When a dangerous stranger comes to Eden Colony, Caly will have to fight to find the truth, save everyone that loves her, and finally kiss her best friend—just as soon as she gets her shit together.

This Damned Vibrant World is a sexy sci-fi thriller set on a remote world in the depths of space with a gripping plot and a friends-to-lovers romance.

Caly (cis female), of Eden Colony, is a hot mess. She's sampled every available partner on the planet except her childhood friend Bear (trans male) who it's common knowledge she ought to settle down with.

Her love life, and her work as a zoologist (all a math degree on Earth plus four years traveling in a transit pod will get you on Eden) is interrupted when a series of fires strike the colony and its farms. Those farms, where the beans are grown at the expense of their farmers' health, put Eden on the map.

Fire is the last thing the struggling colony needs as they prepare to meet next year's quota, but it's amazing what will still burn even when it's raining.

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