He’ll cross oceans for her… Skarr giant Hinrivik has been in love with the human he guards for years. But when her marriage is arranged—and he’s assigned to deliver her to her groom across the sea—he loses hope that she’ll ever return his feelings. When they arrive at their destination, she’ll step off the ship into her new life as someone else’s wife. Can Hinrivik convince her to consider him, a wildly mismatched monster, as her mate? He’ll have to do it before they reach the other shore…because breaking her marriage contract could easily start a war. The Ballast’s Bride is a sweet and steamy size-difference alien romance about a gentle giant bodyguard and the tiny human woman who ignites his instincts.