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Forbidden Desire by Robin Lovett
4.0

Bio-engineered ex-soldier Graven, hiding out and pretending to be aligned with the human rebels who've come to live on the Fellamana, is captivated by the new sex goddess Niva, chosen one of her people.

But a virgin who cannot feel physical touch and a human to boot would never be anything more than a patient for the healer, right?

For Niva, monogamy is against her very people's way of life, and humans are the way to temptation, or so her people think. But there's something about Graven's wounded aura that draws Niva in. She just wants to heal him and then go back to her work.

But magic vagina aside, Niva and Graven find they are perfectly suited in more ways than one. Both lonely in different ways, both carrying the weight of expectation and past harm.

A deliciously explored and fascinatingly created world. I love how Lovett plays with this subgenre, making it both intensely consensual while also amazing hot. Niva portrayal as a fat, beautiful goddess is satisfying to my heart and soul, and watching Graven give her pleasure and reveling in the giving was also wow. So good.

Love this series!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!