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After 10 years of soaring freighter boats from planet to planet, Val Calendula never thought she'd apply for a job as a combat pilot in a mercenary costume. But her brother has obtained himself into financial trouble, and he's going to a mining prison if Val can't pay back his obligations. Mercenaries don't always live long...however they make good money while they're alive. A number of combat add-ons, and Val could earn what she needs. The issue? She might have graduated from the armed forces airline flight academy, but she hasn't fought any other thing more dangerous than dirt bunnies on the bridge lately. To make things worse, the person in charge of hiring pilots was her teacher again at the academy. Commander Thatcher was almost as outstanding as he was arrogant and condescending, and he never appeared to think Val was smart enough to be there. She has no idea if she'll be able to convince him often now...or if she'll be able to stand dealing with him. When Gregor Thatcher still left the armed forces, he never expected to run into some of his former acquaintances, much less the main one he respected and mooned over during his 2 yrs educating at the academy. Back then he never advised Val Calendula he looked after her, partially because officials weren't likely to have relationships with cadets, but mostly because he didn't learn how to talk about his feelings. He might have no trouble grasping navigational mathematics and astrodynamics, but people are definitely more problematic. Gregor is elated that Val has joined his life again, but he's fairly certain she hates him. Worse, he's responsible for deciding whether she's qualified to be a combat pilot. How do he judge fairly when his tongue tangles and idiotic words come out of his oral cavity whenever she's around? Once the captain sends Val and Gregor on the mission to pick up a military consultant and deliver him to a planet at war, Val expects she'll own an opportunity to verify herself with the capacity of the piloting position. Gregor expects he'll have possibility to improve Val's thoughts and opinions of him. However when the military consultant goes missing, and they're obligated to divert to a dangerous moon foundation, the mission turns into a attack for success. Val may learn too later that there's more to Gregor than that aloof external...which inside is a guy she could love. Trial and Temptation is a full-length science-fiction romance novel. It is strongly recommended for listeners who enjoy space-based adventure (such as Firefly) and steamy love testimonies (in the design of Linnea Sinclair).
