Book One – Auxem
Auxem is the first story about a dying world, Arnon is the Crown Prince of Auxem and part of a team who come to earth to try and find wives/mates as all the women on Auxem are dead or are dying and there are only men left. They have been traveling through space to try to find females without the H4T7 gene and some women on earth are suitable
Jane, whose mother runs TerraMates on earth is part of a group of women who volunteer to mate and match the men from Auxem. She and Arnon fall deeply in love and mate/marry. During the journey back to Auxem things go terribly wrong, Jane discovers a secret that could ruin everything for the men of Auxem. But unfortunately for them, they discover a mistake has been made in the screening of Jane and she carries the H4T7 gene.
Book 2 – Ayrie
Elle has entered into the program with Terramates because her life on earth is one she needs to escape from. Ayrie is one of the five princes of Auxem, he has no intention of ever taking a life mate or bonding with any female. But he is attracted to and likes Elle and wants to help her leave earth so they marry and enter the initial programme. She and Ayrie have married but Ayrie has no intention of every bonding with her so she knows that when she appears to be infertile she will be sent back to earth.
Book 3 – Anders
Anders is the typical middle child, he’s never really been appreciated and he has never really taken the time to prove himself. His one achievement is that he is an excellent pilot. Unfortunately, he has managed to get himself banned from ever flying the best fighter ships because of a drunken mistake.
Gwen is human and his co-pilot and Anders thinks she would be a perfect mate/wife for him and has loved her from afar for a long time. She has always been out of bounds because she is married to another human worker on the ship. The ship in question is carrying the “Human Brides” and the hope of the Auxem race back to Auxem. Also on the ship are Ander’s four brothers and his father. His father is King of Auxem which makes Anders a Prince.
In this book, Anders finds out that Gwen’s husband has left her and she is now divorced. He thinks his attraction to her is not reciprocated and that he will have to be content being just her friend and partner at work. On the day he finds out that Gwen is a free woman their transport ship is captured by space pirates. Gwen and Anders are the only ones able to escape and try to get help. The Pirates intend to sell everything of value on the ship, especially the women, and will probably kill the men.
Book 4 – Alien Prince’s Mate
This book is about Allex the youngest prince of the five. Because Allex is the youngest he has basically been brought up by his brothers, his mother having died when he was very young, in fact he has no memory of her. His father has basically ignored all his sons since the death of his wife and the relationship between Allex and his father the King is almost none existent the only thing Allex feels for his father is resentment.
Allex is not part of the trial, he is a doctor and is basically brilliant but he is also, in my opinion, very childish in his resentment towards his father and the authority his older brothers have always had over him. On the way back to Auxem the ship is captured by space pirates. Most of his family have taken refuge in the safe room and are unable to communicate with the outside world or even other people on their ship.
Allex has hidden in some secret passages on the ship because he thinks that he may be able to get help for the ship or sabotage what the pirates intend to do. In the passages, he meets Pryia, a human woman who is not part of the trial because she carries the dreaded H4T7 gene but in a desperate attempt to avoid being raped on earth by two men she hid in a space shuttle and ended up on the mothership as a stowaway. If she is found she will be put on a prison planet for the rest of her life so she is desperate.
Book 5 – Avren
Avren is the last of the five princes of Auxem to get his own story, he’s sexy, brilliant and desirable. Some time ago he met and fell in love with Vanessa Dwyer a brilliant geneticist. They had their scientific interest in genetics in common as well as a very strong sexual attraction. Avren and Vanessa never actually made love because if they did they would become bonded until death but he did let her in on a secret relating to his race. Although they loved each he never asked her to become his because he felt she wanted a career more than she wanted to be with him. The result, they both ended up nursing broken hearts but have never forgotten each other. Now they have a second chance but will they take it?
I was given this audio collection as a gift and this review is written voluntarily – it contains only my personal opinions.