The Princess and the Bruiser

A secret marriage to protect her? Easy. Not falling for the princess before she jumps across the wormhole and leaves him forever? Impossible.

Rax Varon, head of security on the interstellar pleasure cruise the Ignisar, loathes the Royals of his home planet, especially House Lysero, the palace lording over his home city. The last thing he expects returning from a visit to his mother is the insufferable only princess of House Lysero hitching a ride on his shuttle.

Kateri Lysero is desperate to escape her arranged marriage into powerful and dangerous House Hasantis. Running from her pristine public image, her abusive uncle, and her distant mother, she stows away on the first deep-space shuttle she can find, hoping to vanish among the stars. She never dreamed her survival would hinge on convincing the grumpy green brute piloting the shuttle to hide her away on his infamous sex cruise.

Reluctantly playing bodyguard, Rax helps Kateri hide in plain sight while also keeping her out of trouble. But when trouble finds her, he knows the only way to keep her safe is to teach her to defend herself. When a mysterious Royal arrives on his ship, he learns there's a better way to protect her. He has to marry her.

Join Rax and Kateri on a wild, emotional ride through the stars where bodyguard-infused enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience/protection, and steamy training montages never felt so good.

But please be aware of the following content notes and take care of yourselves:
- Emotional/magical abuse
- Isolation/neglect as punishment
- Gaslighting
- Mourning loss of parents (occurs prior to events of this book)
- Unwanted physical contact (a man in a club puts his hand over Clara's mouth)
- Confronting trauma
- High spice level including spanking