Project Pardus

<p><strong>An entire space station disappears-and someone wants to keep it that way.</strong></p><p>All I want is to make a scientific breakthrough that will earn me a legit place in my field. But when I finally nab the perfect project it's snatched away from me by the granting agency clearly puppeted by someone powerful.</p><p>I refuse to let them bury this so my ex (the four-armed emotion-sensing alien Yarrow) and I go after the evidence we need to prove something weird-maybe even sinister-is going on.</p><p>When our ship disappears right out from under us I can no longer risk anyone else for my research...if only everyone would listen when I tell them that. What with folks I meet trying to make friends and Yarrow following me halfway across the Galaxy I can't shake off the people who care about me.</p><p>Even when I flee my lab. Even when my ship is sabotaged. Even when I shatter space itself.</p><p>***</p><p>Tropes: second chance romance alien romance found family mystery evil corporation nerdy FMC space disappearance he has four arms he chases her lightyears stop running from the people who love you first person POV alien banging forced proximity workplace romance.</p><p>Content notes: Explicit sex scenes liberal use of obscenities parental emotional abuse of adult child burns. See the author's website for detailed content notes.</p><p><em>Project Pardus</em> is a space opera second chance alien romance about accepting love and community.</p>