Caught in the hands of a cult, my tormentor might just be my salvation Loelle A smuggling job gone wrong lands me in deep trouble. Captured by the Order, ruthless inquisitors hellbent on purging any defiance. They unleash their most brutal enforcer - Finzar. He is a sizzling zealot, his allure hardwired to ignite rather than extinguish. At first, he's just their merciless disciple tormenting me. My unbreakable spirit stirs something feral underneath his scorching stare - the lost heretic he buried, blazing back to life. With each failed attempt to break me, I fan those smoldering embers until Finzar's conditioning detonates into ultimate heresy. Can I, a lowly criminal, sway this tormented enforcer to sacrifice the only existence he'd ever known and escape with me to freedom? Finzar I am the Order's dark blade until I'm tasked with neutralizing Loelle, an outlaw whose spirit awakens forbidden cravings for freedom I thought I purged. Her radiance dissolves my cruel indoctrinations, leaving only all-consuming devotion. This scornful hellion makes my body respond to unholy urges I've never felt before. So for the first time, I blasphemously claim this scorching criminal queen - to possess utterly, guard zealously, ravage without restraint. Any threats to our illicit union faces my feral fury. If we don't escape the Order's clutches, they'll sacrifice us to fuel an ancient god's return and we will both be extinguished forever. This novella is part of the Villains Do It Better series. This steamy sci-fi romance features a male virgin zealot, his defiant outlaw heroine, and a sizzling HEA.

Betrayed. Desired. Hunted. Love wasn't part of the diplomatic agenda. As a human diplomat, my life orbited around forging alliances and attending glittering galactic events—until he appeared. A silver-skinned alien with a physique carved from cosmic legends, setting my pulse racing like a supernova. Thrown together in a whirlwind of danger, our connection ignites amidst the stars, a fiery intensity I can't deny. But his secret casts a shadow over our passion. With each revelation, I'm deeper in a maze of alien intrigue, my life hanging by a thread. And Prince Loic, once a mysterious stranger, now holds the key to my heart and my survival. Betrayal cuts deeper than a plasma blade, and as the stability of the galaxy shakes, so does the bond between us. Defying his father's ruthless will, my Prince must choose: the throne of Etherea or the woman who's captured his heart. Can our fledgling love withstand the dark conspiracies that threaten to tear the Orion Galaxy—and us—apart?

A monster secret, a forbidden romance and a stormy night that changes everything Cora Ditching my city job to follow my dream as an artist was the plan I'd been looking forward to. Until the storm. With no car and no way home, I'm all alone in the wilderness. And then, Drake. Tall, brooding, and sinfully sexy, he isn't just my long-term crush, he's my brother's best friend and my new knight in drenched denim. Sharing the night in an eerie farmhouse means a single bed together. Sharing the night means we're closer than ever. Sharing the night together means secrets find a way to reveal themselves. Drake isn't just my brother's best friend. He's a demon banished here from another realm. And he tells me I'm his fated mate.

A temple healer + a space marine = sizzling romance Alien Warrior Brides is a series of standalone stories with a connected universe. Each book can be read separately. Guaranteed HEA. No cliffhangers. No cheating. Expect lots of steam. Illary has only known a life of seclusion, her gifts held hostage and forced from her hands. She's enormously powerful, but the temple coordinators have kept her tightly controlled. When she realizes Father Alois has wicked plans for her, she becomes desperate for an escape from the temple – so much that she is considering joining the rebel Pachakutek's stronghold alongside her younger sister Suyana. Xun is a space marine who has been sent to extract Illary from the temple. When their ship is attacked by the Alhmanics, they are split from Xun's regiment and Illary's sister. Xun and Illary must rely on each other in order to make their way to Intara to meet Kaley, Illary's older sister. But when space pirates attack, will they die inside of a remote space station or be able to complete their journey?

