Calamity, Constance Fay
Calamity, Constance Fay
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Calamity

Author: Constance Fay

Narrator: Paige Reisenfeld

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2023


Synopsis

Winter's Orbit meets Ilona Andrews in this sexy enemies-to-lovers romance.

“Constance Fay...wildly combines heart-stirring romance with a high-stakes adventure in a wonderfully deep space odyssey. This passionate story is a heady mix of suspense, romance, and intrigue, all set within an intricate and intriguing new world!”--Rebecca Zanetti, New York Times bestselling author of You Can Hide

The captain of a ragtag mercenary ship is given an offer she can't refuse by the ruthless head of an intergalactic noble family. The only catch? She'll have to team up with his son--an upsettingly competent hardbody with his own agenda--to get her reward.

She’s got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member…

Temperance Reed, banished from the wealthy and dangerous Fifteen Families, just wants to keep her crew together after their feckless captain ran off with the intern. But she’s drowning in debt and revolutionary new engine technology is about to make her beloved ship obsolete.

Enter Arcadio Escajeda. Second child of the terrifying Escajeda Family, he’s the thorn in Temper’s side as they’re sent off on a scouting mission on the backwater desert planet of Herschel 2. They throw sparks every time they meet but Temper’s suspicions of his ulterior motives only serve to fuel the flames between them.

Despite volcanic eruptions, secret cultists, and deadly galactic fighters, the greatest threat on this mission may be to Temper’s heart.

A Macmillan Audio production from Bramble.

About Constance Fay

Constance Fay writes space romance novels and genre fiction short stories. Her short fiction can be found in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Catscast podcast, and other publications. She has a background in medical device R&D and lives in Colorado with a cat who edits all her work first.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin

“The universe wouldn’t be half as calamitously interesting without you.” found family, warring families, and a secret mission with your enemy??? this was just all around fantastic. thank you to edelweiss and the publisher for providing the arc!......more

1.5 stars rounded up Listen, I can go for a good campy sci-fi romance. But some of the dialogue in Calamity was....a lot even for me. I was not infrequently cringing and I'm not usually as sensitive as some of my friends are to that sort of thing. It didn't help that I wasn't really invested in the m......more

A solid debut sci-fi romance! Calamity draws from the sci-fi romance well: Let's start out with a hotheaded starship captain forced to take on an unwanted (HOT) crew member to complete a mission she's pretty sure has some hidden aspects. Then we'll add a tight-knit crew made up of quirky (HOT) peopl......more

This was such a fun, sexy and action-packed read! Perfect if you like snarky banter, a steamy romance, and some amazing fight scenes. Temper is captain of a shakey but well loved ship, The Quest. When a member of one of the Families temporarily joins the crew for a mission, Temper's strengths and we......more


Quotes

“Do you like Ilona Andrews and Jessie Mihalik? Firefly and The Expanse? Definitely try Constance Fay’s CALAMITY. She wildly combines heart-stirring romance with a high-stakes adventure in a wonderfully deep space odyssey. This passionate story is a heady mix of suspense, romance, and intrigue, all set within an intricate and intriguing new world!”

--Rebecca Zanetti, New York Times bestselling author of YOU CAN HIDE