Chloe Sedgewick wants out of rural Missouri! Relentless work, ghastly weather, an unending of swarm of insects and weeds, un-gentlemenly men, ungrateful family, and an early death seem to be all she’s working towards.Taking circumstance and courage in hand, she signs up for two years on the frontier of space in Orbit Guard Command. Before she can even make it into space she’s commandeered by a huge hulk of a Colonel who signs her up as his official ‘fiancee’... moreChloe Sedgewick wants out of rural Missouri! Relentless work, ghastly weather, an unending of swarm of insects and weeds, un-gentlemenly men, ungrateful family, and an early death seem to be all she’s working towards.Taking circumstance and courage in hand, she signs up for two years on the frontier of space in Orbit Guard Command. Before she can even make it into space she’s commandeered by a huge hulk of a Colonel who signs her up as his official ‘fiancee’. Maybe Missouri, or misery, as Chloe calls it, might have been a safer bet. But is safe, all she wants to be? less