Lenna’s introduction to her new home planet is harsh and violent. It makes one question what one is are willing to give up in the name of love. While Hold has a high place on my shelf of favorite erotic romances, this story while definitely containing some erotic scenes, delves into deeper themes. What an interesting and provocative story! Each title has been entirely different in scope and scenario. But can a woman from the future and a man from the past really form a meaningful and long lasting relationship? Or is Lenna better off trying anything to get back home? Even better would be catching the attention of a prominent alpha male and becoming his mate. Lenna must fight for survival against the elements and aligning with a tribe is her best chance.

Small bands of human hunter gatherers exist, primitive societies reminiscent of early Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon peoples. Lenna’s story starts with her having been dumped by the Coalition on a stone age planet, a lifetime prison sentence in a place that is essentially like having traveled back through time to a prehistoric existence. Lenna is successful, but the fallout from her actions catches up to her in Fall. Hall enlists the help of a smuggler friend – Lenna – to get him and his new partner Princess Kyla off the planet before all hell breaks loose. The Coalition is determined to take control of the wayward planet. In the second story, Release, Hall finds himself on an independent planet ruled by a Royal dynasty.

However with years of planning, hero Cain and his new cell mate and love interest Riana find a way off the planet with the help of Hall, a fellow inmate who has certain psychic powers. The first story (also entitled Hold) is a dark and gritty introduction to a reality where political prisoners and murderers alike are kept on a prison planet, thought to be impossible to escape. All the stories to date take place on a series of planets described as being part of Coalition space, the Coalition being a strict ruling party that controls this part of the galaxy. Fall is the third standalone novella in Claire Kent’s erotic sci-fi series Hold.

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