Gray Card — Cassandra Chandler

Her heart is in the stars…and he's the man who can take her there.

Evelyn Chambers is a nerdgirl and damned proud of it. Always the odd girl out, she's found a home in academia, channeling her fantastical imagination and love for the stars into getting a PhD in astronomy. And at last it seems those stars have aligned to send her a match.

Vacationing foreigner Adam Smith gets her, from her field of study to her offbeat sense of humor. He's also drop-dead gorgeous -- and woefully ignorant of the world of science fiction, which she's only too happy to remedy.

Adam knows more about the stars than he dares reveal. As commander of a starship for the Coalition of Planets, he's been there.

With his shore leave over, it's time to return to the coldness of space -- unless he takes Evelyn up on her offer of marriage. But he doesn't want a green card. He wants Evelyn, and he'll do whatever it takes to stay at her side. But if she discovers his secrets, he has to hope she'll believe aliens -- and his love for her -- are real.

Warning: Contains terrible puns, intergalactic nerd-love, and plenty of probing.