Can love blossom when a touch is deadly?Superhero Valiant's foes have temporarily destroyed his powers, leaving him to outrun a mercenary army accompanied by a beautiful woman, Lina. Valiant doesn't want those powers back, not yet. Too bad that psychic Lina is acutely phobic to touch. What the world's greatest superhero asks for is what she's unable to give.What he wanted, he couldn't haveLina O'Kelly, psychic and interstellar transporter, has been accused of mind-controlling her new husband, Valiant. With the galaxy's most powerful superhero under her command, she could conquer worlds.But she's innocent. How can she make her accusersand especially her arresting officer, Jae Rallenebelieve her?On trial for her lifeand her heart!Psychic/telepath Lina O'Kelly is finally reunited with her love, Londo (Valiant) Rand, the galaxy's most powerful superhero. He was forced to leave her on their wedding day, but their reunion is bittersweet. He brings news of a hero's death, and then cannot stop a formal inquiry into the charge of Mind Control that the Mega-Legion commander has leveled against Lina. She stands to lose her very mind if the judgment goes against her.Dark secrets revealedNo matter which way the trial goes, they both carry secrets that could tear apart their new relationship. Jae (Neutrino) Rallene, the last of his mysterious kind, holds the key that could seal Lina and Londo's happiness... or keep them separated forever.Returning to Earth was no honeymoonTeleporter Lina thinks she has time to get used to the idea of being married to the galaxy's most powerful man. Her happily-ever-after is all too brief.Not only does her famous husband have to bear constant paparazzi, but he has enemies whose attention now turns toward Lina, whom they see as the hero's primary weakness.
