Jamie Craig

For two years, Ares Gallo has been ransacking the galaxy for the woman who meant everything to him. They trained together, killed together, loved together, but now, Anicka Dekker doesn't even know who he is. All she knows every time she meets the enigmatic, scarred stranger is that a part of her trusts him. An even larger part desires him. In any and every way she can have him. Ares wants his wife back. Despite the scars that have changed his appearance and the chronic pain that destroyed his career, he follows Anicka from planet to planet, finding her in seedy bars, stately palaces, and everywhere in between. Every time they have a few moments of pure bliss, his hope blooms that this time…things will be different. Then, STRIKE, the organization that wanted them dead, tears them apart, erasing Anicka's memories, and Ares has to start all over again. But even if she can't remember him, he's certain she'll recognize their bond. Sooner or later.

Across the Universe

She stood beneath the wide-open sky when he was done, head tilted back, eyes fixed on the bright glow of Paradisus in the distance. “The rest of the job should be a little more finessed than this,” she said without looking back at him. “We’ll have more eyes on us up there.”


A ghost of a smile curved her mouth. Even with the wind sluicing around them, her beauty beguiled him. It always had. “I like to think of myself as a woman of many talents.”


She posed the question without a hint of irony, flirtatious rather than curious. He had to swallow the hope it could have offered and pray the need to know would eventually overtake her.


“You’ll have to stick around to find out.”


Laughter bubbled from her lips. It was the purest sound he had ever heard, music he’d thought forever lost.


The hope returned, stronger than ever. 3: Don’t Let Me Down


Chapter 17