Book excerpt: Enjoy this free steamy science-fiction romance series starter from USA Today Bestselling author Kate Rudolph! He’s dying. She’s running. They’re each other’s only hope. Ruwen’s cursed alien species is on the brink of extinction, and he’s about to add to the death toll. He’ll be dead before the month is out if he can’t find his mate. Too bad that most Detyen women are dead. Abandoned, ditched, and on the run from vicious aliens… After being kidnapped from Earth by unknown forces, Lis has been dropped on a inhospitable planet with little food and no hope. She'll do anything to find a ship to take her back to Earth, but Polai is hostile to all alien life, and Lis is running out of places to hide. Can she trust the alien hunk who looks at her with heat in his eyes? An impossible chance... From the moment he sees her, Ru knows Lis is his mate. But she's already wounded and distrustful of aliens. How can he prove that he’s trustworthy? If he can’t overcome Lis’s fears, their bond will break before it has a chance to form, leaving Ru dead and Lis all alone in a hostile galaxy. Ruwen is the first book in the Mated to the Alien science fiction romance series. Detyens are doomed to die young if they don't find their fated mates. The Mated to the Alien series can be read in any order and there are no cliffhangers! Enjoy fated mates, steamy alphas, alien romance, and plenty of space adventures. This book is great for readers of paranormal romance and sci fi romance who love to read in their free time! Perfect for fans of Ruby Dixon and the Ice Planet Barbarians, Honey Phillips, and Michele Mills! Get your taste of these fated mates in ebook or audiobook!