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An attempted assassination left Princess Shalira blind as a child and, now that she’s of marriageable age, her prospects are not good because of her disability. She’s resigned herself to an arranged marriage rather than face life under the thumb of her cold stepmother. But then she meets Mike Varone, a Sectors Special Forces officer sent to Mahjundar by the intergalactic government to retrieve a ship lost in her planet’s mountains. After Mike saves Shalira from another assassination attempt, she arranges for him to escort her across the planet to her future husband. She’s already falling hard for the deadly offworlder and knows she should deny herself the temptation he represents, but taking Mike along to protect her is the only way she’ll live long enough to escape her ruthless stepmother.

Mike, for his part, resists his growing attraction to the princess; he has a mission on this planet and rescuing the vulnerable but brave princess isn’t it. No matter how much he wishes it could be.

But what should have been an easy trek through Mahjundar’s peaceful lands swiftly turns into an ambush with danger around every turn. Shalira’s marriage begins to seem less like an arranged union and more like yet another planned assassination. The more they work together to survive, the harder it becomes to stop themselves from falling in love. Caught in a race against time, can they escape the hostile forces hunting them and make it off the planet?

MISSION TO MAHJUNDAR is part of the SECTORS SF ROMANCE SERIES. Each story in this series takes place in the same world of hunky space soldiers and the competent ladies who love them. You can read the books in this series back to back, or as individual, stand-alone books.

Other books in the Sectors SF Romance Series:
Wreck of the Nebula Dream
Escape from Zulaire
Hostage to the Stars*
Trapped On Talonque

*Hostage to the Stars features several returning characters from Mission to Mahjundar

***Accolades for Mission to Mahjundar***
2015 SFR Galaxy Award
2015 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Finalist

Length: 298 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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IndieReader.com: 4.5 Stars "...a great mix of well developed science fiction and believable romance that fits into the action packed narrative for a fast and captivating read."

About the Author

Best Selling Science Fiction & Paranormal Romance author and “SciFi Encounters” columnist for the USA Today Happily Ever After blog, Veronica Scott grew up in a house with a library as its heart. Dad loved science fiction, Mom loved ancient history and Veronica thought there needed to be more romance in everything. When she ran out of books to read, she started writing her own stories. Married young to her high school sweetheart then widowed, Veronica has two grown daughters, one grandson and cats Keanu and Jake. Veronica’s life has taken many twists and turns, but she always makes time to keep reading and writing. Everything is good source material for the next novel or the one after that, right? She’s been through earthquakes, tornadoes and near death experiences…Always more stories to tell, new adventures to experience—Veronica’s personal motto is, “Never boring.” MISC FACTS ABOUT VERONICA Two time winner ~ SFR Galaxy Award (for ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE and WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM). National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award 2014 Golden Quill Finalist 2014 Proud recipient ~ NASA Exceptional Service Medal but must hasten to add the honor was not for her romantic fiction! --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Publication date : August 15, 2014
ASIN : B00MRLXPQ6
File size : 1215 KB
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 298 pages
Language: : English
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Lending : Enabled

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Mission to Mahjundar

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2017

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Before I started this book I had read two short stories by this author that I enjoyed and I was eager to give one of her full length works a try. I picked this book up when it was discounted and as I was in a sci-fi mood I decided to starts this one. Sadly I have to say this one missed the mark for me. The story didn't quite work for me. This is mostly because of me having wrong expectations about this book and I was unable to really care about the characters or get caught up in the story.

Mission to Mahjundar is a sci-fi romance, but at the same time I feel that doesn't really describe the feel or genre of this book well. Yes the male main character is a Marine from the Sectors and does missions to other world, but 95% of this book takes place on Majundar. A backwater planet with basically no technology and the male main character and his cousin only use some blasters and some minor tech. It almost would fit better to describe this book as a fantasy or even military romance, even though neither of those is quite right either as it does have a small sci-if aspect and there is a bigger world out there. I had expected a sci-fi romance and sadly this book didn't have as much sci-fi as I had hoped and therefore didn't fit my mood as well as I had expected.

It's not a bad book, but it just didn't quite work for me. There were parts that I did enjoy and it was a nice read. The story did flow nicely and the pace was pretty well done for the most part. The book is pretty story driven but at the same time could feel a bit slow at times or maybe that's because I didn't quite care about the events that were happening.

Beside the book not fitting my expectations I has some trouble with the story. The story didn't quite keep my attention and I wasn't fully happy the direction the story took at times. I also am discovering a new pet peeve of mine, books were there is too much trouble. It felt like in this book the characters went from one bad situation to another. Or they were right before or after a bad situation. It just got tiring and I wanted them to have a few more moments of peace and quiet to enjoy each others company or were we could get to know the characters better. There was a nice scene at the start were they had a bit of a sort of quiet temporary moment which was nice, but it was very short lasting.

Besides there being few moments of peace, I had a hard time caring about the story. It felt like little details or bit of information were missing here and there that could've made the plot feel more complete. Only about 60% in the book we finally find out a few basics of the "mission" Mike and Johnny were on and even then it's hard to grab the relevance of this mission. We get a few details later, but it's too little too late. The new information just makes me have more question about the information and the things that happened before this book. I guess I would've liked to get a bit more information about this mission. And there are also some parts of the story I would've liked to get more details about. How this planet and culture worked and the tribes and why the special agents weren't aware of certain things going in. A few things just seemed a bit too convenient, usually for the bad guys, and other parts just didn't fully make sense or come alive.

