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

Apparently, Mani had been talking to him. At least this creature appeared more amused than annoyed. Alex smiled and unable to share his true thoughts said, “I was just thinking that if you’re such an advanced race, how come you didn’t know how to use the shower?”


“What you’re saying all sounds quite advanced to me.”


“Not compared to some in the universe.”


Again, Alex blinked. The concept hadn’t occurred to him that there were others out there besides this fine looking being. The human race could only hope all were as benign as this alien, if not as delectable to the sight.


Chapter 14