The author and the narrators did a swell job bringing Anders and Gwen’s story to life. Anders is the third oldest Madellan brother, the middle child. As such, he’s known as a bit of a screwup. While being super protective of his two younger brothers, his two older brother still look at him as the mischievous little brother of his youth. He admits his has earned the moniker, but he’s still disappointed sometimes when they look at him with those disappointed, distrustful eyes. His biggest problem, however, is the fact that he’s in love with his partner and co-pilot, his married partner, Gwen.
Gwen is a human woman brought onto the Auxem ship as a pilot. Her husband, a fellow human, is a mechanic on the ship. After almost a year aboard the ship, her husband leaves her for another human woman he met on the ship and leaves to go back to earth. She hides this from Anders for two weeks but, once he finds out all bets are off.
Now the two have to contend with their sexual attraction for one another, all while trying to escape an invasion of their ship by pirates. Once they manage to get off the ship they have to fight for help to save everyone else left on the ship, before the pirates kill all the men and sale all the women into slavery.
Gwen and Anders story is one of second chances, action, romance, hidden feelings, fear, bravery and love. I really enjoyed reading their story and I’m looking forward to reading the last two brother’s stories as well.