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Despite having been besotted with Dante Garcea since she was a child, wolf shifter Jaime Farrow figures that it’s time to move past the crush. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy-exactly what Rosemary wants. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. 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