A nice butt and a gun - the first two things Dee Jones noticed about the tall sexy man in front of her - Nick Carson, ex-Navy Seal turned private detective. Their pleasant encounter is interrupted by a bank robbery. After the robbery, Nick invites Dee to lunch and they enjoy a first date of target shooting and passion. He can't resister her puzzling combination of hurt child and strong, sexy, independent woman. He is convinced patience and his skills as a private detective will gain him access to her heart and her secrets. Dee struggles with Nick's large and often interfering family who are...

A nice butt and a gun - the first two things Dee Jones noticed about the tall sexy man in front of her - Nick Carson, ex-Navy Seal turned private detective. Their pleasant encounter is interrupted by a bank robbery. After the robbery, Nick invites Dee to lunch and they enjoy a first date of target shooting and passion. He can't resister her puzzling combination of hurt child and strong, sexy, independent woman. He is convinced patience and his skills as a private detective will gain him access to her heart and her secrets. Dee struggles with Nick's large and often interfering family who are...

Decker and Adara face her new role as clan leader while struggling with new threats from the Barions. The Fletnon calls for help and the crew of the Pritchard is forced to rescue the Barions who nearly killed Adara. The Wayfarer clans give the Cloch clan - Adara's clan - three long haul ships as reparation for the damage the Dotean clan did to the Cloch clan. Adara is inundated with requests to join her clan but she's not even sure how to induct people into her clan. A trip to the Etiennes for a solstice celebration solidifies Decker's commitment to Adara. He looks for a way to express it....

Decker and Adara return from time on Command Space Station collecting new members of the crew. Their new sectors await their arrival. Adara is called to negotiate a settlement between two groups - Wayfarers and shopkeepers - on a space station. Avin gets a murder case that is both baffling and odd. Adara reminds him that Etienne society is much more polite than human society. She aids him in one murder investigation which leads to another migraine. Adara's continued health issues have Decker trying to control her decisions. She has to negotiate with him to get him to treat her like an equal....

With the wedding only 106 days off, the men in Adara's life decide to send her family ships to the Hettians known location. Adara fixes a flawed plan to send them off. She negotiates property and payment for the risk her clan must take. While checking in on the shop keepers on Space Station Zed, Adara discovers Devoe is moving to Castitate colony - a human's only colony. After training the pilots on the Galway, Adara returns to assist in rescuing a mother and daughter from a stranded mini scout. The mother has been raped and beaten. They are from the Castitate colony. This prompts Franklin to...

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With nearly four months in their new ship, the Phoenix and her crew are getting up to speed with their new contract. Adara is showing with her pregnancy. Decker is a nervous wreck, concerned she's over taxing her energy while she's pregnant. Conflict between them arises when he tries to stop her from flying too much. Safeguards from the Hettians are put in place but during the process, Adara's transport is damaged while she's in the toxic gaseous cloud. It takes her expert flying skills to get them out of the cloud and back to the Phoenix. Jolen and Wade become entangled but have a falling...

Racial tension has destroyed the relationship between the Draconians and the humans, leaving thousands of mixed breeds disenfranchised. Prejudice and suspicion mar the joining of Dewi Bradon, half and half, and Lord Lachlan Camdon until they learn to look passed their race and trust in each other. As they begin to trust, changes ripple through society and expose rampant corruption and crime. Daughter of Hugh Bradon a human who caused the Draconian people embarrassment in the interstellar arena, Dewi Bradon lives in the squatters' camps to hide from her family and the Draconians. Half human...