The King of Nest Seventeen: A Monster Romance

Dr. Penelope Morgan was sent to Orpheon-9 to investigate an infestation.What she finds beneath the mining colony is a kingdom.Hidden deep inside the hollow asteroid lives the Vraeth-an intelligent arachnid species humanity has been stealing from for decades. At their center is Khar'Zeth, the enormous king of Nest Seventeen: six eyes, four arms, venomous fangs, armored skin...and a very strange understanding of human courtship.His first gift is a priceless crystal.His second is the corpse of something that tried to eat her.Then Penelope mentions flowers, and he steals an entire rose bush.Khar'Zeth has watched humans from the darkness for years, but Penelope is the first one who listened when his people spoke.Unfortunately, the company that hired her already knows the truth.Nest Seventeen sits above one of the richest Virellium deposits ever discovered, and recognizing the Vraeth as intelligent would mean giving up billions. So while Penelope uncovers the lies buried beneath Orpheon, the corporation prepares to erase an entire civilization-and Khar'Zeth prepares for war.Caught between the species she was born into and the king who has chosen her, Penelope must decide exactly where she belongs.Because humanity calls the Vraeth an infestation.Khar'Zeth calls humanity trespassers.And if they come for his kingdom again, the King of Nest Seventeen intends to remind them whose home they invaded.The King of Nest Seventeen is a dark, immersive sci-fi monster romance featuring a seriously nonhuman alien hero, strange courtship rituals, an underground hive kingdom, first contact, corporate warfare, protective monster energy, and a hard-won HEA.