Book excerpt: A Standalone Short Story with No Cliffhanger! One fateful night with a strange cyborg warrior whose name she doesn’t even know changes Cathleen’s life. Just barely starting her career as a scientist, she is suddenly thrown into the unknown world of motherhood. Now living in a quiet town to have a fresh start, her work as a lab assistant brings her past back into the limelight when she suddenly finds herself face-to-face with the father of her son, Shawn Armstead. Shawn arrives in town leading a platoon of cyborgs, to have a series of drills in the mountainside and to ensure protection from possible alien attacks. When Cathleen is assigned by her boss to work closely with Shawn, the physical attraction between them returns--- with much greater force than before. She tries her best to steer clear of him and to hide the truth about her son. But an alien attack injures her son, leading him to develop a close relationship with his rescuer who is no other than his real dad. Now that the 6-year-old also has bionic body parts which draws him more to Shawn, will Cathleen be able to prevent the seemingly inevitable truth from coming out? Will she finally open her heart to embrace the growing romance between her and the man from her past? --- TAGS: cyborg romance, alpha male alien romance, alpha male romance, scifi alien romance, alien abduction romance, alpha male aliens, alien fantasy books, alien romance, aliens, scifi romance, Space opera romance, science fiction romance, steamy science fiction romance, hot aliens, fantasy alien romance, paranormal romance, military science fiction books, paranormal with sex, fantasy fiction, psychic romance, steamy paranormal romance, sci fi romance, sci-fi romance, Fated mates, alien mate, new adult, genetic engineering, alien contact, alpha male, alpha female, supernatural, alien invasion romance