Cora Buhlert 
Ballroom Blitz 
An In Love and War Novella

Anjali and Mikhail go on a Valentine’s Day date. Trouble ensues.



Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.



Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galactic rim, while attempting to stay under the radar of those pursuing them.



It’s Valentine’s Day and so Mikhail and Anjali enjoy a well-deserved romantic dinner. But their date is rudely interrupted, when they find themselves caught in the crossfire of a turf war between two rival gangsters.



This is a Valentine’s Day novella of 23200 words or approximately 78 print pages in the “
In Love and War” series by Hugo finalist Cora Buhlert, but may be read as a standalone.