Writing as M. J. Sterling, Mel focuses on science fiction romance. All the same emotions and focus on character-driven stories, with the setting in outer space in the future.
Marlboro: Man: A robot comes to life and falls in love in this tender, humorous and bittersweet story set on a far planetoid… COMING August 31, 2026!
When Aggie Wainwright signed on with Chisholm Corp, she thought she’d be working as a cyberneticist, not slinging drinks on a mining planetoid and doing repair jobs as a side hustle just to keep her hand in. But of all the saloons in all the Corp stations, a grubby ore cart piled high with the mangled limbs of a mining bot just had to roll into Aggie’s.
Off-the-books repairs of Chisholm Corp property are strictly forbidden. But this bot’s different. Special. Not to mention full of the most valuable substance in the known universe.
No good deed ever goes unpunished. Soon Aggie’s double-crossing lab techs, bamboozling black-market accountants, eluding a cult chasing eternal life—and once she actually finishes repairs, it gets even more complicated.
Because the robot’s no mere mining drudge. He’s greater than the sum of his steel and hydraulics. And he’s in love with Aggie…