A delicious new heart-pounding romantic adventure from USA Today bestseller Amanda Bouchet!
Captain Tess Bailey and her crew of Robin Hood-like thieves are desperate and on the run. Pursued by a vicious military general who wants them dead or alive, Tess has to decide if she can trust Shade Ganavan, a tall, dark and arrogant stranger with ambiguous motivations.
Shade Ganavan had oodles of arrogance, oodles of charm, and oodles of something that made me want to kick him in the nuts.
What Tess and Shade don't know about each other might get them killed...unless they can set aside their differences and learn to trust each other-while ignoring their off-the-charts chemistry.
Shade swallowed the bad taste in his mouth. Two hundred million. He could buy back his birthright and live like a king forever on that.
Captain T. Bailey.
Beautiful. Ballsy. And Brave.
A wanted criminal.
Indecision clawed at his chest. He knew where she was.
The easiest nab and grab of his life was waiting for him. He could land two hundred million in his account. Double that if she still had the goods.
Praise for the Kingmaker Chronicles:
An NPR Best Book of 2016!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016 and 2017!
An Amazon Best Book of 2016 and 2017!
A Washington Post Best Romance of the Month!
A Bustle Best Romance of 2016!
Readers are raving about Amanda Bouchet's Kingmaker Chronicles:
"A heart-pounding and joyous romantic adventure. Amanda Bouchet's talent is striking."-NALINI SINGH, New York Times bestselling author
"A terrific blend of fantasy, action, and romance."-JENNIFER ESTEP, New York Times bestselling author
"Simply brilliant."-Kirkus STARRED Review
"Utterly breathtaking!"-DARYNDA JONES, New York Times bestselling author
"I love these books!"-CHLOE NEILL, New York Times bestselling author
"Easily my favorite book of 2016!"-Bookriot
"Top-notch. A fantasy romance that will blow your chest plate off."-Adrian Lang, Amazon.com's Omnivoracious
"Absolutely fabulous."-C.L. WILSON, New York Times bestselling author
"Loved it!"-ELOISA JAMES, New York Times bestselling author
"I think you all should just go read it now."-Smexy Books
"I cannot remember the last time I wanted to both savor and devour a book."-Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, A
"Bouchet continues to not only set the bar for fantasy romance but to crash over it."-Booklist STARRED Review
Industry Reviews
This book totally rocks! Shade is a surprising, and delicious, hero--and Tess is a great heroine. Tough on the outside, with a soft, candy-sweet heart, she takes us on an epic adventure. Definitely recommend! - Jeffe Kennedy, RITA(R) Award-winning author of THE ORCHID THRONE and THE FIERY CROWN
A riveting burst of joy... This intoxicating romance is set against an epic tale of good versus evil. [A] story so daring, romantic, and surprising you can't help but turn each page in a fit of breathless excitement. - Entertainment Weekly
Amanda Bouchet blasts off with a series that's full of heart, humor, romance, and action. - JENNIFER ESTEP, New York Times bestseller
Bouchet (the Kingmaker Chronicles series) artfully weaves romance through this delightful space opera comedy-drama. - Publishers Weekly
Bouchet, who took the romance world by storm with The Kingmaker Chronicles, launches a sci-fi series that is chock full of intrigue, heroism, conflict, and sexual tension, with hints of spiritualism and magic. Bouchet's masterful writing and storytelling meet science-fiction romance, in hyperdrive. - Kirkus STARRED Review
Bouchet's writing is crisp and packs the punch of a great action film, all the while layering in plenty of emotion and deeply felt romance. The novel is a romantic read with a heavy side of adventure (complete with potent real world allegory). - Entertainment Weekly
Breathtakingly hot. What Bouchet did for fantasy romance with the Kingmaker Chronicles, she does here for space romance. - Booklist STARRED Review
Rogue hero, rebel heroine, and a solid sci-fi backbone to make this Battlestar Galactica and Dark Matter fan grin. Amanda Bouchet has nailed it. Sexy sci-fi perfection! - Chelsea Mueller, acclaimed author of Borrowed Souls
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