Borgaz by Honey Phillips [Review]

Borgaz (How the Aliens Were Won #1) by Honey Phillips
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: January 7, 2024

How the Aliens Were Won
1. Borgaz - Paperback | Kindle
2. Temel
3. Naffon
4. S'kal
5. Celenk
6. Kalpar
7. H'zim
8. Tomlin

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers
1. Artek

Honey Phillips
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

A grumpy alien, a stubborn human, and a chance at a new future…

Nothing has gone right for Mary since her parents were forced to sell their farm. Alone and desperate, she seizes a chance to return.

Although the home she once loved is now a rundown shack and the once prosperous farm is little more than weeds and dirt, she knows she can make it work. She certainly doesn’t need any help from the huge, grumpy red alien who keeps showing up on her doorstep.

Borgaz lost everything in the war - everything except his loyalty to his friend and former commander. Even if that means helping the other male establish a sanctuary for former soldiers in a farm community in the middle of nowhere.

He knows his damage is past healing, so when a beautiful and annoyingly independent female arrives, he has every intention of keeping his distance. But even though she refuses to admit it, the stubborn little female clearly needs his help.

As they work together to repair Mary’s farm, will they also end up repairing their own past wounds?

Thoughts on Borgaz: Artek and his brothers (in SBfSAB) had an idea to bring some of their other wounded brothers-in-arms to their small sanctuary to live and work and heal and, well, here we are. Borgaz is the first of the new crew to find his special someone and he REALLY fights it. Mostly because he thinks someone as damaged him doesn't deserve love.

Guess what, buddy? Love doesn't care how damaged you are. It's going to chase you down and force you to deal with it head on. Which isn't to say Borgaz doesn't do the retreat and hide on several occasions because that totally happens. But he figures things out. Eventually.

On Mary's end, she's a little world-weary and a lot prickly when she first meets Borgaz. She's grieving and dealing with the fallout of trusting the wrong person and she's not about to let some big, bossy alien male kick her out of the one place she feels at home. As it turns out, Borgaz's bossiness kind of grows on her and soon these two are sparking off one another something fierce.

A run-down farm, a lady who refuses to back down, a male with a lot of heart, and friends who don't let someone get away with running even though it's very much what they think they need to do. I'm ready to see what sort of lady tames Temel's heart now!