Technically Abducted by Caitlin Ricci

Finn Sullivan was fixing restaurant systems at 3 AM when he got dragged off his apartment floor by a glowing blue alien who clearly had zero appreciation for his perfectly organized chaos.
Then there’s Tev’ra, Nereidan systems specialist with the galaxy’s most rigid protocols. His people need to assess human technical innovation for their compatibility program. Unfortunately, Finn’s “controlled chaos” approach breaks every rule in Tev’ra’s manual.
Now Finn’s stuck on an alien ship for 72 hours with a formal researcher who glows when flustered and thinks cable management is a character flaw. Meanwhile, his clients’ systems are crashing back on Earth, and the empathic bond sparking between them definitely wasn’t in the assessment parameters.
Because falling for your methodical abductor is complicated enough without adding scientific protocols, cultural barriers, and the fact that some connections are worth abandoning every protocol for.

A steamy sci-fi romance featuring reluctant abduction, bioluminescent feedback, tech support emergencies, and the revolutionary concept that sometimes the best solutions can’t be optimized. Low angst, high heat, guaranteed HEA.

Tropes: Alien abduction • Reluctant attraction • Forced proximity • Size difference • Bioluminescent alien • Empathic bond • Order vs chaos • Touch-starved • Professional competence kink