She clinked his with hers, then took a sip. “Pilot for Xi Force is even more exclusive.”
Party of one right now, though they were bringing in another. She couldn’t always be available. Illness and injury could ground her at a moment’s notice, and Xi Force needed to be on constant alert. World threats wouldn’t wait until Maggie got over the flu.
Plus she had some vacation coming, and she did need to visit Gran. It had been a while since she’d been back to Killadeas and seen the sparkling waters of Lower Lough Erne. Gran was getting up there in age, though the woman still seemed to do the work of three, she was slowing down.
In any case, Xi Force needed to be prepared if something happened to Maggie. Taking the field with a team of superheroes wasn’t the safest of occupations.
Still, she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Paul pointed. “Look another meteor.”
Now that was strange. Seeing one at this time of year would be rare. The odds of sighting two in so short a time . . . astronomical.
Did it mean something?
She sipped and let the single malt slide down her throat. The wonderful burn and the warm companionship had her head in the clouds.
Enjoy what is. Live in the moment. In her line of work, it might be all she got.
She shifted her gaze from the stars to Paul, only to find him staring back. Where was his mind? The idea that he might have been having some romantic thoughts about her, set her girly parts fluttering.
Get real, girl.
She forced her gaze back to the other heavenly display. “What about you. What did you give up to join Xi Force?”
His chuckle turned into a heavy sigh. “Poverty and a gang that saw my size and muscle as an asset they could leverage. The military was my best out. And you can bet I worked hard as hell to not go back.”
Yeah. Two vastly different worlds. It was amazing how well they got along. Still, they had Xi Force in common.
She’d keep her attraction to him a secret. It would probably be enough that they were friends. Friends that helped save the world together.
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THE BLARMLING DILEMMA
(HEARTS IN ORBIT BOOK 1)
“They’re not animals. They’re people!”
Phoebe Callista’s pleas fall on deaf ears and she’s forced to rescue two helpless Blarmlings from certain death. Fleeing across a backwater sector of the galaxy, with Galactic Marshals in hot pursuit, Phoebe falls into the hands of a handsome but determined bounty hunter.
Rigel Antares has captured wanted criminals throughout the galaxy rim, but he’s never come across anything like Phoebe Callista. The gorgeous blonde is playing the innocent, and something deep inside wants to believe her, but Rigel has problems of his own—a ship that’s falling apart and an unscrupulous Galactic Marshal looking for any excuse to send him back to the prison planets of the Theiler System.
An intergalactic circus, vicious space pirates, and a planet full of backtechers cross their paths as two hearts go into orbit to save a pair of adorable Blarmlings.
HEARTS IN ORBIT BOOK 1: THE BLARMLING DILEMMA is a science fiction romance set in the far-flung space traveling future, and sets a new course across the galaxy that leads to love and adventure.
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SON OF THUNDER
(HEAVENLY WAR SERIES BOOK 1)
The man looked like a god. Then again, he was one . . .
Jord Thorson was a god–the son of Thor, the Norse God of Thunder. In his search to find his missing father, Jord seeks out the mortal, Meghan Larson, who is in possession of his only clue–Megingjörð, Thor’s magical belt of power.
But when the belt decides to take matters into its own hands, locking itself around Meghan’s waist, Jord and Meghan are plunged into the middle of a massive conflict that rages across the heavens.
Giants, magical artifacts, and a golden city in the clouds weren’t exactly what Meghan Larson expected when that amazing belt arrived at her museum. Now Megingjörð is stuck around her waist and talking to her in her head. She’s got to be dreaming, but with the wonders around her and hunky Jord Thorson at her side, Meghan’s not sure she wants to wake up.
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PIRATES OF THE DARK NEBULA
(HEARTS IN ORBIT BOOK 2)
It can’t fall into the wrong hands.
Luna Callista holds the key to a galaxy-changing new technology. Captured by a ruthless band of deep-space pirates, she’s rescued by a man filled with dark secrets of his own. Who is Rik Mazar?
Galactic protector or rogue pirate?
After three years undercover among the Brotherhood of the Dark Nebula, Rik Mazar isn’t sure what side of the law he’s walking. In a world of murder and betrayal, his life goes on the line every day. But, protecting Luna Callista means putting his heart in as much danger as his hide.
A rusting service droid, a Ferang fortuneteller, and a ship full of back-water refugees are their only allies, as two hearts go into orbit to save a galaxy in peril.
