Varhaiset kirja-arvostelijatJess K. Hardy

A clandestine marriage? Easy. Not falling for the princess before she jumps across the wormhole and leaves him forever? Impossible.

Rax Varon, head of security on the interstellar pleasure cruise the Ignisar, loathes the Royals of his home planet, especially House Lysero, the palace lording over his home city. The last thing he expects returning from a visit to his mother is the insufferable only princess of House Lysero hitching a ride on his shuttle.

Kateri Lysero is desperate to escape her arranged marriage into powerful and dangerous House Hasantis. Running from her pristine public image, her abusive uncle, and her distant mother, she stows away on the first deep-space shuttle she can find, hoping to vanish among the stars. She never dreamed her survival would hinge on convincing the grumpy green brute piloting the shuttle to hide her away on his infamous sex cruise.

Reluctantly playing bodyguard, Rax helps Kateri hide in plain sight while also keeping her out of trouble. But when trouble finds her, he knows the only way to keep her safe is to teach her to defend herself. When a mysterious Royal arrives on his ship, he learns there’s a better way to protect her. He has to marry her.

Join Rax and Kateri on a wild, emotional ride through the stars where bodyguard-infused enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience/protection, and steamy training montages never felt so good.

A million stars, two hearts, only one cave.After half-human bionic Elanie installs her LunaCorp hormone upgrade, tumultuous emotions and her changing body complicate her life aboard the Ignisar. Seeking answers, she's thrown into the path of the ship's handsome but curt physician, Sem, an empath from the ocean planet Portis.Knowing empaths typically can't tolerate being around bionics since AI emotions are unreadable, Sem is wary of his ability to treat Elanie effectively. Yet he finds himself undeniably drawn to her, bungling their appointments and making a fool of himself every time he sees her. Remaining professional in the face of a massively inappropriate crush becomes next to impossible.When a mysterious voice hacks Elanie's programming, forcing her to hijack an escape pod and jump through space, Sem follows her to the edges of the Known Universe. Stranded on an uncharted planet together, they must fight to survive deadly blizzards, arctic ice caves, and a powerful secret cult. Navigating their growing feelings for each other might prove to be an even greater challenge than escaping back to the Ignisar.

With the fun of an off-ship Star Trek episode, the intrigue of The Murderbot Diaries, and the heat of Ice Planet Barbarians, I, Bionic is sure to please lovers of both sci-fi and romance!

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On this deep space pleasure cruise, love is in the recycled air. Sunastara Jeka is passionate about two things: meeting the needs of the varied species who holiday aboard her interstellar pleasure cruise during the day, and avoiding attachments when the occasional guest meets her needs at night. Sunny’s life is simple, straightforward, and safe, until the single most worlds-shattering one-night stand she’s ever had becomes her newest crewmember. Freddie has never forgotten that night with Sunny. He’s ecstatic to see her again, until she tells him she never dates her coworkers. Determined not to lose this confident, sexy, hysterical woman again, Freddie bides his time, pursuing a purely professional relationship with Sunny when they’re on the clock, while he slowly charms her senseless after hours. As Sunny breaks her own rules about workplace romance, her tragic past and a heartbreaking betrayal thrust her orderly life into chaos. When a hostile species holidays aboard the ship, endangering VIP guests and possibly the known universe, Sunny and Freddie must decide; let the gravity of their pasts keep them apart, or risk it all for love and fight for their future together.