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

He thought Mani might kiss him, but diverted his head at the last. His lips pressed against Alex’s neck right over Alex’s pulse, and damn if that didn’t feel even sexier than a kiss. At the same time, Mani took hold of Alex’s left hand. Alex stared straight ahead, Mani’s fingers encircling his wrist like a cuff, and then…pressure—Mani pressing just hard enough with his thumb in just the right spot so that he had to be feeling Alex’s pulse. Alex became aware of his body, every inch of his skin. He imagined Mani trailing his lips everywhere, in just the same way—in that odd, insistent, yet almost feather light fashion. If he believed Mani, the alien had never shared physical pleasure. How then did he manage to heighten all of Alex’s thoughts, feelings, and sensations in just the right way? Why was this—a simple touch, and a kiss on the side of his neck—the most erotic moment of Alex’s life?


Maybe because he wanted Mani so much. Maybe because he wanted Mani more than anything else.


Chapter 19