Shattered Soldier, Patient Starfarer

A Novel of the Empath Alliance Chronicles

By: Lyra Starling

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She's saved a thousand lives but can't save herself.

Combat medic Mara Ellis has seen too much death. Now stationed at a frontier clinic, she throws herself into work, fighting corrupt officials, treating patients no one else will see, and burying her trauma so deep she almost believes it's gone.

He feels every wound she's buried.

Tovan is a Valyri healer with centuries of experience and empathic abilities that let him sense every emotion around him. He's learned to manage the weight of others' pain. But Mara's anguish cuts through his defenses—because she's not just hurting. She's drowning. And she won't let anyone close enough to help.

Some wounds can only heal together.

When corruption threatens the clinic and danger brings them closer, Mara must choose: keep fighting alone, or let an alien who feels everything she's hidden help her find her way back to hope.

What you'll find in this book:

• Military heroine with realistic PTSD portrayal
• Patient alien hero who respects her strength
• Workplace tension that becomes something more
• Found family among the colonists
• Guaranteed happily-ever-after (with a surprise in the epilogue!)

Shattered Soldier, Patient Starfarer is Book 2 in The Empath Alliance Chronicles, an emotional sci-fi romance series featuring protective alien heroes, strong heroines, and guaranteed happy endings.

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