Hidden longing and unspoken need seems normal for Jon Lawless and Morgan O’Dell.

 

One drunken, barely remembered night is all Morgan will allow herself to have with Jon Lawless. No way will she end up as another notch on his bedpost. He might flirt and tease, but she knows he doesn’t have it in him to stick around for the long haul.

 

Jon Lawless has wanted Morgan since the moment he first laid eyes on her in the bar a year ago. Getting her to let him get close to her is a battle all its own.

When the USS Defiant goes down, Jon makes sure Morgan is with him when they abandon ship. After trying for a year to get her to spend time with him, he now has her all to himself. No matter what he’s going to make her see that he isn’t the playboy she thinks he is.

 

They are forced to depend on each other for their survival, but the deeper feelings are released as they slowly begin to trust and open up to each other. After weeks of being alone and sharing the deepest of intimacies, Morgan knows she loves Jon, but isn’t sure what he feels for her other than the physical.

 

Then they learn others from the Defiant made it through the crash. As they make their way to the others Morgan begins to doubt what she and Jon have. Will he stay with her after they reach the others, or will he go back to his playboy ways, in turn breaking her heart? Can she believe him when he says she’s the only one he wants?

 

Short it may be, but it packs a punch! Worth the read.