This exciting trio of romance novellas has a science fiction theme and the three authors previously collaborated on another such collection. These stories follow on from stories in that collection 'Hotter on The Edge' but can be read separately.
GOLD LIKE THE SUN by Erin Kellison shows two cousins arguing over the lovely Earth girl whom one of them has married. They are not at all sure that it is right to bring her to a hub in deep space, where boredom and isolation has produced some exotic temptations. They don't understand that Pilar has been the target of assassination attempts and is capable of defending herself, and even though it's a corporate marriage, she finds her husband Hakan extremely attractive. This is a complex story of business and betrayal.
TO KEEP A WIFE by KC Klein shows a battle for a farmhouse. Inside the building, a woman named Lake has developed a secret formula to help healing and slow ageing. She knows her little family cannot hold off the attackers so she tells her husband Hudson - who is already injured - and young brother Vonn to hide in a secret compartment and when she has been captured, Hudson can come and search for her. Secretly all she wants is to stop him from being killed, and this is the only way. Lake's people are Rebels who don't want the men to be conscripted into the brutal Elder armies. Grudgingly she complies with Elder demands and waits, hoping against hope to be rescued.
PRINCE OF PASSION by Jessica Slade brings Icere to a water world, where he drinks and sails with the beautiful young people. Rynn, a queen and mother genetically adapted to her ocean, recognises Icere as one of the last of his race, the l'aurylo who were modified by use of crystals. She finds him incredibly alluring, but she's got a festival to run, shellfish to guard and the famous Malac liqueur to harvest, while he's got business on his mind, not pleasure. Stormy weather ahead.
This adult romance collection HOTTER ON THE EDGE 2 is definitely written for the reader who counts interstellar travel and bioshocking giant anemones among their interests. There are excerpts from books by these authors and details of their other works. It's good to see that love will thrive in the far future!
Continuing stories of interstellar and futuristic passion
begun in HOTTER ON THE EDGE...
Praise for HOTTER ON THE EDGE:
"An exceptional trio of sci-fi romance novellas" 4 1/2
starsโTop Pick from Night Owl Reviews
GOLD LIKE THE SUN
Erin Kellison
Itโs the wedding of the millennium! Princess Pilar Sol and
Hakan Frust are celebrating their union with sector fetes
full of celebrity and pomp. Theirs is an arranged marriage
to preserve the vital commerce of the Nyer Transit Hub, and
yet Pilar is madly, unreservedly, passionately in love. She
has all the excitement she has long dreamed ofโand a little
more than she bargained for when she discovers that Hakanโs
grasping family wants her dead.
Hakan has done everything in his power to save his
inheritanceโthe bustling but impoverished Hubโincluding
marrying a wealthy princess for her dowry. His heart isnโt
supposed to be part of the deal, but Pilar has all the
beauty and joy his life lacks. When Hakan runs afoul of his
uncleโs associatesโcriminal in nature, violent in
approachโhe refuses to risk Pilar, not for money, not even
for his life.
But Pilar is not so easily cast aside, and negotiations turn
into a gamble with the future of the sector in the balance.
Hakan is about to learn about the high stakes his bride will
hazard, as he now has far more to loseโand winโthan he ever
believed possible: a future brighter than gold.
TO KEEP A WIFE
KC Klein
In the shards of civilization ruined by a global war, Lake
has gotten the life she never dared dreamed ofโa safe haven,
and the love of a good man, her husband, Hudson Black Creek.
But Lakeโs hard-won happiness doesnโt last long when
powerful Elders lay siege on Black Creek Manor in
retaliation for a past defiance. As Lake watches everything
she loves go up in flames, she sacrifices herself for the
chance to keep Hudson and her brother alive. Syon, a
diabolic Elder with his own agenda, will push Lake to her
breaking point, forcing her to compromiseโheart and soulโ in
order to survive.
Hudson wakes from a head wound to find that his whole world
is reduced to ashes. With no memory of why heโs sacrificed
everything for a woman whose name is tattooed on his chest,
Hudson is determined to make his heart match the emptiness
of his mind, and wipe out everything except the hatred for
those who are to blameโthe Elders and the wife he sought to
protect.
As evil and fear spread across a war-torn land, Lake and
Hudson are tested like never before, and both will have to
forgive betrayals and risk greater heartbreak if they want a
chance at saving their livesโฆ and their love.
PRINCE OF PASSION
Jessa Slade
When mercenary raiders targeted the empathic crystals that
imbue the legendary lโauraly lovers with extraordinary
sensual prowess, Icere, the last male lโauralyo, helped
destroy the crystals. Rather than let the source of
uninhibited pleasure be corrupted into a mind-controlling
drug, he allowed his passionate destiny to remain forever
unfulfilled. Now, Icere channels his fury into revenge.
Tracking the raiders through the interstellar sheerways to a
watery world infamous for its aphrodisiac liqueur, he finds
a queenโas adrift and alone as heโforced for years into a
fate she never desired.
Saya-Rynn inherited duty, command and control from her cruel
grandfather and fought to transform her dangerous planet
into a paradise for her peopleโbut the price was literally a
poison that runs through her veins. Though she feels as
ancient as the seas, she finds herself awash in the hot male
potency of the young Icere. Still, she resists the chance
for indulgence she thinks has passed by her. But when the
raiders strike again, Rynn must embrace her troubled legacy,
and Icere will find his place as a lover and a fighter.
Together, the reluctant ruler and the deposed prince of
passion find common purpose, combating the mysterious entity
seeking to rule the sheerways, and claim a love as bright as
the infinite stars.
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