Part of Series
Life on the run from their arch-enemy Retkove is getting to Earthling Val and former Apollan Paul. To clear his name so he and his lover can finally get a life, Val summons help—his ex, Trey. Though they need his help, Paul isn’t crazy about the idea, getting his first taste of Earth-style jealousy. Then Retkove kidnaps another Apollan, subjecting him to the same torturous experiments Paul suffered. Vowing to rescue Soleil from Retkove’s lab, they discover Retkove has developed a serum that makes vampires sunlight tolerant. Given a chance to procure the serum, Paul must make the choice of a lifetime: Val or the chance to return to his home planet?
Author
By day she's a mild-mannered language teacher. But after hours, Mardi Ballou's wild writer persona erupts and entraps her in bondage...to her computer. Release comes only once she achieves her word count goal, at which point the maniacal chocolate monster will give her one sublime piece. And then she can spend time with her hero husband Lee, who gives great massages at strategic times. So Mardi writes what she knows—romances—hot and mainstream—for numerous houses and distributors. Also women's fiction. Her most recent releases e-book releases are Deja Brew for Ellora's Cave and Emergency Ex from various on-line distributors. In print from Ellora's Cave Perfect Pear in the Ripe and Ready anthology; the Fangly, My Dear series—Byte Marks, What's a Ghoul to Do?, and Playing with Matches from Samhain.
