When She’s Wary by Ruby Dixon

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Being stolen from Earth has taught me that there’s nothing in this universe to be trusted. Not people, not promises. So I make sure that I’m prepared for the worst at all times. I fill my homestead with pit traps. I make weapons for fun. I avoid my friendly neighbors.

And I never leave my house if I can help it.

So when I find a deathly-ill cat alien on my living room floor, I do what any sensible human woman would do. I put a stun-stick to his jock and demand answers.

He should be scared. Terrified. So why is this idiot flirting with me?

This novella features a skittish weapon-loving heroine, a hero who loves her just as she is, and vibes. Just vibes. Enjoy!

When She’s Wary

Catman!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚🖤❤️💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😭☺️😊🙃
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Tabitha – she was abducted from Earth by aliens and spent years as slave. She now has a homestead on Risda 3, where she lives alone and keeps away from others. She lived for years in misery as a slave and has a huge fear of any alien male, so she keeps to her farm as much as possible.

The Hero: Jrrru – he is a Praxian, which is a humanoid race that is cat-like in many ways. He works on Risda 3 and is currently staying with his brother and his brother’s human wife, who is a farmer. One day, his brother and sister-in-law decide to try Noli flower, which is an aphrodisiac to Praxians. When Jrrru gets too close to the house, he can smell the Noli and starts suffering the effects of it, though luckily, he has null root that is supposed neutralize the effects of different poisons.

The story: Jrrru eats two of the roots, which taste awful and make his stomach upset, but doesn’t have any effect on his manhood. He decides to walk to the neighbor’s place to see if he can take care of it the natural way. Though when he gets to Tabitha’s house, he collapses on her doorstep, after throwing up in her bushes. Tabitha, is fearful, but the goodness in her overrides her apprehension and she helps him.

I like this series quite a bit, though I don’t much like the Praxians. I like the blue aliens because aside from their huge size, their horns, tails and skin color, they look very much like humans. Praxians, on the other hand, have fur, pointed ears like a cats, a split lip like a cat, a flat pink nose, and eyes like a cat. Even though they are tall and muscular, they are just a bit too animalistic for my tastes. So, I picture them being a bit more human looking.

This audiobook was narrated in dual points of view via dual narration. Mason Lloyd and Jillian Macie narrated it. I like both narrators quite a bit. They have done many of Ruby Dixon’s books in the past and are perfect for this series. Mason has a deep voice, and he speaks in a slightly stilted way that I really like for the alien men, kind makes them sound like they are not used to to talking a lot or not used to the language. I don’t quite know why, but it works for me. Jillian also has a great voice and always sounds very natural.

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