Dionne, Andrea - Endless Night

Title: Endless Night
Author: Andrea Dionne
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Pub: New Concepts Publishing
Pub Date: June, 2005
ISBN: 1586086596
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Hero: Caleb Sylvaine
Heroine: Captain Breanna Delaney

Summary:

Twenty five years ago, the starship Mayflower disappeared without a trace. But now Mayflower has resurfaced, and it carries a deadly secret....

Captain Breanna Delaney has been charged to gain reconnaissance on the ship, and she brings with her a motley group of militia--none more dangerous than Caleb Sylvaine. In a desperate game of survival, Breanna can't afford to let sexual desire get in her way, but Caleb seems to ignite her in a way that blinds her to anything but him and the touch of his body.

Infamous for her refusal to take a lover, Captain Breanna is a challenge too enticing for Caleb to resist. He's determined to crack her shield and expose the woman beneath ... and he's not above using every weapon at his disposal.

Excerpt:

    Chapter One

Captain Breanna Delaney leaned against the smooth frame of the large window that encompassed the entire back wall of President Howard Benson's office. Only vaguely listening to the rambling monologue of space station Helios II's Chief Executive, she sighed as she studied the wide expanse of space and the blue sphere below, beautiful in its tranquil simplicity. Breanna had come to Helios II to escape her private demons, hoping to find some peace within herself during her extended leave at the space station, high above her home planet, Earth. She hadn’t found it. She began to think she never would.

Distracted from her own musings finally by some vaguely heard remark that pricked her interest, Breanna turned from the window and looked at the pudgy, pink face of Howard Benson.

"Excuse me?" she asked, her gaze intent now as she probed the tiny, black eyes almost hidden by a fold of fat above them.

Somewhat startled by the sudden intensity of her gaze, Benson broke off his ceaseless monologue, confusion furrowing his brow. After a moment, enlightenment dawned and his expression settled into what seemed his habitual one of displeasure and uneasiness once more.

"Oh," he snorted. "I was just saying it would be ... uh ... be very much appreciated if you could take care of this problem for us. You've had considerably more experience than any of our militia and there'd be a ... large bonus for you if you could pull it off. The company and I feel you would prove to be a valuable asset to us on this mission," he said with a final grunt, patting his protruding belly somewhat absently--a blue vest stretched to near popping over its fullness.

Breanna sat heavily in the chair before the window and rubbed her tired eyes, wondering vaguely if she would ever know the luxury of an uninterrupted night's sleep. It wasn't weariness, however, that made her pause before she spoke. Nor was it reluctance to take the offered assignment. She was eager for it, hungry for the answers the mission might offer in helping her lay her own demons to rest.

She'd thought that, of course, many times in the past, but she knew ... knew this time would be different.

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