Being the youngest sons of the most important person in the galaxy is a demanding job -- especially when she insists they carry her scientific legacy into the future!Can Evan and Josef keep up with Stefan, or is Mother showing favoritism? When Mother suddenly announces their training at a banquet, how does everyone react? Did Stefan's last girlfriend turn him off women completely? Is Josef's lady just using him? Will Evan's girlfriend be able to keep Imperial Family secrets? And wh...

Lady Felicia Sorensen, a brilliant microengineering student, finds herself pressured to date Emperor Victor Sinclair, for he has fallen madly in love with her! Despite being showered with extravagant gowns and attention, she longs for a fascinating life as a scientist, instead of the stressful and dangerous destiny of an Empress The social pressures of being the Emperor's Betrothed, from gossip and manipulation to an assassination attempt, cause her to weigh her love for him against her pe...

Princess Anne has tremendous duties as an heiress to her mother Empress Felice Sinclair's stargate technology. Her brothers Prince Brian and Prince Christian have dedicated their lives to the protection of their Imperial family, as officers in Sentinel Security and the Imperial Service. Yet their most worrisome security concerns seem to revolve around their love lives! Who can they trust with their secrets as well as their persons?Lord Andrés Encino, for example, is the closest Ann...

Is true love more than attraction? More than compatibility? More than fascination? More than friendship? Prince Evan Sinclair finds out the hard way, with highs beyond high and lows beyond low!These four novellas chronologically take place between Loyalty and Nobility, books six and seven of the To Be Sinclair series.Part I: The Cremian DancePart II: Good EnoughPart III: BreathePart IV: Treasure Your WordsNote: this book describes sexual situ...

A talent for knowing what folks were thinking was something Aliiva had come to terms with, but leaving her home and using those skills at the Citadel was not something she was prepared for.Learning etiquette, deportment and self defense becomes her focus, but when the combat instructors keep running away, what is she supposed to do?Returning from a harsh assignment, Baengar is not very keen to take on a new apprentice, until he sees Aliiva. Making sure that she is prepared ...

Fayra’s colony ship has been waiting for five years for the Anvin to allow any of their personnel to wake. She is the first one to wake up, and she is also the only one. She is briefed on her situation—she must prove her species’ worth in order to earn a place on this new world. To do that, she needs a mate, a child and nerves of steel.The five Fire Bringers never imagined that they would have a chance at a mate, let alone a family. They have to use their charms to win Fayra’s favo...

Far and away the best yearbook of this or any other genre, Gardner Dozois's annual pick of the top science fiction of the year has collected a string of awards, including the Locus Award for the best anthology and the Hugo Award for the best editor.

This is a classic science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. This work tells the story of the Space Academy graduate, Bart Steele, and his attempt to travel undercover to the Lhari home-world on a mission to steal the secret of faster-than-light travel. This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Harry Harrison, and Robert Sheckley. Each...

Illuma was born of two different species and it created a rift between her parents. Growing up as an elegant young woman crossed with a being of mist made knowing what she was supposed to look like difficult.Recruited as a young adult, she joined the Citadel and pursued xenobiology. Her fascination with alien appearances extended into work with espionage and species assessment. She could make any member of a species look like any other species or race that she wanted.Olwick...

Kedna has been consigned to fostering on the empty world of Iskan when her power and her health become dangerous. Being mentored by a planetary Avatar is difficult, but moving the weather for an entire world is second nature.When she is older and her skills are needed off world, she is paired with her first member of the Sector Guard. He is a pain in the butt and harbours resentments toward her for hogging his ancestral planet. She simply concentrates on the job and earns his respe...

Your passage to unforgettable worlds of imagination and escapism. From the farthest reaches of the universe to the innermost workings of the human heart and mind... Let tomorrow's masters of science fiction and fantasy books take you on a journey that will capture your imagination.A peaceful warrior tries to impose peace on warring alien races, even if that means destroying the world to save it.From survivors on a sky city to salvage specialists hunted by space pirates...bi...

For three long years after her husband died, Nora Katsaros was on the run. And now that she’s finally found a place to call home, she’s not about to let anyone stand in the way of raising her daughter in peace – not even Charon, the womanizing, drop-dead-gorgeous former god who works at her restaurant.Unfortunately, Charon’s love-‘em-and-leave-‘em lifestyle brings trouble to Nora’s doorstep when a jealous husband shows up looking for a fight. When the man threatens Nora’s safety, C...