Forced Mate (The god-Princes of Tigron... 0) by Rowena Cherry

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"She's a fighting Saurian Knight." He put a slight emphasis on "fighting" and smiled self-deprecatingly. "Getting her into bed is more work than turning a Gravity-class war-star." "Are you telling me that she fought you? You?" "My Imperial Machismo forbids me to confirm or... read more

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FORCED MATE is a chess title for a race between the two Kings to make a pawn his Queen, and was written as a loving spoof of the Historical Romance genre. I took every traditional situation in an abduction/obligatory-travel romance and made the hero an all-powerful, alpha-male alien, a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Cast of Characters/Important People

TARRANT-ARRAGON  (The Terror of the Dodecahedrons): Race: Great Djinn  Status: god-Prince (Tiger Prince, Lord Prosecutor, First War-star Leader, Dominator)  Home: Ark Imperial, Tigron Empire’s flagship “war-star”  Earth equivalent dates: born 1956 Full name: Tarrant-Arragon Djustin Djohn Alexander Thor Djinnmagister Thoroughly at home in a world as dangerous and as full of intrigue and treachery as any European Renaissance-era Court, The Crown Prince Tarrant-Arragon thrives on enigma and equivocation. “You talk like a lawyer. Your promises are full of loopholes,” his adored Consort accuses him, not knowing at the time that she is talking to the highest legal authority in the Tigron Empire. Tarrant-Arragon’s Machiavellian mantra is “By stealth if possible, by force if absolutely necessary.” Just as a medieval teenaged prince might lead armies to far-off Crusades, Tarrant-Arragon has enjoyed full control of the thirteen Imperial star forces since his mid-teens, which has made him the most powerful ruler in The Communicating Worlds in fact, if not in name. FORCED MATE is his love story. It’s what happens when Tarrant-Arragon decides that his longstanding quest for a Mate has become a matter of Imperial urgency. His high handed interference in other family members’ sex lives complicates –and simplifies—courtships in INSUFFICIENT MATING MATERIAL.
PRINCE DJETTH a.k,a Prince Djetthro-Jason: Race: Great Djinn Status: god-Prince, legitimate grandson of Djohn-Kronos Home: “The Trojan Horse” (An’Koori war-star) An’Koor Earth equivalent dates: born 1960 In FORCED MATE Djetth was Djinn-vera’s jilted fiancé, His aliases were J-J, Commander Jason. He has always been Djetthro-Jason (with five other names which he has never revealed) Djinnmagister.
DJINNI-VERA aka Djinni: Race: half-Djinn (Earthling mother) Status: Princess Consort upon her Mating to Tarrant-Arragon Home: formerly Cambridge, now ARK IMPERIAL Earth equivalent dates: born 1976 Djinni-vera Persephone Berengaria Caissa Scheherazade Igraine Djinnmagister aka Djinni is the Saurian Dragon’s only daughter, and a half sister to Rhett, she was engaged to marry Djetthro-Jason, but Tarrant-Arragon got to her first.
ALA’ASTER-DJALET (etc etc) Djinnmagister: Race: Great Djinn, Status: technically illegitimate god-Prince Home: The Asgaard, spaceship disguised as massive asteroid Earth equivalent dates: born 1932 Ala'Aster-Djalet is the Saurian Dragon. He would never have been elected leader of the free worlds if it had been known that he was cousin to the Tiger Emperor of Tigron and had a claim to the Imperial throne.
Tarragonia-Marietta, aka Madam Tarra, aka spymaster Salamander: Race: full Djinn Status: fugitive Empress, in hiding on a neutral world Home: Pleasure Palace, The Pleasure Moon of Eurydyce Earth equivalent dates: born 1936 Madam Tarra, aka Tarra, aka Empress Tarragonia-Marietta lives under a sentence of death since she fled from her Emperor. She makes her living as a spymaster for the Saurian Dragon, runs a high class escort service, and tells fortunes.
GRIEVOUS Gregory Bodley Harmon: Race: HUMAN Status: Mercenary, chauffeur for hire, equerry, jailer, bodyguard. Home: Formerly Warminster, Wiltshire; Blandford Forum, Dorset; ARK IMPERIAL Earth equivalent dates: born approximately 1954 Grievous Gregory Bodley Harmon started to call himself by the “Hard” moniker of Grievous in a UK prison after he was convicted of the British crime of doing grievous bodily harm to a superior officer in the SAS. Tarrant-Arragon values the Earthling because he cannot keep his honest opinions to himself.
’RHETT, aka Prince Djarrhett: Race: Great Djinn Status: Only son of Ala’Aster-Djalet, The Saurian Dragon, Saurian ambassador, Knight Home: Diplomatic circuit between Tigron, Eurydyce, and Earth Earth equivalent dates: Born in England 1967 ’Rhett, aka Prince Djarrhett is the Saurian Dragon’s only son (by his second wife), and is half brother to both Djinni and to Djetth. He is a high ranking Saurian Ambassador, an accomplished swordsman, and a statesman (in other words, neither side can trust him).

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“"I don't usually take any notice of virginal fears," he drawled for the two Tigrons sharing the car, although he spoke in English. "However, I may improve my chances of a happy mating if I pay attention to hers. I wonder which 'dreadful stories' she's heard." It was reprehensible of him to encourage lewd speculation, but the more the Tigrons obsessed about his sexual notoriety, the less attention they'd pay to the spy tape, and the older woman's very peculiar turn of phrase. "Happy mating? Is that important to you, Sir?" Sarcasm. Tarrant-Arragon raised an eyebrow. Presumably the driver had no idea how dangerous it was to annoy a Great Djinn. "Mating is. A god-Emperor's heir does not concern himself with his mate's happiness." The girl belonged by "god's Right" and by necessity to the last legitimate Great Djinn. Himself. To admit that he wanted her happy would be out of keeping with his very nasty reputation.”
god-Prince Tarrant-Arragon
“"My dear, your qualms would be forgivable if you were being forced to marry the wicked Prince Tarrant-Arragon," a regally venomous voice sizzled from his car's speakers. "Stop the tape," Tarrant-Arragon ordered. "Sorry about that, Your Highness." The human driver silenced the stereo system, while maintaining the stretch limousine's speed on the deserted, dark motorway. "As we backward Earthlings say, eavesdroppers seldom overhear praise of themselves."”
Grievous
“Grievous felt he owed it to the little miss to make her mysterious ex-boyfriend see reason. So he popped down to the brig armed with good intentions and a bottle of An'Koori wine. "Now you're not to worry, J-J," Grievous came straight to the point and was taken aback to find himself being eyed with cool hostility "You don't mind if I call you J-J, do you, Sir?" "Not at all, but my name is Rhett." "Hah! You don't like being called J-J. Can't say I blame you," Grievous humored him....”
Grievous to Prince Djarrhett

First Sentence

"The more powerful he is, the more terrible he'll be... in bed, and as a husband. Especially if he enjoys his 'god's Right' all over the galaxy. Grandmama, after all the dreadful stories you've told me about the god-Emperors of Tigron—"

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