Lords of the Sea

by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Were they destined to be enemies? Or to bridge the gap between their two races and bring peace to a world gone mad?

Sentinel Raen knew the intruder needed air, but his body was of a different mind when Cassie clung to him like a limpet and demanded his mouth each time he pulled away. And he discovered he was in no particular hurry to get his captive to the holding cell they'd set up for the human intruders.

And in no hurry to release the captives when they'd learned what they could from them ... because he discovered he didn't want to let Cassie go at all.

The irony of falling for a woman born of the race he'd despised wasn't lost on Raen, but he discovered the spark that ignited between the two of them with their first kiss wasn't something to be denied or easily extinguished.


Rating: Spicy/Carnal-Adult situations and language, graphic sexual scenes and graphic violence.

Genres: Romance, Erotica, Aliens, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Futuristic

259 pages, trade paperback

Published January 1, 2007

About the author

Stats:
■Kaitlyn has written and completed nearly 140 intellectual properties under several pen names in different genres.
■She has written over 8,000,000 (yes, more than 8 million!) words in published works.
■She has nearly 50 partials in various genres in various stages of completion. :0
■In 2004 she wrote 27 different stories which, together, amounted to nearly a million ‘printed’ words.
■However her most productive year was 2009 when she completed 17 projects totaling well over a million words.
■Second runner up was 2007 when she completed 14 projects at just over a million.
■The year 2008 was a close tie to 2004 in number of words written.
■Her least productive year was 2011. Sorry!
■At 500 to 750 words per hour, the 8+ million written words constitute 10,666 to 16,000 hours, or 20 to 34 hours per week, devoted to Kaitlyn fans over the past 9 years!
■One title had over half a million copies pirated. She decided not to count anymore.

Kaitlyn O’Connor’s Bibliography

Liar’s Poker—romantic suspense; 1993; 93k

Lord of Chaos—historical suspense; 1993; pen name Goldie McBride; 98k

Moonlight Surrender—historical; 1993; 100k

Bond Unbroken—romantic suspense; 1993; 98k

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Bride of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP March 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 47k (overall light/humorous)

Sexphiles: Haunting Melody—paranormal/erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; novella (overall light/humorous)

Four Play—erotica; published NCP Apr-June 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

The Lion’s Woman—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 58k (drama)

Thief of Hearts— erotica; published NCP April 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

Thief of Hearts: The Return— erotica; published NCP May 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

The Claiming—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; (drama)

The Assassin’s Blade—science fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Lyssa Hart (drama)

Blood Moon—paranormal/fantasy; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Sylvia Kincaid; 59k(drama)

Doctor, Lawyer … Police Chief—erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

Neptune’s Daughter—paranormal; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 35k (overall light/humorous)

SexPhiles: The Howling—paranormal/erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name (overall light/some humor)

Yar & the Orgasmizer9000—Science Fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 23k (overall light/humorous)

Below—science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; novel(drama)50k

fantasy; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored ; (overall light/humorous)

The Prey—erotic suspense; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 33k(dark)

science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored 41k (overall light/humorous)

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The Djinn—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 29k(overall light/humorous)

The Fairy Ring—fantasy; published NCP Mar 2004; pen name Catherine Paige; 42k (overall light/humorous)

urban fantasy; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored ; 29k(drama)

Goldilocks—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 8k (overall light/humorous)

Guardian of the Storm—science fiction; published NCP Jan 2004; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 61k (overall light/humorous)

The Invitation—erotic romance; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k(drama)

Maiden of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 40k(drama)

Noccio—science fiction; published NCP Feb 2004; pen name Veronica Chase; 9k (overall light/humorous)

science fiction; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored 51k(drama)

The Shaman—erotic suspense; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 32k(drama)

Thief of Hearts: Stolen—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 200

Reviews

[Julie (jjmachshev) · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting take on Atlantis and who/what lived there. Also contains a tongue-in-cheek (I hope) rant on humanity and politics today. All this is an erotic story!!

[Carolyn F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The other books by this author were heavy on the erotica, this is almost more romance than anything else. I would even say that it doesn't even need the erotica label, unless of course the author wants it for sales or something.

Cassie goes on a real date with a guy she met on an Internet dating service. His idea of a first date is to take her scuba diving for the first time ever for her with a group of people. When the boat stalls out, everyone except her goes down to find out what the blue lights in the ocean are. She goes to find them after being left alone and literally bumps into Raen, at the same time his statis ends. He's an Atlantean, who were actually aliens looking for a home. He likes her more than is good for him and she has no idea why he's so hostile. When he finally starts to like her, in their way she makes all the moves. She doesn't know that so he thinks she doesn't want them and then he gets more hostile. It's kind of funny to see the guy doing all of this. Enjoyed the book.

[Angarad · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had it all!!!

We begin with a group of divers in the deep sea, a woman a bit too desperate to settle down who accept a first date from her online "boyfriend" and of course, the worst happens, no power and a storm coming. When they discover the lost city of Atlantis, it is not a ruin, is is not only a city and its inhabitants are definitely not myths or dead.

