In a future where anything alien is mistrusted, Doctor Xander Vargas hides his true nature. Reassignment to a new ship is the second chance he needs, and spoiling it isn't an option. Until he meets his one temptation, a woman his alien genes would kill for. -- Years after the abduction that turned him into a cyborg, Kaiden remains broken in heart and body. Then the queen assigns him an investigation more disappearances like his own, and he hopes to find the closure he needs. He should be focused on the mission. Nothing else should matter. But the spy working along with him is infuriatingly distracting. But their attraction will have to be placed on hold, because the enemy will do anything to make Kaiden disappear one more time… forever. -- Living on the run for nine years has made Evangeline a skeptical woman. With a new face and a fabricated identity, she sails the stars as captain of her own mercenary ship. Online virtual reality games return a fraction of the life stolen from her by the Royal Navy’s betrayal. Gareth dedicates his life to military life and training his psychic powers. Dating hasn’t entered the equation, unless one counts the redheaded spitfire he games with online. When Evie finally invites Gareth to meet her in person at the galaxy’s best entertainment hub, the offer seems too good to be true—because it is. Humanity’s biggest threat has their eye on the space station, and they’ll be in for the fight of their lives.