Amazon.com description: Product Description: Nicole Bessam had begun unveiling the truth with the careful delicacy of a butterfly negotiating its way out of a cocoon. Jon had finally come back to her - but his memory was still a blank slate. Only the gentlest of touches could be used in coaxing his awareness to the surface.

But the universe would not allow her the luxury of time. Strake, the man she owed her life to, was caught in enemy territory and every second brought him closer to brutal death. She would do everything within her power to bring him back alive. She would risk her very life.

Would she risk Jon's ability to become whole again?

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Betelgeuse Beguiling is the second novella in the Collective Saga series. This romance tale is set in a sci-fi fantasy future where forces chosen from the Collective's finest patrol the universe, always on guard against hostile threat or internal rebellion. The story is presented in a gentle manner, with no explicit violence or intimacy.

All proceeds from the Collective Saga series benefit battered women's shelters.

The sequel to Betelgeuse Beguiling is Centauri Chaos.