Double Bind
Love and survival collide when trust is the ultimate gamble…
Marshall Clark III never meant to hurt Amity Landers. But the clone indentured to Dark Ops couldn’t allow his attraction to a beautiful woman destroy his sole chance for freedom. Having inadvertently put her life in danger, he’s willing to marry her so she can gain sanctuary on planet Refuge.
But is she grateful? No. Instead, the formerly sweet, enchanting woman has turned bitter and angry and seems intent on making his life miserable. Fortunately, the Cosmic Mates marriage contract provides an escape clause. However, he’s locked in for a year until he can regain his freedom.
Terminally unlucky in love, Amity Landers still had high hopes when she met the handsome, charming Marshall Clark. But after a magical first date that swept her off her feet, she’s crushed when she discovers the Dark Ops agent used her, faking interest to obtain the information he wanted. And worse, contact with him jeopardized her life. The only recourse is to accept his grudging offer of marriage, which will enable her to get asylum. But she’ll be counting the days until she can break free of her fake, pity marriage.
When even friendship seems out of reach, can two people in a fake marriage who hate each other find true love before time runs out?
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All Cosmic Mates sci-fi romances can be read as standalones. The series novellas are released in duets, each two-book set being its own mini-series. Books 1 & 2 are a set, books 3 & 4 are a new set, and books 5 and 6 are different set.
Double Bind (Cosmic Mates 6) is the second book of the duet. (Double Take is the first book).
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Cara Bristol
Cara Bristol is a USA Today bestselling author who has carved out a unique niche in the world of science fiction romance. Known for her captivating stories featuring tough alien and cyborg heroes, Cara’s novels take readers on thrilling journeys where strong-willed heroines and brooding, powerful protagonists collide in worlds full of passion, danger, and adventure.
When she's not conjuring up faraway galaxies or envisioning futuristic worlds, Cara enjoys the quiet pleasures of home life. A self-proclaimed homebody, she shares her life with her husband, a wanderer at heart. Together, they travel the globe while checking off items on her bucket list—most notably, visiting all seven continents and, in a lighter moment, petting a squirrel. It's these very contrasts—her love of the familiar and her curiosity for the unknown—that infuse her writing with depth, allowing readers to escape into complex, yet relatable stories.
Cosmic Mates
Not all soulmates are born on Earth. In Cosmic Mates, love is written in the stars—sometimes in alien script, sometimes in instinct—and always with consequences that ripple across galaxies. This series blends sizzling sci-fi romance with pulse-pounding adventure, bringing together interstellar warriors, unlikely heroines, and bonds that transcend planets, species, and logic.
Cosmic Mates consists of eight books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Reviews and Comments
This is the second book in the newest duet of this series and I loved getting to know Amity & Marshall after meeting them in the first book Double Take. This was a really fun story and I enjoyed seeing how the two of them got to know one another and how their relationship developed. The epilogue at the end was also really sweet. I look forward to reading more by this author in the future including any future books in this series if it continues.
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