The first novel in Maria Perez’s space opera series really lives up to its billing as a steamy romance. Our heroine Mina is kidnapped from Earth because, unbeknownst to her, she has alien DNA that gives her telekinetic abilities. Taken to a faraway galaxy and trained against her will for war, Mina discovers 
that part of this alien DNA she never asked for is a powerful attraction to anyone else who has the genes. The end result is a soap opera tangle of men who cannot resist Mina’s charms, set against the backdrop of a rebellion against the evil Lostai empire.
I’m not usually a reader of the steamier end of the romance spectrum, and this got a bit wordy and slow at times. But I enjoyed the elaborate world building and the galactic war elements, and things got really suspenseful at the end. Readers of romance, especially those who like the racier side of the genre, should hurry up and get your copy of The Curse of Sotkari Ta