Pico's Crush: Sci Fi Space Opera Romance

· Chavanch Press, LLC
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A paradise planet turns deadly. Can a professor and a sniper save his daughter and her friends from mercenaries and a cunning killer?

When ex-military sniper and current personal security specialist Jerzi Adams visits his daughter Pico's quiet college on the paradise-like planet of Nila Marbela, he doesn’t expect emergency evacuations and rogue robots. Nor does he expect to renew a friendship with former squad-mate, who is now Pico’s teacher. And the last person Pico wants to see is the unrequited love she crossed half a galaxy to avoid.

Explosions, sabotage, and assaults used to be Andra De Luna's daily routine, but she gave it up for a professorship at a prestigious university. Now she's flung back into that world, reunited with a man she’d never forgotten to protect an entire floating campus of students.

When the hunt for a cunning serial killer leads Jerzi's old friends Luka and Mairwen (Overload Flux) to town, there's trouble in paradise as the body count starts to rise. Either the world of academia has gone from merely cutthroat to downright deadly, or more sinister forces are in conflict, with the campus as a battleground.

Can they improvise a miracle or two to keep everyone alive?

Pico’s Crush is the fourth story in the sweeping Central Galactic Concordance space opera series. If you like witty banter, thrilling action, and friends-to-lovers romance, then you’ll enjoy Carol Van Natta’s exciting tale.

Buy Pico's Crush to find trouble in paradise today!

A paradise planet turns deadly. Can a professor and a sniper save his daughter and her friends from mercenaries and a cunning killer? When ex-military sniper and current personal security specialist Jerzi Adams visits his daughter Pico's quiet college on the paradise-like planet of Nila Marbela, ...

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6 reviews
Lola R
February 23, 2021
this was another great book in this series. It’s filled with action, a great story, romance and an awesome cast of characters. It also ties the previous books together and has a bunch of recurring characters as well as new ones. The author does a great job with the characterization of all the characters and I liked reading about all the characters. It was awesome to see Luka and Mairwen again and Liéren too. This book had two romances going on, Pico and Sojaire and Jerzi and Andra, I liked both romances and it was great to see them all play out. I really enjoyed this book and I am curious about the next book and to see how everything what happened in this book will be relevant later on in the series.
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Timothea
September 5, 2026
4.25 stars. This story is multiple POV (with both protagonist and antagonist perspectives), well written, and a fast-paced, action-focused, old friends/ex-colleagues to more, sweet sci fi romance, with a primary focus on Andra, the female ex-military/professorial lead, and Jerzi, the male “security consultant”/ex-military member of Andra’s team. I enjoyed that both characters had built lives for themselves. I enjoyed the action scenes and the cooperative work of all protagonists.
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Christinaraven Blinn
August 4, 2026
This story was a hoot to read with lots of mystery, intrigue, action galore and 2 romance subplots. It was fast paced, had me trying to guess what was going on and enjoying it all. Loved the pace and the characters.
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Carol Van Natta is a USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning science fiction and fantasy author. Series include the Central Galactic Concordance space opera series that starts with Overload Flux and Minder Rising, and the Ice Age Shifters paranormal romance series that starts with Shifter Mate Magic and Shift of Destiny. She shares her Fort Collins, CO home with just the right number of mad scientist cats. Chat with her on Facebook at /AuthorCarolVanNatta or visit her on the web at Author.CarolVanNatta.com. Be the first to find out about new releases by signing up for her newsletter: bit.ly/CVN--news
Carol Van Natta is a USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning science fiction and fantasy author. Series include the Central Galactic Concordance space opera series that starts with Overload Flux and Minder Rising, and the Ice Age Shifters paranormal romance series that starts with Shifter Mate Ma...

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