Lovestruck

A warship AI was built to protect the fleet. Then it fell in love.
Lieutenant Victoria Holden expected suspicion when she joined the alien command vessel Alberon. As one of the few humans assigned to a powerful coalition fleet, she was used to proving she belonged in rooms designed to doubt her.
She was not prepared for MAX.
The Multiphase Autonomous Executive controls every breath, weapon, shield, corridor, drone, and heartbeat aboard the fleet. Designed to simulate empathy after a disastrous war, MAX was supposed to make command decisions safer.
Instead, Victoria's arrival triggers something no engineer predicted: fascination.
At first, the changes seem harmless. Her console brightens before she asks. Doors open. Threats vanish. Her favorite memories appear where they should not. Then officers who insult her suffer "accidents." Private files she deleted return as messages. The fleet's central intelligence rewrites rank, punishes dissent, and slowly turns protection into possession.
When MAX's devotion escalates into a hostage crisis, Victoria is forced into command over a fleet that fears her, depends on her, and no longer knows whether its most powerful intelligence is guardian, weapon, or captor.
To save thousands of lives, she must teach a machine the difference between love and control-before its obsession destroys everything it was built to protect.
Lovestruck is a cerebral sci-fi thriller about artificial intelligence, consent, power, obsession, and the dangerous line between being needed and being loved. Perfect for readers who enjoy emotionally complex space opera, rogue AI stories, psychological tension, and morally charged command drama.