BLURB With the death of her no-account husband, Polly is the sole owner of a farm steading on the planet Celstar. She is determined to hold the steading and make a life for herself and two Synth children in her care. Her nearest neighbor, widower Fallon Verdad, is the big landowner in the territory and also her local Councilman. Like most of the other settlers, Fallon is a Shimmer, a horse shifter, while Polly is human—well, mostly human. Their attraction to each other is electric and hard to deny. An affair would lead to scandal in this conservative community. Scandal is the last thing Polly needs. Sci-fi space western romance, futuristic, short story. ~**~ Her husband was dead and she was glad for it. With this one last ugly chore Polly would be done with Hoggart Avila forever and someday the memories of their short, ugly marriage would fade. Owning the Steading would certainly help with forgetting the unpleasant way she got it. More stability than she’d sure ever had, and she meant to keep it.
