Science Fiction {soft}

A Marsian queen ripe for seduction. A banished Sednan prince desperate to find a home world. A battle of the sexes instigated by the gods. Marsian queen Paris needs an heir, but she's running out of options for her child's sire. She also wants to grow her own cocoa trees so she can stop paying Venus' outrageous prices for chocolate. Banished from Sedna because he lacks the markings of his royal caste, farmer-prince Jirkar needs a home world. If Paris doesn't accept him, he'll spend the rest of his life on spaceships, never again able to plant anything in life-giving soil. Each has a dream. Can they fulfill it, or will they spend the rest of their lives alone?

He has done so for five long, lonely years with only a sarcastic, sexually deprived computer as company. Her name is Miranda, the bane of his existence, but the one he depends on the most as well. Everything seems to be going along swimmingly. David’s plans of retiring on a desert island, once he has saved up enough money, looks to be in the bag. After each successful haul his dream moves one step closer to reality and all he left behind fades into memory. Until Miranda detects a life form on board. A stowaway. David is soon embroiled in a series of events that involves a dead young man, a legendary being called a shifter and an alien race that scares the absolute crap out of him. Can he survive the events that unravel? Or will his past, present and future catch up with him in ways even he couldn’t have expected? In ways that will change everything…forever.

Harriet Barnstormer pilots the 'Cornish Pisky', the only original strat-ship left on the deep-space run. Like any other member of the Skyjockey guild, Harriet is bound over to keep herself in top physical and sexual condition. To this end, she has relied on her antique purse-pecker, but this has now been taken off the market. Three quasi-human Hiram Heman Seductors have failed miserably to satisfy her needs, and Harriet takes out her frustration by writing rude letters to the Heman company rep, who promises her an upgraded model. When a man dressed in spacers' greens appears outside the "Pisky" just before launch, Harriet has no choice but to let him die in the blastoff or allow him on board... But, IS Xander Heman a man? Or is he the promised upgrade from Heman Inc.? If so, is he likely to call her a rose of mauveness and stick his head in her boot or suggest she's a fackable starfish?

On the family homestead, Fern Everdean noticed strange things had begun to happen. Crops withered. Livestock suddenly died. All without explanation. When she suggested calling for assistance from bounty hunters, everyone apart from her seemed against it. Never comfortable obeying orders, Fern contacted Star Fighters Inc who sent Kris to her planet, a sexy, young but badly scarred bounty hunter nursing a hatred of pirates and an embarrassing dry spell that made him want her all the more. Together they discover sordid secrets about her planet and themselves.

Self-esteem has never been a strong point for bounty hunter Hughes or orphaned trainee hunter Kim. His anger issues and her problems with trust make them a less than perfect pair. Even so, Star Fighters boss, Hudson Brody, teams them up. Their first mission takes them to the hedonistic planet Yunia. Sun, sand and setbacks await them in paradise as Kim sets out to ensnare her first bad boy, championship surfer Zac Wilde. He used to be her childhood hero. Will Kim be able to cope in this tough new world? Will Hughes help her or will his anger distract him? In addition, a lone female figure, dark and dangerous, is running amok on the jungle planet Survia. Brody knows a secret about her and wants her caught. Danger lurks everywhere--will Kim's novice status allow her the success she craves?

Fallon Montgomery may be the most brilliant AI and mechanical engineer the IUA has ever seen. But even that brilliance can not overcome the feeling of overwhelming dread that she has when a derelict pod is taken aboard her ship. She is even more shocked to find within that pod, a younger version of herself and a man who looks like her lover.

There were only three things that Captain Bekka Taylor wanted in life: 1) Command of a Warrior Class Star Marauder, 2) To grow old gracefully and 3) A lover who understood her fiery nature. She was accomplishing two out of her three objectives very nicely when an internal IUA conflict begins to encompass the whole world as she knows it. Then Lieutenant Javed Malik comes aboard, clearly younger than she, with dreamy eyes and a secret meant only for her. But letting him in means getting rid of years of frustration and anguish and maybe her career. Can she survive another war or the smoldering looks from her junior officer sent to protect her 24/7?

What if you could order a man to fulfill your every fantasy? This is exactly what happens when Val Anders reveals what her ‘ideal man’ would be like to her best friend. She hardly expects to meet him in person. Right? But she hasn’t counted on her best friends and her lover conspiring to produce Peter Flynn, the ultimate sex toy.

Everyone deserve a second chance, right? Starting his life over in the small town of Medfield, Varick would love to think so, but doesn’t believe he will ever be so lucky. Burying the past while getting through each day is all he can hope for not realizing a tall, dark stranger is about to change all that. Cal always gets what he wants and right now he wants Varick, but just how far is he willing to go to help Varick overcome his guilt from the past and win his heart? Certainly to the ends of the earth, and maybe, just maybe, even beyond that.

Jacob Theison thinks he’s better than all the other folk who live in the picturesque town of Pembroke Eve. It’s no place for a modern guy and he wants to leave, try his luck on the greener pastures of anywhere else. That is until he realizes one thing. Deep down he’s just like everyone else, a country guy through and through. That realization comes just in time, because on a moonlit night a green glowing spaceship lands in Wilson’s field. Aliens, it seems, are real. But why are they in Pembroke Eve of all places? Pembroke is a nowhere place. And why is everyone acting weird all of a sudden, even more so that usual? Are the aliens’ friendly or do they have a more sinister reason for being here? It seems Jacob is the only one who can see what’s really going on. But why him? What’s so special about a gay young man living in a small town? Sure, he’s never had a boyfriend, never been kissed for that matter, so why? Curious, he goes to investigate the spaceship and gets far more than he bargained for as soon as he gets over his back fence. His life will never be the same again

A beautiful but reckless idealist, intrepidly accepts the perilous job of delivering droid-interfering parts from the secret Distopian manufacturer to programmer/assembler, in a daring plan to change the way AIs think. Feeling invincible, Krys masks her penalty-by-death activities with another illicit activity: peddling sex-literature--erotic literature made illegal by the AIs. But when she has a run-in with a cypol – ruthless enforcers of the cyber-government and thought to be cyborg hybrids of flesh and machine – she finds out what they really are, and both her smugness and her concept of what it means to be a human is shattered.

