Ike's life is complicated. She's the Marine General in charge of security for His Majesty's Starship Boone. Her husband, Devon, is suffering problems with his memory since he was injured in the battle with the Palean Liberation Front a year ago. Ike has to escort the spoiled Princess Miranda to Nerumie to settle a civil war.
Just when things might take a turn for the better, their ship crashes in the deep desert. The crash strands Ike, Devon, Miranda, and Sergeant Jack Ingram with little food and less water. The temperature swings from half that of boiling water to far below freezing, and killer animals stalk them in the darkness and from the skies.
Attraction, love, and lust weave a web through the group as they deal with their growing feelings for each other. Discoveries of hidden feelings made under the orange sun of Nerumie cause tempers to flair. Passions rage between the four, testing devotion and love to the limits as they fight for survival in the desert heat.
Melodee Aaron writes predominately in the subgenre of science fiction (hard), but she also works in fantasy, paranormal, historical, and contemporary settings.
Often, these subgenres are blended together in her stories with interesting results. After all, is it unreasonable for an advanced civilization to have pyrokinetic abilities that are provided by instrumentation? Ditto for shape shifters?
Many of Melodee's works involve the concept of "polyamory". The idea of polyamorous love—true romantic polyamorous love—between more than two people has long been a hallmark of Melodee's stories and her fresh take on the subject goes far beyond the traditional ménage and simple three-way-sex common in so much of erotica and erotica romance.
In addition to erotica romance, Melodee also writes erotica and screenplays for mainstream and adult films.