A new life, a new job, a new orc husband . . . Wait, isn't he supposed to be my boss?After my ex announces his wedding to someone other than me, I'm eager to leave town. A new life and a new job are just what I need to restore my mojo. On the way to my destination, I overnight at a hotel where edible unmentionables and a tattooed orc construction worker rock my world. I sneak out the next morning, figuring I'll never see him again.Until I walk into my new j...

An alien warrior has made me an offer I can't refuse. In exchange, he can do what he wants with me for one week.I want a child, but that's impossible now that Earth men are sterile. Then, a ping from a distant planet reaches us. Aliens are real, and they're interested in getting to know Earth women better.The Xilans fall into an insatiable urge once every three years. It's called the Slaking. There aren't enough females to give them what they need, so like ...

Will I be burned by the flames of Detective Dragon?Hannah: The building I'm renovating to turn into a B&B in the cozy coastal town of Mystic Harbor, where humans and monsters live in harmony, is either haunted or someone's trying to sabotage me.After someone rips up my flower beds for the third time, and the local law enforcement can't find any clues, I head to Monsters, PI, where I hire a much-too-gorgeous dragon shifter to determine if I'...

I was stolen from Earth and gifted to an alien warrior. Will I find a new home with Aizor?Vanessa: One minute, I'm working as a cook, the next, I've been abducted by robocops and sent to a distant planet where I'm attacked by a ferocious beast. Then a seven-foot-tall, blue-skinned alien rescues me with crystal spears slashing. He cuddles me in his arms, and I feel safe for the first time since fleeing my stalker ex.Until he tosses me over h...

She doesn't do anything spontaneous or wild... until a hot orc dares her to try something new.BaileyAs head librarian in my small town, I take my job seriously. So when I hear a sound in the library's attic while I'm working late and alone, and then a big, green, muscular orc creeps up behind me, I smack him in the head with a stapler. After the theft of an ancient orc book on loan to the library, is it any wonder I'm skittish?Katar...

Will true love thaw the heart of Ice Lord Incognito?Melly: When my grandmother is arrested for poisoning the members of her social club, I hire Monsters, PI to help clear her name. My case is assigned to an ice lord, Elrik, the guy I met a week ago at a wedding and haven't been able to stop thinking about. As we track down clues and discover there's a lot more going on at Grannie's social club than potluck suppers, I start hoping I can thaw this ic...

He has tusks and a tail and insists she's his fated mate. She's enticed, but determined not to get involved. Can a burly alien warrior and a single mom find love together on a planet far from Earth?Garek: With my clan threatened, I don't have time for romance with a pesky Earth female. Until I meet Piper. She and her youngling son are part of our planet's new settlement.Soon, I find myself helping her plan her home and talking about odd Earthling a...

Trapped with a Zuldruxian warrior, I must fight for love and freedom on an alien world.Talia: Kidnapped from Earth with my beloved twin sister, Maggie, I'm thrust into the heart of a ruthless alien mining operation. I figure it's over. I'll die soon, and I'll never see my sister again. I'm tossed into a cell with a blue-skinned warrior named Firion. He shows me a symbol on his hand and tells me this means I'm his fated mate. I'm not sure about that...

Maggie: After my twin sister and I are kidnapped from Earth, we're separated. When the ship transporting me crashes on a distant planet, I'm captured and sold to a lizard alien. Now I'm trapped, forced to dance in a bar under the watchful gaze of a tyrant. I've resigned myself to never seeing my sister again when a blue-skinned Zuldruxian named Davon is hired as a bouncer at the bar. He's fierce and kind, with teal-colored eyes that hold secrets, and he watches out for me....

Can I resist my grouchy orc boss?Desperate to escape the clutches of the alien lizard mafia, I accept a spur-of-the-moment job offer on a distant planet. A monstrous, grumpy alien is building a new home in a distant colony, and he's looking for an assistant.He needs me to hold his hammer. I get it. It's a big hammer.He's a lonely barbarian brute with a gruff exterior, but I soon learn that inside, he's hiding a squishy center. When he unexpectedly e...

An alien pirate promises to give me a child. But what if he steals my heart?Aliens are real and they're eager to Slake. What's Slaking, you ask? It seems Xilan males go into a voracious heat period every three years, and there aren't enough females to fulfill the needs of these beastly aliens.Enter me, and some other Earth females who are eager to have children. We travel to a space station, where we're introduced to brawny alien males in dire need of Slaki...

He's cocky, seven feet tall, scaly, and green.She's been burned in the past. Can an alien and a human woman find true love together? Burned by an ex, the last thing Evie wants is a husband, especially a seven-foot-tall, green-skinned alien. But when she applies to the Extraterrestrial Matchmaking Service on a dare, she's paired with Vork and sent to Crakair as a mail-order bride. Vork is big and dangerous, and he hits all her buttons. Passion sparks between them, b...