He gambled and won something
more valuable than money. He won love.
It started off as a little R&R on a
backwater planet. All Ruce Haulk wanted was a place where he could
breathe some fresh air, have a stiff drink, and perhaps while away a few
hours at a game of chance. He should have known better. Before he's
aware, he's embroiled in the middle of a flesh-peddling scheme, and the
woman he "wins" is someone he never expected to find.
The moment
Remi Clysonne saw the stranger take on Yarnell and his men
single-handedly, she knew he was her only chance at escaping. She
doesn't blame him when he doubts her claim that she's there to bring
Yarnell to justice. What's more, she suspects there may be another
reason why he's reluctant to offer aid.
What should have been a
brief layover quickly becomes an all-out struggle for survival as Haulk
and Remi battle their way out of an increasingly tangled mess. But the
secrets they're keeping from each other may tear them apart before they
manage to get away from this world and to safety.
Warning!
Contains a clothes swap, levitating locomotives, watery soup, a pretty
silver star, thousand-degree heat, attack dirigibles, and two people
totally unprepared for whatever the future might hold for them. |