The Banished King — Carolyn Faulkner

Alone in the relentlessly rural frozen tundra of backwoods Maine, Fiona Miles sees what she thinks is a falling star in the sky as she stands outside in the frigid temperatures waiting for her dog to answer the call of nature.

But falling stars don't land with an Earth shattering boom and the cry of someone who sounded mortally wounded.

Her curiosity - and altruism - get the better of her and the results of her investigation into the incident ends up lying like a huge lump in her bed - but that's not where he stays, unfortunately.

Warrior-king in exile Ozric of Kazriel proceeds, over a very short period of time, to invade and conquer her mind, her body, her soul - her very dreams with his wandering lips, his strange abilities and paddle-like hands that don't hesitate to stir ecstasy as well as agony within her as he brings her on a journey that results in an unexpected fate on a faraway world.