He isn’t supposed to crave his husband-their marriage is just a political arrangement, nothing more.īut when disaster strikes and loyalties are tested, which bond will be the strongest: their marriage, or their allegiances? Everyone knows a marriage between two alphas is a recipe for disaster. He isn’t supposed to bare his throat to an enemy alpha-and it isn’t supposed to feel so good. Prince Haydn has always tried to be the perfect alpha his father wants him to be. Royce likes omegas he isn’t into alphas, no matter how pretty their eyes are. More than anything, Royce hates what Haydn makes him become: a primitive alpha cliché who’ll do anything to mark his territory, even if that territory is his alpha husband. Peace isn’t popular, but the planet can’t survive without it.įorced to marry an enemy prince for the sake of peace, Senator Royce Cleghorn doesn’t like his husband, his alpha scent, or his damned pretty blue eyes. The Kingdom of Pelugia and the Republic of Kadar have been at war for decades. Attraction that defies all reason and logic… Or does it? Two alphas forced into a political marriage.
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Vividly drawn, expertly plotted, The Dreaming Jewels is a Sturgeon masterpiece. The full-length debut by Theodore Sturgeon, a legendary writer who won Nebula and Hugo Awards and authored such classic. In The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon renders the multiple wounds of loneliness, fear, and persecution with uncanny precision. The Maneater has sinister plans for the world that go far beyond fleecing unsuspecting rubes and other easy marks-a dark and terrible scheme that requires unleashing the extraterrestrial power of the dreaming jewels, and the unwitting assistance of a young boy who may be far more remarkable than he’s ever imagined. There, among the fortune tellers, fire-eaters, sideshow freaks, and assorted “strange people,” Horty hopes to find acceptance and, at long last, a real home. But disgraced doctor Pierre “Maneater” Monetre’s traveling show is no ordinary entertainment, and its performers are not what they appear to be. 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