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    Mated on the Moon: Celestial Mates
    Mated on the Moon: Celestial Mates
    Mated on the Moon: Celestial Mates
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    Mated on the Moon: Celestial Mates

    By Kate Rudolph

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    Ruby isn't looking for love, so when her newly married best friend signs her up for the Celestial Mates dating service, she's frustrated and ready to swear off dating for good. But out of consideration for a lifelong friendship, she agrees to one date. If the guy she meets is perfect, great. If not, well, at least her bestie can't hold it against her. Even better, she won't need to deal with any more matchmaking.

    Nyco needs a mate and he's running out of time. As a Detyen, he's doomed to die on his thirtieth birthday if he doesn't find his denya. At twenty-nine, he can feel each day ticking by as his end rushes closer. Out of desperation, he agrees to work with the Celestial Mates to try and find his match. He'll recognize his mate on sight, but all the women being sent his way are completely wrong.

    Until he meets Ruby.

    Sparks fly from their first encounter, but is it too good to be true? And when outside forces intervene to cut off their bond before it even begins to flourish, Nyco will do anything to prove that he is the only person in the galaxy meant for Ruby, and he'll fight anyone and take any risk to protect her.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKate Rudolph
    Release dateSep 25, 2018
    ISBN9781386908319
    Mated on the Moon: Celestial Mates
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    Kate Rudolph

    Kate Rudolph never knows when to stop. Whether it’s riding her bike down the busy streets of Austin, Texas, fixing computers, or shooting off answers to trivia quizzes, she is doing something. She began writing at a young age and now has a stack of projects as tall as her. When she was a child, she visited a wolf sanctuary and became fascinated by the animals. She is concerned with animal conservation and protection. Kate has published one complete series, Stealing the Alpha, and several stand alones. Want to know when she releases a new book? Sign up to her mailing list to receive notifications of new releases and deals. The link can be found here: http://katerudolph.net/index.php/subscribe You can also find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katerudolphauthor Her website is www.KateRudolph.net

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      It was an excellent short read. I love the theory of love through fated mates and this was an excellent one with likeable characters.

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    Mated on the Moon - Kate Rudolph

    CHAPTER ONE

    NYCO NAZEL SAT IN ONE of the bars on Honora Station and looked out the view window while swirling his drink in his glass. Stars and galaxies twinkled, all the possibilities of space within reach if a man had a space ship and a bit of bravery.

    And time. A man certainly needed time. And as a Detyen, his was on the verge of running out.

    A giggly alien with pink skin and green hair that danced in braids slid into the seat next to him and leaned in close. Ooh! She spotted his drink and pointed before waving over the android attendant. That looks fun, give me one! She must have been partying somewhere else given her bubbliness, and when she leaned she almost landed in Nyco’s lap. Another time, another day he might have offered a smile and an invitation. But tonight didn’t feel like a night for celebrating. So what brings you here? she asked, undeterred by the fact that he’d said nothing since she drew near.

    Nyco threw back the rest of his drink and set the glass down as the alcohol burned down his throat. For a moment he considered getting up and ignoring her completely, but if his brother was still alive, he would have slapped Nyco for his rudeness and lectured him for hours. He tilted his glass and watched the final dregs of the liquid swirl around before motioning to the android for another. This was the last one for the night; he had an early day in the morning and couldn’t let his sorrows get in the way of his work. Even if his days were numbered, he still had things to do.

    It’s my birthday, he finally told her. Twenty-nine down, one more to go. But he kept that part to himself. His companion seemed so happy that he didn’t want to bring her down with the harsh reality of his fate.

    Fun! She bounced in her seat and as her smile widened he caught sight of her sharply pointed teeth. Nyco reassessed the woman beside him. Everything about her presence had screamed non-threatening sweetness, but with those teeth the game changed. She placed her hand on his arm and dark tipped claws rested lightly against his blue skin. She was a predator, but a fun-loving one.

    Well, Nyco had claws of his own, but he kept that to himself. The alien didn’t seem likely to turn on him, but there was no need to give away his advantage. It had kept him alive thus far. And he wasn’t done living yet. Not for one more birthday.

    He shrugged at her exclamation and gladly took the new drink the android set down in front of him. Had he really used to enjoy this? Sitting beside a woman at a bar, dancing this dance until one of them made a move and they tumbled into bed together? What had been the point? He’d pursued his pleasures for years and now here he was, alone on a space station without even a friend celebrating his final birthday and wishing the predator beside him would choose another man for her night.

