Loaned to the Leonid Knight by S.C. Principale

Fall in love with the alien from the galaxy next door… Or not.

Gideon is a Leonid Knight who knows his place in the old-fashioned and proud society of upper-class Leonids. In the shadows. Without a Pride of his own, without hope of winning one of the few remaining Queens, he’s accepted that he’ll always serve as secretary and assistant to a Leonid with much more power.
Until his boss, Farhet, gives him an impossible assignment—mate with a human surrogate and produce an heir for him. If he agrees, Farhet will set him up for life on a new planet, and Gideon can finally emerge from the shadows. To refuse would be a disaster, but to accept creates a whole new set of problems…

Sasha has nothing to lose by spending a few cycles in the Felix Orbus Galaxy. On Sapien-Three, her life consists of nothing but dead-end jobs, men who don’t want to stop playing games, and shadowy slums where human monsters roam. A visit to a new galaxy to get more money than she could make in a decade and help a civilization struggling to rebuild? Why not?
Farhet, that’s why not. The arrogant Leonid she’s matched with leaves her cold, and it’s more than mutual. Just when it looks like this new career is a bust, Farhet suggests a “harmless” switch, a surrogate lover for the surrogate mother. But there is nothing clinical about the heat Sasha feels when she’s with Gideon, and when this mission is complete, she’ll never see him again. What’s worse, he’ll never even know his child.

But if they choose love over obligation, they might not just wreck their own lives—they might wreck a new hope for the decimated population of the Felix Orbus Galaxy. Sasha understands the stakes, but does her heart? Can she let it be loaned to a desperate Leonid Knight, or will she risk everything and play for keeps?

Loaned to the Leonid Knight is a steamy standalone sci-fi romance in the Felix Orbus Galaxy.