The shaman can't leave his world; the commander refuses to be tied to a planet again.Silver's ship is her life. She almost sold her soul to get it. Easy money, so her contact said. Zoom over to planet SW 858, grab a sample of the metal a scout discovered and head home. There's one minor problem. The planet isn't uninhabited. Silver must be careful not to upset the natives. The Mercenaries Union doesn't like adverse publicity.Tsela, ...

Could her husband want her dead? There are so many things she doesn't understand.Camille's dose of laudanum coupled with Dmitri's brandy combine to make two small problems life changing for both of them.The Inside Passage, Alaska 1881.Dmitri suddenly finds himself married after mistakenly entering the room of young widow, Camille. He's begun to feel old and alone. Still in love with his dead wife, Dmitri's guilt is doubled by marrying...

The people who own the house should be grateful to her if she can capture the kitten. If it dies under the old garage, it won't be nice come spring.Angie saw the little kitten on the way to work. The poor little thing is living under the old shed. She wants to rescue it before the temperature drops so low it freezes to death. The big man is intimidating, but the kitten needs help, and she'll take on the irate homeowner if she must.Mike has every reason to be careful. His busi...

Ace knew it was her at first glance. Dressed in jeans and a neon yellow safety vest, the woman holding the traffic control sign was the grown-up version of the girl who ran out on him years ago. The stop sign in her hand said it all; stop thinking about her and forget her name.Adele wanted another chance with the man. Would he even listen to her? Every time he sat in the line of cars she held in place waiting to use the one lane, she wanted to walk up to his truck. But how could she...

She let it go too long with her ex. This time Frances will end it while she still has some pride left.Life and love in Alaska. Francis labels herself as "fat and forty". How in the world she came to be living with the guitar player of a popular Alaska band is a wonder to her. Monte is a groupie magnet and Francis is waiting for him to tell her it's over. The text message she gets from him after getting home from a gig, sets off a major fight when Francis accuses Monte of being a che...

She chose to live. He wants to be a star. What happens when they meet?5 Stars...""Bare Wires" is not your usual love story."5 Stars "Then there are the characters. After having already been burned, I could feel Lori's apprehensions regarding Hamish, whose personality reminds me of a man's swagger. Seriously, Ms. MacFarlane took a guy who is nowhere near my type and had him charm me with a meal that was both adorable and seductive. It is writing like this th...

He's her muscle, nothing more.Molly only takes chances while driving. Life burned her, and she isn't ready to open herself up to new wounds. Louis, Lou for short, knows more about the woman than she likes. When she discovers Lou crewed with her dead husband, Molly wonders how much Davis Lee told his shipmate about her.He's supposed to be her muscle to facilitate an aircraft engine exchange. It's a business trip into the wilds of Alaska that has them cooped up in a truck for d...

Jimmy and his friends and family are looking forward to Christmas in the Copper Basin. But things go awry when disaster strikes on the only road in and out of Valdez, Alaska. A pregnant pig, the failure of an electrical breaker and below zero temperatures don't make it easy for Tina Jean to keep the homestead running until Jimmy and their oldest son, Kyle get home somehow.

Sweet story of a loving couple and his efforts to do something nice for her.Tina has been putting up with no running water on their farm for over twelve years. Jimmy gets her out of the house for a week. His aim is to build a bathroom for his wife. Nothing and no one will sidetrack his surprise for his wife, and that includes teen angst and broken equipment.A self-described 'red-neck, dirt farmer, Jimmy is smarter than he looks. The country boy knows how to keep his wife happ...

Her son is grown now and she hasn't seen him since her ex kidnapped the infant.Lily Raven's husband took their son and disappeared. Will she ever see him again? Drake wasn't the only one who ripped her heart out. Destry was her friend, first love. How could Drake's younger brother keep her child away from her?Destry did what he could. He had to wait until the boy came of age to say anything. Drake would have vanished into South America with Teller forever. ...

Arndis is to set up a security force for the spaceport on Estevan, a desert world. She survived a fight with an Iskonian, an alien almost twice her size. This simple mission should give her time to recover. Dave Yerks is a native and part of the port's council. The attraction is immediate, but Arndis isn't staying. Not on the hot dust storm plagued dirt-ball that is Estevan.

Adult themes, violence, approach with caution.Marin is in real trouble. The president is a figurehead; They split the states into Red and Blue. Kidnapping across state borders of females able to breed is a business. For women of certain bloodlines, having eggs removed and stored while getting a tubal ligation is a safety precaution. Her grandmother told her to get it done. Using a surrogate would be best—she didn't. Now she's being deliver...