Desire Under Fire

In the far reaches of Syndicate space, smuggler Corbin Nash lives by three rules: never get attached, never back down, and never fall for your partner. Unfortunately, Penelope Lovecake keeps breaking all three.When a routine delivery turns into a high-stakes job aboard the ghost ship Goliath, Corbin and Penelope find themselves entangled in a web of smugglers, Syndicate enforcers, and a mysterious cargo that's anything but inert. Inside one of the sealed crates lies Sierra—a half-human relic from a forgotten war—beautiful, dangerous, and waking up.As the Pussy Cat races through the volatile Antares Passage, radiation storms, and old debts close in. The cargo deal unravels into chaos, forcing Corbin and Penelope to bluff, fight, and flirt their way out of another deathtrap—while trying (and failing) to ignore the heat simmering between them.With enemies closing fast and a secret weapon aboard, desire becomes both their greatest weakness and their last line of defense.High-stakes smuggling, slow-burn passion, and a storm of cosmic danger—welcome aboard the Pussy Cat.