Vork

Evie wants nothing to do with marriage after her last relationship, so applying to the Extraterrestrial Matchmaking Service is a dare she never expects to actually follow through on — until she's matched with Vork, a seven-foot, green-scaled alien commander who hits every button she has. Vork intends to father a child with his assigned human mate and return to his fleet duties without complication, but the moment he touches Evie, a matebond flares to life on his palm and rewrites everything he thought he wanted. When a rival warlord challenges him for the right to claim her, Vork must decide whether to give Evie up or fight to the death to keep her.

Ava Ross opens the Mail-Order Brides of Crakair series with a high-heat alien romance built on an instant, undeniable matebond.