Like thousands of humans, Lianne works for the Rrassic on a world she didn’t know existed. A friend stuck her neck out during registration and hid Lianne’s compatibility with the Rrassic under the guise of an existing allergy to cats.An accident at a public event made Lianne run into the action, and a few small cuts left enough of her at the scene to give the hunters a trail to follow.Sorrok selected Lianne as a possible mate back on Earth, but he wasn’t the one to collect ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Ally surrendered her magic as a teen. Her sister was the family heir, and Ally just wanted to leave her home and start off in a new city. She takes on odd jobs and ends up as a secure courier. Weeks before her twenty-seventh birthday, she takes a delivery that goes wrong and ends up with her being bound to the vampire king of the city. She decides to run, but he thwarts her, and after experiencing brunch with the vampire, she agrees to give him a chance to seduce her.Being seduced b...

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...

Rache is having a fun night out at a dance club when she meets a man with dark eyes and smooth moves... and then she meets her ex-friend. Being friend-zoned that hard leaves a big mark, but she can still dance.The next day, she gets a call from her friend Eden, and Eden has a plan. She is going to deliver the surrogate child that she is carrying and make sure that it's legally with its parents, so her brother can't sell it to the highest bidder. It isn't the first child that he has...

Keva has been having the worst day. She has found out her boyfriend was cheating, gone home to her father's house, and been teleported across the stars. It has been trying.She wakes up trapped in her house with no idea why, and the stars and space station she can see from the house were not there yesterday.Azzul won the manor house and all contents in a card game and dispatched drones to bring it to him. It was not supposed to be occupied. The living being in the house should...

After seeing how happy some of the other mages can be with their elves, Meeda decides that returning to her home is probably the best course of action. Seeing her destined mate swim away from her broke something inside her. The waters of the islands soothe that bit of her shattered soul.Having the resources to get away from it all is nice, and having an understanding older sister is better. With dark elves moving to the islands, it makes sense that the sea monster who got away is t...

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...

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 ...

Hellebore wants some time off from the singing, from being pressured to perform. When she takes off in the beginning of December, she is shocked to find her normal portal turning into a one-way trip into a prison.With her head a bloody mess, she is taken to the doctor who treats her wounds with a confident touch. She gets the briefing on the prison, but one tiny detail is left out. Their prison is a holding area for a Christmas detachment.All eight men are being held for cr...