Commander Jason has been captured by the Crown Prince
Tarrant-Arragon. JJ the pirate is not his true identity. He
is the Prince Djetthro-Jason. No man, not even the crown
prince, can take a life of royalty without facing
prosecution for his crimes. But a man that has swore treason
can be beaten and imprisoned until death seems like a gift.
Thus ends the pirate's existence.
Severely tortured, Jason has a choice. Tarrant-Arragon
agrees to spare Jason's life on conditions. He must give up
his attempts to retrieve his mate Djinni-Vera, who now loves
and bears Tarrant-Arragon's child and heir. He is to marry
Tarrant-Arragon's half sister, Imperial Princess
Martia-Djulia. Not even his unsuspecting bride can know his
alter ego: Commander Jason.
Imperial Princess Martia-Djulia's plan was to film her
seduction of Commander Jason and use it for treacherous
reasons. The act misfires when she falls in love and lust,
an emotion she has never felt before. Martia has met her
obligation to the kingdom: two sons. Tarrant-Arragon grants
her wish: Commander Jason in marriage.
At the Mating Ceremony, she is faced with her fiancé. She's
been betrayed. This is not the man who made love to her.
Angry doesn't describe the vixen Martia-Djulia. She refuses
the marriage ceremony! She was used by two other men, raped
and then bared their sons. Marriage to another member of the
royal family will imprison her true nature, no longer does
she want to live by the dictates of propriety. If her
brother hasn't kept his word, granting her the mind, soul,
and body of the pirate JJ, she sees no reason to keep this
stranger alive.
Jason wants it all. He wants Djinni-Vera. He wants Imperial
Princess Martia-Djulia. And he wants Tarrant-Arragon dead.
If he has the rings: Fire Stone, Ring of Gravity, and Death
ring, absolution is granted and rewarded with the throne.
Djinni-Vera's furniture has been stored about
Tarrant-Arragon's ship. Jason reclaims the rings. Bidding
his time, he waits.
Crown Prince Tarrant-Arragon hasn't forgotten his agreement
with Prince Djetthro-Jason. Making his sister believe this
man isn't her Commander Jason worked too well. They must
marry, but it must be a willingly matrimony. Maybe...and he
plots. He shoots down their craft, marooning them on a
deserted island he's insured provided nutrients and natural
shelter from the elements. With a common enemy, himself, he
hopes to bond the two determined royal members.
INSUFFICIENT MATING MATERIAL by Rowena Cherry is meant for
those readers who read the previous book. I didn't read
Forced Mate or Mating Net. The characters had
pasts that were revealed in brief glimpses, but insufficient
in this novel for me to care about the outcome. Yes, this
book is well written, the scenes were well written, the
motivation revealed, but the names are too similar. The
characters too similar. Until Prince Djetthro-Jason and
Imperial Princess Martia-Djulia are marooned on the island,
about a third of the way into the book, I couldn't grasp
which character was in the scene and why it was important
until well into it. Then I'd have to read the scene again.
Please read book one, then read book two. You'll find the
ending satisfying. But standing on its own? No thank you.
Shot down...for failing to mate in public. Marooned on an
island with the ultimate fashionista, who wouldn't take off
her clothes to save her own life, Djetth discovers that when
a Tiger prince is honor bound to hide his true identity,
when his best tool of seduction bears a damning tattoo, and
his very life is in danger, survival isn't just a matter of
making out.
Someone is trying to kill them.
But even in the outrageously wicked Tigron Empire, who would
dare to attack a royal princess and her consort? So what if
she had spectacularly rejected his hand and privately turned
her pretty nose up at his other princely parts? With the aid
of two exiled empresses acting as psychic sleuths, some
misplaced guitar glue, and a talent for disguises, he would
unmask a killer and prove that this was certainly not a case
of...INSUFFICIENT MATING MATERIAL
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