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.

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...

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...

A melting glacier, a wild river, gold, and a killer on the prowl… again.Lying on the tundra, the churning blades of the helicopter above her, Lane can't believe her best friend wants her dead. She planned to share the gold. They think they have the proper coordinates… they don't. She's injured but not bleeding. Blood would bring bears. When she tries to rise and walk out, the wolves gallop toward her. No one is getting the gold.Micha saw them push the woman...

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...

Prepare to be captivated by the tumultuous tapestry of Life and Love in Alaska. In these pages, you will find a realm where the unimaginable unfolds with relentless intensity. The indomitable spirit of this land defies all reason, commanding unwavering attention.In this land of extremes, nature reigns supreme, the Great Land weaves its fateful tales. Here the lives of its inhabitants intertwine in a web of unorthodoxy. The people who dwell here shatter the boundari...

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...

Lila is facing a tough decision. She loves her grandparents and doesn't want to leave them, but she also wants to support herself and find a job. Her older brother is unable to take care of their grandparents, so she must find a way to support herself. Eastern Alaska doesn't have many job opportunities, so she takes what is available.On her first day of work, she meets Dick, and they both feel an instant connection. However, there are obstacles in their way. Dick is from California...

There's a new girl in Homer, Lynn. Rurik feels the pull the moment he spots her. His reputation is against him and he knows it. The other girls in town have nicknamed him the Russian Raider. She'll hear it and probably a bunch of other stuff. In a small town, people talk.Lynn's mother took off when she was still an infant. Her mother's dead and her father dies before she meets him. She's inherited part of a sporting good's store, Homer Bait and Switch. Can she make...

CoDee hopes to keep the kitty alive.CoDee, a brain damaged young man, lives on a dusty, dirty desert world. The junk yard he lives in belongs to CoDee. He hates it when dead animals get dumped in the yard. He says it "hurts his heart" to deal with them.The world he lives on caters to the older, poorer freighters and trading ships. A ship rescued a member of a feline species with massive injuries. They dump the cat in his ya...