Resident Alien: Department of Homeworld Security, Book 2 (8 page)

Khel looked shocked for a moment, then launched himself at Brendan. Luckily both the couch and Adam were in his way. Adam grabbed Khel and pulled him back as Kira stepped in front of Brendan. The revulsion on Khel’s face was unmistakable.

“I’ve never used
Coupling
in my life!” Khel said.

“He didn’t understand the insult,” Kira said. She tried to keep her voice level.

Brendan’s eyebrows hitched up his forehead, then he grinned. “My bad. I take it back. This guy’s the perfect bodyguard for Paige.”

There was a moment of awkward silence, then Evelyn laughed. When everyone turned to her, she shrugged. “I was just thinking, Kira’s going to be living on Earth now. That makes her a resident alien.”

Brendan laughed, then turned to Kira and kissed her, passionately—in front of everyone.

“Welcome to Earth,” he said.

About the Author

Cassandra Chandler has studied folklore and mythology for her entire life and been accused of taking fairy tales a bit too seriously. In her youth, when not reading or watching science-fiction movies, she could be found running through the wilds of Ohio and Florida. Raised in a household where tarot readings and viewing auras were considered mundane, she spends her time writing and trying to appear normal. At least the writing is working out.

Her romances range from sweet to scorching, set in extraordinary worlds and driven by characters searching for a deep and lasting love. Her sincere hope is to make her readers look twice at that knobby old tree and perhaps decide to keep salt packets within easy reach, just in case…

She has always seen the starry sky as a destination rather than a matte painting. Her primary residence is on earth, where she lives with her amazing family and a wide variety of stuffed animals, many of whom have multiple PhDs. You can follow her thoughts on writing, life and mostly writing at
www.cassandra-chandler.com
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Department of Homeworld Security

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Resident Alien

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Wandering Soul

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Lingering Touch

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Her heart is in the stars…and he’s the man who can take her there.

Evelyn Chambers is a nerdgirl and damned proud of it. Always the odd girl out, she’s found a home in academia, channeling her fantastical imagination and love for the stars into getting a PhD in astronomy. And at last it seems those stars have aligned to send her a match.

Vacationing foreigner Adam Smith gets her, from her field of study to her offbeat sense of humor. He’s also drop-dead gorgeous—and woefully ignorant of the world of science fiction, which she’s only too happy to remedy.

Adam knows more about the stars than he dares reveal. As commander of a starship for the Coalition of Planets, he’s been there.

With his shore leave over, it’s time to return to the coldness of space—unless he takes Evelyn up on her offer of marriage. But he doesn’t want a green card. He wants Evelyn, and he’ll do whatever it takes to stay at her side. But if she discovers his secrets, he has to hope she’ll believe aliens—and his love for her—are real.

Warning: Contains terrible puns, intergalactic nerd-love, and plenty of probing.

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A leap across time is easy...if you throw your heart first.

A woman with a secret…

Elsa Sinclair’s ability to bring stunning realism to her historical novels is a secret she must never reveal. She does her research first-hand—by traveling back in time.

When she stumbles across the man behind the legendary Phantom of the Opera, she is moved by his strength, his kindness…and the moments when his solitary existence seems unbearable. She can’t simply sit by and leave him to his fiery fate.

A man out of time…

Dante Lucerne is shocked to find himself pulled from certain death and carried to another time and continent. The new world is full of wonders, not the least of which is the woman who saved him.

A darkness threatens…

As Elsa helps Dante adjust to his new world, she makes a terrifying discovery—she is falling in love. And it is Dante who must find a way to help her let go of secrets that run deeper than her power. Into the very heart of what they could lose if he fails…

Warning: Contains a fiery heroine, a brilliant hero, and a love passionate enough to span a century.

If he can’t defeat the ghosts of her past, she could become one of his.

The Summer Park Psychics
, Book 2

No one would guess Rachel Montgomery is plagued by a clairsentient talent she can never turn off. She can see and hear ghosts, and ever since she had to kill serial murderer Michael Angelo to save herself, it’s only gotten worse.

The ghosts of all Michael’s victims are making Rachel’s life hell. Worse, every ghost in Summer Park wants her to help them find peace. Desperate to get away, she grasps for a lifeline—even though the other end is held by a man she can never have.

Dr. Garrett Wolfstrom has always suspected something is different about Rachel, but when she starts hanging poppets in all his windows, he makes one last-ditch effort to get the woman he’s always loved to open up to him.

Their mutual attraction reaches a flash point just as Rachel’s ghosts catch up with her. If they can’t find a way to trust each other with their hearts, the most dangerous ghost of all could find a way to settle the score—permanently.

Warning: This book contains a sizzlingly sexy doctor, a psychic just coming into her power, and a passion hot enough to beat the summer heat.

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Resident Alien

Copyright © 2016 by Cassandra Chandler

ISBN: 978-1-61923-368-3

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