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Borgaz is the first book in Honey Phillips new series How the Aliens Won Us, which is a spin off series from the author's previous series Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers. This series is set on an Earth where Aliens and humans are beginning to coexist (and have kids) together after a devastating war was over. You don't need prior knowledge of the first series, but I really enjoyed that one and so was happy to see more alien warriors find their happiness.

As you can probably get from names of both series (i.e. a play on the movies Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and How the West Was Won), while there is modern technology, their is a quaint feeling from the farm/rural/regional setting. It's a heartwarming premise, alien warriors, who have physical and mental injuries after their time in war, are taking over local farms near the town of Wainwright. They are completely peaceful because they are seeking their own and the leader of each platoon believes this kind of rewarding work will help their team mates.

In this book we meet Mary, a human woman whose parents had sold their farm to move to the city so that Mary could have more education and opportunities at the spaceport city. Unfortunately, the human that brought their farm let it become run down. Now with her parents gone and not prospects in the city, Mary takes the opportunity to go back to her family's farm.

That is where she meets Borgaz. One of the aliens who have purchased and taken over the farms. Borgaz suffers from PTSD nightmares and because of that he doesn't believe that he is good enough to be any woman's mate. Yet, when he realises that stubborn Mary needs help because the house is unlivable, Borgaz cannot help but to help her.

Mary and Borgaz have an instant connection, despite both being stubborn about their attraction for different reasons, they developed a strong bond. They both have so much strength and resilience, so I enjoyed seeing as their connection deepened and went from acquaintances, to friends to lovers.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.