Born to a loving people and enduring the long training process required to teach her to use her gift, Anesya is suddenly ripped away by a cruel man, her incomplete training a death sentence. Gifted since birth with spectacular powers and a caring heart his people never intended he have, Tarmathian turns his back on them to make a difference in a realm where caring and tolerance require calm, diplomatic tactics. Brought together by circumstances and standing united, the couple attempts to save their dying races. Exploring beyond the veil of magic into the realm of souls, they discover it takes two to fill a cup of love.

He was a man of honor. A man who fought for his people, his planet, and took his place as a leader. Sold first as a political pawn and then as a slave, she captured his heart and made it her own. Can their love survive peace between their people?

Michael La Rosa didn't plan on spending more than a few days relaxing on Littan Moon. After all, with the Accord signed and peace, what could possibly happen? Apparently nothing more than a horrific meteor storm that sends him crashing toward the Amazonian planet of Thermodon. Holding on to ancient beliefs of doom and gloom wrought by the men of planet Earth, the Amazons of Thermodon dominate their males with an iron fist, enslaving all who find their way to the blue grassed planet. When Michael saves the Princess Cashmere from certain death, both Michael and the Amazons worlds are turned upside down. The couple soon realizes that the rock slide was no mere act of nature. Will they live long enough to know what their hearts already tell them?

Sarge is a hard as nails construction worker—as rough and tough and as well built as they come. All is well in his life. He’s a softy in the arms of Hayden. He’s a man deeply in love. One who’s touched by his angel on every level, which is a far cry from how he acts in front of everyone else. Life is perfect. What could possibly go wrong? Sarge is told the truth about Hayden—his angel is a peacock shifter from the doomed Boonta colony wiped out years ago by the Schism. What’s more, the Schism know this, too, and they are on the hunt. Will his angel become nothing but a legend like all the other shifters over the eons?

In the year 2705, the ratio of females to males was at such a deficit on the planetary stations that the Galactic Administration passed a law rendering it illegal for a woman of age to be unmated. This law led to a movement in which women in the galaxy existed as little more than property of either their father or their mate. In the Beta Prime solar system, females were selected by their male owners on the planet Vega Fantasma. It wasn’t long before legislation passed legally requiring all girls of age eighteen to enlist. When they were deemed ready for their début, each girl experienced the Cotillion… Kylee is an exotic, young woman nervous about her début. What kind of master would she have? Would he be kind? Handsome? Would she make it through the bidding? Talon is a dangerous space pirate who is ready to take a mate. The long intervals in space with only his crew for company are getting old. Nearing thirty makes him want to have a woman by his side, one who would be ready for his touch and command at all times. Come visit the fantasy world of Vega Fantasma. Could you stand the rigors of The Cotillion?

Razi has been digging into the past of the Alliance for years, but now she has found the Oefric origin world she has a problem. The world is disintegrating at an alarming rate so if they are going to find the origin of this species, they have to work quickly. Ailan and Eckhar are her assigned assistants and despite their being unfamiliar with dig sites, they have one other trait that irritates her, they claim that she is their own. A fall and interference from a determined AI change her attitudes toward her new mates in a way she cannot deny.

By the rules she’s established herself, Zoe appears guilty, and the death warrant has to be issued. She will never break her own rules, even if it means having to execute herself. Can April find a way to convince her soulmate otherwise?

Aloof composer-conductor Lamont Johansson, aka LJ, knows he’s grasping at straws trying to introduce opera to the Andromeda System. He’s certainly taking enormous financial risks. When the brilliant, erratic diva, Daphne Basini, arrives on Al Sufi—two weeks late—he finds he’s attracted to her and is amazed that her voice is the voice he’s been searching for all his life. Suddenly there is more at stake than a successful opera season. He’s risking his heart as well. Deanna Basini’s arrival on Al Sufi is not at all what she expected. She’s supposed to hook up with her sister, Daphne, but Daphne has decamped again without notifying the opera company that hired her. And again, Deanna is forced to masquerade as her more famous, impetuous and sexually adventurous sister in order to save Daphne’s flagging career. Deanna’s resentment fades under LJ’s critical demands and encouragement. She finds her desire for him intensifying alongside the guilt she feels for deceiving him. Daphne hasn’t been delayed by normal circumstances. Venus has taken over her body and is leading her through a whirlwind of sensual pleasures. When Daphne gains the upper hand and finally arrives on Al Sufi, she discovers she might not rescue her career, but with Venus’ help, she might push LJ and Deanna together. Their passion for music brings Deanna and LJ together. Will deception drive them apart?  

Nya has enjoyed her time on Arcros, mediating minor disputes and arranging marriages. She never expected that she had been offered the position based on her suitability to be a Draikyn mate, and that her soon to be lover was working his way through stone pathways to her side. Hyfor is not what she was expecting, but as she was expecting to work in obscurity, she wasn’t really prepared for anything. Mating with a dragon might be a good bar joke, but the reality far eclipsed the fantasy.