The past has returned
Doljen opened his eyes the next morning reluctantly. He feared the day before had been only a dream.
She was there. In his bed, naked, asleep, snuggled in his arms. Bernadette. A true miracle. He could hardly believe it, but there she was.
She wore a slight smile as she slept, a balm to his soul. How many times had he replayed their goodbye in his thoughts? Her standing before him, her expression set. Eyes glassy with tears she refused to let spill. Seeking refuge in that stubborn strength of hers, though her heart was breaking in concert with his. He’d been in agony, but he’d been proud of her too. She’d reclaimed the person she’d left behind, unafraid to face an uncertain future. She’d told him he’d woken her, but it had been all her. The power of her personality had awed him. He’d wished he had half her grit.
He wished for it even more so now. Tumsa and Halmiko were near, and they knew where to find him.
He was relieved they were alive and well. They’d haunted his dreams and thoughts as often as Bernadette. However, he could never go back to his clan. It was impossible. He’d done too much damage, had destroyed any hope of regaining their trust.
Some dreams weren’t meant to be. Looking at Bernadette, however, Doljen prayed at least one might come true.
She searched for the man she couldn’t forget and found a shattered clan she couldn’t resist.
Captain Bernadette Miller was a nun on the moon Europa, hiding from a painful past. Now she hunts the galaxy for the Kalquorian who made her stop running from herself. When she gets a lead on his clanmates, she thinks her search is finally over. What she finds, however, is a clan devastated by broken promises.
Nobek Halmiko was once a star kurble player. Now he wanders space aimlessly, picking up jobs where he can find them, trying to forget the clanmates he let down. When Bernadette shows up asking questions about his missing Imdiko, he has nothing to say. But some women get in a man’s head. Some women don’t take no for an answer.
Dramok Tumsa had it all: a career he loved, the perfect clan, a troubled but talented brother he’d do anything for. Tragedy on the kurble field destroyed it all. Now his estranged Nobek is back, with a beautiful, hardnosed Earther captain who offers him an opportunity to make amends. Can he piece his clan together again? Does he deserve the chance?
Imdiko Doljen is wracked by guilt. He’s hidden from those he let down…including a woman he couldn’t keep. When she shows up in the company of his clanmates, old hurts ignite anew. It doesn’t matter what he wants; he can’t fix the mistakes he made.
The only path to regaining the love Bernadette lost means
healing this shattered clan. Is she ready to commit to three men instead of the
one she came for? When disaster strikes, she has to call on all the strength
she possesses to stop them from falling apart for good.
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