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V.K. Ludwig

Book 2 of Garrison Earth

In this sci-fi alien-invasion romance, a human woman named Katie finds herself caught between two Vetusian warriors after a deadly mistake upends her sense of safety. One of the aliens, an outcast healer trying to prove his worth, must protect Katie and her daughter from danger while navigating his species' rigid ideas about fate and worthiness. As trust slowly builds between them, the pair must work through deep trauma and external threats to find their place together. It's the second entry in the interconnected Garrison Earth series, following humanity's uneasy adjustment to alien occupation.