Big surprise here with aliens that were actually asleep in the middle of the ocean for thousands of year, aliens that are the origins of the mermaid tale!

I loved this book for a lot of reasons: the originality, the mix of genres (romance, supernatural, suspense and science fiction). I also loved the different characters. Both humans and Atlanteans are very well defined, have all the own personality and view on the present situation and all react differently. I loved how we got to observe the reaction that, in my opinion, are all very realistic and a good analysis of our society: some see any difference as a threat, some don't care, some thinks of others before their own. It made me think about how I would react in this type of situation but in the end, you don't know until you are there.

Anyway, I enjoyed this story a LOT and hope there is more!!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it but the reason I gave it 4 out of 5 is because of the ending it's an hea but it ended so abruptly it feels unfinished like there was so much more to be said but wasn't

[Mara · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have a strange relationship with Ms O'Connor's books. I either love them or find them boring to death. None more than Lords of the Sea, though. As usual the story/world is interesting, but in itself, it doesn't save the book. I dragged it along as a very, very tired mule might drag along its dastardly of an owner: with resentment and tiredly.
I didn't care about the plot, about the hero and heroine, their HEA. (I suspect because I'm tired of the same misunderstanding in almost all her books. Her heroes are used to polyandrous relationships in which the woman chooses her partners. So, he stutters along as a proud peacock. The leading woman, as an earthling, doesn't understand at all. )

[Gab · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much better than title implies - good Sci-fi [it's not paranormal].

Enjoyed story [except for a small bit at end regarding the romantic outcomes of supporting characters, dude I can accept all the male atlantian's ending up with the human females - but the fact that ALL five of the female atlantian guards ended up with the five male humans was ridiculas especially given some of the human male characters and past behavior (yes I mostly mean Mark)], otherwise it was a good yarn. I did like the HEA for Cassie and Raen though.]

[Cheri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cassie annoyed the hell out of me. So much so, it detracted from my enjoyment. I found her shrill, self centered and immature at some points. Raen definitely deserved better. I wish the plot had expanded more on the mermaid elements. Their scenes together were steamy. But the ending was really abrupt.

[Shasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

liked it!

This is a romance for adults.

The thought processes of the H and h kept the story interesting. I would read it again for the HEA.

Was a big problem with wrong words being used--chose for choose, royalty for royally, liar for lair, etc. would give one more star if it was proofread.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cue Led Zeppelin..."Communication Breakdown" and you sum up the relationship between these characters. all the way to the end, they did not communicate. I found the story very interesting, though I'd have liked a few questions answered at the end.

[Leslie Reno · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

[AE · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel slightly cheated. It took merman and made it kind of cool, but the pace was so slow. Then the ending was so unsatisfying!

But it wasn't a bad read.... just not great.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars

[Sonya Tedesco · Rating 4 out of 5]

A romantic story

My favorite stories by this author are usually not based on earth. This story had an interesting plot which paved the way to an awesome adventure.

[Sarah]

If i wanted to read so much about the politic, i'd read the paper. Urrgh this book is sooo stressful

[♂♀♂ Mary's Menage Reviews ♂♂♀ · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite

[Kelleyj · Rating 4 out of 5]

More sci-fi than romance but a good read

[Susan Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

a real world completely fleshed out. plus the extras.

[Nessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

IT IS NOT EASY TO FIND AN ENJOYABLE MERCREATURE STORY WITH THE ADDED ANGST, BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.

OUR HERO is an Atlantean from Andromeda, and for some reason his people has been woken from stasis which is almost a century ago if I am not mistaken. We meet him when our heroine goes after her 'friends', diving into deep sea and found him in a statue state only to realise that it's a living creature. Raen has been betrayed by his mate before and is quite distrustful of the female race but something about Cassie draws him in. Although the Atlanteans are wary of Cassie and her crew, they keep them as so called guests in their floating ship and during that time, each woman unknowingly falls for their own guard. For the Atlanteans, it is their culture for the women to propose to them and want to mate with them, meaning the female race is superior amongst them. Thus it causes a little bit of misunderstanding between Cassie and Raen but all the more JUICY, ANGSTY and SMOKING HOT for us readers.

OUR HEROINE was actually on some sort of date with Mark, a man she met online. However the trip takes a turn when they discover the lost city of Atlantis, which is actually a floating ship from Andromeda. The cool thing is the Atlanteans are pretty much like merpeople, who can form legs on dry land. The attraction between Raen and Cassie while instant, IS NOT INSTA LOVE which THANK GOD was awesome! The sexual tension and chemistry plus angst and jelaousy was delicious and a page turner! Cassie's character isn't much I would dwell on, just know that she's not a bitch or wimp but a fighter.

OVERALL I enjoyed getting to know this fictional world created by O Connor, it's like a guilty pleasure for weird romance genres.