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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Eloise Franklin discovers her friend and neighbor dead. The detectives sent to investigate don't seem to put much stock in a moll and a stripper. Eloise reminds Detective Ronan Turner molls have been legal for seventy-five years. Taking the detectives a drawing of a man she bumped into, Eloise hears Ronan make disparaging comments about her friend. She scolds him, reminding him justice should be for all people not just the rich. Family conflict, murder, terrorism mix and tangle to confuse and cloud the issues. Through it all, Eloise and Ronan discover a trust and love for each other. Ronan...

Franklin and Cara get closer as they work together to identify the founders of Castitate Colony. With the arrival of Adara's new recruits, Adara senses danger and the crew is thrown into a series of explosive events. On Adara and Decker's return from their honeymoon a baby pool has sprung up to see when they will announce the arrival of a baby. Owyn, clan member and newly hired fighter, takes offense at the crew betting on his clan leader. Decker's family arrives on the ship so Delilah, Decker's sister, can aid in the accounting side of the investigation. Adara's skills expand as she saves...