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In Service
Malla only wanted to serve a few good men. As a sexual companion that sustains Luo troops with human energy, she's eager for her first assignment. Fresh out of training, she's assigned to a hell of a team in a hellish situation and promptly falls for all four of them. Three of them accept her immediately, bound to her in the searing sexual circumstances of her arrival.
But Shon is her hard case. He accepts her body and her energy just fine, but holds his heart back. The team leader doesn't trust his gift of berzerker rage, and his own team doesn't trust him either. She's happy to prove them wrong by taking all of him in his darkest moment...only to find the team doesn't see it as the confirmation she does. When her men disagree despite the proof she presents, Malla sees she's not really the equal partner she thought she was. If her team won't trust her judgment, then she can't trust them with her heart.
When a lonely warrior who has never fully let himself go because of his "gift" of berzerker rage meets a woman who actually expects him to do so, he's shockingly tempted. In the fight of his life, Shon's team is saved because of Malla's open spirit and dazzling sexuality. But the thrill of success after the mission is ripped away when he discovers she has faced his berzerker state...alone.
She trusted him to be more human than he is, and he tragically, horrifically proved her wrong. There's no way he deserves her heart, he no longer deserves her body, and he can't possibly continue with his team, facing their knowledge of what he's capable of. No one should ever face his Fury again. Broken, the team scatters, the defeat of their enemy small comfort to the shattering of their family. War takes its toll on all of them, until Shon finally sees the truth of what it means to have someone believe in him.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, domination, dubious consent, exhibitionism, male/male sexual practices, masturbation, Ménage (m/m/m/f), spanking, violence, voyeurism.
But Shon is her hard case. He accepts her body and her energy just fine, but holds his heart back. The team leader doesn't trust his gift of berzerker rage, and his own team doesn't trust him either. She's happy to prove them wrong by taking all of him in his darkest moment...only to find the team doesn't see it as the confirmation she does. When her men disagree despite the proof she presents, Malla sees she's not really the equal partner she thought she was. If her team won't trust her judgment, then she can't trust them with her heart.
When a lonely warrior who has never fully let himself go because of his "gift" of berzerker rage meets a woman who actually expects him to do so, he's shockingly tempted. In the fight of his life, Shon's team is saved because of Malla's open spirit and dazzling sexuality. But the thrill of success after the mission is ripped away when he discovers she has faced his berzerker state...alone.
She trusted him to be more human than he is, and he tragically, horrifically proved her wrong. There's no way he deserves her heart, he no longer deserves her body, and he can't possibly continue with his team, facing their knowledge of what he's capable of. No one should ever face his Fury again. Broken, the team scatters, the defeat of their enemy small comfort to the shattering of their family. War takes its toll on all of them, until Shon finally sees the truth of what it means to have someone believe in him.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, domination, dubious consent, exhibitionism, male/male sexual practices, masturbation, Ménage (m/m/m/f), spanking, violence, voyeurism.
199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 23, 2008
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September 19, 2014
I actually really enjoyed this story although the world building at the beginning could have been more detailed. I assume we're in the future but a date is never mentioned and I'm never sure what planet we're on. There is a war going on with the "Bugs" who can come through portholes and wreak havoc. The humans are working with the Luo but we don't know how they met or how this collaboration was struck.
Maybe it was the author's intention to leave a lot of blanks so that we could just go with the flow and get into the love story. Did I mention that the sex is super hot!!!
The aliens (Luo) look exactly like humans except that they need to "drink" from a human's sexual energy to recharge. Lots of them also have gifts like telepathy, phasing or becoming a berserker. Malla has been trained to be a server so she can provide energy to the Luo fighters. She is also special because she is considered "elite" and has more energy reserves than most. This means she gets to come, masturbate and fuck a lot for her team of sexy aliens.
I loved all 4 aliens and the characters were really well developed. Grady and Vel are lifemates and their relationship is very steamy but also extremely caring (yum...we get some M/M action too). Kal is the young rebel who lacks self-control and is always horny. Shon is the leader but also the most damaged since his gift takes over his conscience mind and acts out violently to protect his team (unless they get in the way and they might also get hurt). This constant guilt has him holding back with Malla in hopes of protecting her.
