A review by maxarcreads
Craving the Alien Vampire by Ro Singh

4.0

This is a very fast passed novella that was a very easy and enjoyable read. It starts off with the FMC who has been abducted by some aliens who made a deal with her boyfriend on earth for special alien technology. She is then to be sold at auction. While waiting to be sold she stands up for another alien who is also be sold at auction, but this leads to her being beat up by her captors. When it comes time for her to be sold as she is standing up there covered in bruises, she catches the eye of the MMC Torin. They actually catch each other's eye. Torin is there on behalf of his captain to find out what happened to the captain's brother who may have been sold at a similar auction.
He ends up bidding and winning Maya who the FMC. After the auction he is taken to a room where she is waiting. Almost immediately things get steamy/spicy with them. This is definitely an insta-Lust book as they didn't even exchange names and she actually doesn't even know what her buyer is going to do with her, but she has a connection to him and gives in to that. They don't go all the way, but things definitely heat up. He also notices the bruises on her and asked who did it and when she tells him he tracks him down and deals with him... permanently. However, this pisses off the man in charge as that was his son and demands the girl back but Torin claims this woman is his wife and thus can't be given back as she now has the protection of the intergalactic alliance which earth is not a member of.
This leads them to agreeing to get married officially in name only for her protection.
This is a fast passed novel where the rest of the story is the dealing with their feelings in what they think is a marriage of convivence. I enjoyed it and would recommend it for anyone looking for a quick read.