Goddess: Moonborn: Caela Nyra and Trace Bogden (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798244778717)

GODDESS: MOONBORN

She crossed the cosmos because she believes everyone deserves true love. He followed because he already made her his wife. Now he has to convince her to choose him.

Caela Nyra believes love is the most powerful force in the cosmos. Born on Seraphi, she grew up studying Earth in the archives, fascinated by a world where people build families for love instead of bloodlines, power, or duty.

So she escapes to Earth. Gifted with extraordinary abilities, Caela dedicates herself to helping others find their fated mates. Every connection she creates reinforces what she already believes. Love should be cherished. Love should be freely given.

Love should always be a choice.

Trace Bogden was born on Seraphi too, destined to become an Enforcer in a system that had already decided what his life would be. Trace had other plans. Especially after the fierce girl training beside him kicked his ass in a tournament-and became the one person he couldn't forget.

Brilliant, arrogant, chaotic, and morally flexible when rules become inconvenient, he manipulated his test results, changed his destiny... and claimed Caela as his wife. Technically.

Before Caela learns what he's done, she's already escaped to Earth.

Trace is not amused.

So he follows his inconvenient wife across the cosmos, fully intending to retrieve what belongs to him.

Instead, he discovers the girl he couldn't forget has become a woman he doesn't understand.

Caela is fascinated by humans-Citizens-and their capacity for love, family, sacrifice, and hope.

Trace thinks they're basically cockroaches. Fragile. Primitive. Everywhere.

He doesn't understand what Caela sees in them. But he desperately wants to understand what she might see in him. Because somewhere between arguments, years of stolen interludes, and watching Caela devote herself to helping others find love, Trace's fascination evolves into devotion and then something far more dangerous. He loves his wife.

Unfortunately, being married to Caela doesn't mean he gets to have her. Trace may have manipulated a system into declaring them husband and wife, but he can't manipulate Caela into loving him. And for the first time in his life, the man who has always taken control of his own destiny wants something he cannot steal, scheme, threaten, or charm his way into.

He wants Caela to choose him. Not because fate demands it. Because she looks at the arrogant, morally gray disaster standing before her and decides he's worthy of her love.

So Trace begins doing something completely out of character.

He tries to become worthy.

But some messes can't be charmed away, and Trace has left plenty behind.

Eventually, loving Caela means accepting the one thing he's spent his entire life refusing to accept.

Consequences.

He'll clean up what he's broken.

He'll give Caela the future she deserves.

And then he'll return to Seraphi.

Alone.

Because when Trace lands, they'll take the one thing he never meant to surrender.

His memories of her.

Caela has spent years proving love can conquer distance, bloodlines, destiny, and fear.

Now she may have to prove it can conquer something even more terrifying.

Being forgotten.

GODDESS: MOONBORN is a slow-burn science-fiction/paranormal romance featuring he falls first, secret marriage, morally gray hero, goddess heroine, enemies-to-reluctant-lovers, years of yearning, redemption, choice versus destiny, touch-her-and-die devotion, secret worlds, found family, and a guaranteed HEA.

GODDESS is a standalone romance in the interconnected Vanguardians series. Caela and Trace get their happily-ever-after, so you can begin their story here. Want the complete Vanguardian experience? Start with NOMAD: FORSAKEN LORIAN.