All in all a very original and intriguing read with a great ending. This made it possible to overlook the confusion I felt at some point of the story.
Maybe it was the author's intention to leave a lot of blanks so that we could just go with the flow and get into the love story. Did I mention that the sex is super hot!!!
The aliens (Luo) look exactly like humans except that they need to "drink" from a human's sexual energy to recharge. Lots of them also have gifts like telepathy, phasing or becoming a berserker. Malla has been trained to be a server so she can provide energy to the Luo fighters. She is also special because she is considered "elite" and has more energy reserves than most. This means she gets to come, masturbate and fuck a lot for her team of sexy aliens.
I loved all 4 aliens and the characters were really well developed. Grady and Vel are lifemates and their relationship is very steamy but also extremely caring (yum...we get some M/M action too). Kal is the young rebel who lacks self-control and is always horny. Shon is the leader but also the most damaged since his gift takes over his conscience mind and acts out violently to protect his team (unless they get in the way and they might also get hurt). This constant guilt has him holding back with Malla in hopes of protecting her.
All in all a very original and intriguing read with a great ending. This made it possible to overlook the confusion I felt at some point of the story.
November 29, 2008
The part I liked best? Malla gets to keep all FOUR guys!!! She made no bones about loving sex with all of them and I immediately thought of Laura! LOL!
I would have given this 5 stars but the action aspect of the story was underdeveloped and Shon's berzerker rage sequence was anti-climactic after all the build-up. The sex was hot, though there were instances I couldn't follow who was doing what to Malla. Hey, it's not easy trying to follow sex with four alien men AND watch the Mumbai terrorist attack on CNN at the same time!
If you like your heroines with no sexual hangups, you'll like Malla. She's been trained to be a server - a woman who keeps the Luo warriors recharged via sex (I gotta love these alien ways!) but she's an Elite so she can do more for her team than ordinary servers. The four guys love her the minute they set eyes on her since she's no fragile, shrinking violet like some of their previous servers have been. There's a thin intrigue thread that's easily overlooked because the focus is on the sexual and romantic relationship between this Elite server and her 4-man team. Two of the men are romantically involved with each other as well, and that always, without fail, adds to my enjoyment. I would have liked a more intense sexual/emotional scene between Malla and Shon seeing as they worried about each other from the start.
I enjoyed this group sex romance very much despite the weak parts and couldn't help wishing Morgan Hawke would write one like that. She would have given a great action-adventure plot and not pulled punches with the sex (I'd tell her to hold the double penises, though).
Of course, the best part is the 4-man/one-woman HEA. In Service would have to be my ultimate erotic romance - it's got M/M romance with both guys in love with the heroine, too; it has a team member who just has to fuck the heroine every couple of hours (coz he's young...in his 20s), a member who's about to be crowned king of his kingdom and the tortured and sexy team leader whom the heroine can't live without.
Oh yeah, did I mention there's lots of sex?
I would have given this 5 stars but the action aspect of the story was underdeveloped and Shon's berzerker rage sequence was anti-climactic after all the build-up. The sex was hot, though there were instances I couldn't follow who was doing what to Malla. Hey, it's not easy trying to follow sex with four alien men AND watch the Mumbai terrorist attack on CNN at the same time!
If you like your heroines with no sexual hangups, you'll like Malla. She's been trained to be a server - a woman who keeps the Luo warriors recharged via sex (I gotta love these alien ways!) but she's an Elite so she can do more for her team than ordinary servers. The four guys love her the minute they set eyes on her since she's no fragile, shrinking violet like some of their previous servers have been. There's a thin intrigue thread that's easily overlooked because the focus is on the sexual and romantic relationship between this Elite server and her 4-man team. Two of the men are romantically involved with each other as well, and that always, without fail, adds to my enjoyment. I would have liked a more intense sexual/emotional scene between Malla and Shon seeing as they worried about each other from the start.