Submission and defeat are not one and the same. Hidden for two centuries, the diary of a sexual adventuress reveals the remarkable life of The Acolyte, Lady Létice Marie de Saint-Juste, the willful daughter of a wealthy planter on the island of Martinique. The young Létice is sent to Paris by her father, to be sheltered behind the high walls of a convent school. But the vessel carrying her to France is captured by Salé privateers, and Létice is set on an altogether different journey, into the alien world of the Ottoman Seraglio. She becomes Zarqa, the Blue-Eyed Woman, and the training for her new life in the harem begins. It will part a silken curtain to reveal a world unimagined. In a single, shattering night she becomes ikbal, a favorite, and from these heights she will learn the fearful weight of power within the Seraglio. Hardened by tragedy, Létice escapes, back to a world that now seems just as alien to her. Lost in the elegant salons of Paris and London, she abandons the Old World for America, arriving in its capital of sudden, glittering wealth, New York, where she’s determined to build a new life. But her well-laid plans made no account of Jack McClain, powerful, playful, contemptuous of any rules but his own. Jack is a gamesman of unmatched skill, and as the contest unfolds, this Acolyte will finally find the tender Master who will teach her how little submission resembles defeat. Publisher’s Note: This romance is intended for adults only and contains elements of action, adventure, mystery, suspense, danger, sensual scenes, adult themes, power exchange and possible triggers for some readers. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase.

From the Jawas to Wookiees and more, learn all about the coolest and weirdest creatures in the Star Wars galaxy. Each page of this clever book uncovers amazing info and little-known facts about your favorite Star Wars alien beings. Open up the pages of the foldout to reveal even more Star Wars creatures!

Mercenary. Soldier. Lover. All in a day's work. John Rike will never see his home again, but he's ok with that. Back on Earth he was nobody, just an anonymous grad student with no personality, no ambition, and nothing that made him stand out. But after nearly fifteen years in the dangerous and war-torn Auran Galaxy, Rike has become an infamous soldier-of-fortune. An Acolyte of the vicious Bloodthorn Monastery, Rike's adventures have taken him from the dregs of crime-ridden fringe planets to the deck of the fabled starship Vigilant. Now Rike has come to the oppressed planet of Sares 6, the latest in a string of worlds subjugated by the vile Taur, where he must track down and kill the man who trained him. Aided by a mysterious mercenary and faced with the horrors of the Taur's despicable occupation, Rike soon finds himself in a desperate race against time...because if he fails in his mission, what little he holds sacred will be forever lost.

Technical drawings of all the major ships and vehicles from the Alien movies, presented in incredible detail. Includes iconic spacecraft like the Nostromo, the Sulaco and the Covenant. Alien: The Blueprints is a collection of brand new blueprints of all the major vehicles, ships and technology of the Alien movie universe. Artist Graham Langridge delves deep into the concept art, set designs and photography to recreate full and accurate blueprints of the drop ship, the Sulaco, the Nostromo and many more. Covering all the movies including Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, this is a must-have for any Alien fan.

What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars? As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens ... and what they’ve left behind. Alien artifacts: what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? What might they reveal about the universe? In this anthology, nineteen of today’s leading science fiction and fantasy authors explore how discovering long lost relics of alien civilizations might change humanity. Join Walter H. Hunt, Julie Novakova, David Farland, Angela Penrose, S.C. Butler, Gail Z. Martin & Larry N. Martin, Juliet E. McKenna, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Andrija Popovic, Jacey Bedford, Sofie Bird, James Van Pelt, Gini Koch, Anthony Lowe, Jennifer Dunne, Coral Moore, Daniel J. Davis, C.S. Friedman, and Seanan McGuire as they discover the stars and the secrets they may hold—both dark and deadly and awe-inspiring.

Sparks fly and passions ignite in a dangerous kiss of fyre. Get the complete Alien Dragon Shifters series in one binge-worthy boxed set. Under Fyre To save Earth from destruction, an unsuspecting Rhianna Montclair is sent to become the concubine of an alien dragon shifter prince. The last thing Prince K’ev desires is a human female, but his inner dragon insists she’s their mate. Line of Fyre To escape political assassination and to right a past wrong, Helena Marshfield becomes the consort of an alien dragon shifter. But when she meets Draconian Prince T’mar, their passionate union draws them both into the line of fyre. Playing with Fyre After the loss of her child, dragoness O’ne devotes her life to service to the sacred fyre, quiet contemplation, and duty. But when the mostly human Henry Winslow arrives on planet Draco, he awakens desires she’d assumed were dead. Will she follow her duty or play with fyre?