Well if this wasn’t a lovely backlist gem. I love this author’s two main series (Virgin Warriors of Kar’Kal and Deviant Warriors of Kar’Kal).

And this book was a similarly cute and swoony alien romance. Fated mates, secret identity, a no nonsense heroine, and a down bad alien hero.

Plus, it delivered on two very specific things my mood reader picker was looking for:
💛 a book where he just stares at her, constantly. Intense gazes for days
💛 a book where the black cat heroine and the prince in disguise bang (this is thanks to The Apothecary Diaries—seriously! are Maomao and Jinshi ever going to bang?!? I’m 14 volumes in 😆)

Crossing my fingers that this becomes its own series!