I enjoyed this group sex romance very much despite the weak parts and couldn't help wishing Morgan Hawke would write one like that. She would have given a great action-adventure plot and not pulled punches with the sex (I'd tell her to hold the double penises, though).
Of course, the best part is the 4-man/one-woman HEA. In Service would have to be my ultimate erotic romance - it's got M/M romance with both guys in love with the heroine, too; it has a team member who just has to fuck the heroine every couple of hours (coz he's young...in his 20s), a member who's about to be crowned king of his kingdom and the tortured and sexy team leader whom the heroine can't live without.
Oh yeah, did I mention there's lots of sex?
January 12, 2018
Yes, this is erotica, so everything is about sex. Still, this author writes the best kind of erotica, books with a storyline and a world. She gives you the chance to a get all bothered, because you get into the story.
February 4, 2015
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!! I want orgasms like these! Please put out the next book soon!!
October 31, 2017
The story of Mella the server, trained to give sexy times to a group of four deadly aliens who need the power that sex gives. It was quite a novel idea. There was a lot of sex. Sometimes I didn't really know who was who and wished I had a diagram of whose hand was there and whose head was here.
The story was good though with some action and crime solving thrown in. I would read more by this author.
Why only three stars? Well, they fall in love pretty quickly and I didn't believe in that love. They don't really have much banter with the h or get to know her in any serious way. Mella is very confident and in control with a refreshingly open attitude to sex which I liked but I never felt that we got to know her that well. Maybe I ask too much out of an erotic novel. I mean we have to save all the words for the sexy times!
The story was good though with some action and crime solving thrown in. I would read more by this author.
Why only three stars? Well, they fall in love pretty quickly and I didn't believe in that love. They don't really have much banter with the h or get to know her in any serious way. Mella is very confident and in control with a refreshingly open attitude to sex which I liked but I never felt that we got to know her that well. Maybe I ask too much out of an erotic novel. I mean we have to save all the words for the sexy times!
March 31, 2019
This was definitely interesting but I have to admit that I started to get a bit bored with all the sex. (Yes, I said that). I wish there had been a bit more time spent on the world building and less on the orgasms even though I know that the servers serve through the orgasms. I'm not sure why I expected more but I did.
November 29, 2020
POV third person Malla and Shon
This is my first reverse harem story, and that is probably why I had a hard time imagining how all the positions were supposed to work.
I did like the premise, and the story was sweet
This is my first reverse harem story, and that is probably why I had a hard time imagining how all the positions were supposed to work.
I did like the premise, and the story was sweet
June 14, 2017
Interesting world.
October 21, 2017
This is a great book! I enjoyed the relationship between the main characters!
June 13, 2025
Very well written only from two povs but very interesting world and I feel like all characters had depth
September 24, 2017
I really liked this book. If there were a way to give it 4.5 stars, I would have done that! Heartless me - I don't usually round up. I totally should though, given the number of times I've read this book...which is easily over a dozen times at this point. (Topped only by Beyond Complicated by Mercy Celeste, ReneCade by Cameron Dane the Brothers in Arms series by Samantha Kane, and Beyond Eden/Finding Eden by Kele Moon -- 2016 can't get here fast enough so I finally can have more stories from those last series'!!)
In Service is also the title I wish - more than any other book I've read so far - had a second book.
Maybe some sort of follow-up on how
Bottom line? Please, please Mima: In Service: Book 2?!?!
In Service is also the title I wish - more than any other book I've read so far - had a second book.
Maybe some sort of follow-up on how
Bottom line? Please, please Mima: In Service: Book 2?!?!
December 29, 2014
Pure erotica, full of sex, but a story where the sex is the plot, not a distraction. Malla is a Server on a mission to find her new team. Servers are trained to serve the Luo and transfer energy to them during sex. It's the only way the Luo can receive energy. The Luo are in a battle against huge bugs and for some reason the four man team made up of Shon, Vel, Grady, and Kor have been hit particularly hard and their requests for more servers have gone unanswered.
Malla serves and the men take. It's incredibly hot but doesn't take away from the conspiracy the team is fighting against and certainly doesn't stop the team from making mistakes, mistakes that change Malla and the team for good.
