The Outlaw's Savior — Susan Kelley

A dark paladin walks in shadows, venting his wrath onto the deserving, until she pulls him into the light.


The Federation had cleaned up most of its corruption, but criminal gangs of pirates linger on the fringes of the settled universe. Innocent settlements are attacked, and their people taken as slaves to these dregs of society.

Rain Silver's mission to destroy every criminal gang in the verse takes him to many dark places. But he likes the shadows and longs to restore his honor that he unknowingly compromised.

Mercy McElroy rescues those abused and enslaved by the pirates, somehow always avoiding danger. When one of her missions intersects with the dark and dangerous Rain, she recognizes the mysterious knight who saved her years ago.
Rain isn't sure why he allows Mercy to act as his partner, but soon he's breaking all the rules his lives by to keep her at his side. The largest and meanest gang either of them have ever faced forces them both to reevaluate their methods. If they want peace and justice in their corner of the universe, they'll have to trust each other beyond what they've ever dared. And for that peace to last, Mercy will have to lead her tarnished knight back into the light.