Abducting Abby by S E Smith

Abducting Abby is the first book in the Dragon Lords of Valdier series.  A strong, independent woman lives alone on a remote mountain, resistant to the charms of the local sheriff.  Suddenly, she comes across an injured man on the mountain and tends to him as he returns to health.  The man, however, is an alien and falls in love with his nurse, whom he calls his true mate.  Despite a language barrier, she starts to have feelings for him, even while knowing he is soon to return home.

The blurb says:

The beginning of an epic saga! Discover new worlds, clashes of cultures, schemes of power, revenge, rescues, and above all, hope….

Abby Tanner was content to live on her mountain creating works of art and enjoying the peace and quiet until a golden space ship crash lands with the King of the Valdier inside, desperately hurt.

Zoran Reykill knew he had to find a safe place to heal after he escapes from a Curizan military post. When his symbiosis Mothership takes him to an unknown planet he finds more than he expects – he finds his true mate. The only problems are Abby doesn’t understand a thing he says and the local sheriff wants her, too.

Clearly, this book is a mix of fantasy, sci fi, and romance.  There are explicit sex scenes, so not suitable for teens.  They are also very male-dominant, so not entirely realistic (as if the rest of the book is...).

I read this book in a day because I couldn't put it down. I liked the writing and it was very easy to read. You do have to suspend some disbelief, as you do for many books in this genre, but the story is gripping and action-packed, not just a soppy romance - the alien who crash landed, was being tortured on a different planet due to being a King, and is still being hunted.

This is the first of 11 books in the series, and I have added the next one to my wishlist.  I would like the subsequent books to be focusing on the alien war, the kingdom, the battles etc, however judging by the book titles, they will be focusing on the romance/sex side of things, so though it is now on my wishlist, it won't be one of the first books I buy (when I start buying books again).