Castle, Jayne - Orchid

Title: Orchid
Author: Jayne Castle
Series: Psynergy Inc.
Pub: Pocket
Pub Date: 1998
ISBN: 0-671-56902-3
Genre: Futuristic
Time Period:
Setting: St. Helen's
Hero: Rafe Stonebraker
Heroine: Orchid Adams

Summary:

A top psychic for exclusive Psynergy Inc., Orchid Adams doesn't expect even the best marriage agencies on the space colony of St. Helen's to find her a husband who measures up to her dreams. It's just as well, because she's got her hands full with a baffling murder. One thing is certain - her new client, Rafe Stonebreaker, is definitely not marriage material, but Rafe - primitive, elemental, powerful, perhaps dangerous - is perfect for an affair.....An unlicensed private eye with an edgy reputation and a psychic talent so awesome he hides its true power, Rafe has some serious secrets. Not only is he trying to solve a strange theft, he is about to replace his grandfather as CEO of Stonebraker Shipping and is fighting to ward off a hostile takeover. He needs a wife - and fast - to salvage his credibility. Orchid doesn't fit the profile he had in mind, but she fits in his arms. Will their mind/body merger spark a rollicking and rocky partnership, just as his latest case threatens to end their world?

Excerpt:

Prologue
"Time is running out, Mr. Batt." Rafe Stonebraker rose slowly from the massive, old-fashioned Later Expansion period chair. He was well aware of the effect his deliberate movement had on the man seated across from him.

Batt did not exactly flinch but the dapper little man definitely tensed. "Running out?"

"You've had three weeks to find me a wife. To date you have not produced a single possible match from your files. What seems to be the problem?"

"With all due respect, Mr. Stonebraker, you are not the easiest person to match."


Comments:

Jayne Castle is a pen name for Jayne Ann Krentz.

The Psynergy Inc. series:

Book 1: Amaryllis
Book 2: Zinnia
Book 3: Orchid

This book was reviewed by Rosario