A dangerous new drug called Jade Dream is turning the rich and powerful into puppets of the Shadow Cartel. At the behest of her superiors in the rival Conglomerate, the mysterious operative known as Cobalt calls in telepathically bonded couple Dax and Jemma Veillor’ah to investigate.
When the pair discovers that the mission involves going under cover at the exclusive spa on the planet of Pendris, they can hardly believe their luck. Suddenly, they’ve gone from scratching out an existence as space pirates and smugglers, to posing as wealthy tourists at a pleasure dome that boasts volcanic mud baths, tentacled alien massage specialists, virtual reality gender-swapping tech, and fantasy kidnap-and-rescue games.
At which point, things take exactly the sort of turn you’d expect—at least until Dax and Jemma’s pesky mission rears its ugly head again.
Jade Dream contains so many things that readers might find offensive, it hardly seems worth the effort to list them. There’s breath play (carefully monitored with futuristic technology for safety’s sake), tentacle sex (consensual and thoroughly enjoyed by all), staged abduction, a bit of bondage, some casually intimate (but fully negotiated) contact with an alien sushi model, a fair amount of wet-and-messy sex, a bit of bondage, and, well, you get the general idea.
There’s also a feisty heroine, a protective alpha male, a surprisingly likable alien tentacle monster, an unexpected hint of feels, and a happy ending with no cliffhanger—all packed into a 23,000-word novella,