title: Damaged Goods
author: Marks, Rena
description: Monsters exist in perfect worlds, too. Iota Nine. A floating city created for the elite—the upper crust of the Earth survivors after the world wars. In this wonderful, dream-like land there's a lot to live up to, especially when your father is a genetic scientist. But what if there's always been a dark secret in the family?Kieran:  He feels the pull the first time he sees her but there's no way she'll feel the same. She's graceful, a princess of the highest class. She's never been tainted by the ugliness that created Xeno Sapiens. But she also has never seen their species and the first word she utters before passing out is monsters. What will she think if she sees him, a monster caught between two worlds, his and hers?He has no chance to find out when she's given to another.Alannah:  She never knew another species existed in the world. Her elegant world consisted of neutrality; a place where everyone looked the same. Except for her, but that was Alannah's horrid secret—something never to be referred to out loud. It was a price anyone would pay—a lack of childhood, sickly health, constant pain. And another secret.How can he want her when she's damaged goods?* The story behind the series: When futuristic Earth finds alien DNA and creates a new species of hybrids in hidden labs, Dr. Robyn Saraven helps the creatures escape. She uses her connections to establish their own city on Earth-Ground where they can learn, grow, and avoid the corruption and greed that created them. *Other books in the Genetically Altered Humans Series:Book 1—Xeno SapiensBook 2—Earth-GroundBook 3—SirenBook 4—Beast's BeautyBook 5—Almost HumanBook 6—Forbidden TouchesBook 7—Coveting AvaBook 8—For EverlyBook 9—Assassin's MateBook 10—SextetBook 11—Tempting TempestBook 12—Falling For TranceBook 13—Damaged GoodsBook 14—Alien's BrideBook 15— Dual LivesBook 16— Reson's LessonBook 17— A Mate For Max