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Salvation for the Alien Mercenary
by Mina Carter
Mira is waiting for the other spaceboot to drop. Rescued from her odious ex-boyfriend and abuser during a mission, she's waiting to be abandoned or spaced whenever they find it convenient to get rid of her! However, this crew may be rough around the edges, crotchety and very nosey but they are also the oddest, most inclusive found family you'll probably ever meet and Mira's about to find out she's now one of them!
She may think she is the least skilled person in tow with a group of Mercs but Mira has talents that are going to come in very handy. Davis may not have made the best impression on the newest team member, what with almost strangling her when they first met! But he's not undercover any longer and he'll admit to himself (but no one else) just how much the new girl is getting under his skin. But when he is injured and his body begins to change outwardly and internally he wonders just how much of himself will be left and he'd unalive himself before harming his crew or his...Mira.
Davis is such a compartmentalised character. With all the roles he's played over his time as a NOMAD agent and now Merc, he's not sure where one lie ends and the next begins. He takes the protector role seriously and I love the way he recognises Mira's talents and expertise even when she is hesitant to think of them as much. Mira is still kind of hating herself for falling for the dipstick's lies and allowing him to rule her for so long that she's hesitant to be under the thumb of anyone else, making Davis' new possessive traits a bit daunting for her. But I loved the way she pulled on her big girl knickers and said "sod this" and went for it.
The crew is as nutty as a squirrel nest and the banter is brilliantly witty. The "monitoring his vitals scene" will live in my head for ages, I almost burst a lung laughing at them being sprung! Wee spot is such a trooper and I'm really hoping we can get him/her a new shiny body soon.
The action keeps the storyline moving nicely, the smexy times are intense but don't get in the way of the adventure. Now to see what fresh level of heck they find for the next adventure.
She may think she is the least skilled person in tow with a group of Mercs but Mira has talents that are going to come in very handy. Davis may not have made the best impression on the newest team member, what with almost strangling her when they first met! But he's not undercover any longer and he'll admit to himself (but no one else) just how much the new girl is getting under his skin. But when he is injured and his body begins to change outwardly and internally he wonders just how much of himself will be left and he'd unalive himself before harming his crew or his...Mira.
Davis is such a compartmentalised character. With all the roles he's played over his time as a NOMAD agent and now Merc, he's not sure where one lie ends and the next begins. He takes the protector role seriously and I love the way he recognises Mira's talents and expertise even when she is hesitant to think of them as much. Mira is still kind of hating herself for falling for the dipstick's lies and allowing him to rule her for so long that she's hesitant to be under the thumb of anyone else, making Davis' new possessive traits a bit daunting for her. But I loved the way she pulled on her big girl knickers and said "sod this" and went for it.
The crew is as nutty as a squirrel nest and the banter is brilliantly witty. The "monitoring his vitals scene" will live in my head for ages, I almost burst a lung laughing at them being sprung! Wee spot is such a trooper and I'm really hoping we can get him/her a new shiny body soon.
The action keeps the storyline moving nicely, the smexy times are intense but don't get in the way of the adventure. Now to see what fresh level of heck they find for the next adventure.