Showing results for "Assassin" in Science Fiction

When Jamie Flipkens signed on as a pilot and engineer for a small medical research company, she never expected to end up on a mercenary ship full of hulking soldiers who want to make her their latest conquest. The captain has been good to her - it doesn't hurt that he's her boss' new beau - but she's on the verge of quitting when a strange man shows up at her shuttle door.

I've dedicated my life to doing as much good as possible. I won't let my marriage to the big and buff alien assassin, Feruz, wreck my plans. I don't care if I accidentally swore to be his mate at what I thought was a welcoming ceremony. My morals are the polar opposite of his, and I want nothing to do with him... even if my new life on his planet is a bit lonely. When Feruz offers me a way out of our marriage, I take it in a heartbeat. If I go on one date with him to a relaxing resort and still want out of our marriage, he'll leave me alone.

Avery Watson moved to Denver to escape her controlling mother. Sure, it's not easy, and she has to budget every penny, but for the first time, she’s content. Then she meets Hunter Coleman. This powerful, mysterious man isn’t the sort that small, freckled, awkward women like Avery usually attract. His intense eyes follow her every move. She should be worried, but he makes her feel safe. Yet Hunter is even more dangerous than he seems...and he’s not a man at all. He’s everything Avery should fear—everything she desires. And he’ll stop at nothing to make her his lifemate.

One half of an intergalactic assassin team, Jadzion heads to New Mexico for his target while his brother Heriot heads to California. They've traveled millions of miles and through star systems to find their targets, who are gun-runners on a galactic scale. Now, though, Jadzion has a problem. He's waited until the last minute to go planetside, and his target's at a couples retreat.

Murder wasn't exactly legal in any of the regions, and I was the best murderer in the cluster. Once upon a time, I had dreams, desires, but they vanished in a puff of asteroid dust when Binja Tur got his hands on me. Now, I kill for pay, mindlessly snuffing out the lives of people I have never met. If given the opportunity, I would escape all this bloodshed, and rekindle my lost hopes, but you don't plan for the impossible. Then, she came into my life, and I had to make a choice - remain a slave to Tur, or risk it all and run. My name is Laoise Rek, and this is just the beginning.