose in life currently is avenging the death of his father at the hands of the Cresteks about a year ago. He has been carefully watching them and exploring the area around their city under the guise of hunting. He has just killed a sand dweller when he starts seeing these images of a small, weak, strange looking female with smooth skin. Has no interest in being distracted from his revenge; females are just a weakness for a warrior and something he doesn’t want.

So why does he feel so protective of a female he hasn’t met and a strong and overwhelming pull to follow the smoking streak that just went across the sky?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bounty
Reviewed in Canada on February 8, 2020
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Gotta love a crew of tough smart women that run their own ship and are multi species. Of course the crazy battles and romance doesn't hurt.
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JuttaS
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant start to a new series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2020
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What a fabulous start to a new series. All the characters and their world were introduced so seamlessly, it just kept me reading and reading. I loved the story and I cannot wait to read the next book.
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Di
4.0 out of 5 stars Alien sci-fi
Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2020
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I liked the female bounty hunter crew, being stranded on a sand planet where warring factions are pulling at these females...
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Vivacious Val
4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2020
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Really enjoyed the plot of Bounty plus the characters, Danica and K`alvek. Though their mind bonding is not a unique idea, it is sensually conveyed. Liked the all female bounty hunter team. I am looking forward to each team member meeting their personal barbarian on the follow up books. Pleased that there were so few spelling and grammatical errors.This is my first book by this author and I shall be reading more!!
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Lv scifi
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed
Reviewed in Australia on February 29, 2020
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Liked the characters. All female bounty hunters. Women united against testerone opposition.
Until they meet some new honorable aliens. Rarities do happen......
And a new journey begins.
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