The Stars We Carry (The Stars Beyond #1)
E.S. Brandon
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Explicit open door [?]
· 6 ratings · 399 pages · Published: 03 Jun 2025
When critical systems begin to fail, Maya discovers that someone is sabotaging the mission from within.
Then Julian Chen, the ship’s brilliant, infuriating lead architect, is forced out of cryo after a pod malfunction. Arrogant, maddening, dangerously attractive, he is now the only person she can trust.
Their uneasy partnership ignites into undeniable heat. Every system failure pulls them closer. Every dark corridor, every repair, becomes an excuse to touch, to linger, to fall deeper into something neither of them can afford.
But the sabotage escalates. Trust fractures. And as the Artemis spirals toward disaster, Maya must uncover the traitor before they all become ghosts in the void.
There’s nowhere to run. No one to call for help. Only heat. Only gravity.
Only the man who might be the one thing holding her together.—
✓ Forced proximity in space
✓ Brilliant, infuriating love interest
✓ High-stakes survival
✓ Mystery and sabotage
✓ Only One Bed
✓ Simmering tension
✓ 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Steamy open-door romance
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- east asian mc 1
- independent heroine 1
- working class heroine 1
- mystery 1
- suspense 1
- take-charge heroine 1
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The 'The Stars Beyond' series
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