Sneak Peek Sunday - The Chameleon

Welcome to Sneak Peek Sunday where authors share six paragraphs from either a work-in-progress or a published work. Here's another peek at The Chameleon, the next story in my Outer Rim series. The Chameleon will be released next month.


Last time, Jileena (aka Baby)'s father said he's sending her to the Outer Rim to confirm a rare mineral discovery. Then he says she has to go with a companion. This is what happens when the companion finds out.

“Commander Servary, your assignment is to escort Baby Winslott on a sightseeing tour of the Outer Rim.”

Security Officer Laning Servary clenched his teeth so hard his jaw ached. By the Matriarch’s left tit, that was why he’d been recalled from the Rim to Coalition HQ? To be a glorified tour guide? A babysitter? He thanked the Exalted One that he was standing, his feet wide apart with his hands clasped behind his back. Otherwise, he might have wrapped them around Chief Vanutial’s neck and throttled him.

“Baby, sir?” Laning knew full well who Baby was. He’d met her Royal Pain-in-the-Ass at a social function last year.

“Chief Representative Winslott’s daughter wants to visit the Frontier. Her father insists you protect her.” The man’s eyes narrowed. “She has some damn fool notion about having an adventure. Apparently, those damn fool pioneers have been filling her head with damn fool ideas.”

“But, sir, I have an assignment—”

“Servary, your assignment is what I say it is,” Vanutial boomed, shattering the air in the spacious office much the same as his Volpian Cruiser did when shooting through the atmosphere.

 

Blurb for The Chameleon

 

Legally Blond meets Mata Hari.

Socialite Jileena Winslott has perfected the image of the spoiled, rich, bubble-headed daughter of an industrial magnate. In reality, she’s a smart, savvy aide to her father in social situations where she is his eyes and ears. She yearns to be her true self and run the family business. When her father sends her on a covert mission to the Outer Rim, she has the chance to prove herself. Big problem. He insists she take along a fake fiancé—the man she’s secretly loved for years.

Security Officer Laning Servary has better things to do than babysit a spoiled rich girl on a tour of the Frontier. If he refuses, he can kiss his career good-by. Then her father sweetens the pot. If Laning keeps her safe, his family will receive the land they share-crop. He can’t refuse.

In the close quarters of her ship, Laning and Jileena discover they aren’t who they seem. Pirates, weather, and her recklessness threaten to derail the mission. As Laning and Jileena revise their impressions of each other, they’ll have to make hard choices about their goals. Can their budding love survive?

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Sneak Peek Sunday - The Chameleon

On Sundays, authors share six paragraphs from either a work-in-progress or a published work. Here's another peek at The Chameleon, the next story in the Outer Rim series. The Chameleon will be released next month.

Last week, Jileena's father said she didn't have a head for business. After telling her about the discovery of an exotic mineral, he hits her with one surprise after another.
 

“Baby, I’m sending you to Galeria 7 to check out this discovery.”

“To the Outer Rim?” Jileena’s jaw dropped. While her father had sent her on discreet missions before, he’d never sent her that far from the Central Planets—especially since her brother died out on the Frontier.

“You will check the site and do your own analysis. Put that geology degree of yours into practice.”

She’d gone to university and majored in all the frou-frou courses her father decreed. As her alter ego, Leeva Warren, she’d secretly earned degrees in geology, archeology, and business administration. She gave him a wide-eyed stare. “Geology degree?”

“Come now, child. You can’t do anything I don’t know about.”

Hah. He didn’t know about her working in his company.

What surprise will he hit her with next?

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