by Nalini Singh
Part of Psy-Changeling, book 17
First published 2018
Bo Knight should be dead, but the security specialist walks around with a telepathy-blocking chip that could kill him any moment. The device sits in his brain like a loaded gun, ready to fire when it fails. Bo should return to land and help the Human Alliance prepare for war. Instead he finds himself at the bottom of the ocean, drawn to Kaia Luna, a changeling who left her scientific career to become a chef. Kaia knows the medical facts about Bo's condition and refuses to let his charm cloud her judgment. She has lost too many people already to risk loving a man living on borrowed time. She also hides a secret that could destroy everything between them. When enemies capture Kaia, Bo abandons all caution. He will make any bargain and sacrifice his own mind to save her, even if it means surrendering to the very forces he has spent his life fighting.
Genres: science-fiction, romance, suspense, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Ocean, Human Alliance
403 pages · Hardcover · Berkley
Content warnings: medical-trauma