Askance (Terran Times, #38)

Terran Times Can Silari accept the position of planetary Avatar and welcome a stranger into her body and mind? Recovering from damage done by a psycho, Silari, Agent of the Alliance, has been waiting for a new assignment. When that assignment turns out to be one of two dozen women in line for a shot at becoming the bride of an Avatar, she is slightly disappointed. What man would want a woman damaged in body and mind? Maksuan has shied away from women who used their wiles to get his attention, but the shy Terran shines in every room she enters. He tries to get closer to her and when he finds out why she is dodging him, he takes action and removes clothing. Silari wants to get back in active duty, but the activities that ... have in mind were not on her list, until now. Silari Henderson has fought her way back to active duty only to be told that her first action is to line up with a number of other women for the chance to become mate to the Avatar of Niiko. She lines up with the others, hiding the marks that she brought back from her captivity, unaware that her modesty is the exact thing that will get the attention of Maksuan and the planet that lives within him. Maksuan has been looking for a woman who wakes his senses and looking askance at the lovely Silari, he can feel his interest rising, as well as other things. "Recovering from damage done by a psycho, Silari, Agent of the Alliance, has been waiting for a new assignment. When that assignment turns out to be one of two dozen women in line for a shot at becoming the bride of an Avatar, she is slightly disappointed. What man would want a woman damaged in body and mind? Maksuan has shied away from women who used their wiles to get his attention, but the shy Terran shines in every room she enters. He tries to get closer to her and when he finds out why she is dodging him, he takes action and removes clothing."-- Provided by publisher