    So what’s got you so far from home? his companion asked.

    That question almost had Nyco ordering more to drink, but he merely clutched his glass tight and took a controlled sip. Don’t have a home besides my ship. He’d used that line to elicit sympathy or cast himself as a dangerous man of mystery a hundred times before, and it slipped out before he could think better of it, but without the right inflection, he just sounded surly.

    And still the woman beside him wasn’t walking away. Really? She leaned in and her breath brushed against his neck. She smelled of sweet alcohol and the promise of a sultry night, but none of Nyco’s senses stirred. But where are you from?

    A little bit of everywhere. And nowhere. He was a Detyen, a man without a home. It had been destroyed by some mysterious enemy over a hundred years ago and it was only people like Nyco, a descendant of one of the few survivors, who were left to carry the memory and the curse of their people. Without a mate, he’d die on his next birthday. But there were few Detyen women left, and none he’d met had sparked the denya bond within him.

    He’d heard that when the planet was still alive, they’d had systems to match potential mates to one another and few ever paid the Denya Price. But those days were long passed and all of Nyco’s friends had paid, one by one over the past five years until he was the only one left. No friends, no family, no home.

    No woman either. He heaved a sigh of relief as his companion gave up on his company and flittered away. It was so much easier to wallow in his sorrows sitting at the bar alone.

    He watched out the window again and followed the glowing trail of a ship blasting away from the station, its red lights shooting a line across the sky as it journeyed out into eternity. The darkness of space had called to him once, the emptiness and open promise of possibilities, of a future. He’d seen planets made of diamonds and castles made of glass, impossible sights and sounds that few would believe, even if he could give proof. He’d been a mercenary and a guide, willing to sell his services to any who needed him and who could pay. But now the offers were drying up and he wasn’t quite sure where his next meal was coming from.

    It wouldn’t matter for long, but Nyco wasn’t about to spend his last year hungry. Not after the life he’d lived.

    A small man whose species he couldn’t determine took the stool that the pink alien had occupied. He ordered a drink and sat quietly, ignoring Nyco and the rest of the bar around them. The perfect companion for a depressing birthday night.

    Nyco paid his tab and stood, but before he could walk away, the man beside him held up a hand. I’m sorry to intrude, but I think I have a solution to your problem.

    What? Nyco narrowed his eyes as he snapped out the question. He didn’t have a problem, just a fate he couldn’t escape.

    The man produced a card from somewhere and held it out expectantly. Have you heard of Celestial Mates?

    CELESTIAL MATES? REALLY, Dee? Ruby hid her face in her hands to keep from reaching out and strangling her best friend. Married life had given Dee Fraser a healthy glow, a permanent smile, and the inexhaustible urge to pair up her single friends. Well, friend. Namely Ruby. I’m not really interested in dating right now. I’m happy as I am. It came out muffled by her hands, but if she looked up and resisted the temptation to strangle, she wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation to glare. She would do anything for her friends, but sometimes Dee asked too much.

    You told me that you missed being in a relationship! Dee insisted. Rich and I were talking about it and we just want you to be happy. You said you didn’t like any of the guys I set you up with, so we thought this would be a great solution.

    Great, now Dee was talking about Ruby’s perpetual singledom with her perfect new husband, Rich. Ruby had known something like this would be coming after the wedding, but she hadn’t expected it so soon. Why would she? Before Dee met Rich, she’d been just as staunchly single as Ruby and would tell anyone who asked—and many who didn’t—that she didn’t need a partner to be complete. Now it was like some pod person had taken over her body. A pod person dedicated to making sure that no one in her orbit was sleeping alone.

    Really, her heart was in the right place, but Ruby had her limits. After dealing with Jeremiah, the antiquities dealer who seemed to be hiding a big secret—because no guy could actually be that boring—Ruby had vowed that she wasn’t going to go on any more dates set up by Dee. It was one area where her best friend couldn’t be trusted. She understood Ruby’s favorite foods, her hobbies, her job, and her dreams, but when it came to matching her with a guy, it was like Dee’s brain short circuited and she just found the nearest available male shaped person and threw him in Ruby’s path.

    Ruby was done.

    I appreciate all the—

    I’m so glad! Dee interrupted her. I can feel it, this time you’re going to find the guy for you.

    Ruby sighed. Let me finish, she

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