Mercenaries by Angela Knight
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007|
Three short stories from A.Knight, all crew members from the same Mercenary Ship Starrunner. Trinity, The Thrall, Claiming Cassidy. Outcast on a world of religious zealots Trinity Yeager must find a way off the planet before she is forced onto the bridal auction block. Her only hope is to convince the Captain of the team of mercenary soldiers that she is capable of doing anything to join his crew.
Nathan August, Captain of the Starrunner, can’t get his supplies fast enough & get off of Rapture’s Colony. When the beautiful Trinity wants to join his crew, it’s just not a safe life for most. To scare her off he says the only position open is to be his personal sex toy - when she accepts he adds his first officer to the deal. Trinity is up for it all to escape Bedesem Colony was founded by people who are into BDSM. Many little kingdoms of Dom’s(Male & Female) exist, the thralls are subs. A kidnapping in the Domininality of Rabican brings the crew in for a clandestine rescue mission. First Officer Sebastian is to go uncover as a thrall to find out where the Dominors son is being held before a rival Dominess breaks him. Sebastian doesn’t expect to find a delicious asset in the Dominess of Corvo’s daughter Zaria, or what he would do to keep her. |
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The crew of the Starrunner is pitted against a group of Dharani warriors (mercenaries themselves) for the possession of a little colony world of New Galveston. Lieutenant Cassidy Vika is a fighter pilot from the Starrunner who is at the losing end of a dogfight with Major Rune Alrigo (Dharani warrior). With no other choice she decides to land her damaged ship on the planet below. Rune follows, to finish the job. He doesn’t expect to come across a woman who could be the mate he has longed for.
All three stories are good, the first & third are my favorites. Trinity is spunky - especially how she tells off the zealots. It would have been fun to have Sebastian turn into a switcher(someone who can be Dom & Sub) that is my biggest beef with the book. Alpha men are so much fun but Alpha females are as well. Their sex scenes start off HOT. Claiming Cassidy, now that I think about it, is my favorite. She is tough, smart & not intimidated at all by the stud Rune. Humor with the first time BJ had me smiling & an in depth look at the warrior society Rune comes from in a short story was satisfying. How they come together & stay that way has me wondering if AK would revisit this universe she created. |
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