Bunde can't endure Brown's rejection much longer. Her Gossican instincts still want him, but she refuses to be used again. Worse, he's a brilliant engineer and invaluable to the ship—just not to her peace of mind. The moment the captain decides Brown is causing her too much stress, the human will be gone.Brown knows he's living on borrowed time. The captain has made it clear where his loyalties lie: Bunde is family. He isn't. If he can't repair the damage he's done, he'll lose his ...

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.

A second chance Alaska romance.Trudy worked full time and a major side hustle to get enough money for her own slice of the American dream, land. Not just a box she slapped money down on, but acreage. Only problem, it's in interior Alaska, where the temperature can fall below minus 25. Her next-door neighbor doesn't think this cheechako will make it without a man. Trudy has no choice, there is no backup plan.Deak has problems of his own. His wife died in an ...

Malada is of the Watchers, those who roam the desert. She feels the spirit of the Waste but gives up her role to another—one who needed it more. Malada travels to the port with her father to trade their finds from a vanished civilization. In the chaos of the port, she sees what appears to be a very large lizard on the outside of a ship berthed there. Frightened by something she cannot name, Malada hides behind Joun.Zet is an alien bred by entities he killed to escape. Taken in by t...

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...

NOTE: All Life and Love in Alaska stories are short, some are very short.His father-in-law is making Turk's life miserable. Turk's uncle has taken an extended leave of absence in Hawaii. With no authority to do so, the young husband and father must hold the business together. The time Turk does get for his family is about to be reduced because of an out of town job.Morag doesn't know how much more Turk can take. With little or no energy left for romance, it's time to pull out...

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...

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...

Ivanda isn't ready for a permanent relationship with anyone. She's happy working as Ruket Remse's bodyguard through the Life Foundation. Ever since basic, big arrogant males who think they know everything have turned her off. Nic's big and broad. That's enough for her. Females are more to her tastes like the cute little female she met in the bar.Nic wants a female of his own. Every time he thinks he's found the right one, he loses out to another cr...

Olivia has had enough of paradise. The Bay Babe is hers, bequeathed by her father. The young woman sneaks out of the Hawaiian harbor bound for Alaska. It's a long trip to be tackled single-handed, but Olivia is determined to reach home on Kachemak Bay. She's been dreaming of going home for years.Adrift in a lifeboat on the Gulf of Alaska, Don wonders if he'll live to see morning. Every rotten thing he's ever done haunts him as he bails. The white sa...

Ally volunteered to captain Tore Olson's fishing boat, Valley Girl, when he broke his leg. She didn't expect to deal with a poacher who comes out of nowhere and steals both the cod pots and the fish. The looming balloon payment on the boat will be difficult to make when the thief is stealing their profit. She hasn't been able to convince Tore to take the problem with the poacher to the Alaska State Troopers. Why he won't, is another part of the puzzle that...

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...