Crisis at Validor

Will they choose love? Or duty?

Newly-promoted Captain Brett Butcher is days away from taking command of a battle cruiser when a visit home throws him into the centre of a planetary crisis. The queen has been assassinated. Lady Tarlyn, his first love and a princess of Validor, is now a target.

As human and Ptorix tensions rise over disputed islands and the mysterious Bherzani, Brett and Tarlyn must navigate political treachery, old feelings, and the threat of civil conflict spreading beyond Validor.

Their connection still burns, but peace may demand more than courage. It may demand a choice between love and duty.

This book is for you if you love:

• Fast-paced space opera
• Mature protagonists with history and responsibility
• Political danger and alien cultures
• Duty-versus-desire tension
• Slow-burn rekindled love

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