Breaking Boundaries - Beyond Boundaries By Mary Wine Book 1 in the Breaking Boundaries series. In 2254, a fertile woman is worth her weight in platinum. With the future of the human race in question, death is the only sentence handed out to those who plunder Earth's most precious resource. Lee Tanner, commander of the Enforcer outpost responsible for guarding and protecting those women, will be happy to hand out that sentence. Tightening his newest command will eliminate the pirate raids, but it leaves him holding the first recovered captive in years. Strong and fiercely independent, Chenoa awakens the warrior within him, and nothing in the Enforcer's codes helps him deal with the fact that his captive isn't just a witness or a lusted-after commodity. She's a woman. There are forces in nature that never notice the passing of years. The advances in civilization have done little to dampen the primitive yearnings of male and female. But the hand of Fate touches whom she will. Love and the bonding of two souls will never be obedient to the dictates of policy. Lee will discover how far a man will go and how hard he must fight to protect what is his.
Mary Wine has written over twenty novels that take her readers from the pages of history to the far reaches of space. Recent winner of a 2008 EPPIE Award for erotic western romance, her book LET ME LOVE YOU was quoted “Not to be missed…” by Lora Leigh, New York Times best-selling author.
When she’s not abusing a laptop, she spends time with her sewing machines…all of them! Making historical garments is her second passion. From corsets and knickers to court dresses of Elizabeth I, the most expensive clothes she owns are hundreds of years out of date. She’s also an active student of martial arts, having earned the rank of second degree black belt.
I liked everything except the fact the Chenoa was strong until Lee wanted to have sex with her and she just lost her mind. I wish she would have been strong throughout, but she redeemed herself as the story went on. Lee was kind of a dick for a while. I don't mind a possessive guy, but I feel that he misdirected his anger from time to time. Otherwise, solid story.
Sidenote: Can Kiril and Nacoma be together please? I don't understand why Nacoma played him to the left when she seemed to be into him at first.
When humanity is threatened then tend to take the lowest road to get what they want to make sure it survives. One man is fighting to change that and protect the ones who need it the most. Rules have been set up that the young women of the area are not informed about, let alone the true dangers added. After a terrible mishap and great cost one would think it was time to renegotiate.