Banner's Bonus
by Carole Ann Lee

Innocence Meets Hedonism

Emotionally scarred and embittered, Nick Banner knows he's the wrong man for this, but unless he gets a desperate friend's daughter off-planet, she's certain to be kidnapped. While it seemed simple enough, experience taught him a female onboard meant trouble. But a child-woman accustomed to only the best? Purgatory.

Within the tight confines of Banner's, Victorious, Tressa Loring battles a girlhood crush gone dangerous. As a sheltered teen, she secretly worshipped Banner from afar. Even his carnal reputation seemed romantic. But, now, those old feelings are unsettling. Wary, she hides behind a cool façade and a feisty tongue.

Intrigued, Banner misses nothing: Her beauty. Her spirit¦or her rising interest. Yeah, he'd noticed, and sexual tension smolders. With danger stalking them across the galaxy, Banner finds himself caring, "the last thing he wants". Yet when Tressa ends up at a slave auction, he'd sell his soul for her.