Synopsis
When the right space pilot walks into his bar, a desperate bartender uses all
his wiles (and tentacles) to talk the man into business and his bed--but the spacer is still enslaved by his
past and isn't sure he can deal with a two-handed lover, much less one with six.
As the supply shipments stop coming, Teo Houdin needs all his tentacles to keep his waystation bar
open. Facing a riot by thirsty miners stranded in the backwater of the galaxy, Teo helps a greenie space
pilot buy a ship in return for a regular haul of liquor. But he longs for the courage to invite the enigmatic
spacer to fill his lonely bed as well.
Still smarting from his newly implanted navigational ports, Jimenez knows owning his own ship will
prevent him from ever being bought and sold again. For a former slave, transporting cargo through the
emptiness of space sounds like paradise, but after meeting the compassionate and sexy Teo, his heart
feels empty, too.
At the edge of the galaxy's spiral arm, can Teo convince Jimenez that the heart has its own tentacles and
theirs should be entwined forever?
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Excerpt
Jimenez opened the bar’s airlock and the urge to run out again washed over him like a splash of cold
water. He commanded his frozen legs to shuffle forward and inside. This could turn ugly if he lost his
concentration for even a moment. But he wouldn’t. He’d been practicing, becoming accustomed to
groups larger than this for revs now.
He could be just like everyone else.
None of them would see the scars on his back or the brand of his tattoo that had marked him since
puberty.
Men and women filled half the tables and booths, some laughing and drinking, a few puffing blue
smoke. The gaming tables on the side were empty, while a lone player at the billiard table opposite
pocketed ball after ball. The room rang with loud voices, clinking glasses, and raucous music.
Jimenez slid into an empty spot at the pale stone bar and caught sight of the clearest, happiest eyes he’d
ever seen, a shade lighter than the man’s tousled brown mop above. A dimple quirked at the side of his
full lips, mesmerizing Jimenez. The loud voices behind him slid away and for a moment, it was quiet in
his mind. Jimenez flinched when his shoulder was jostled and the spell broke.
“Hey, you okay, buddy? First time? What can I pour for you?”
Jimenez blinked, realizing the tall bartender was speaking to him. The man’s smiling eyes crinkled at the
corners of his bronzed face. Jimenez swallowed, and he ducked his chin, trying not to stare again, trying
to hide his hot cheeks. He’d never been so close to such a handsome man.
“Did you want a drink?” The bartender quirked an eyebrow.
“Yeah… I mean yes. Whiskey neat.” His voice came out gruffer than he expected.
“Bourbon, Scotch, Rye…?”
“Surprise me.” It was a game Jimenez played. He’d order whiskey and discover what the bartender
served. If he reached for the rail bottle closest to hand, it meant he would pour either the cheapest or
the local favorite. If he pulled something from the top shelf, the bartender angled for a bigger tip. But if
he grabbed a decanter off to the side or behind another bottle, he’d score the bartender’s personal pick.
“Coming right up.”
The bartender raised a tentacle in greeting, calling out to another patron.
Oh, God. The man was a Pod.
Of course he was.
In a joint named the Klockwerk Kraken, who better to tend the bar than a tentacled man?
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About the Author
Aidee Ladnier began writing fiction at twelve years old but took a hiatus to be a magician’s assistant,
ride in hot air balloons, produce independent movies, collect interesting shoes, and amass a secret file
with the CIA. A lover of genre fiction, it has been a lifelong dream of Aidee's to write both romance and
erotica with a little science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, or the paranormal thrown in to add a zing.
You can find her on her blog at http://www.aideeladnier.com or on her favorite social media
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