Kept my attention from the start and explained well how Malla could serve as many men as she did, even all of them at once.
Malla serves and the men take. It's incredibly hot but doesn't take away from the conspiracy the team is fighting against and certainly doesn't stop the team from making mistakes, mistakes that change Malla and the team for good.
Kept my attention from the start and explained well how Malla could serve as many men as she did, even all of them at once.
February 14, 2013
Pretty entertaining. Four Luo troops that depend on human energy to keep them alive + one well-trained caring horny Elite "server" (said human that provides energy by unleashing it through orgasm) = a lotta hot sex. Not a bad plot at all, and this alien world was explained very well with all the concepts, definitions, and reasoning behind why things were done a certain way. The orgy scene at the end...well, I had no idea that five people could have sex together at the same time but these people made it happen and the author explained it well so you could keep track of where everyone was. Quite an emotionally bonding moment, so to speak. Decent read and kept my attention. I wish that there was more relationship development, but for the length of the book, it would have been hard to do.
May 4, 2016
I was needing a book for a challenge and this had been on my recommended book list for a while. Once, you accept that this book is stocked full of sex. A lot of hot, menage sex. Yeah, the book was very steamy and I actually could not put it down. There was an actual story line as well. I usually cannot read a book with m/m elements but I was able to put that aside and enjoy the story. If you are looking for a good, hot steamy read give this a shot.
November 28, 2009
I actually really enjoyed the menage in this far more than I usually do menages, and especially had a soft spot for Shon. However, the lack of attention paid to fully exploring the political aspect of the plot, as well as the ending that jumps forward and leaves a lot of the emotional development happening off the page, lowered my overall enjoyment of this.
March 16, 2015
This got 4 stars, simply because of the ending. I felt many things were left unresolved, and I love novels that (unrealistically, of course) heal the scarred heroes scars. XD They were really only starting to heal in the sequel, so... not quite.
This book was hot. Confident girl having sex with great guys. Each of the guys had different personalities. The action wasn't overwhelming.
This book was hot. Confident girl having sex with great guys. Each of the guys had different personalities. The action wasn't overwhelming.
December 13, 2011
Mima is one of the best at building worlds, stories and the characters to inhabit those worlds and stories. She excels at drawing the reader in from the beginning. In Service is very sexy and hot and totally ncessary to the story. Highly recommended!
June 24, 2013
Wasn't sure about this book before I started it. There was the danger that the heroine could be needy and pathetic. She was much stronger than I thought she would be. I enjoyed this book and will be reading other by this author.
March 30, 2009
Fighting a horde of bugs and lots of sex.
October 11, 2011
Le happy sigh. Sometimes you have to wade thru the subpar erotic scifi menage stories to discover wonderful gems like In Service by Mima.
October 1, 2012
Ok so the underlying plot is totally crazy - a race that need constant sex energy from a 'server' in order to function ... But it is outrageously filthy and not bad written at all.
October 11, 2016
reread - much better the second time, good enough that I'd read another by this author
could have been sexy but too much distance...kind of existential
could have been sexy but too much distance...kind of existential
March 17, 2013
I'm absolutely in love with this book. Gave it ★★★★★!
When you mix sex with war...awww you get the most dramatic combination!
When you mix sex with war...awww you get the most dramatic combination!
February 16, 2013
I liked it...thought the story was interesting and the sex was pretty hot too! I'd actually give it a 3.5 rating if I could.
October 25, 2013
couldn't put it down. wish it was a little more in-depth & had a bit more explanation but other than that two thumbs up!
September 9, 2016
It was good. Decent action, strong heroine. A little heartbreak but HEA at the end.
Recommend.
Recommend.
April 2, 2016
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
March 23, 2014
Wow. Sci-fi erotica! I really liked this book. The author starts with an outlandish (heh, heh) premise and makes the best of it. Hard not to sympathize with the heroine and her mind processes.
August 4, 2014
Great read. Very fun idea
July 31, 2015
Yes, this is erotica, and therefore there is a lot of sex. But there is also a great storyline, dynamic characters and a great love story. Very enjoyable read.
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