Pick Me Space Cruise (Smutt Books Short Alien Romance #11)

One ship. Thousands of singles. And a legal mandate that says she belongs to him.Nuri has a self-destructive she only wants the unavailable. After a string of disasters leads to a formal complaint, she’s offered a instead of dating, put what she wants in a contract and pick the alien who agrees to it.But Nuri’s problem isn’t the men, it’s her own heart. And her heart just led her straight into a trap.Vul’lar is a nightmare in the flesh.To his own species, he looks perfectly normal, but it only takes one outing into the common areas of the singles cruise to realize that his mere presence fills the room with the stench of human fear. When his sister comes to him with a solution, he takes it, finding himself bound to a human woman who has signed the contract, sight unseen.He expects her to run. He expects her to be afraid.He doesn't expect her to set a trap for him.Nuri and Vuel’lar must navigate a web of deliberate misunderstandings and physical attraction that defies biology. In the cold vacuum of space, they’ll learn that the most dangerous thing isn’t Vul’lar’s monstrous appearance, it’s the vulnerability of letting someone truly see you.A fast paced, high-heat sci-fi romance with deliberate misunderstandings, unusual anatomy, and moments of personal growth as well as self acceptance.