Sold to the Alien Cartel

Corin Cain

Book 2 of Aurelian Empire

After her ship is attacked by space pirates, a fugitive hiding under a false identity is captured and auctioned off on a lawless alien planet, where a feared crime lord with a hidden agenda of his own ends up buying her. As the two circle each other with secrets and simmering attraction, their fates become entangled with a brutal turf war over the planet's slave trade. It's a dark, action-driven alien romance built around a captive heroine and a morally complicated alien anti-hero.