So what did I enjoy about this book? For the most part it was well written and I liked the writing style. Even though I struggled though it at times, it also had some scenes and parts that I did enjoy and some chapters that I easily read through. I also liked the set-up for this book, a military guy who on a mission to a planet falls in love with a local blind princess. With how they are both from such different words, but find common ground. I also thought it was nice to see a less advanced planet in a galaxy that also has more advanced planets, I just would've liked to see more of this contradiction. How the sectors people experienced this people or how foreign the technology was to the people there. I would've liked to get to know the customs of this planet a bit better.

While I liked the idea of the romance, sadly I didn't quite feel the romance in this book. It seemed their feelings for each other developed quite quickly and while they spent some time together I would've liked to see more scenes where they really connected or got to know each other. Sadly the romance didn't really work for me. I was happy how there was no miscommunication or other big issues in the romance as the more gently style seemed to fit the book.

The characters were nice enough, but I had a hard time really caring about them. I did enjoy reading the story, but at the same time had a hard time really connecting with or feeling like I got to know the characters. I would've liked to get the characters a bit better as I think that would've made me more invested in the story. I thought the princess had an interesting backstory, I was just a bit disappointed with how something surrounding her was handled later in the book. And I would've liked to know what really happened to her those years ago, I had hoped we would've gotten to know that in the end.

Concerning the world building, there was very little of that, but at the same time it is obvious there is more in this universe. With what we did get to know it was obvious there was a whole galaxy and more stories out there and I did like that feeling of how the author build a whole world even though we only get to see a little piece. I just wished we would've gotten more than a glimpse of the rest of the galaxy in this book. But that's probably also because I was in the mod for sci-fi and this book very light on the sci-fi aspects.

To summarize: this book didn't quite work for me. There were parts I enjoyed and parts that didn't work for me. I ended up rounding up my rating as I do feel that it's not a bad book, but I just went in with wrong expectations (wish I had a few reviews first) and I didn't really care for the story. The book was story driven, but at the same time it could feel a bit slow and like these tiny pieces of information were missing that would've made the book read smoother. The characters were in a lot of trouble and bad situations in this book and I would've liked some more quieter and happier moments to break up all the bad things. I didn't care for the direction the story took at times, but I was happy with the ending. There were a few questions left unanswered that I had hoped to see answered. The book is very light on the sci-fi aspects and reads more like a fantasy or military romance at times. I didn't feel the romance in this book and didn't care for the characters. But I did like the set-up for the romance and how they both came from different worlds. I also liked the feel the author created of there being a whole galaxy out there and the world seemed thought out even though we only got to see a very small piece of it.

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Diane D. (genre fiction biblioholic)

3.2 Goodreads; 3.7 Amazon = should be a half star! Several issues where I liked X, but Y was iffy.

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2017

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Another entertaining Sectors SFR, though there's a mystical fantasy element, as well as interplanetary government background and future tech eventually in play. Ms. Scott has that in at least a couple other titles too. I like both genres, but sometimes the mix catches me off guard, such as when prayers or rites have immediate, unquestionable results.

I liked almost all the protagonists, who had strengths and weaknesses, loyalty and courage. To avoid spoilers, I'll just say that the sort-of exception was a rescued prisoner who was annoyingly but understandably one-track-minded and impatient. Also (not uncommon for action romances), the feeling — and before long the declarations — of devoted love come pretty quickly, requiring some hefty suspension of disbelief.

The plot is exciting, if a bit too reliant on power-hungry baddies (yes, more than one/once, though I'm not going to spoiler-explain) who paw at Shalira while declaring that she's going to be their bedmate, willing or not. There are three-plus main action peaks, the final section being prolonged and multi-part. Oh, and BTW, if you're a romance reader who demands 100% happiness in the ending, plus an epilogue that shows the couple's hopes all worked out over the years, you're not going to find that here: there *is* a denouement, but it's still close in time, and <SPOILER>someone we/they care about doesn't make it.</SPOILER>

I was a bit disappointed at the way the h's blindness wound up being handled. I thought it would be great to have a blind lead who proved throughout that she could still be capable, and at fist that's pretty much what I found, but <SPOILER>the "happy ending" and even earlier events included a wish-fulfillment cure that struck me as ableist (spelling?) and too easy.</SPOILER>

As for the writing and editing, it was generally good, with one minor irritation (the use of current idioms such as "stuff" and "no picnic" even when they're supposed to be speaking Mahjundaran, even spoken by the inhabitants; it just broke my immersion a bit now and then), and one major one: I marked at least 10 places where there should have been a scene-break space between two paragraphs, since there was a time jump and/or a switch of PoV (the tale is told in dual limited-third-person perspectives, of the H & h), but there was no indication of any separation, repeatedly forcing me to reread a sentence to understand what had happened. Other than that, I only caught two very minor punctuation typos.

Still, overall, I did enjoy this light read. I know I spent a lot of words on flaws, but I have no hesitation in saying that I will continue to buy and read Ms. Scott's SF and/or fantasy action romances, and recommending that other genre fans do, too. They're a definite cut above a lot of what's out there. Consider my criticisms constructive, Ms. Scott, and keep writing, please.

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