In the years since the rich and powerful abandoned their planet, society on Earth has all but disintegrated. But there is one thing that those who left Earth behind still need from their old home, and in return for sustenance and protection the remaining humans of Earth have offered their women as mates to those who wish to claim them. Despite her best efforts to avoid her fateβefforts which only earn her a hard, bare-bottom spankingβwhen the time for her inspection arrives eighteen-year-old Gretchen soon finds herself stripped naked for a humiliating, intimate examination in front of an audience intent on evaluating her as a potential mate. Martin Lourcy was attracted to Gretchen from the moment he set eyes on the beautiful young woman, but it is her bodyβs helpless arousal during her examination which convinces him that he must have her. But Martin wants Gretchen not only as his mate, but as his something more, something his society no longer allows a man to have. He wants her as his wife. After buying the right to take Gretchen home with him, Martin marries her in secret, but soon he is faced with an unexpected dilemma. Though he is wildly in love with his new bride, his position affords him the power to use her in any way he desires and his lust for her pushes him to dominate her ever more harshly. Yet when he strives to treat her gently, she rebels, and he is forced to wonder if everything his society taught him was wrong. Could Gretchen truly not only want, but need her husband to master her and take her as hard and as often as he sees fit? Publisherβs Note: Buying His Mate is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, elements of medical play, elements of BDSM, exhibitionism, and more. If such material offends you, please donβt buy this book.