When She's Married by Ruby Dixon [Review]

When She's Married (Risdaverse #2) by Ruby Dixon
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: January 11, 2020

Risdaverse
When She's Ready
When She's Married - Kindle
When She Purrs
When She Belongs
When She Dances
When She's Bold
The Alien's Mail-Order Bride
Pretty Human
When She's Lonely
Prison Planet Barbarian
When She's Pregnant
When She's Merry
When She's Fearless
When She's Wary

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Bad Guy
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Escaped convict Vordigar has been hiding out on Risda III. When he’s scooped up by law enforcement, he has two choices - he can be shipped back to the Haven prison system, or he can marry one of the locals. Piper is from an alien race called ‘humans’ and she needs a mate to help her protect her farm from aggressive neighbors.

Vordigar’s not interested in forever. Or marrying. Or settling down. He’ll go along with Piper’s plans just until he can get off planet…or so he thinks.

Because one night in Piper’s bed changes everything.

Thoughts on When She's Married: I can't get enough of these big, blue barbarians! Not that Vordigar's a barbarian, exactly. He's a big, scarred former soldier who escaped a prison planet and just wants to figure out how to get his life back on track. Whatever that may entail. A human wife that ties him to this backwater planet isn't in his plan and he's not about to get drawn into her desperate foolishness.

Except...he has a hard time walking away from her once he meets her and sees the situation she's in. He might have plans that will take him off the planet, but he also can't leave her to be abused and murdered by greedy aliens who want her plot of land.

As for Piper, she's resigned to doing whatever she needs to do to keep herself and her new home safe. That said, while she originally thought any intimidating alien would do, she kinda finds herself only wanting Vordigar by her side once she spends time with him. Which leaves her in a tough place when he refuses her offer.

A big, blue alien's gotta do what a big, blue alien's gotta do. Even if it means figuring out how to be a farmer and giving up on his plans to head off-planet to be a bounty hunter.

Seriously, I LOVE these aliens and would happily read roughly a million more stories set in these worlds.