Tasha Salter is caught in a quandary: she wants to fall in love, but past trauma keeps her from commitment. The only people she trusts are her family, especially in this time of treason against the Kalquorian Empire. When she and her three-year-old cousin are abducted by the revolt's shadowy leader, matters of the heart no longer apply. She finds herself in a battle for their survival.Clan Falinset left Kalquor in self-imposed exile when their parents' illegal activities threatened...

Released from a criminal psychiatric unit on the planet Kalquor, Joseph Walker starts his life over with the fierce Nobek who scares and entices him in equal measure. Coming from a society where same-sex attraction was punished by death, Joseph finds openly loving another man filled with its share of obstacles. He and Almon are committed to each other, but is it enough?Making matters worse, Almon is not the only Kalquorian enthralled with Joseph. The Earther's other would-be suitor...

Iliana Rossi's reluctance to join a Kalquorian clan comes from a terrible loss that leaves no room in her heart for any men. Dodging the alien three-man clans eager for a Earther mate is a full-time job, and she's running out of patience with those desperate to change her mind.Hanvel, Selbi, and Cosdas pursue Matara Deefa, a rare unclanned Kalquorian woman. She's everything they could possibly want. But her parents have promised her to another clan, and Clan Hanvel can't seem to co...

Michaela Blake has lived with a secret her whole life. Born an intersex, she's hidden in plain sight from Earth's religious tyranny, posing as a male to avoid being discovered and executed. Now that she's escaped to Plasius, she is free to explore the other side of the intersex coin and be the woman she's always felt she is.Being both genders has left its scars on Michaela, however. She cannot imagine any man loving her ... never mind a Kalquorian clan made up of three men. Yet joi...

On Earth, he was known as the Warden, and his punishment of prisoners was legendary. Reprogrammed by the president of CyberServe as an assistant in the office…and as her chief researcher of intimate programs…PSM-426021, better known as Alek, is a flawless example of what buyers want in their repurposed cyborgs.CyberServe's president Lillian Kwolek enjoys Alek on her terms: no love, no strings attached. It's easy to keep him at a distance and guard her heart from hurt until an extre...

Imdiko Conyod's clanmates Dramok Erybet and Nobek Sletran are home from the war. However, he no longer knows these men. Changed by the horrors they've seen and done, they are very different people. How can he allow them to clan the traumatized Earther Rachel Hicks, whom he's come to love so deeply? And how can he not clan her when she's the only thing right in his life?Erybet and Sletran keep secret the truth of the terrible crime they committed on the Earther colony of New Bethleh...

Captain Bernadette Miller was a nun on the moon Europa, hiding from a painful past. Now she hunts the galaxy for the Kalquorian who made her stop running from herself. When she gets a lead on his clanmates, she thinks her search is finally over. What she finds, however, is a clan devastated by broken promises.Nobek Halmiko was once a star kurble player. Now he wanders space aimlessly, picking up jobs where he can find them, trying to forget the clanmates he let down. When Bernadett...

She escaped to Kalquor to warn the empire…but did she bring its destruction instead?When a rogue Kalquorian raider snags a Bi'isil cruiser in Empire space, the outlaw crew is hoping for supplies. Instead, they find a Tragoom and an Earther woman with a dire warning: Bi'is is set to unleash a fatal plague on the Kalquorian Empire.Piper Warren, with the help of her friend Ob, has faced death to save the Kalquorians from utter destruction. Instead of help, she stumbles on a sh...

Losing the one man he loved convinced Piras he would never have a chance at happiness. He is too different from the other members of the Dramok breed to attract a Nobek warrior and Imdiko nurturer to his clan. Unwilling to pretend to be someone he is not, he faces a lonely future.Nobek destroyer captain Kila's one night with Piras was a shocking revelation. Yet he can't stop thinking of the temperamental Dramok admiral he has grown to respect. A dangerous mission in the midst of Ka...

Cassidy Hamilton doesn't think life can get any worse after being sequestered in a convent on Europa. A Kalquorian invasion quickly changes her mind, and she barely eludes her people's greatest enemy. Fear and desire become a heady mixture when her spying reveals the aliens' intentions for Europa's nuns: bondage and seduction. But that's nothing compared to the plans Captain Tranis and his clanmates Lidon and Degorsk have for the young woman when they capture her.

Maryam left Earth's repressive regime and her ruined dreams years ago. She lives on an alien space station, trying to forget her disappointments. Then a young, pregnant Kalquorian woman, seeking one last adventure, barrels into her life. High-spirited Briel reminds Maryam of all she's given up on.Matara Briel is soon followed to the station by her clan, three older men exasperated with her antics. Clan Kels has one mission: to reclaim their wayward lifemate. When the discovery is m...

Cissy Salter is more than ready to shed Earth's repression when she moves to the planet Kalquor. She leaps headlong into drinking, partying, and liaisons with young alien men. She would be having the time of her life if not for the disapproval of a certain rich, gorgeous Dramok she can't avoid. She'd love to despise him, but her heart has other ideas.Dramok Diltan sees the bawdy, unrefined Cissy as a thorn in his side. The last thing he needs is a woman who drives him crazy every t...