Not Fade Away — Donna S. Frelick

Earth shielded his secrets--Until her love unlocked his heart.Rescue agent Rafe Gordon is human, though Earth has never been his home. But when his legendary father Del becomes the target of alien assassins, Rafe must hide the dementia-debilitated hero in the small mountain town where the old man was born -- Masey, North Carolina, USA, Earth.Home care nurse Charlie McIntyre and her therapy dog, Happy, have never had such challenging clients before. Del's otherworldly “episodes” are not explained by his diagnosis, making Charlie question everything about her mysterious charge and his dangerously attractive son. Rafe has the answers she needs, but Charlie will have to break through his wall of secrets to get them.As the heat rises between Charlie and Rafe, the deadly alien hunters circle closer. The light they seek to extinguish flickers in the gloom of Del's fading mind -- the memory of a planet-killer that threatens to enslave the galaxy.