She made him a practical offer. She didn't expect him to take it personally.
Yileen Gates has been bartending on deep-space vessels for eight years. She knows how to read people, how to keep her distance, and how to make sure nothing sticks. When Vaethari diplomatic attaché Qizel Vuun starts appearing at her bar every night, she files him under interesting and leaves it there.
Then his mating season hits without warning. He has fourteen days, no way home, and no options.
Yileen has one.
It's practical. It's temporary. It's the kind of arrangement two adults can walk away from cleanly.
Except that Qizel's body has other ideas. And what happens between them in the dark isn't something either of them can walk away from—or pretend it didn't change everything.
The Vaethari Accord is a steamy sci-fi alien romance about a woman who never stays and the alien who gives her a reason to.
Yileen Gates has been bartending on deep-space vessels for eight years. She knows how to read people, how to keep her distance, and how to make sure nothing sticks. When Vaethari diplomatic attaché Qizel Vuun starts appearing at her bar every night, she files him under interesting and leaves it there.
Then his mating season hits without warning. He has fourteen days, no way home, and no options.
Yileen has one.
It's practical. It's temporary. It's the kind of arrangement two adults can walk away from cleanly.
Except that Qizel's body has other ideas. And what happens between them in the dark isn't something either of them can walk away from—or pretend it didn't change everything.
The Vaethari Accord is a steamy sci-fi alien romance about a woman who never stays and the alien who gives her a reason to.
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