Trial and Temptation
Mandrake Company, Book 2
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Ruby Lionsdrake
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After 10 years of flying freighter ships from planet to planet, Val Calendula never thought she would apply for a job as a combat pilot in a mercenary outfit. But her brother has gotten himself into financial trouble, and he's heading to a mining prison if Val can't pay off his debts. Mercenaries don't always live long...but they make good money while they're alive. A few combat bonuses, and Val could earn what she needs. The problem? She might have graduated from the military flight academy, but she hasn't fought anything more dangerous than dust bunnies on the bridge lately.
To make matters worse, the man in charge of hiring pilots was her instructor back at the academy. Commander Thatcher was almost as brilliant as he was arrogant and condescending, and he never seemed to think Val was smart enough to be there. She has no idea if she'll be able to convince him otherwise now...or if she'll be able to stand working with him.
When Gregor Thatcher left the military, he never expected to run into any of his former acquaintances, much less the one he admired and mooned over during his two years teaching at the academy. Back then he never told Val Calendula he cared for her, partially because officers weren't supposed to have relations with cadets, but mostly because he didn't know how to speak of his feelings. He might not have any trouble grasping navigational mathematics and astrodynamics, but people are more problematic.
Gregor is elated that Val has entered his life again, but he's fairly certain she hates him. Worse, he's responsible for deciding whether she's qualified to be a combat pilot. How can he judge fairly when his tongue tangles and idiotic words come out of his mouth whenever she's around?
When the captain sends Val and Gregor on a mission to pick up a military advisor and deliver him to a planet at war, Val hopes she'll have an opportunity to prove herself capable of the piloting position. Gregor hopes he'll have the opportunity to improve Val's opinion of him. But when the military advisor goes missing, and they're forced to divert to a dangerous moon base, the mission turns into a fight for survival. Val may learn too late that there's more to Gregor than that aloof exterior...and that inside is a man she could love.
Trial and Temptation is a full-length science-fiction romance novel. It is recommended for listeners who enjoy space-based adventure (such as Firefly) and steamy love stories (in the style of Linnea Sinclair).
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Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally - a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided. Captain Dav Jallan doesn't know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class 5 battleship, but he's not going to complain. The only problem is, all its crew are dead - all except for one strange, new alien being.
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A Perfect Sci Fi / Romance Series You'll Love!
- By bluestatereader on 12-02-16
By: Michelle Diener
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Starflight
- By: Melissa Landers
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Solara Brooks needs a fresh start, someplace where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. The outer realm may be lawless, but it's not like the law has ever been on her side. Still, off-world travel doesn't come cheap; Solara is left with no choice but to indenture herself in exchange for passage to the outer realm.
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Better than expected
- By Jessica Jones on 04-17-16
By: Melissa Landers
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Dark Run
- Keiko, Book 1
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth's colony planets, searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past. But when a face from Captain Ichabod Drift's former life sends them on a run to Old Earth, all the rules change. Trust will be broken, and blood will be spilled.
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Fun sf in a familiar setting *cough Firefly cough*
- By John on 06-12-16
By: Mike Brooks
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The Bayern Agenda
- Galactic Cold War, Book 1
- By: Dan Moren
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon Kovalic, top intelligence operative for the Commonwealth of Independent Systems, is on the front line of the burgeoning Cold War with the aggressive Illyrican Empire. He barely escapes his latest mission with a broken arm and vital intel that points to the empire cozying up to the Bayern Corporation: a planet-sized bank. There’s no time to waste, but with Kovalic out of action, his undercover team is handed over to his ex-wife, Lt. Commander Natalie Taylor.
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tedious
- By itinerant on 03-09-19
By: Dan Moren
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Titanborn
- By: Rhett C. Bruno
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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After decades hunting wanted offworlders throughout the solar system, Corporate Bounty Hunter Malcolm Graves doesn't bother asking questions. So long as the pay is right, he's the man for the job. And he always works alone. But when a high-profile bombing on Earth has Pervenio Corp clamoring for answers, they force him to team up with a strange, cyber-augmented partner. A young man more interested in statistics than instinct. Their assignment: Track down a suspected group of extremists from Titan who will go to any length to free their moon from the grip of Earth's corporations.
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Great Mystery Sci-fi
- By Bryan on 02-08-19
By: Rhett C. Bruno
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The Awakening
- Broken Worlds, Book 1
- By: Jasper T. Scott
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Darius Drake is desperate to save his daughter, Cassandra. So desperate he's willing to risk their lives in cryo-sleep to give her a future. But the dark, freezing vault where he wakes up is nothing like the luxurious Florida hospital he remembers. Everything about this place is alien to him, even the language. Little does he know how alien it really is. Darius and his daughter go exploring their new surroundings with a few others from the cryo pods, and they soon discover frozen, mutilated bodies everywhere.
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Alien/Predator/Star Wars mashup
- By Leonidas Karr on 08-28-18
By: Jasper T. Scott
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The Last Praetorian
- By: Mike Smith
- Narrated by: David Benjamin Bliss
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Commander Jonathan Radec is a man desperately trying to escape from the mistakes of his past. Now the owner of Vanguard Shipping, his primary concerns are trying to keep his ships flying and his crew alive. However, the shadowy Syndicate organization has set their sights on the commander and his business, having sent a beautiful assassin to kill him. To make matters worse, she's become the target of his infatuation, much to the dismay of his ex-girlfriend.
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Mr. Bliss' performance is the saving grace for TLP
- By T.W. Spencer on 08-27-15
By: Mike Smith
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The Atlantis Ship
- By: A. C. Hadfield
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Carson Mach, a former war hero turned freelancer, seeks the biggest payday of his life when he's tasked to hunt down a ghost ship that has echoed through the centuries. The legendary Atlantis ship has become a reality, appearing at the Commonwealth frontier and obliterating an orbital station.