HEARTS IN ORBIT: VOLUME 2 – PIRATES OF THE DARK NEBULA is a science fiction romance set in the far-flung space-traveling future, continuing the series’ course across a galaxy filled with love and adventure.
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DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
(HEAVENLY WAR SERIES BOOK 2)
“It wouldn’t be the first time I’d been kicked out of heaven.”
After a thousand years in exile, the goddess Nott learned to live without interaction with the other Norse Gods. Hidden away amidst the devastation of a dead heaven, and working to aid the besieged mortals of Midgaard, Nott found peace. The night is her realm, and darkness her best friend. But war finds her. And her grandfather, Loki, wants her at his side, when he conquers Asgaard.
And then there’s Tyr . . .
Visions of the Night Goddess have haunted Tyr’s dreams for a millennium. Unjustly accused, she’d fled Asgaard before he could stop her. Now, circumstances offer him an opportunity to reconnect with the woman who’d walked away from the Golden Realm—the woman who’d eluded him for a thousand years, yet always haunted his dreams. But Nott’s family ties threaten to put the goddess on the other side, in a war that’s blazing across the heavens.
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BETWEEN VENUS AND MARS
(THE SOUL MATE TREE BOOK 3)
Once Upon a Galaxy . . .
Zana Starchild is on a mission to restore her tribe’s livestock and save herself from one more meal of kelp. Sure, it’s technically illegal to visit Old Earth, but to a rim rat like Zana, galactic laws are really just guidelines. Her wrecked starship just means she’ll need to use her backup plan to get off the abandoned world, an old Earth legend her uncle passed down to her.
Pulled from a relaxing shower, across the galaxy to Old Earth, Galactic Marshall Kyle Kepler finds himself naked and marooned with a quirky rim rat. Zana’s broken more laws than Kyle can count, and he plans to arrest her, just as soon as he can find transport off the planet and a pair of pants.
A junk heap of a starship, a magical tree, and a roving gang of mutant kangaroos are just the beginning of rollicking intergalactic journey filled with laughs, love, and adventure.
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CAPTIVES OF THE KRATZEN
(HEARTS IN ORBIT BOOK 3)
“We don’t even know where we are?”
Captured, stripped, and imprisoned in an alien menagerie, Tina la Cross finds herself the subject of an alien research facility, far from home. But at least she’s not alone. Her friend, Carter Arcturus, a man she’s held secre
t feelings for since they met, is imprisoned with her.
Carter has been intrigued with Tina for months, but their active schedule hadn’t offered any dating opportunities. Being thrown into a cage together naked really doesn’t qualify as a first date. He needs to keep his eyes open for an escape opportunity and off Tina’s sexy form.
When Carter and Tina are rescued from their prison by their Blarmling friend, Kirtl, the three begin a desperate journey across an alien galaxy. Danger and passions mix as two hearts go into orbit to find safe passage home across an alien galaxy.
Hearts in Orbit: Volume 3 – Captives of the Kratzen is a science-fiction romance set in the far-flung space-traveling future, continuing the series’ course across galaxies filled with love and adventure.
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Z-BOT
(XI FORCE BOOK 1)
Chris Johnson never really started living until he died. Orphaned, fostered, and drifting through life, the twenty-seven-year-old programmer had no family, little money, and few friends. But he also had no enemies. So, who the hell killed him? After an experimental process brings him back from the dead as a zombiebot, he gets the chance to find out.
Heather Logan’s latest process uses nanobots to reanimate a corpse. Half robot, half something raised from the dead, Chris is her first successful resuscitation. Questions abound. What is it? Is it truly alive, a machine, or some kind of zombie-hybrid?
But someone wants to steal Heather’s secret process and put her out of the picture permanently. Chris, with his new superpowers, is the only thing standing between Heather and an assassin’s bullet. Is he enough of a hero to save her?
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PHAZE
(XI FORCE BOOK 2)
When Kayla Armstrong is attacked in her lab, she falls into a chemical stew. Now she’s walking through walls and falling through floors.
As the leader of Xi Force, Joel Weisberg is always looking for new superheroes for his team. What he wasn’t looking for was sexy Kayla Armstrong falling through the ceiling of his apartment right into his bed. Still he isn’t complaining when the event finds him a new Xi Force member and a new love. Now she just needs some training and some time.
But when an old enemy comes back with new powers and captures Joel, it’s up to Kayla to lead the Xi Force against her. But can they rescue Joel before he’s murdered . . . again?
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