When Maria wins the lottery it earns her a one way ticket out of a decimated planet earth and towards a new home But when a freak accident in space has her crash landing on a different planet she never expects to be saved from the rubble by an alien merman Or to be claimed as his mate This novella used to be a part of the Wolves Warriors Anthology Her Alien MermanAleera Anaya Ceres is the International Bestselling author of several series including the Origins of the Six series and the Daughter of Triton series Like most introverts Aleera prefers to curl up with a good book listen to music paint read tarot cards and snack on the tears and heartbreak of her readers. This was the standard crash land on an alien planet after venturing from Earth to find a new place to live Maria has lived a hard life as the earth s resources are decimated and the rich leave She lost her mother and abuela grandmother and hopes she can make a better life away from Earth but an accident causes her ship to crash into the ocean planet of the Y rren and be saved by her fated mate half mermaid like creature Khinan They aren t mermaids but have scales legs and live in domes beneath the ocean This was a quick read and feels like it could expand into books as there has never been an human y rran pairing before and the Y rren culture was interesting Maria was very accepting of her role as Khinan s Ma lakki and adapts to life with his people while Khinan is very sweet: A proud Mexican American from the state of Kansas Aleera currently resides in Tlaxcala Mexico with her husband and children.Tropes Fated mates ebook 3.5 ebook