Black Ice Heart — Ella Drake

Condemned and in transit to an asteroid prison, he found what he'd never had before--a chance to love. *** Ensign Joan Holly has one last mission before transferring to a secretive, elite unit, the Nex. It's what she's wanted since joining the military as a child. All she has to do is escort the most reviled prisoner on Geonate to meet his fate. Simple, since he's immobilized and nobody has ever escaped the Asteroid Pit. Cenak Bronson never had it easy. He's never been free and never had a future. He accepts his doomed fate until he's rescued by a band of half-aliens, the Scoriah. After the chaos of his breakout, Cenak finds himself reluctantly bound to the only other survivor, his jailer Joan. But they aren't the sole survivors by coincidence and they weren't captured by the Scoriah randomly. To survive, they join forces, uncovering secrets and lies that change everything. Including the future of Geonate itself. Black Ice Heart is a full-length science fiction romance novel that begins the Space Grit series and can be read stand-alone Warning: This novel is intended for readers 18 and older. It contains explicit scenes, language, violence.