He knows it won't be easy, especially because he's a bio-cybe -a kind of hybrid between man and machine-, but he needs to try. Kel-Paten has been madly in love with Tasha for years, since their first encounter, and now that the war is over he's decided to make a last-ditch attempt to get close to her. We soon find out that it's not for any nefarious purpose. This is quite a big surprise for Tasha, because during the war between their two sides, she kind of made it her mission to thwart and annoy Kel-Paten as much as she could, so she can't understand why he'd want her and her people on his ship, unless it's for some nefarious purpose. The assignment is the result of a direct request made by the Triad's most famous and impressive admiral, bio-cybe Branden Kel-Paten, who commands the Vaxxar. The Triad and the United Coalition have just established a new alliance, and U-Cee Captain Tasha Sebastian and other members of her team have been assigned to serve on the Triad's most famous and impressive ship, the Vaxxar. Spaceships! A half-robot hero! Yummy romance and a really cool plot! What more could I ask for? An A.

Soon it's clear that their prisoner could bring down everything they once believed was worth dying for-and everything they now have to live for… But the bio-cybe has something to hide as well, something once thought impossible for his kind to possess: feelings.for Sass. Wanted rebel Jace Serafino has information that could expose all of Sass's secrets, tear the fragile Alliance apart-and end Sass's career if Kel-Paten discovers them. But when an injured mercenary falls into their ship's hands, her efforts may be wasted … With the new alliance between the Triad and the United Coalition, Captain Tasha 'Sass' Sebastian finds herself serving under her former nemesis, bio-cybe Admiral Branden Kel-Paten-and doing her best to hide a deadly past. But it took Games of Command coming out and Estelle revealing a certain detail about it for me to read her again. I loved Linnea Sinclair's Gabriel's Ghost (the original, e-book version), and even have a couple more of her books in my TBR. File this one under 'what have I been waiting for?'.

Gabriel's Ghost by Linnea Sinclair