Mercenary Instinct (The Mandrake Company Series Book 1)

Mercenary Instinct (The Mandrake Company Series Book 1)

Skulking around in the ruins on a planet swarming with treasure hunters, slavers, and bounty hunters isnâ€™t good for oneâ€™s health. But Ankari Markovich needs a few archaeological samples for her latest business venture, a venture that might prove lucrative enough to move her family off the impoverished planet where she grew up. Unfortunately, she has no sooner collected her samples than sheâ€™s captured by a band of brawny mercenaries. The captain might be handsome, but heâ€™s intent on turning her over to some finance lord who has, for reasons unknown, put a bounty on her head, a ridiculously large one at that. If she canâ€™t figure out a way to escape before sheâ€™s delivered to the lordâ€™s home world, she could be forced into a life of indentured servitudeâ€”or worse.

Captain Viktor Mandrake doesnâ€™t usually take on piddling bounty hunting gigs, but when his intelligence officer informs him of a criminal on a nearby planet, he decides it wouldnâ€™t hurt to take a shuttle down to collect the woman. But Ankari Markovich is trouble from the start, nearly eluding his elite forces, then fighting and tricking his people left and right. He finds himself admiring her spirit, but according to her warrant, sheâ€™s a criminal. The safest thing is to keep her in the brig and ignore her until she can be handed off to the man who wants her.

But the situation grows more complicated when other bounty hunters show up, wanting to claim Ankari for themselves. Thanks to this woman, Viktorâ€™s ship is in danger, his crew members are going missing, and heâ€™s fighting enemies he never asked for in a jungle in the middle of a hurricane. Heâ€™s either going to strangle Ankariâ€¦ or fall in love. Either scenario could get him killed.

Mercenary Instinct is a full-length, stand-alone novel of 90,000 words. It is part of the â€œMandrake Companyâ€ series of science fiction romance stories and is recommended for readers who enjoy space-based adventure (such as Firefly) and steamy love stories (in the style of Linnea Sinclair).
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-10-09
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-10-09
Format	Kindle eBook

Mercenary Instinct (The Mandrake Company Series Book 1)

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