Honor and Shadows

Honor and Shadows is a 10,000-word prequel novelette set just before the start of Hunt the Stars.

Captain Octavia Zarola needs an infusion of credits-fast-if she's going to keep her close-knit bounty hunting crew paid and fed. Tracking down an escaped embezzler on a backwater planet should be a piece of cake, but bounties are rarely as easy as they seem.

As the crew closes in on their quarry, the hunt becomes entangled with a local criminal overlord, and Tavi will have to decide what's more important: money or honor, and how much she's willing to risk for either one.

"A fun romantic read. If you enjoy sexy space heroes and badass heroines with a heart of gold, this book won't disappoint!" -Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Hunt the Stars

"Fans of Nalini Singh will swoon for this stoic psychic space warrior hero, and fall in love with a badass mercenary captain heroine who will go to any lengths to protect her wounded-squad-turned-found-family. Compelling, steamy, and impossible to put down-Mihalik has created a world I want to visit again and again for years to come. Give me more sexy hot psychic space aliens!" -Kit Rocha, New York Times bestselling author, on Hunt the Stars

"The heat is on in Mihalik's addictive Starlight's Shadow series launch. Mihalik artfully juggles palpable romantic tension and fun action to create an epic page turner. This is sure to excite anyone who likes their space opera with a bit of spice." -Publishers Weekly, on Hunt the Stars



"Jessie Mihalik's thrilling first entry in her Starlight's Shadow series... Amid all the action and adventure, Mihalik also shows how a group of people in close quarters can become a family. Fans of "The Mandalorian" or "Firefly" will love this sci-fi romance." -BookPage, on Hunt the Stars

Jessie Mihalik has a degree in Computer Science and a love of all things geeky. A software engineer by trade, Jessie now writes full time from her home in Texas. When she's not writing, she can be found playing co-op video games with her husband, trying out new board games, or reading books pulled from her overflowing bookshelves.

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