What Makes an Alien a Dad? by Marina Simcoe [Review]

What Makes an Alien a Dad? (My Holiday Tails #7) by Marina Simcoe
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: August 29, 2023

My Holiday Tails
1. Married to Krampus
2. My Tiny Giant
3. My Birthday Getaway
4. New Year, New Planet
5. Mail Order Mom
6. My Pumpkin
7. What Makes an Alien a Dad? - Paperback | Kindle

Marina Simcoe
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

As per the marriage agreement between Earth and Neron, Voranian aliens can marry human women, but our species can’t reproduce. Historically, Voranian women have served as surrogates to carry children of the single dads in Voran.

The renowned Voranian Professor Thormus is working on a method that would allow the human women married to Voranian men to carry their husbands’ children. Of all the women on Earth, the professor selects me as the subject for his extensive study project.

My traveling to Neron puts a strain on the relationship with my boyfriend back home. Which in turn causes Professor Thormus to worry about the effects of nervous breakdown on my system.

While I think I’m mending my long-distance relationship with my boyfriend, I find myself inconveniently attracted to the highly intelligent yet socially awkward professor.

If only I knew what an idiotic solution my brilliant professor would come up with to help me deal with the stress of heartache!

Thoughts on What Makes an Alien a Dad?: Oh man, a DEEPLY socially awkward Voranian professor and the human lady who's his test subject for an incredibly important trial that could help all Voranians are up and HEH. Kear might have had good intentions when he stepped in to ease Maya's heartache, but BOY could that have ended badly.

Honestly, Kear is lucky Maya was as forgiving as she was. Also, her human boyfriend is a toe rag. Just THE WORST. Barf.

Anywho. Kear and Maya. He's so focused on his project at first that he doesn't see Maya as more than a subject in his experiment. Which is fine with Maya because she knew what she was signing up for when she agreed to help the Voranian people. Then suddenly she's seeing the professor in a different light and he's seeing that his attempts to protect her during the trial have made her life pretty un-fun. It doesn't take long before these two are thinking about more than just experiments and such.

The downside? Kear's little lie that eased Maya out of her heartache is between them and Maya is conflicted about feeling what she feels for the professor when she has a dude back home. It takes a sex-ay video that gets addressed to the wrong person, a big truth bomb, and a whole lot of understanding before these two end up where they need to be.

Kear's a socially awkward mess, but he's Maya's socially awkward mess and I'm here for that!