A Gaian man shouldn't be capable of loving a woman he wasn't attached to, but somehow Calli Lisole had gotten past Captain Stanus Renden's defenses and straight into his heart. Not that he'd ever to admit his attraction for the little card dealer from the space station Paradise's casino. She just isn't the right kind of woman for him.

But when pirates attack the station and the pair of them end up trapped in a tiny safe room, the feelings lurking in both of them must finally be faced.