Scorpius (Stars and Sails, Book 2)

In the northern sky, the constellation Scorpius thrusts her painful stinger into the heel of the doctor, while she is crushed by the weight of his foot. Similarly, Jade Harris and Sabik Nejem have been at odds since they met, motivated only by their disdain, yet shared attraction for the other.

After losing a bitter fight against her rival, Captain Robert Fairburn, Jade and her crew decide to contact a foreign governor for aide but realize that new allies might be more dangerous than the enemies they once faced. While Joshua Holden and Aiden Payne flee yet another dangerous trap of the governor, Sabik works with a mysterious young woman who may hold the answer to a long-awaited question, but his bickering with shipmate Jade Harris continues to distract him from work and family.

Meanwhile, Suzaku Baines returns to Longport to find his childhood friend, a fledgling empress, and her empire built on nothing but a collapsing wall of sand. His own efforts to save a land he once loved may not be enough, until a dangerous heist planned by Jade Harris and the crew becomes a last-ditch effort to save Duranta from falling into the hands of pirates.

Book two of the Stars and Sails Series.