Between Venus and Mars

A romantic science fiction adventure… with mutant kangaroos. Once upon a galaxy… Zana Starchild is desperate to save her tribe from another meal of kelp. The only solution: restore their dwindling livestock by sneaking onto forbidden Old Earth. Galactic laws are more like suggestions to a rim rat like Zana—but her wrecked starship leaves her stranded on the abandoned world with nothing but an old family legend to guide her escape. Her "backup plan" works a little too well. Dragged across the galaxy mid-shower by an ancient teleporter, Galactic Marshal Kyle Kepler materializes on Old Earth—naked, annoyed, and face-to-face with the quirky outlaw he's supposed to arrest. Zana's broken more laws than Kyle can count, and he fully intends to haul her in… just as soon as he finds a way off the planet and a pair of pants. A junk-heap starship, an awkward first meeting, and a roving gang of mutant kangaroos are only the beginning. As Zana and Kyle join forces to escape Old Earth, sparks fly, loyalties shift, and a simple mission becomes a journey that could change both their destinies. Laughs, love, and interstellar adventure collide in Book Four of S. C. Mitchell's Hearts in Orbit series.