AustLit

'Is it a rescue or a princess-napping?

'Nyssa Leofric can’t marry the new head of Riel Industries. Aside from the fact they trade in illegal weapons, he only wants her for her wealth and family name. But since her parents are strangely insistent, her only option is to escape while she figures out what is really going on between her father and Riel.

'So she hires the mercenaries known as the Dead Suns to kidnap her from her own wedding.

'Jessie Tabris believes in two things: getting the money up front and that people lie. He takes the job because he has no love for the Leofrics or the Riels. But when Nyssa’s ransom is paid and he has to return her, he finds himself in a bind, and not just because she arranged her own kidnapping.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Left for dead on a forgotten planet by his enemies, he’ll do anything to escape, including team up with the scientist who held a knife to his throat.

'Mercenary Emry Dan made one mistake on a job and was captured by the powerful arms dealer Riel. While Emry suspected Riel had a place to test his weapons, he never expected to be one of the subjects. From the moment he wakes, he starts planning his getaway.

'Scientist Marita Aleric worked for Riel until she started questioning how her research was being used. For ten days she’s survived on the weapons testing planet, fighting, scrabbling for supplies and weapons, and avoiding the infected. Any people who eat the plants become cannibalistic zombies.

'When she finds Emry she wants to believe they can escape, especially when their reluctant partnership blossoms into romance. But can anything survive on a dead planet?

'Note to readers: this is a gritty survival romance. There’s action, fighting, zombies and desperate sexy times.'

Source : publisher's blurb