Following the Sun – Jack and Samuel crash land their spaceship on a strange planet. Rescued by an indigenous tribe they find themselves drawn into the society and new loves, but things aren’t exactly what they seem and in order to save them their new lovers will have to reveal the biggest secret of all.

Close Encounter- Tris is a space privateer. After delivering his cargo to a military science vessel it comes under attack and Tris finds himself in the middle of a fight to save humanity. A deadly bioterrorism weapon has caused a virus to be released that is slowly wiping out the human race and the cargo he transported turns out to be a human who possibly holds the answer to the cure in his body.

Enhanced- All humans on Earth have been enhanced but none more than the soldiers in Earth’s military. After uncovering a plot for the military to take over the world, Dr. Ryne Siler and Dr. Cary Matthews wake up the first soldiers to be enhanced to try to stop the coup.

A lovely collection of three m/m novellas that contain intriguing characters well thought out plots, and steamy sensual scenes. Following the Sun starts things off with a crash landing and savage looking natives, who wouldn’t like to be rescued by a man with abs of steel wearing nothing but a loin cloth? Jack and Samuel make the best of their situation and what could be better than some steamy male on male action? Not much in my opinion. Close Encounter provides a look into what it would be like to grow up in a world where you are treated as a scientific curiosity, poked and prodded, but never touched or loved, even though you could possibly be the answer to a disease that is killing off your fellow man. Tris is wonderful as the slightly irreverent space privateer who finds himself instantly drawn to Retter, the man who is infected with the deadly virus. Since Retter can’t be touched their developing attraction is deftly shown through Madeleine Urban's adroit writing. Enhanced is a fast paced and frantic story about four men and their race to save their society from being taken over by martial law. Madeleine Urban shows how mankind’s use of science to make the perfect human can be a bad thing when politicians and the business world join hands to make enhancement available to only those with deep pocketbooks. Smoothly written, or rewritten as is the case here, Far From Home is an excellent collection of what the future might be like. The relationships between the men developed quickly but were still believable. My main complaint was that I connected with the characters of each novella only to reach the end of their story far too quickly. I want more!

Reviewed by: Hayley