Rowan has two people in her life affected by the curse that makes folks invisible and steals the memory of them. The first is in desperate need of curse-breaking as she is pregnant, and time is a factor. Freeing her is a priority, and keeping her lover at bay is Rowan's assignment.When Mell is freed, Rowan asks for help for her Aunt Aspen, who physically removed her curse band and immediately dissipated. Rowan kept her close to home, but it has been an effort, and she is getting ti...

Sarah Marks made her living on archaeological digs for the Alliance. Going to the lost planet of Admar is an honor that puzzles her. Usually a more experienced Reader would be chosen. Her Terran heritage has been a hindrance to her until now, but that is about to change.Arriving on Admar, she finds that she has the magic touch, and that some of that magic is waiting to touch her back.Demetrius has been waiting over a thousand years for a human to arrive and wake him. He is extremely please...

Ted makes her living by creating apps for businesses who need something specific. She keeps in constant communication with the businesses she works for one precise reason: the moment she is out of sight, they forget she ever existed. It has been difficult to live with, but she has worked with a number of her family members, who recognize her the moment they see her and forget her when she turns a corner.She's working for her cousin Sabin when he and Nora finally take steps to conta...

We join Abby and Xander on their big day, a huge wedding at Hotel Spectre. When the rings go missing, the bridal gown gets tainted with blood and the groom starts a fistfight in the garden, only the efforts of friends and creatures can make Abby have the wedding day she deserves. Whatever fate had in mind, this will be the happiest damned bride that ever animated her lawn ornaments. Or else.

Nora was an excellent administrative assistant until the day a business associate of her boss made an aggressive pass. She tells her boss, and he tells her to thicken her skin, having heard the other male's version of the event. She can toughen up or quit. She chooses the option that will stop the pain of the dismissal.Sabin is shocked when he finds out she is leaving, and he's devastated when he learns that it is her last day. He had enjoyed having her next to him, breathing in her...

Valentine is the greatest matchmaker of the modern age, but she is handicapped by the fact that she can't release her inhibitions enough to surrender to love. Mythos is an elven healer, but even he can't make her heart whole unless she submits to herself and acts on her own impulses. Time is ticking, but until Valentine makes herself whole, the Sisters of Silverwood will never fulfil their purpose and magic will not return to the modern age. Let's hope her instincts triumph over her fears....

Estelle is a logistical expert, show her a problem and she can solve it. When she is drugged and enslaved, she looks for a way out, sending messages with every outgoing slave and hoping that one will get her plan to the Alliance in time. The escape is on, but she has been shackled to her breeding partner that very evening, linked by a chain they lead the escape until one partner goes on alone. Survivors are offered a place on an Oefric colony world. The shape shifters have a separate town ...

Elizabeth has spent her life exploring the world, visiting strangers, and learning all the customs she could. When the first Volunteer Project began, she had been in her fifties and out of the running. Now, at eighty-two, they offer to tune her up and send her to the stars. What world traveller could resist? She becomes taller, stronger, but her sense of humour remains the same. Her assignment is to collect memories from alien ancients who have been gathered on one world as a disconnected ...

After dealing with an assaulted escort, Keska tries to offer her an option that isn't her day job. She was the original escort when they tried to work the bugs out of the system. Her activation is to invent, and the mask design was her original idea.Dealing with trying to entertain Jienne is one thing, but finding out that her relationship with Nelith is now official sends Keska spinning. Add that to her daughter and ex-patron coming back into town, and she is fighting to organize ...

Zelda has worked at the colony for two years, getting ready for the mining and forestry that would begin to shape the world. When she receives notice that her daughter's vessel is heading toward Aten, she knows it's time to get going. She has only one method of leaving the colony, so she engages it. She makes herself a target, and raiders take the bait.Orex looks at the damage done to his colony offices and checks the casualty list. Only one person is missing, and when he checks he...

Bethany has spent her life running from her birth family. They summoned a star and expected her to gleam with power. She still registered as magical, but they decided that if she wasn't manifesting, they would get the power out of the next generation, and they attempted an arranged marriage. She ran. She has been running ever since.Finding a job was a trick that she had to figure out, but once she learned how to get past the resume and first scan, she was in. Understanding what peo...

Family tradition is important to Arabel Marx. Every year she comes to her cousin's pub to bless the building against violence under the roof. This year, as she dances her blessing and calls the wild magic, she has an audience. Her cousin's husband has invited their new partner to watch the blessing and this shifter likes what he sees. Zenner is a dragon with a secret. Female dragons are fine, but they are all pull my tail, and Zen likes to play gently with his lovers. Watching Arabel dance...