I like sci-fi romance with lots of action-adventure so this book was right up my alley. The science aspect of the start-up company owned by the heroine was interesting and plausible. The characters were engaging. The focus was on the action-adventure rather than character development (hard to te...
“We’re clamped down, and the airlock tube is attached.” The moon’s gravity was negligible but enough to affect maneuvering, and she had found the docking task difficult. It hadn’t helped that Thatcher had watched her every move. He was probably already preparing a quiz on docking maneuvers to giv...
He was in a dark, cold place, the side of his head numb from lying on an icy floor. He couldn’t guess where he was, not in the pitch-blackness, and it took him a moment to remember what he had been doing when he was knocked out. Then the memories came back with a lurch, his suit suddenly not coop...
He had appointed himself first watch, letting Tick, Hazel, and Ankari’s group find rooms where they could dry off and get some rest. He had set sensors and cameras that were linked to his tablet on the walls and near the doors, so he would know if anyone approached the temple—or tried to leave. T...
Her best guess was that they were above what had once been Kingston, but the less populated side of Puget Sound—Puget Sea—hadn’t been a home for skyscrapers and towering monuments, and with the shoreline so changed, she had trouble identifying anything for certain. Only the Olympic Mountains, ris...
After the meeting with the captain, he had thought of working off his lust with his hand, as Hazel had more or less suggested, but the last time he had seen Jamie, she’d had blood smearing her face and a torn shirt. That was the image that filled his mind when he thought of her, and it made him w...
She had been reading through files in the computer Tick had directed her to for at least an hour. Her upper back ached, right along with her neck. The hard cave floor lacked the cushioned ergonomic mat she stood on when she worked in her lab on the shuttle or on the ship. In addition, she was alr...