Choosing Theo: The Clecanian Series: Book 1

Being kidnapped by aliens is only the start of Jade's problems.

Thankfully, her rescuers, an alien race known as the Clecanians, are willing to protect her, but she has to stay on their planet for one year and respect the rules of their culture-including choosing a husband. Jade refuses at first but decides to play along until she can find a way back to Earth.

Theo, a scarred mercenary who prefers a life of solitude, is stunned when Jade selects him as her husband. After years of being passed over, he never imagined he would be chosen and neither did anyone else. Only one explanation makes sense...the curvy enticing female must be a spy, and Theo's determined to break her cover using any means necessary.

As Jade and Theo are forced to spend time together, their chemistry becomes undeniable. But neither can afford to bring love into the equation, especially since Jade seems determined to go home. After all, she can't possibly stay here, right?

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Published Mar 22, 2023

367 pages

Average rating: 7.81

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jselahr

Mar 31, 2026

7/10 stars

Choosing Theo is a textbook example of don’t judge a book by its (non-discreet) cover, or its summary for that matter. Although both of those aforementioned things were poorly executed, I ended up liking the story way more than I was expecting to. The author could’ve easily avoided world building for the sake of rushing to the 🔥 content, but instead she took a lot of time to set the scene of the alien environment and I was invested all the way. Jade was capable and not too helpless, and Theo was dominating and powerful, but not to a point where he wasn’t likeable. This book piqued my interest to the others in the series (although it can be read as a stand alone). So overall, though I would never picked it up on my own, I’m glad my book club chose it and I gave it a chance.

Chloë

Feb 19, 2026

2/10 stars

DNF @ 87% and I can’t believe I even made it that far, though I mostly skimmed through it. The writing was really weak and preachy, the characters were not likeable, and the plot was completely obvious.

lars00

Nov 02, 2024

9/10 stars

this entire series is incredible, give it a chance!

KaraP

May 18, 2024

8/10 stars

A romance between a kidnapped earth woman and an alien. Has “naughty” bits but a fabulously fun story

Jessa1018

Dec 27, 2023

6/10 stars

Please do not look to my reviews to be anything deeper than toilet water. I just wanna know if it’s a hot read and the characters are believable enough for me to have a dream about it but I’m not running into the guy at the bar.