title: Tessa Ever After (A Reluctant Hearts Novel)
author:  Brighton Walsh 
description: "The swoonworthy hero belongs on the 2015 best fictional boyfriends list."--<i>RT Book Reviews </i>&#8232;&#8232;<br><br>"<i>Tessa Ever After</i> is a delight: womanizing college party guy falls for single mom and her daughter--it's an awesome premise <i>&</i> Walsh has written a winner."--<i>HEA USA Today&#8232;&#8232;</i><br><br>"In true Brighton Walsh fashion, <i>Tessa Ever After</i> was hilarious, sexy, & emotionally vulnerable."--<i>Prisoners of Print</i>&#8232;&#8232;<br><br>"There are a lot of New Adult books on the market...but few that combine incredible characters, sexy times and great story that has you turning the pages quickly."--<i>Stuck in Books</i>
zlib_text: She destroyed his resistance. His ship could be next…
  The Orion, Book 2
  As commander of the Orion, self-control is Captain Steve Craig’s mantra. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep his ship safe from predators, including keeping his romantic liaisons off ship. The women of his crew are strictly off limits—especially
  those among the lithe, lethal Serpentian Guard.
  Tessa Alligon is trained to kill with her bare hands, but nothing could prepare her innocent heart for the likes of the iron-willed captain. When she unexpectedly catches him with his barriers down, they share a night that melts the deep-space
  cold.
  Craig tells her it was a mistake—their passion must be controlled. But once unleashed, Tessa’s sensual nature is not easily cooled. Neither is her thirst for revenge when he insists they have no future together.
  A future for any of them becomes iffy when they discover there’s a saboteur on board. One that could be lurking within the ranks of the Serpentian Guard itself…
  One that Ste