The Alliance Author:Patricia Waddell Reuel Shatar, the handsome Governor of Pyrali and its three moons, is noble to his galactic core and duty bound to produce the next ruler of the Alliance. His choice is to blackmail a beautiful dissident into his mating chamber or have the House of Shatar fall into disgrace. — Christa Kirklan is as stubborn as her Earthling heritage and as unpred... more »ictable as a cosmic storm. Faced with exile to a frigid asteroid for her treasonous dialogue, or marriage to the man who represents everything she hates, Christa reluctantly chooses marriage.
She finds a way to voice her discontentment with the empire's prejudice and archaic social culture by fulfilling Reuel's desire and putting an Earthling on the future throne of the galaxy.« less
This is one of my favorite SF romances. The hero and heroine are both admirable people. Both the romance and the SF story are well written and reinforce each other. A good read!