Whoever said space was cold, never found love from the stars ... Some people never learn. This is the tune playing once again in Alex Beaumont’s head when he sees a vision in white attracting odd glances in the quiet little seaside resort of Padstow. He came to get away from it all, to bury himself in work, to forget every man he ever falls for eventually needs to get away ... from him. Adrift in the universe, Mani searches for a place to call home. The planet he finds is cold and inhospitable, not at all what he was expecting. He feels lost and alone, until a stranger’s smile warms him. And with that smile comes another kind of heat, one he’s never before experienced. Love is not what Alex ever imagined it to be. They say space is infinite, but the distance between what Alex wants and what he has experienced romantically seems to be growing ... until now. Like a shooting star, he’s about to fall long and hard. Will he crash and burn, or find the love he’s always dreamed of when looking at the night sky?

Space, Man

“Where to?” He indicated one of the buildings. “Where are you staying? Do you live locally?” Alex doubted it, but the question was worth asking. “Are you with friends? Family? Holiday? Working around here? Gorgeous? Fit? Healthy? Horny?” Alex muttered under his breath, making the singular words into more questions, not expecting an answer.


The white-haired outsider appeared to follow his every word by staring at Alex’s mouth—a small detail that made Alex’s heart trip in his chest as he gazed at the growing smile and twinkle in those pretty eyes. If he wasn’t foreign, the man could be dim-witted—a possibility Alex really didn’t want to entertain.


Chapter 4