Mari has been left at the altar by Tomas. She decides to take the honeymoon since it was paid for, and he drained all her bank accounts. He also left her to settle his debts with the biggest loan shark in the universe. She meets Winter while on her "honeymoon." His son Zero is interested in making friends and Mari is his first friend. Winter needs her to pilot his ship to Corra since Zero wants to go to school and make friends. Winter was accused of killing his first mate. He decides that Mari would make a good mate and a good mother. Will Mari agree to his terms? Will she go knowing his history?

I enjoyed this book. I liked Mari. She was full of life and light. She brought joy into Winter's life as well as Zero's. Winter was taciturn. Zero was fun to watch as he tried so hard to get them together. Her mother and brother were wild to watch also. I liked Winter's protectiveness of Mari and Zero. I am glad that Mari was finally able to get Winter to talk with her and not hide his past. I also appreciated when she called him out on his suspicions.

I look forward to the next books of this series. ( )