Publishers Weekly
10/22/2018
Bouchet (the Kingmaker Chronicles series) artfully weaves romance through this delightful space opera comedy-drama. Tess Bailey is running from her past, her family, and the galactic Overseer’s Dark Watch army. Okay, she stole an entire laboratory, but she did so to help those in need. When she and her crew are stranded, Tess must do everything she can to protect the people she loves. If only Shade Ganavan, the rakishly handsome mechanic and space rogue who offers to fix her ship, weren’t so tempting... or hiding secrets of his own. Bouchet’s storytelling is a bit over the top, describing feelings so intensely that it’s difficult for the emotional stakes to escalate. However, the characters are fun and likable, humor abounds, and the sex scenes are searing as well as sentimental. Bouchet, clearly planning on a series, ends the story on a cliff-hanger, and readers will be eager to know what happens to Tess and her friends. Agent: Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary. (Jan.)
From the Publisher
"Amanda Bouchet blasts off with a series that’s full of heart, humor, romance, and action." — JENNIFER ESTEP, New York Times bestseller
"Rogue hero, rebel heroine, and a solid sci-fi backbone to make this Battlestar Galactica and Dark Matter fan grin. Amanda Bouchet has nailed it. Sexy sci-fi perfection!" — Chelsea Mueller, acclaimed author of Borrowed Souls
"Bouchet (the Kingmaker Chronicles series) artfully weaves romance through this delightful space opera comedy-drama." — Publishers Weekly
"Breathtakingly hot. What Bouchet did for fantasy romance with the Kingmaker Chronicles, she does here for space romance." — Booklist STARRED Review
"Bouchet, who took the romance world by storm with The Kingmaker Chronicles, launches a sci-fi series that is chock full of intrigue, heroism, conflict, and sexual tension, with hints of spiritualism and magic. Bouchet's masterful writing and storytelling meet science-fiction romance, in hyperdrive." — Kirkus STARRED Review
"A riveting burst of joy... This intoxicating romance is set against an epic tale of good versus evil. [A] story so daring, romantic, and surprising you can’t help but turn each page in a fit of breathless excitement." — Entertainment Weekly
"Bouchet’s writing is crisp and packs the punch of a great action film, all the while layering in plenty of emotion and deeply felt romance. The novel is a romantic read with a heavy side of adventure (complete with potent real world allegory)." — Entertainment Weekly
"This book totally rocks! Shade is a surprising, and delicious, hero—and Tess is a great heroine. Tough on the outside, with a soft, candy-sweet heart, she takes us on an epic adventure. Definitely recommend!" — Jeffe Kennedy, RITA® Award-winning author of THE ORCHID THRONE and THE FIERY CROWN
