Treasured by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee [Review]

Treasured by the Hunter (Xarc'n Warriors #12) by Lynnea Lee
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: December 3, 2024

Xarc'n Warriors
0.5. Pursued by the Hunter
1. Claimed by the Hunter
2. Wanted by the Hunter
3. Taken by the Hunter
4. Cherished by the Hunter
5. Rescued by the Hunter
6. Stolen by the Hunter
7. Captured by the Hunter
8. Protected by the Hunter
8.5. Hunter's Valentine
9. Desired by the Hunter
10. Coveted by the Hunter
11. Craved by the Hunter
12. Treasured by the Hunter - Kindle

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Xarc'n Warriors: Mountains
1. Hunter's Quest

Lynnea Lee
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

ZOEY
Years after the end of the world, my life is falling apart again. This time, I know exactly how to survive in the bugpocalypse. What I don’t know is what to do with the brawny purple alien following me around.

Harb’k isn’t just big and strong, with a protective streak a mile wide, but he’s funny as hell too. I agree to partner up with him at least until I get to my destination, a settlement called Sanctuary. But before we get there, we come across something that could make or break humanity’s future.

Will we be able to contain the threat? Even if we do, will Harb’k still want me if he finds out my secret?

HARB’K
Almost every hunter in my group found his mate but me. Desperate to get away from all the love in the air, I volunteer to scour the region for signs that the scourge—the abominations that brought us to Earth—are evolving. Instead, I discover a lone female navigating the ravaged landscape with enemies at her back.

I convince Zoey to travel with me. She doesn’t know it yet, but she is my mate, and the mate bond is never wrong.

I will move planets for her, but first, I must save this one. Can I convince her to love me before a deadly mutagen destroys everything?

Thoughts on Treasured by the Hunter: It's Harb'k's turn to find his special someone and she's a nomad on the run trying to make her way to a notoriously unfriendly-to-aliens outpost. Which is problematic for Harb'k since he, you know, is an alien.

But Harb'k uses his charm (and probably his fighting prowess because human ladies do like watching those Xarc'n destroy bugs) and convinces Zoey to join him in his scouting mission so she doesn't have to travel on foot through bug-infested (and bad human-infested) areas. Zoey's no fool, so she accepted.

On Zoey's end, she doesn't necessarily WANT to go Sanctuary, but with most of her nomad crew now dead and the ones who did it after her, she doesn't have a whole lot of choices. Harb'k's offer to travel together definitely isn't unwelcome since she kind of liked the big guy from their first meeting. He's sexy, funny, and he's pretty darn good at killing bugs.

More than a little danger (both of the bug and human variety), a race against time to stop any mutations that could be springing up, a warrior who will do anything to keep his special lady safe, and a lady who has to trust her honey can deal with all of her perceived flaws so they can find their HEA. *thumbs up*