On the heels of the invasion, things look dire until another species of aliens вЂ“ the Luperans - show up to help repair and rebuild. Daria, a human ICU doctor, struggles with loneliness and wishes for a partner to share her life, but puts her own desires aside to tend to the wounded. Set sometime in the near future, Earth is reeling from its first contact with a predatory alien species, the Ichori, whose attack wrecked catastrophe on the planet, harvested precious resources and drained the oceans. 'Fionne Foxxe Farraday's debut sci-fi romance novel, Kairn: Mates of the Alliance, is a clash of worlds as alien cultures battle over the Fate of Earth, one against and one trying to save it, as a smolderingly complex, destined-to-be love affair blossoms between a human lifesaver, a doctor, and an alien lifetaker, a soldierвЂ¦'Kairn: Mates of Alliance' is a page turner with heart and hope.' -Brad Butler, Author, 5-stars The more I wrote, the more the writing and characters took on a life of their own.' I wanted to give all of us aВ happy ending, even if it was fictional. This is largely a love letter to my co-workers who kept coming in to face nearly insurmountable problems - day after day.

'There was a building sense of frustration and burn out in the ICU, particularly among the nursing staff. 'At the beginning of the first wave of the pandemic, when COVID was just making itself known, we were losing far too many patients - despite using all the tools we had at our disposal,' recalls Farraday. After returning to duty in the ICU, she kept writing as a cathartic way of handling the stresses of medical care during a global pandemic.

Faced with enforced medical leave due to health issues, Farraday ran out of reading material and began an outline of the story that would become KAIRN: Mates of the Alliance. KAIRN: Mates of the Alliance, the smart and sexy first novel by Fionne Foxxe Farraday weaves together themes of friendship, environmental care, and commitment against the backdrop of a sweeping intergalactic romance.ДЇarraday, an experienced physician working in pulmonary and critical care medicine, combines her personal experiences in the ICU and experiences of military family members who served in WWII and Vietnam to create her intriguing and sensual literary debut. Cookeville, TN-ln the wake of an alien invasion that has devastated Earth, disaster and destiny align to bring together a human doctor, Daria, and Kairn, the handsome Luperan military officer serving as ambassador for the Galactic Alliance.

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