“He says I’m one of the few people he knows for sure will always do the right thing for the right reasons.” Erron sounded very adult and very proud. “That’s not why I’m calling.”
“Then?”
“The Captain would like to see you, sir,” Erron said.
Marlow clamped her jaw together. “I’m on my way,” she said stiffly.
* * * * *
She had only ever been in the Captain’s office once before, when she was appointed lieutenant of the civil division. She had been nervous and worried that at any second, David Sekar would tell her it was all a joke, the job wasn’t really hers after all.
It didn’t feel any more comfortable today, either. She stayed on her feet and at stiff attention. “Captain?”
Jonah shut the door behind her, then held out a wrapped parcel. There was a ribbon on top, gay and mocking.
“What’s this?” she asked, startled.
“Open it.” Despite the gift and the ribbon, his expression was sober. There was no twinkle of amusement in his eyes, like she remembered. She hadn’t seen him laugh or smile very much since he had taken office. Tiredness was etched into his face, too.
Curiously, she opened the gift. It was a framed printout of a chart.
She stared at it, confused.
Jonah touched the frame. “For weeks now, I have had the institutions measuring nearly two dozen critical life functions and resources on the ship. Water, food, oxygen. Civil unrest. A lot more that the sociologists insisted were critical to the longevity of the ship. Some of them are things I never thought of before, including how many times people complained about their neighbors on the Forum.”
“That’s critical?”
“Apparently. Too much means a general trend toward discontent. Too little means people feel oppressed and can’t speak out. There is a just-right level of social conflict.”
“I didn’t know that,” she murmured, looking at the chart. “This is a measure of those factors?”
Jonah nodded. “It’s a cumulative measure. Look.” He traced the red line.
“It’s going up,” she breathed, delighted. “Jonah, you did it!”
He shook his head and took the frame away from her. “We did it. Everyone on the ship did it and I’m going to make sure they all understand that. Later.” He drew her toward him, his hand around hers. “Now everyone can breathe a bit more freely. We’ve turned a corner. We can start to think of other things now.”
Her heart squeezed. She looked up at him as his arm pressed up against her back. “Did you think I minded that you put the ship first?” she whispered.
“I minded,” he growled. “I want you in my life. I want you to live with me. Erron can, too, if he wants, as long as you are there.”
She started to tremble. “We’ll both be so busy….”
Jonah shook his head. “No. We’ll make time. We’ve saved the ship. You are my priority, now.”
“In that case, you’d better kiss me, or I’ll just have to make you.”
Jonah smiled. “Ah…you’re good for my ego, Marlow, my love.”
He kissed her.
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Promissory Note, Book 3, The Endurance series.
They can change life aboard the Endurance, if only they can work together.
Thanks to a small disaster aboard the Endurance, popular, beautiful and adored Laura Hyland is unable to meet the terms of a promissory note she wrote. The note has been signed over to the horrible Micah Thorn, an elite coder with a dark reputation and no social skills. The note ties Laura to Thorn and forces her to work with him. When she digs into his personal history, though, his work takes on a far deeper meaning…and could change everyone’s life for the better.
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About the Author
Tracy Cooper-Posey is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author. She writes romantic suspense, paranormal, urban fantasy, futuristic and science fiction romances. She has published over 65 novels since 1999, been nominated for five CAPAs including Favourite Author, and won the Emma Darcy Award.
She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year and Byzantine Heartbreak was a 2012 winner. Faring Soul won a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 for “Most Intriguing Philosophical/Social Science Questions in Galaxybuilding” She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught romance writing at MacEwan University.
She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.
Other books by Tracy Cooper-Posey
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Blood Knot Series (Urban Fantasy Paranormal Series)
Blood Knot*
Southampton Swindle
Broken Promise
Vale
Amor Meus
Blood Stone
Blood Unleashed
Blood Drive
Blood Revealed
Blood Ascendant
Beloved Bloody Time Series (Paranormal Futuristic Time Travel)
Bannockburn Binding*
Wait
Byzantine Heartbreak
Viennese Agreement
Romani Armada
Spartan Resistance
Kiss Across Time Series (Paranormal Time Travel)
Kiss Across Time*
Kiss Across Swords
Time Kissed Moments I
Kiss Across Chains
Kiss Across Deserts
Kiss Across Kingdoms
The Branded Rose Prophecy
The Stonebrood Saga(Gargoyle Paranormal Series)
Carson’s Night*
Beauty’s Beasts
Harvest of Holidays
Unbearable
Sabrina’s Clan
Destiny’s Trinities (Urban Fantasy Romance Series)
Beth’s Acceptance*
Mia’s Return
Sera’s Gift
The First Trinity (Anth.)
Cora’s Secret
Zoe’s Blockade
Octavia’s War
The Second Trinity (Anth.)
Terra’s Victory
Interspace Originas (Science Fiction Romance Se
ries)
Faring Soul
Varkan Rise
Cat and Company
Short Paranormals
Solstice Surrender
Eva’s Last Dance
The Vistaria Affair (Romantic Suspense)
Red Leopard*
Black Heart
Blue Knight
White Dawn
Go-get-‘em Women (Short Romantic Suspense Series)
The Royal Talisman
Delly’s Last Night
Vivian’s Return
Ningaloo Nights
Jewells of Tomorrow (Historical Romantic Suspense)
Diana By The Moon
Heart of Vengeance
Scandalous Sirens (Historical Romance Series)
Forbidden*
Dangerous Beauty
Perilous Princess
Romantic Thrillers Series
Fatal Wild Child
Dead Again
Dead Double
Terror Stash
Thrilling Affair
The Endurance (Science Fiction Romance Series)
5,001
Greyson’s Doom
Yesterday’s Legacy
Promissory Note
Contemporary Romances
Lucifer’s Lover
An Inconvenient Lover
The Sherlock Holmes Series (Romantic Suspense/Mystery)
Chronicles of the Lost Years
The Case of the Reluctant Agent
For reviews, excerpts, and more about each title, visit Tracy’s site and click on each title in turn: http://tracycooperposey.com/books-by-thumbnail/
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FIRST EDITION: July 2016
Cooper-Posey, Tracy
Yesterday’s Legacy/Tracy Cooper-Posey—1st Ed.
Romance—Fiction
Science Fiction – Fiction