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Description edit
Sex with the perfect man is overrated, especially if your Mr. Perfect is a robot, and you know there's something better out there. Can Mala help it if "out there" is way out there? Her grandmother, an intergalactic traveller, left a diary behind describing the exceptional lovemaking talents of... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Mala: Female lead. Alien from planet Nerak.
- Barton: Mala's companion robot, 6'2" blond with blue eyes designed by Mala with an attitude chip installed to make him seem human
- Mason McKinley: Male lead. Sheriff on Earth.
- Carol: Earthling, owns a women's clothing shop in Washboard, friend of Mala
- Scott: Carol's ex-husband, thankfully. A domineering and abusive man
- Sam: A local Texas rancher and a friend of McKinley
- Harlan: Local UFO and Bigfoot spotter in Sheriff McKinley's county
- Margaret: A rather difficult earthling, she is a resident of Washboard, Texas
- Francine: Sheriff McKinley's dispatcher
- Doc Lambert: Washboard's town doctor
- Perry: A reporter for a large gossip magazine Visiting Texas on Harlan's report of Bigfoot sightings
- Alice: A nosy reporter for a large gossip magazine investigating Bigfoot, came along with Perry
- Betsy: Sam's wife, a motherly person who can't cook worth a darn
- Emma: Doc Washburn's nurse
- Dancer and Blue: McKinley's horse and dog
- Bigfoot aka Hypotrond: A shy, gentle humanoid person, looking like a combination of man and beast now extinct on Nerak, but appearing to have established colonies on earth. Mistakenly called Bigfoot by earthlings.
- Modine: An earth woman, owns the Blooming Idiot flower store in Washburn
- Jack Reynolds: Sheriff of the next county to McKinley's
- Anna: Owns Anna's Sweet Delights, a confectioner store in Washburn
Quotes edit
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“Earth! It was beautiful. A big round…ball.”
Mala -
“They were acting like men caused all the problems in the world. Had they never heard of PMS?”
Sheriff McKinley -
“She waved back with one finger in the air, just like the woman had done, but she was afraid the navigator of the craft didn't see her in time.”
Mala, on friendly earth people -
“"So do you like the fudge?" "It actually might be better than sex with Mason."”
Anna and Mala
Setting & Locations edit
From the planet Nerak, to modern day Washboard, Texas on the planet Earth.
- Nerak: A planet with two suns, never a night, or a sunset or sunrise. Inhabited by women only, therefore peaceful and quiet, superior technology and spaceflight, no pain. A perfect world.
- Sweden: Mala claims to be from sweden to explain her oddness of speech and openess on sexual matters
- San Antonio, Texas: A visit to san antonio and a margarita, discovers the extreme effect of alcohol on the Nerakian libido
- Earth: An untamable planet of dangerous and aggressive people and ideas. Nerak has banned further contact.
Organizations edit
- Coalition of Elders: Women on the ruling counsel of Nerak
- Raunchy Romps for Adults: A store selling clothing, toys and accessories on the internet
First Sentence edit
"I'm going crazy," Mala murmered.
Table of Contents edit
No table of contents. 28 chapters and Epilogue
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karen Kelley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Brava by Kensington Publishing Corp.
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 2007
ISBN: 9780758211729
Page Count: 274
Publisher: Brava by Kensington Publishing Corp.
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 2007
ISBN: 9780758211729
Page Count: 274
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
Subjects edit
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