Ice Planet Honeymoon: Rukh & Harlow
Rukh and Harlow are starting over at the beach, away from everyone else. Newly mated, they’re just now realizing what a monumental task it is to create a home when you’ve got nothing but the leathers on your back. It’s even worse when you can’t talk to your mate.
Will misunderstandings ruin everything?
This story is an extended epilogue for readers who want a little more of their favorite couple. Don’t start here! Start at the beginning with their book, Ice Planet Barbarians #4, Barbarian Mine.
- Pages
- 46
- First published
- 2021
- Edition
- Ebook
Reviews
- Anonymous
Finished January 28, 2023
Okay, so, I actually really loved this. I liked the novella more than the actual novel 😭. Don’t get me wrong; the novel was good, but this novella was better. The more of this series I read, the more I love it entirely. I’d forgotten how funny the aliens interpretation of the human language is. I’ll read it, and then cackle. Rukh and Harlow are my third favorite couple right now in this series. I’ll even list the couples so far and my ranking. Overall, I give this one 5/5 stars, and I might read it again. 1. Liz and Raahosh 2. Kira and Aehako 3. Harlow and Rukh 4. Georgie and Vektal
Started January 27, 2023 · Finished January 28, 2023
Finished September 4, 2025
This story takes place a few days after they move to their sea cave, so the timeline is right before their main book has the year skip in the beginning part of book 4. It was nice to see the beginning of their relationship together after seeing them together for a year in their book. It's cute to see how they try to communicate with Rukh not knowing the language, and with only a few words she has taught him so far. His yearning for a happy future with her is palpable, and how he has been alone for so long and doesn't want to go back to that is heart wrenching at times. They are such a sweet and adorable couple. He acts as if every time I kiss him, it's a gift. And I feel like every time that I kiss him, I'm being given something special as well. So…Christmas. It makes me happy to touch him, to kiss his firm mouth, to give him pleasure. I think about all the years he grew up in the wild without anyone to talk to, much less anyone to kiss, and I'm happy that resonance paired us together. It doesn't matter that he scared me in the beginning. I saw the lonely, aching man beneath all the dirt and fell in love. "Har-loh mine." Fuck, when did he learn “mine” and do I even care? "Rukh mine," I tell him softly. I smile up at him, all dopey-eyed pleasure, and run my hand along his chest. This makes him happy, too. He gives me a fierce look, as if he likes the idea of me calling him mine. I cannot lose Har-loh like I lost my father. I cannot go back to having no one at all. Har-loh is everything to me. She showed me how to kiss, and how to put a kit inside her. She showed me how to wash. She smiles at me and she is teaching me words. I have never been so happy as I am now, with Har-loh at my side. It scares me, a little. I know of too many nights when I woke up and there was no one to talk to, no one to give me food when I was hungry. Too many times I was sad and alone, missing my father. I have never been so happy. Having Har-loh is…I do not know the words. I only know my heart is so full that sometimes it hurts in my chest.