Captain Michael LaGrange and Damina have been negotiating over their future together since the day they met. Both stubborn, both cautious, neither wants to make a decision either of them will regret. Desire and friendship build into a need they can't ignore any longer.
Unfortunately, duty has to come first and they find themselves on a good will tour prior to the Prince's wedding.
When something goes wrong at an event, they're forced apart, and into the machinations of a shadowy conspiracy. Kidnapping, injury and a mysterious illness conspire to keep them apart. To get together they'll have to get away but they're surrounded by enemies and good allies are hard to find.
Includes the short story, 'Stumbling Home.'
Contains mature themes.
Dorcas knew what she was doing when she volunteered to join the Forward Hope; getting as far away from her past as possible.
What she found on board was a purpose and community far beyond anything she'd dreamed of since her escape. Off the planet and surrounded by aliens, she's safe from the machinations of the creature who abducted her years before . . .
Or so she thought.
When a nightmare from her past threatens to come after her family, Dorcas does the only thing she knows how to do; confront the monster in his lair and pray for a rescue.
Contains mature themes.
Some women aren't meant to be tamed . . .
Some men would rather love a wild woman . . .
Trina's been in love before and is done with all that nonsense. After a lifetime of not being able to count on anybody but herself, she's happy with the life she's created, thank you very much. She'll love her fabrics, and dote on her grandchildren, but leave the romance to the young and foolish.
Enter Captain Maikedon Cretus. He's smart, sexy, and interested in more than Trina's body . . . and very interested in that, too.
Careful and patient, he's laying siege to her heart until the walls she's built start to crumble. He's willing to wait as long as he has to in order to win his lady's love, and it's not looking like it's going to be as long as she thought . . .
Until the alien dress Trina is altering for the wedding of the century turns up questions and a story of betrayal. Can they work together to solve the mystery and lay to rest an Emperor's dark past, or will the tangled web of woven lies and truth tear them apart?
Contains mature themes.
Kaelin knows an alien when she sees one. The trick, given her eyesight, is actually getting close enough to see them. She might as well wish upon a falling star!
Against all odds, one just walked right up to her and introduced himself as Roger. He's on a mission from Molly, the friend she's traveled half-way across the country to see, with news of her alien ever after and a shopping list. Apparently, the best technology in the galaxy isn't stocked with hair conditioner . . .
When their hands touch, everything changes. Kaelin has a chance to become everything she ever wished she could be . . . but it will cost her everything she currently is.
Prince Serogero has found the perfect match in an imperfect woman. When he catches her during a seizure, everything he assumed finding his mate would mean is turned upside down. His people's technology can help her, if she lets it, but at what cost to her, and to him? When his duties and her safety conflict, can they create a happy ending?
Contains mature themes.
How do you say 'we come in peace' when someone steals your probe?
When a petty bureaucrat confiscates the communications relay, the aliens and their human partners must unite to rescue their property and protect those they love from the clutches of corruption and blackmail.
To help those she loves, Mindy must boldly go the last place she ever wanted to . . .
Back home.
Contains mature themes.
Mindy's best friend Molly was a maintenance technician on the Bradbury 12. When Molly went missing, Mindy started looking for answers but all she found were more questions. They were supposed to meet up at Geniuscon, a science fiction convention that attracts people from every walk of life, and she knows Molly's son Aidan is going to be there. Determined to get in touch with her friend, Mindy tracks down Aidan and meets some of his new friends, the guys cosplaying as big, blue aliens.
The first time he heard her voice, Alvola knew Mindy was the one. It didn't matter that he couldn't understand the language or touch her skin, the sound of her voice made his body sing. Determined to meet his mate, Alvola volunteers for the mission to Earth to pick up Aidan and meet with the scientists and engineers that will be their first official contacts with humanity. When Alvola actually meets Mindy in person, his mission becomes to keep her by his side, no matter the cost.
Contains mature themes.
Molly was no stranger to life's little detours. After the last upheaval, she left her family's law firm to become a maintenance technician on the Space Station Bradbury 12. When an accident knocks her off her feet, she's going to have to draw on all her resilience to get back up. First, though, she's going to have to figure out how to talk to the big, blue alien trying to help her.
There wasn't supposed to be a space station where Mintonar's ship emerged from the galactic bridge. As far as they knew, there wasn't supposed to be intelligent life on the planet, either. Proof of how wrong they were is laying in his Medical Bay and it's his job to save her. When he touches her, his life turns upside down and his mission suddenly includes figuring out why everything inside him insists she's his mate. And convincing her of the same thing, especially when they don't even speak the same language.
Contains mature themes.
