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 ...

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...

Cat and CoDee have reached a cross road.Clean, Wholesome read.Cat and CoDee are ready to make modifications to their ship. The shipyard on Greenhouse II is their destination. They find the Bond and one other ship are the only ones queuing up. A huge planet-wide disaster has every available trader hauling materials to the stricken world under contract to the Mercenary's Union or the Life Foundation.Greenhouse II was one world where Cat ...

Cat and CoDee have refitted the Bond and are pursuing their dream of being space traders. Cat only wants to find goods to trade, CoDee yearns to experience and explore. The sector of space he longs to explore has a dark history. Ships vanish.Cat can't recall the reason this area terrifies and revolts her. Because she can't explain there is no factual basis for resistance when CoDee insists they set a course there.And CoDee has anoth...

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...

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.

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.

Adar isn't into babysitting. But the goddess says the odd couple have something he needs.A planet in trouble needs all the help it can muster. The Mercenary Union and the Life Foundation from Stellar United Nations have mobilized every available hand and transport available. Both CoDee and Cat are to get a short training course. The union and the foundation need the couple too much to send them off for basic training.Adar isn't happy about babysitting CoDee...

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...

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...

He shouldn't leave her now, but there's no one else.5 Stars "I will just say that I truly enjoy this series. Ms MacFarlane is a great storyteller. Her books are rich with atmosphere and well defined characters, lead and secondary."Living on his family's ancestral lands has opened the door to an increase of paranormal incidents. It shocks Hamish MacGrough when his oldest son, Birk, and his adopted sister's child show an increased aptitude for the supernatu...