Orchid

Orchid Adams works for Psynergy Inc. on the space colony of St. Helens, where psychic talents are common and marriage is treated as a serious, long-term matter. She is also drawn into a baffling murder and other unexplained trouble while navigating the colony’s matchmaking expectations.

Her new client, Rafe Stonebraker, is an unlicensed private eye and business heir with serious secrets, a powerful hidden talent, and a need to present himself as marriage-ready before a crucial takeover battle. Orchid is not the kind of bride he imagined, but she is uniquely suited to work with him.

As the two cooperate on theft, murder, and family-business conflict, their professional alliance becomes a romantic one. The story follows their growing connection as danger closes in and their talents, loyalties, and expectations about marriage are tested.