ER book review.
This is an interesting erotic/ romance/ sci-fi hybird novel.
The heroine, Claudia's car breaks down and she ends up meeting an alien who has a sort of pimp/ taxi driver/ trainer who takes her back to his home planet Kir on an alien spacecraft.
She is trained on the trip to become a kettul, which are effectively soldiers hookers in a brothels (shenda jiks) but it's not a low rank job in alien society.
She can play a special instrument that signifies she has alien ancestory. She is fated to rescue a prince that is held, sleeping beauty-like, in a casket after a previous, failed, coup.
Some alien politics, some alien animals, a decent fantasy romance.

This book is about an Earth girl who becomes a 'great lover' for an alien race on another planet. During her trip and after she lands, she finds out she is the "chosen one" to end a war between the aliens that took her and their warring co-inhabitants. Yet the story is much more than this. It combines music, love, sex, adventure, supernatural, romance and sci-fi. I enjoyed this book. The story line was something I've never read before. This is a def. R-rating book due to the graphic sexual scenes. Personally, I didn't care for some of these scenes and skimmed these parts of the story but the storyline was really good and kept me reading. If you like sci-fi and romance books then this one combines them both beautifully! I'd read the next book in this series :)

Received this book as a Librarything.com Member Giveaway. ( )

Claudia Bellows leads an ordinary life where her mother doesn't want her and not knowing who her father is either. She takes a last minute road trip only to have her car break down unexpectedly. She is picked up by a stranger who becomes an instant friend. Penelope knows there is something special about Claudia and is determined to help Claudia is it for herself. Claudia stuns everyone with her singing voice and Penelope asks her to sing at an impromtu party the next day. Penelope tells Claudia about a special friend named Glasjen who will be attending the party. Penelope asks Claudia if she believes in life on other planets to which Claudia replies yes she does. Glasjen asks Claudia to take a risk to discover a better life for herself. Claudia agrees albeit slowly to go with Glasjen to his planet Kir. Glasjen gives Claudia a new name to go with her new life ~ Srae. Jakyael, Glasjen's Prime Minister of Defense, tells Srae not to be fooled by Glasjen's idiyilic Kir. Srae trusts and believes in what Jakyael tells her especially that she is his niece. Jakyael gives Srae KaMala to play. Srae dreams of her prince but as yet does not know his name. Her prince's name is Mendon and together they are suppose to stop an upcoming war. Mendon's name and honor need to be restored. How is Srae suppose to stop upcoming war? Will she ever meet her prince? Can Mendon regain his name and honor? Will the war be stopped? Your answers await you in Srae Iss-Ka-Mala. ( )

Srae Iss-Ka-Mala: Book 1 of the Iss-Ka-Mala Chronicles (Volume 1) (edition 2012) by Chaeya.
I received this book through LibraryThing and it is a E-book copy. It would be 505 pages long.
The main character is an earth woman Claudia Bellows AKA "Srae Iss-Ka-Mala". She goes to the planet Kir and is part of a prophecy about ending the war. Jakyael Iss-Ka-Mala is a person we see behind the scenes and he gives Srae a KaMala – a harp-like instrument created by the lower gods of Kir. The instrument can only be played by those possessing the sacred bloodline, meaning they must be a direct descendant of one of the lower gods. Mendon Pelaea Yoaden has been in her dreams since she was a small child, she sees him in a glass coffin, like Sleeping Beauty. Can to people from such different back grounds work together and make the prophecy come to pass. Please note that there are instances of strong language and some graphic sex. ( )