A fake marriage, a stolen weapon, and a race to stop a galaxy-spanning conspiracy.

Maria Watson can fix anything that rattles, sparks, or threatens to explode. People, on the other hand? That’s not her department. Especially not Dr. Tomas Nyota—arrogant, maddening, and far too attractive jerk who keeps invading her engine room and her daydreams.

When the prototype stolen from a secret research facility turns out to be part of a terrifying mind-control program, Maria and Tomas are pursued by spies and bounty hunters through burning space stations, smuggler dens, and enemy planets. But the hardest part might be surviving the constant close quarters that make avoiding each other impossible.

The deeper they dig, the more they realize that the device isn’t the real danger—it’s the people willing to use it. To stop them, Maria will have to do the one thing she swore she wouldn’t: trust Tomas with more than her life. Because if they fail, she’ll lose the people she loves and the future that finally feels worth fighting for.