Military intelligence officer Lieutenant Barb Carolus is ordered to investigate Colonel Locke, a rogue officer suspected of selling military weapons on the black market. Colonel Locke is from Barb’s home planet and she knows exposing his crimes will tarnish the reputation of those rare people like her who’ve escaped the poverty and gangs of their home world to become officers. But orders are orders and she always does her duty.<br><br>For the mission she’s teamed with the unconventional -- and in Barb’s opinion, entirely unprofessional -- undercover agent Taya Borovsky. Working with Taya will test Barb’s by the book approach to the limits, especially when attraction overcomes her irritation with Taya. Bitter about upholding standards nobody else does, Barb gives in to her desires.<br><br>When the mission goes bad, Barb and Taya are on the run and outgunned. To survive, Barb must learn from Taya’s unconventional methods and improvise a solution to complete her mission and save their lives.

Loose Cannon

“We’re going to need a demo of the goods,” Taya said, after schmoozing and shooting the breeze with the guy for nearly an hour. She’d downed several drinks. Her drunk acting was damn good. If she didn’t know Taya had taken the blunter, Barb would have sworn Taya was several sheets to the wind. “Not buying it sight unseen. And no damn bait and switch crap either. One time I bought twenty cases of fucking rocks. Made that bastard pay when I caught up to him.” Taya made a gun gesture with her hand, pointed a finger, and made a “pew” sound.


“No, no, honey,” Dmitri said soothingly, pawing at her arm.


Chapter 6