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Very Good Story, Looking Forward to the Next Book
- By Striker on 09-13-15
By: A. C. Hadfield
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Mercury's Bane
- Book One of the Earth Dawning Series
- By: Nick Webb
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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They're all gone. We remember them like yesterday: pieces of our stolen heritage. Things like NASA. Football. Parades and pies. Good things, comfortable things. We remember a time when we were alone in the universe, safe and oblivious. But it's all gone now. We called them the Telestines, and in the face of their ruthless invasion we were powerless. By 2040, all the world's governments and militaries had fallen, and the remnants of humanity exiled to the solar system. We looked down on our blue planet, so close to our birthplace, so close to our home.
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A shockingly bad book.
- By Ginger on 04-12-17
By: Nick Webb
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Fortune's Pawn
- Paradox Series, Book 1
- By: Rachel Bach
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Devi Morris isn't your average mercenary. She has plans. Big ones. And a ton of ambition. It's a combination that's going to get her killed one day - but not just yet. That is, until she gets a job on a tiny trade ship with a nasty reputation for surprises. The Glorious Fool isn't misnamed; it likes to get into trouble, so much so that one year of security work under its captain is equal to five years everywhere else. With odds like that, Devi knows she's found the perfect way to get the jump on the next part of her plan.
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Easily the worst narration I've heard in 90 books
- By Matthew on 11-05-14
By: Rachel Bach
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The Key
- By: Pauline Baird Jones
- Narrated by: Janean Jorgensen
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
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When Sara Donovan joins Project Enterprise she finds out that what doesn't kill her makes her stronger. An Air Force pilot - the best of the best to be assigned to this mission - Sara isn't afraid to travel far beyond the Milky Way on an assignment that takes her into a galaxy torn apart by a long and bitter warfare between the Dusan and the Gadi.
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Interesting, if a bit too romantic
- By Douglas E. Noll on 11-06-09
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The Disasters
- By: M. K. England
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Hotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices. So it’s not exactly a surprise when he’s kicked out of the elite Ellis Station Academy in less than 24 hours. But Nax’s one-way trip back to Earth is cut short when a terrorist group attacks the Academy. Nax and three other washouts escape - barely - but they’re also the sole witnesses to the biggest crime in the history of space colonization. And the perfect scapegoats. On the run, Nax and his fellow failures plan to pull off a dangerous heist to spread the truth.
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Fabulous!
- By Maria W on 07-01-19
By: M. K. England
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Valor's Choice
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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In the distant future, humans and several other races have been granted membership in the Confederation - at a price. They must act as soldier/protectors of the far more civilized races who have long since turned away from war.
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Military Future Past
- By Dave H on 04-21-13
By: Tanya Huff
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- Mashkiiziibii Designs
- 12-10-22
Fun, Fast, with furious-bits
A space-opera with a little bit of adult fun.
Soft, but not totally off stage.
easy little side Adventure
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-31-17
awesome
This was an awesome story.. well written and very well read.. would recommend this book to anyone who likes space travel, action and adventure and a great love story..
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- Jennifer Torres
- 04-03-18
Temptation
Excellent to listen to while I clean house. it makes cleaning go faster. Excellent read.
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- Gymdahl
- 03-06-17
Great Book
I love this series. The cute quirky build of if emotions between the characters in all the books are really well done but this book is my favorite. The only downside is not being able to repurchase book three yet. ( I own the whole set in regular book form. Yah, that's how good they are. I bought them twice.)
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- Darren Gray
- 04-18-18
Awesome!!
Gone through all the star guardian books and most of mandrake company, this has been my favorite so far! Awesome as always, Ruby does not disappoint! Jill is also a wonderful and talented narrator!
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- bluestatereader
- 10-13-17
Great!
I really enjoyed this one. Perhaps because this book reminded me a bit of one of my favorite HRs: *The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie.*
Here, the hero, Thatcher, also has a blunted affect and difficulty with social interaction and intimacy. Because he is unable to easily recognize the emotions of others, he comes across as humorless robot, and earns the ire of the woman he loves.
But Thatcher has layers, and unplumbed depths, and WE get a very sexy story!
This one has a lovely slow burn romance that feels real, and I especially appreciated that the author managed to negotiate a tightly executed, action-packed plot, while keeping the hero character *in character* throughout. Nice job!
The romance is believable and the bad guys are bad. There are lots of actions scenes at which the author excels. Love those air battles!
All in all, exactly what I've come to expect and love about a Lindsey Buroker/Ruby Lionsdrake book!
Highly Recommended!
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- Brianna divak
- 02-03-21
Good read
Kept my attention, good story . Narration was good . Going back to read first book in series. Glad I didn’t let the reviews stop me from reading this book
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- L J Rusin
- 04-08-17
Wonderful!
There isn't anything I didn't like about Trial and Temptation: Mandrake Company, Book 2. It is packed full of action, adventure, romance, and humor with excellent characters. The performance by Jill Redfield is first rate, and I enjoyed it tremendously. I recommend this book very highly.
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- Vallrie Sweeny
- 12-03-21
Heady stuff!
The narration was rock solid. She used the same accents and tones assigned to the different characters.
The storyline is well written. The dialog is snappy.
I highly recommend this series.
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- Kirsten P.
- 01-18-22
nerd boy gets his girl!
I adore Gregor! he's so socially awkward and so in love with Val. Can he convince the sarcastic beauty from his past, he's worth the second chance?
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