The Outlaw's Prize — Susan Kelley

She didn't believe in heroes until he kidnapped her.

Infamous smuggler Quin kidnaps Dr. Bess Smith with the best intentions. But a few days in the feisty physician's presence turns his thoughts in a less honorable direction. Soon he's figuring out ways to keep her.

Bess isn't impressed with Quin's good looks and easy charm until she starts to believe he is sincere in his flirtation. Despite the grim medical emergency they battle together, for the first time in her life, she experiences the thrill of adventure with the handsome smuggler.

Then a terrible betrayal exposes the secrets they've kept from one another. Secrets that may cost Quin his life and send Bess back into the isolation of her research laboratory. Can she trust a man she believes only used her own ends? Or is he really the self-sacrificing hero she hopes he is?

Published: December 2015
Length: mid novel
Word Count: 74,890
Genre: Futuristic Romance
Rating: Spicy