Knight, Angela - Warfem

Title: Warfem
Author: Angela Knight
Series: same universe as Jane’s Warlord
Pub: Berkley
Pub Date: September, 2005
ISBN: 0425205649
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Hero: Baird Arvid
Heroine: Alina Kasi

Summary:

Warfem Alina Kasi finds herself reunited with her Warlord lover, Baird Arvid.

But even as the two try to rebuild a relationship shattered years before, they find themselves battling new enemies and old distrust.

Excerpt:

"Gravity off," Alina told the ship's computer.

For a moment, Baird had the sickening sensation they were plunging downward, as if the chamber had become a elevator in free fall. But that was just an illusion created as the artificial gravity vanished, and in a moment, his battle computer compensated.


From the corner of his eye, he saw Alina flex her legs and launch herself at the opposite wall. She hit the thick padding, bounced, and shot straight back toward him like a deliciously curved cannon shell. Baird kicked off and twisted, grabbing for her as she shot by. He managed to snag her upper arm and got towed along for his trouble, but as they tumbled toward the wall, he started wrapping himself around her. He needed to get those long arms and legs under control.

Then he'd have her.

Yet Alina had no intention of allowing herself to be had, at least not yet. She twisted as they hit the wall, grabbed a handhold, and heaved him clear before he had time to get a good grip. While he flailed, she kicked lazily away.

By the time Baird got himself stopped, she was grinning at him from the other end of the tank. "Point for me," she said, gently mocking.

Baird bared his teeth at her as his competitive instincts awakened in a hot rush. "That's the last one you get."

"I don't think so." Alina sprang.

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Comments:

Set in the same universe as Jane’s Warlord.