Brotto reached out and touched my back, and I stiffened. His eyes were wide, searching mine. “You were tampering with sentience, weren’t you?” I said. “It’s never been measured in a machine. I didn’t think it was possible.”
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Abducted rancher Nat Rogers wants nothing to do with the Mercy’s chief engineer, Ensign Brotto—especially after their minds were temporarily linked for the most awkward ten minutes of her life. Unfortunately, the captain has other ideas when putting together a pair to rescue a group of stranded researchers on a nearby alien world. Nat and Brotto are the only ones suited to the task. Despite Nat’s efforts to play it cool, things go from bad to worse. The researchers have little faith in their rescuers, and when Brotto’s own cutting-edge innovations begin to backfire, they need to find a way to escape before it’s too late.
This is the third book in Sierra Storm's sweet-but-spicy alien romance series, The Space Marine Brides, following the adventures of a group of human women far from home and their dashing alien rescuers.