Dangerous Bond
Mated to the Alien Universe
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
He's as cold as the void of space...
Soulless warrior Drex has been cast out of the Detyen Legion. Eking out an emotionless life on the edge of the galaxy, he knows his days are numbered. There's no future for a man who's already sacrificed everything. Then he rescues Pippa and his whole world ignites.
She can fix any machine, but can she fix him?
Pippa knows all the secrets to the machines that keep Nebula Outpost floating in space, but Drex isn't so easy to figure out. But the more time she spends with him, the more she's eager to know. When tragedy strikes, Pippa and Drex are the only people who can solve the case.
Every clue only leads to more questions, and even more danger. But Pippa can't walk away from the mystery... or from Drex. He might call himself soulless, but she sees the heat in his eyes. The only question is: will the conflagration burn them to cinders or ignite a bond that lasts a lifetime?
Customer Reviews
"there was no reason to suspect the impossible."
Pippa is used to fixing things, things with manuals and instructions, but life is putting her in uncomfortable situations, with no easy fixes... She's still determined to figure things out.
Drex accepted the price he paid to fight for his people, he thought the life he was living was all he would ever have, until he met Pippa and things began changing -- hopefully for the better.
This done in one book starts a new series, with interesting characters in a different part of a familiar universe. The mystery is fairly solid and engaging... I wanted Pippa's boss to get set up as a red herring just for the neck of it, but a book can only be so long... Then again, he did seem to give her a bum schedule more often than not, so he deserved to be suspected!
I've read previous books with Detyen characters before, so for me this felt like a comfortable return to familiar territory, but it is written in a very accessible manner, and any reader new to this Universe should find everything they need to understand the fundamentals of these characters in these pages.
I was gifted with a copy of Dangerous Bond and chose to share my thoughts.
Underclass underdog romance
The Soulless are the dirty little secret of the Detyen diaspora. Drex is one: a fugitive from the inevitable soulless death sentence, he's hiding out as a landscaping maintenance worker on a remote space station. Pippa is a lowly engineering tech on the same station. A near-death accident with a malfunctioning incinerator brings them together, setting in motion two high-stakes story lines. The first, a desperate and forbidden romance, could out Drex's soulless status and cost him his life. The second is a gruesomely escalating chain of murders and attacks on the low-status females aboard the station. Solving the crimes while protecting each other is a priority for Drex and Pippa, second only to staying alive long enough to find love. The action is fierce, the dramatic tension is through the roof, and the romance is desperately heartwarming. I nearly chewed off my fake nails reading this one, but I loved every suspense-filled minute. Those who like their romance flavored with adrenaline will love this first-in-series thriller by Kate Rudolph. This is a voluntary, independentm, manicure-mangled ARC review.