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Detective Thea Stone wakes from a take-down gone bad and finds herself sentenced to a year of
prostitution on Jupiter's moon. Crazy! Manned space voyages haven't made it beyond Earth's
moon. It would be laughable if it wasn't for the stars streaking by the window...

In the quest for his missing sister, Blade follows a lead to Earth and rounds up another group of
prostitutes for relocation. They should be happy. After all, he's offering them a new beginning. But
Thea fights him every step of the way, determined to return to Earth. Blade is equally determined
for her to stay, no matter what it takes!
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Is it possible for the heart to recognize someone who no longer looks the same?
Mai can't understand her attraction to a scruffy Neanthrope who she believes is her undercover
contact. Only one man holds the key to her heart, and he's long gone. Things get complicated
when the stranger repeats not only the correct pass code but a farewell conversation she had
with the one male Mai can't forget -- the heartbreaker who disappeared after one kiss.
Ever since his wife's death, Kyros has pledged his life to eradicating the drug that killed her. Once
a fertility drug, it now sells on the black market as an aphrodisiac used in slave collars. When Kyros
disables a slave runner's ship, he never expects long dead feelings to be awakened by the
sensual allure of the slave Zara Kevlar. Nor does he welcome the reassessment of his life inspired
by the beautiful Earthling.
Zara has no desire to go home to her overbearing brothers, especially after her gallant rescuer
wets her appetite. But can she win the heart of a bitter soul determined to cling to the memory of
his wife?
The women of Healing Waters are disappearing, and there's only one man who can help Julliet find
the kidnapped workers. Is it a coincidence that the closer she gets to Dragen, the more she
forgets anything but him?

The moment Dragen sees the golden aura surrounding Julliet, excitement -- and shock -- hums
through his veins. He's found his long-lost mate. Now what? The elation should be mutual, but
instead of the passionate union he expects, Julliet holds him at arm's length. Custom and propriety
dictate he cannot persuade her choice, if it kills him. And it very well might.
Steele and Pandora finally realize no one else in the universe can fulfill them like each other. The
separation during Steele's business voyage is killing them. Little do they know there is a force
planning to separate them forever. After his transport is attacked, Steele wakes up in a med space
station with Pandora at his side. But is she real -- or an android?
Mixed emotions swamp Reeva at the sight of Tybirius West at the enemy prison. He’s a mercenary
who sells his fighting skills to the highest bidder, so his presence is understandable, but she
thought the human had some scruples. Doesn’t it figure the one man from her past, who she can’t
get out of her mind, switched allegiances? It’s a good thing she never told him how much she
cared about him.
Ty is waiting for the woman who keeps him awake at night, ready to fulfill her deepest fantasy -- a
ménage a trois with two men. Trouble is, Major Reeva Medusa is convinced she’s on a mission to
free high profile prisoners from her rival’s clutches, and she isn’t buying Ty’s explanation that her
boss sent her to a playground for burnt out warriors. After all, if Ty were on her side, he wouldn’t
have captured her, blindfolded her, stripped her and bound her. That’s not her idea of gentle
persuasion.
But then, nobody ever called Tybirius a gentleman.
Jake Santos, hiding in a narrow pit from savage carnivores, is not too happy about the chest-to-
thigh contact with the male who jumped in after him. Yet his body is reacting strangely to the
friendly humanoid. Forced to rely on one another for survival, Jake is drawn to the hunter in ways
he never imagined. Now he fears there may be No Way Back.
Trapped with a virile male Earthling until the Great Wallabuska migrate through the plains, Drum
can’t believe his good fortune. His mate had prophesized about another male entering their lives
whose immune system could help not only them, but future generations. Could this Earthling be
him? She’d warned him to expect a challenge, and she’d been right about that too. Drum has to
seduce Jake into his bed and then convince him to stay with him and his mate. He hopes he’s
chosen the right male because once he follows this path, there’s No Way Back.
Stranded on an unexplored planet, separated from the two surviving scientists, Kelly Hatchett is
saved from a vicious carnivore by a humanoid alien intent on making her his own. So maybe
"saved" isn't quite the meantime, mmm, maybe being detained isn't so bad after all.
Captured on an unexplored planet and sold at auction to the head of a biomedical lab, Vonna King
imagines her days are numbered. Chilling rumors surround her new “owner.” Meeting him with her
wrists tied over her head, in a room filled with various restraints and sadistic devices, doesn’t ease
her mind.
The male she comes to know in the lab is nothing like the person she expected him to be. She has
a hard time merging the hard-edged dominant male she met on the first day with the
compassionate male who works non-stop to find a cure for a degenerative disease killing the
population. As much as she respects the scientist, Vonna is secretly drawn to his darker side. Dare
she investigate her inexplicable desires to surrender to him?
Yale doesn't have time to tame a fiery Earthling into a submissive partner, even if the challenge
stirs his blood. The premature deaths on Alishontakawa are accelerating at a frightening rate.
Even though mating with Vonna King would boost his immune system, he isn't looking for a short-
term fix. He must find a cure, not only to save his dying civilization, but to save himself.
Even though Magistrate Blade Kevlar and the men he enlists to help find his missing sister have no
time for stubborn, independent females, the strong women who cross their stellar paths whet
their appetites like none before or after. However, the women harbor vengeful agendas of their
own and resent male interference, even if they mean well. Head to head, resistance melts in the
heat of passion. Confronted by sinister forces, alliances are forged in more ways than one.



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Between these pages, our heroes struggle with their own irresistible longings. Dark lust blurs the
line between love and sex -- their only hope, to embrace the unthinkable hungers and follow their
mates into an abyss of dark and dangerous lust. And love.

An anthology, in print, by reknown authors Angela Knight, Willa Okati, Elayne S. Venton, Sierra
Dafoe, and Elisa Adams.
Once a prisoner of the Tai-Jor, ex-Colonel Dana Tangier now teaches recruits how to negotiate
with the complex society where only couples are treated with dignity. When a female trainee falls
ill and there’s a Tai-Jor mission on the line, Dana must find a replacement fast or risk her life by
returning to the place she’d sworn never to go again.

Lt. Gavin Moore has idolized war-hero Dana Tangier since his youth. Now he has a chance to work
side-by-side with her and his libido is doing somersaults. Despite their age difference, convincing
the Tai-Jor that Tangier is his lover shouldn’t be a problem, but is he strong enough to protect her
from her past?
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The fates are on Lorie Walker's side when she pulls long-term duty with the hunk of Space
Station 5423, Dodd Henderson. Or maybe she's not so lucky. Their space capsule is drifting in
a black hole and the gauges are nonfunctional. The odds of survival are slim whether they try
to break free of the void or await help. Dare they take the time, perhaps the only chance
they'll ever have, to explore the suppressed passion between them? Or will a diversion from
their recovery efforts doom them?


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