WATCHED by Lara Lorens

If you're looking for love and friendship amidst a bunch of over-sexed aliens, you've found the right book. Criminal lawyer Sam Connor woke up naked on an alien livestream. Now she's a contestant on the galaxy's most brutal reality show, where the only way to survive is to kill or f*ck your way to victory. With alien technology enhancing her body and a blob creature, she named Steve, as her guide, Sam discovers she has a talent for violence that surprises everyone, including herself. But when the final trial pairs her with Takar, a deadly alien warrior who claims she belongs to him, Sam must decide what she's willing to sacrifice for survival. In a game where only one contestant traditionally wins, choosing love might be the most dangerous gamble of all. Let the galaxy watch. Sam Connor is about to redefine what it means to be human. Tropes: alien death game, reluctant partners-to-lovers, forced intimacy, survival romance Spice level: 4 — very explicit, multiple partners, dark heat, 18+ If you like: Ruby Dixon’s wildest worlds or Katee Robert’s unapologetic edge, you’re in the right arena.