I’m Gilrox Ban-Ver-Mos, rank V guild mercenary, recently retired. New resident of a small, boring planet nobody cares about, which is exactly how I planned it. I have a fishing rod, an animal friend who likes to eat fish eyes, and a quiet, solitary life that doesn’t involve blowing anything up or killing anyone. My retirement plan did not account for a nearby village and its attractive female council leader who ordered me to leave ( I didn’t). Or the large, loud, extended family of villagers I did not ask for, but apparently acquired anyway. Or the fact that not everything I’d left behind had finished with me. This is a humorous sci-fi romance about fresh starts, second-act, slow-burn romance, animal friends, and found family. Is it cozy? Yes. • Does it have an HEA? Yes. • Is it a standalone? At the moment, yes. • Is the author smitten with the grumpy, hot, mature ex-mercenary hero she just wrote? Pfft. Of course, not. He's fiction. Mind your business.