title: Destiny Rising
author: Daley, Gail
description: What happens to soldiers when the war ends? If their planet was a casualty, where do they go? A marriage of convenience between two determined, strong willed people sparks a planetary war and puts at risk everyone they love.
  Laird Genevieve O'Teague, beautiful, and strong-willed became leader of her people at seventeen.Colonel Gideon Michaels had been a soldier who controlled thousands of fighters in the war. When it was over he needed a new home for his orphan niece and his adopted son. Genevieve's offer would provide both, but could he follow his heart and learn to trust and love his new wife? Vensoog is under attack by pirates and when Genevieve and his niece are kidnapped by an agent of the Thieves Guild, Genevieve and Gideon must learn to rely on each other and their newfound love to defeat their enemies.Welcome to the far future.
  The Space Colony Journals are an epic tale of a family's struggle to survive. Meet the courageous women and dangerous men who carve a home on the Alien World of Vensoog