Blurb:
The year is 3048, Earth is no longer habitable, and man
has fled to the stars where they've discovered the secret of
immortality—Meridian. Unfortunately, the radioactive mineral is exorbitantly
expensive and only available to a select few. A new class comprised of the
super rich and immortal soon evolves. The Collective, as they're called, rule
the universe.
Two-thousand-year-old Ricardo Sanchez, vampire and rogue
pilot of the space cruiser, El Cazador, can't resist two things: gorgeous women
and impossible jobs. When beautiful Skylar Rossaria approaches him to break a
prisoner out of the Collective's maximum security prison on Trakis One, Rico
jumps at the chance. Being hunted by the Collective has never been so
dangerous—or so fun.
Tagline: Irreverent. Irresponsible. Insatiable. Who says
immortals can’t have any fun?
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Once they
were clear of the planet, Rico switched the navigation system to automatic.
Skylar leaned against the wall next to the cryo-unit. She’d put her shoes back
on, and the heels made her legs appear endless. Dios, she was sexy in that dress, and the weapon belts strapped to
her waist just made her sexier. Her eyes caught his, and she looked away
quickly.
She was
going to try to avoid paying her debt. He wasn’t about to let that happen. She
might have
saved his life back there on Trakis One, but a deal was a deal.
Besides, it wasn’t as though she wouldn’t enjoy it.
Tannis
strolled across the deck. She stared in through the glass window of the
cryo-unit. “That’s little Jonny?” she
asked, and Rico could hear the disbelief in her voice.
He peered
in and grinned. The man was enormous. Rico turned to Skylar. “He doesn’t look
much like you.”
“He’s
actually only a half-brother. Same father, different mother. I call him little
because I was ten when he was born so he was...” She shrugged. “...little. It
just became habit. How long until he wakes up?”
Tannis
examined the control panel. She pressed a few buttons. “There, it’s started,
but a good few hours, I would think.”
“Perhaps
we could load him into my shuttle. Do you want me to transfer the balance of
the fee now?”
“Actually,
“Rico said, “that can wait until we get back to the ship. And little Jonny
stays here for the moment.”
Skylar
dragged her gaze from the cryo-unit to Rico. “I’d like him with me.”
No way
was he letting Skylar out of his sight. Certainly, he wasn’t going to let her
take their new friend and disappear as he suspected she might. He wanted his
reward. He wanted answers even more. He’d considered waiting until they were
all safely back on board El Cazador, but
he had a feeling that things could go badly wrong very quickly. This might be
his only chance to get her alone, show her a little of what they could have
together, convince her that she had options.
“Darling,”
he said, “I’ll be with you. We have some unfinished business, you and me.”
Her eyes
widened. “We do?”
“Oh yeah.
And having your brother present might just cramp my style.”
“But....”
He didn’t
give her a chance to say anything further. He moved in close, took her arm, and
hustled her toward the door. He turned to Tannis. “We’ll see you back at the
ship. We’ll be a couple of hours. At least.”
On board
the shuttle, he slammed the hatch and sat down in the pilot’s seat. Within
minutes, they had undocked and were heading into space. Away from El Cazador.
Rico set the autopilot and swiveled his chair to look at
Skylar.
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About the Author:
Nina
Croft grew up in the north of England. After training as an accountant, she
spent four years working as a volunteer in Zambia, which left her with a love
of the sun and a dislike of nine-to-five work. She then spent
a number of years
mixing travel (whenever possible) with work (whenever necessary) but has now
settled down to a life of writing and picking almonds on a remote farm in the
mountains of southern Spain.
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