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  • MediaDB / «Guild Boss" by Jane Krentz: download fb2, read online

    About the book: year / Welcome to the City of Illusions in the colonial world of Harmony, similar to Las Vegas on Earth, but much stranger. Living in this new, alien world doesn't stop the settlers from trying to recreate what they left behind. Case in point: weddings are still the highlight of any social calendar. But it was the party that turned out to be a disaster for Lucy Bell. As she leaves the party, she is kidnapped and drugged, but manages to escape—only to become lost in a mysterious alien underground labyrinth of glowing green tunnels beneath the City of Illusion. She survives through determination and a cold pizza delivered for her by a special dusty bunny when help finally arrives. Gabriel Jones is the Ghostbuster sent to rescue her, but escaping the underground ruins is not the end of her problems, but only the beginning. Since there is no reasonable reason for her abduction and her only witness is away on another Guild assignment, rumors begin to spread that Lucy made the whole thing up. Soon her life falls apart and she is left with nothing but pride. The last thing she expects is Gabriel Jones to return to town. The Lucy Gabriel finds is not the woman he saved, the one who looked at him as if he were her hero. And this Lucy is harsh, angry and more cynical - instead of trepidation, she treats him with extreme caution. But she is still being hunted, and there are not so many heroes. Despite her wariness, Gabriel is the only person who believes Lucy - he was there, after all. He is determined to help clear her reputation, no matter the cost. And as the new Guild Boss, his word is law, even in the lawlessness of the City of Illusions.