S.E. Smith

Honey Phillips

Veronica Scott

Carol Van Natta

Melisse Aires

Greta van der Rol

Cassandra Chandler

J.C. Hay

S.J. Pajonas

Deborah A. Bailey

Kyndra Hatch

Pets in Space® is back for a new year of adventures! Join the incredible authors in this year's Pets in Space 6 for another out-of-this-world adventure. This award-winning, USA TODAY Bestselling anthology is packed full ofyour favorite Pets in Space®. Featuring 11 original, never-before-released stories from some of today's bestselling science fiction romance and fantasy authors, Pets in Space 6 continues their vital support of Hero-Dogs.org, the non-profit charity that improves quality of life for veterans of the U.S. military and first-responders with disabilities. Don't miss out on this limited-edition anthology before it is too late! Pets in Space 6 is edited by Carol Van Natta. Contributing authors: S.E. Smith (NY Times and USA TODAY bestselling author), Veronica Scott (USA TODAY bestselling author), Honey Phillips, Carol Van Natta (USA TODAY bestselling author), Cassandra Chandler (USA TODAY bestselling author), J.C. Hay (USA TODAY bestselling author), S.J. Pajonas (USA TODAY bestselling author), Greta van der Rol, Deborah A. Bailey, Melisse Aires, and Kyndra Hatch.

Pets in Space 6: A Science Fiction Romance Anthology

Darlene will do anything to save her son, even enter into a hidden world.The party she learned about on her teen son's computer sounded more than wild--it sounded dangerous! She stormed the crowded house and found her son near death-- by vampire! Then the vampire turns on her.Vare, blond, gorgeous and a Master Vampire, rescued them. He can save her son, but life will never be the same. He will need her blood, and for vampires, blood and sex go together.Novella, Erotic Paranormal Romance. Older Heroine.

Single Mom, Vampire Lover

What happened to my servant Qy? He's always been a docile cyborg! How does he know so much about weapons and warfare? He knows how to fly a spaceship? And he seems to notice me — as a woman! My cyborg has turned into a warrior! Am I even safe with him? Read the sexy scifi romance of Sabralia and her cyborg! Book One of the Diaspora Worlds Series.

Her Cyborg Awakes

Interstellar bride Nell and her three children are forced to enter space-sleep capsules in the hope of surviving a calamity. She wakes over seven hundred years later on a ship of cyborg warriors. In this strange environment, Nell can't imagine what their future will hold, but she is determined to keep her promise and make Christmas for her children. Even surrounded by cyborgs who know nothing of family, children, or Christmas. Captain Argent, like all the newly freed members of the Cyborg Nation, longs for a family and a human life. There are few cyborg females, they will need to find human wives. Nell planned to marry an unknown colonist, maybe she would marry him.

A Cyborg's Old Terran Christmas

Far Stars Universe, Book 2 Alien Abductee Hayley from Duluth cleans machinery and is learning to bake with alien supplies in an alien kitchen, to repay the kindness of strangers. A warehouse repair shop on the crowded spacestation Grzbt is a great place to hide from slavers, especially with others helping her. Women from a primitive planet like Earth are hot commodities on the space slave market. She has much to be thankful for, especially those thrilling kisses with handsome Soran in the Star Pepper Garden. But is there a future for them in this strange, dangerous world? This story takes place during Stranded on Grzbt, in the Pets in Space 6 anthology and will go live as a single this spring.

Christmas Cookies in Space

When Svana takes a position as a supply clerk with the Adra Starforce Academy, she didn't expect to go into space on a vessel. A space battle formed, and her ship was for student observers. They didn't expect to be hit by plasma beams and flung through an anomaly into deep space. Rescued from sure death in the void, Svana finds herself a refugee for the second time in her life. But the lovely, friendly, remote waterworld of Urloon is nothing like the crowded industrial world she fled to as a young woman, with her one surviving child. Highly decorated Captain Liam Rangell became her friend during the long days lost in space, the only adult survivors on a ship of frightened students. He has decided on an adaption offered by Urloon, to gain gills, fins and other waterworld changes. Svana chose the other option, a farming co-op on land, hoping to return to her grown daughter someday. Their time of daily companionship is coming to an end. The spring Moonfest, a fertility celebration fueled by the pheromones of the chandolay, an alien water animal, seems too alien for her. Something for young people. But she would like to see the conjunction of moons, the aurora lights, and the chandolay dance. Her new friend Elaine, urges her to come to the Moonfest. "The Urloon have a saying. 'Some mistakes are too precious to miss.'" This is an lengthened version of the original novelette. Same romance! This romance contains alien water beasts, a ship lost in space, a fertility festival, aurora lights, conjunction of moons, and a weary older couple from completely different tiers of society desiring a new life. This is an adult romance.

