Stolen Chances

When Burn Sundell fled her home planet to escape an arranged marriage, she swore she’d never return. Ten years later, the former soldier is in a race against time to save her thirteen-year-old niece from the same fate. She loathes the thought of going back home – but hates the unscheduled detour to answer a distress call even more.

Stranded in deep space in a disabled escape pod, scientist Carter Langley is barely alive when Fortuna’s crew rescues him. He’s eager to return to civilization to stop his former best friend’s destructive experiment and get justice for his own attempted murder.

Before that can happen, there’s a wedding to stop. Carter is enlisted to play Burn’s fake husband and finds himself falling fast and hard for his pretend wife. Is it only proximity or can their bond survive the dangers that await them and the secrets that someone would kill to hide?

Content warning: Contains scenes of religious trauma from a made-up religion