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Galactic smuggler Angel Torrence resented Colonel Nicoli
Romanof from the first order he barked at her.  His
disembodied voice – arrogant and bossy – blared out of the
Icarus’s control panel, not to thank her for rescuing him and
his ship from the terrorist attack, but to instruct her to set a
course for the most perilous planet in the solar system.  

On the riskiest mission of his career, Nicoli had allowed his
life essence and his physical form to be separated.  And the
Harvestors had taken the bait – his body. Now he needed the
cocky pilot who’d stolen his vessel to help him retrieve his
persona nd destroy the deadly race of aliens.  Then he
discovered the young man was a woman, and he kissed his
chances of success goodbye.

When Nicoli refused her assistance because of her gender,
Angel would have moved heaven and earth to prove she was
up to the task.  But she never expected the colonel’s physique
to be so magnificent – or his heart to be so courageous.  And
when a passion she couldn’t deny flared between them, she
wondered if they’d found love or flown…Too close to the sun.
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Adrian Sun is an emotionally hardened galactic bounty hunter
hired by Phoenix Eemin, a Xenobian priestess, to rescue her
father from a mysterious crime lord holding him hostage.  
Because the Fourth Quadrant is no place for a woman -
especially an empath - Adrian and his partner, Jack Jones,
head out on the rescue mission alone.

Refusing to be left behind, Phoenix sets out on her own but
she is easy prey to the criminals she encounters and soon
finds herself trapped in the cloud city of Heaven.  Her only
hope for escape is a chance encounter with Adrian.

Adrian can ill afford the time and trouble it will take to rescue
Phoenix, but there is something about the beautiful empath
that arouses his protective instincts and causes even his
deadened heart to beat faster.

Then they learn that Phoenix's father is being held on the
same planet where Adrian was once held prisoner - and by
the same sadistic madman.  Adrian barely escaped once with
his life and his sanity.  He's not sure he can do it again - even
for the woman he loves.  But Phoenix is determined to go with
or without him and he'll be damned if he lets her walk into hell
alone.
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Jack Jones bears the mark of God's Tear- a bloodstone
tear drop below his eye - given to those Demon Wraith
gang members who have endured something so
horrible that even God cried at the thought of it.  Wanted
by criminals and government agents alike, he’s been in
hiding for the last five years, but when word reaches him
that his young friend, Alexis Romanof, is missing, he’s
willing to risk his own life to find her.

Alexis Romanof isn’t sixteen anymore and is fully
capable of taking care of herself.   She's made it her
mission to discover who's behind the accidents plaguing
her family's tyrillium export business and bring them to
justice. She doesn't mind if Jack wants to tag along.  After
all, she’s been in love with him since that first moment
she saw him five years ago.  Now she'll have a chance to
prove to him she’s a grown woman because whether he
likes it or not, now that he's back in her life, she's not
letting him go a second time.

For her plan to work, though, they'll have to survive
smuggler assassination attempts and clear Jack's
name with the government.  And then there's her dad -
Nicoli Romanof - who's not too fond of his daughter
getting involved with a Demon Wraith.
Note:: These pictures
are temporary place
holders until I get the
actual cover art.  In the
meantime, please
enjoy these actual
photos I took of the
sunrise while
standing at the top of  
Mt. Haleakala in Maui.