Refugees on Urloon

Morwenna, a widow with an infant son, agrees to hide and nurse a poisoned Orc as a service to the Queen. The Orc was human as a boy, turned by a bite into an Orc Warrior. For her help, the Queen will give her an estate in the North, not far from Morwenna's childhood home. As she gets to know Sherrow, she realizes he is a good man, not a monster. Sherrow heals enough to journey north before winter weather keeps them from traveling. The caravan they join is in the hands of rebels, and they must get away. Sherrow has secrets — He is not as weak as he pretends, he has Orc magic, and he is in love with Morwenna.

Orc In Winter

When Gema was released from prison to participate in a broadcast survival game, she knew she was the underdog and could die. Not a Puregen, a lame leg and no wilderness skills held her back. Still, she had a glimmer of hope for a future free from prison. This planet was beautiful, and so was her Puregen competitor. Kellac was kind, too. But there was definitely no future with him. He came from the highest tier of society, and she came from the lowest. She would enjoy his presence for now. Too bad they were always surrounded by flying cameras.

Alien Blood

A collection of short and spicy romances by Melisse Aires! Paranormals: Single Mom, Vampire Lover White Tiger Lover The Psy-vamp and the Professor Holly Jolly Vampire Ritual of Fire and Ice Scifi Romance Cyborg Security Harvest Moons Stars Between Us Fantasy and Holiday Faunication Elf Wish Christmas Wizardry

11 Short Romances

Pure Escapism

A coven near Denver is charged with keeping the mayhem from a demon rift under control. Luna Parker is their Warrior Witch, young, strong and capable. She is partnered by a lone vampire, Savaj. He increases her ability to eliminate the demons and keeps her safe. The coven, know for inept spell casting, bungles a spell that unleashes white-hot passion between the two fighters. The couple decides to have secret affair. They knew the affair was forbidden, they didn't know it could be deadly. Warning! This novella is a mix of paranormal and scifi. Magic spells, parallel dimensions, supernatural rifts, cute aliens, and a monster on a spaceship. Lots of biting and hot scenes.

Enchanted Bonds

Four Brothers from New Prague, Four Adventures to Love-- In Space! Plus a Bonus Short Story. Her Cyborg Awakes: A harem wife and her cyborg servant escape her warlord's secret planet during a violent coup. Her servant turns into a warrior and then shuts down. Who will save them now? Kaistril, (cyborg QY) and Sabralia. Alien Blood: The son of the planetary ruler of New Prague and a homeless lame woman compete in a broadcast survival contest on a soon-to-be colonized wilderness planet. Then the invasion happens, and Survival is no longer a game. Kellac and Gema. Starwoman's Sanctuary: Heir to a planetary ruler and a charity worker running a space station sanctuary escape an invasion with a ship of orphans, elderly and vulnerable people. The ship's crew turn out to be pirates and slavers. Kyler and Skyleen. Escaping Poison: His civilized marriage is a fraud, and someone powerful wants to kill his ailing bride. The scientist and his society bride hide in an old science station in the wild, alien jungle of New Prague--but someone finds them. Karvar and Brielle Cyborg Security: Widow Aerria could end up in galactic prison due to her precocious daughter's action on a non-contact world. Family friend and former cyborg Domingo uses his position as Security Officer on their ship to help her out. They can't return the abused alien child her small daughter absconded with, so they hide as a family on a bustling independent planet with a rowdy reputation. Short story.

Melisse Aires

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