Science Fiction Romance
From Goodreads:
When
Jamie Flipkens signed on as a pilot and engineer for a small medical research
company, she never expected to end up on a mercenary ship full of hulking
soldiers who want to make her their latest conquest. The captain has been good
to her--it doesn't hurt that he's her boss's new beau--but she's on the verge
of quitting when a strange man shows up at her shuttle door.
Sergei
Zharkov claims to be an old friend of the captain's. He neglects to mention
that he's also an assassin, a dangerous man who even the hardened mercenaries
avoid. Jamie should avoid him, too, but she's drawn to the charm that sometimes
escapes from beneath his grim facade. She finds herself wanting to give him a
reason to smile--and maybe a little more than that.
The problem? There's a fresh bounty
on the captain's head, and it's possible Sergei is there to collect it.
Jamie Flipkens is one of the
original characters featured in Mercenary Instincts. She is a great pilot and engineer but is uncomfortable
around men and as part of the Mandrake Company there are a lot of men around.
I loved the beginning of The
Assassin’s Salvation. Jamie is
outside of the pink shuttle (yes, it is pink! Read Mercenary Instincts to see why.) when Sergei Zharkov shows
up. The pink shuttle is not what
he expected as his ride up to the ship.
Neither is Jamie. What
Jamie loves is how Sergei treats her from the beginning. There is none of the lust and suggestive behavior she has
been getting from the other mercenaries on the ship. That is the beginning of their relationship.
Sergei has to prove that he is the
Captains friend and that leads both he and Jamie into danger. The romance takes time to develop and
is wrapped into the story line as the two work together.
Like the previous two books The
Assassin’s Salvation is a well written SFR story with interesting world
building and character development. The story line does build on things that happened in the two previous books but it can stand along. Again I recommend reading Mercenary Instincts and Trial and Temptation first for maximum enjoyment. The Assassin's Salvation is a great addition to the Mandrake Company series.
Amazon Digital Service publishedThe Assassin’s Salvation by Ruby Lionsdrake in 2014.
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