Description: A deadly rogue warrior and enemy of the alliance has been placed in her care.
Dr. Charlotte Lockley is taken aboard the military vessel Tarus, carrying high-risk inmates and ordered to treat those badly injured, including Prisoner Zero--a dangerous vrisha prisoner captured on a human trade world. As a doctor educated in alien medicine, Charlotte is one of the few that might keep the vicious alien alive long enough for him to be contained inside the max-security prison on the planet Fargis. Despite his supposed crimes, Charlotte slowly begins to heal the broken warrior. Axrel as she comes to know him is like a viper--sleek, beautiful, and deadly. Though she's warned of his killer instincts, he never shows her violence. Axrel, however, has hatred in his heart. And a need for vengeance against those who have wronged him. But the delicate, strong-willed doctor, soothes his fury. Her touch brings him calm, fills him with a different sort of need that burns as strong as his long-sought revenge. When the unthinkable happens, their fragile bond is tested. Can Charlotte change his black heart or will revenge consume him? Contains mature themes.Brief description: Penelope Ann Rose is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting.