HALDIS IMPERIUM - Viola Grace

Champions of Terra - Book 5

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ISBN: 1-55410-732-6

February 2007 

Erotic Fantasy Romance – Short Story

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Torgny, Alliance Headquarters

Amanda Tyrell, an Alliance Negotiator, has lived in her armored, life-support suit for more than five years. Inside a suit, a negotiator is allowed to hide gender and species and thus be able to go anywhere one is needed. She is hard-wired into her suit and can call up any information she needs. Amy has stayed inside her suit for such a long time so that she could help Terran Champions find new lives and facilitate the rediscovery of the planet Admor. Her favors for helping the four women cost her eight more months each in the suit. Amy's entire time as a negotiator has been spent working with the Imperial family of Torgny, a transport hub which requires the presence of a negotiator at all times to assist with trade route contracts and agreements.

Amy's time in her suit has come to an end. No longer will she have to deal with His Imperial Majesty, or so she thinks. She is grateful to be free...except she isn't. The Emperor is looking for a wife and she fits all his criteria, plus she has to fulfill the last of her alliance contract. There is only a small problem. She knows him but he hasn't got a clue as to who she is.

Palden VII, of the House of Haldis, is less than pleased that a new negotiator is being assigned to him. Losing his friend, Tyrell, has upset him to the point that he has no interest in women. He especially does not wish to meet the woman chosen for him.

When they do meet up and he finds out who she is, my oh my the sparks do fly and both are overwhelmed by the intensity of their feelings. Their lovemaking is hot, spirited, and mind boggling. They are well-suited and together will accomplish more than when Amy was only Palden's Negotiator.

I have had the privilege of reading and reviewing all five books of this series. Viola Grace has given readers a look into a Universe where peace is possible, albeit at a cost. Her characters are bright, well-rounded and intelligent. The descriptions are so vivid that one can almost see, smell and touch the people and places of her worlds. HALDIS IMPERIUM is the perfect end to a perfect series. I only wish there was more. Read it and keep it.

Maggie Anderson