Fandom Snowflake Challenge #6

[imhilien]

In your own space, share a favourite piece of original canon (a show, a specific TV episode, a storyline, a book or series, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

One of my favourite books is 'Games of Command' by Linnea Sinclair, a space opera / romance. An alliance has been set up between two former enemies, the Triad and the United Coalition. Captain Tasha 'Sass' Sebastian from the United Coalition, a wise-cracking, kick ass woman is alarmed to learn she has been assigned to the Vaxxar, a huntership commanded by the handsome Admiral Branden Kel-Paten, a biocybernetic. When she was with the United Coalition, the Admiral was her enemy and constantly pursuing her through space. Has a decision been made to get her out of the way for good?

Not exactly. Branden's secret is that he has a big crush on her, but is shy and hasn't known how to have an actual conversation with her all these years. Solution - assign her to his ship!

But Tasha's secret is that she is a former smuggler thought to have died years ago - something Branden would be angry to learn. But if people learn he has forbidden feelings for a woman, he could be killed as a 'failed experiment'.

So, there's lots of drama and secret pining. Also, telepathic cats.

Comments

[tellshannon815]

Okay, you had me at telepathic cats!

[imhilien]

Glad to hear it. 😄

[misura]

Branden's secret is that he has a big crush on her, but is shy and hasn't known how to have an actual conversation with her all these years. Solution - assign her to his ship! XD

I feel like maybe I read this one, or possibly another one by this author which also had the blurb for this one. (They had these mono-colored-but-different-shades-of-it covers? Although that may have been just the UK/US ones.)

[imhilien]

You probably have, my copy of this book is bright yellow (ow). I also own her book 'Finders Keepers' (also good) which is neon green(!).

[misura]

Definitely read (and loved) this one then, and Finders, Keepers and the purple one, which Ecosia informs me is An Accidental Goddess. (I ... have no idea where they went? You'd think these books would be easier to keep track of, but I took a look at my shelves and nothing. Meh.)

[imhilien]

That's good to hear. I hope you can find them again, books can be mysterious things.

An Accidental Goddess was the first book of hers I read, but it had a normal (non-purple) cover. Apparently the author is writing a new book that is three-quarters finished, so I'm looking forward to that one day.