Apprehension
by Mary Robinette Kowal
Buy on AmazonRed star hustle: "Aran, a happy-go-lucky high-class escort, is on the run after he's framed for the assassination of his famous filmmaker client. The last thing he needs is to fall for the studly and noble clone of a murderous puppet monarch while he's trying to stay one step ahead of an ace bounty hunter, who is trying to keep a fatal secret from her toxic boss/mom, which means she can't stop to worry about a little thing like whether her target might actually be innocent. Set within a universe of epic mech battles, and billions of human-made wormholes that make traveling to a distant star as easy as walking through a door or scheduling car service"--
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"A family vacation to an alien planet goes horribly wrong when a child is kidnapped, and his grandmother Bonnyjean — a surgeon with PTSD and a bad hip — will do anything to get him back. Kowal balances the action-packed plot with Bonnyjean’s raw emotional journey; the military veteran is grieving the recent loss of her son and battling her own fear and physical limitations."
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