Showing results for "Laura" in Science Fiction

Anastasia Esposito Romano’s family moves in the highest echelons of Alpha-Prime society, yet she is content with her position at one of the planet’s most exclusive galleries. When her iron-fisted uncle orders Ana to chase after her wayward younger sister, she has no choice but to follow the trail to Earth—where she also hopes to find the mysterious artist whose paintings are the talk of the planet.

Librarian and aspiring journalist Juliana Masters has a mystery to solve: Who am I? Armed with the truth about her past, she can leave her humdrum present behind and get on with her future. She just needs to complete one lucrative investigative writing assignment and she’ll be on her way. All she has to do is prove aliens live and work out of a secret facility based under the Big Bang Truck Stop. No problem. Getting her socks knocked off by the fearless leader isn’t part of the plan.

Gage Gage Grey is happily buried in his lab when folks in Alienn, Arkansas, suddenly start falling—literally—asleep and can’t be woken up. The big brain of the Grey clan better solve this problem in a hurry, because the seven-year Earth Colony inspection is looming. If everyone is asleep when the inspection team arrives, that might be the end of the Big Bang Truck Stop, abovestairs and below.

Exiled society princess Francine Hayward Duvall has learned to stand on her own two feet in the Alpha colony hiding in plain sight in Alienn, Arkansas. It helps that the residents don’t give a hoot about who she used to be, only who she is. She’s a hard-working supermarket clerk who takes pride in earning her way. There’s really only one thing missing from her new life. Ichor-Delta bounty hunter Luther Raphael Boudreaux left his family and all the royal trappings behind long ago and is fully aware that there’s no place for a woman in the nomadic lifestyle of his chosen career.

After years of serving Earth in the Space Corps, Lieutenant Azure Lynwood only really wants one thing; to be able to publicly acknowledge his alpha lover, Major Tor Savan, and to begin building a life together. But centuries of tradition and ingrained social biases are not so easily swept aside, and when Space Corps brass finds out about their affair, Tor is swiftly arrested. Thankfully, help is on the way. Tor assures Azure that he’s friends with a brilliant lawyer who specialises in alpha and omega cases. The news is heartening…

Sorrowland meets Manhunt in this literary horror debut in which an isolated newlywed—covered in mushroom growths like all the other wives in her community—strikes a precarious balance between following her husband’s strict rules and pursuing an intense connection with a woman who makes her...

Major Tor Savan has built his career on one fundamental principle – protect planet Earth, whatever the personal cost. To a certain degree, he’s succeeded, warning Earth about a deadly missile strike from Mars and then being injured as his own ship fought in the battle. But as the dust settles after the attack, Tor learns that a new crisis is threatening the planet. As a result of the missile strike, the laboratories that manufacture omegas’ hormonal suppressants have been destroyed, which means that every single omega on Earth will soon be forced to go through a heat.

Lieutenant Azure Lynwood has worked hard to earn his place in the Space Corps, overcoming centuries of bias and discrimination against omegas. Travelling across the solar system and exploring new worlds comes with its share of complications, but Azure has proven himself a worthy member of his team, and he’s ready for anything the solar system can throw at him. Or, at least, he thinks so, until a supposedly routine mission goes awry.

They say I am a queen. They say I married a monster. That I did so willingly. They say he cannot die, that he does not age. That, together, we rule a ravaged world. They say I used to be one of them, but now I am a traitor. They say many things, all which I cannot remember, but.... I fear what they say is true. Then there is what they don't say, what I see in their eyes - the king terrifies them. He cannot be stopped. And, most worrisome of all.... He is coming for me.

After soldiers storm the Bulrush compound, Everly Jax spends four months in prison, uncertain of her friends' fates and determined to figure out who betrayed Bulrush. When she goes on trial for murder, her only hope is a mysterious lawyer who may not have her best interests at heart. After the stunning verdict, she's convinced she has been betrayed again.

After years of intergalactic conquest, cornered war criminal Khair surrendered and allowed her memories to be wiped to save her life. But as the former officer fights for survival, she will discover the war she can’t remember isn’t done with her yet. With her Andromedan Khanate scattered by the bureaucratic United Oversight for Democracy, Khair finds herself drawn into a personal war between Taivan, a fleeing Khanate General, and the powerful UOD pursuing him. But the General, once a Khanate victim and now its greatest champion, will take the war to UOD or die trying.

Selarial is trapped and severely injured after her ship crashed on a distant planet. Her crew is searching for the ancient weapons they came to destroy, but can they do it without the Singer? Alcar and Selarial’s team are blocked by the Council from making another rescue attempt as the Thess’n attacks increase. He focuses on training up a new kind of Spec Ops force and joins with the Trader Guild in covert ops in enemy territory.

She thought being pulled back in time was an accident. He thought marriage was out of the question. Neither expected to find true love. Danielle McIntyre is thrilled to spend a week in Twickenham England at a full immersion historical retreat. When she and a friend are pulled back in time by the Fae magic, she just knows it’s a mistake. Though Aunt Nellie, the guardian of the magic, encourages her to have an open mind, Danielle is adamant that she’ll return to her own time and not fall in love with someone like her friend did.

Delve into the city's underbelly alongside Tori and her husbands. From earning her place as the Ruler of Rats, to taking on a murderer, Tori's life is never dull, especially not when she's taking on a position of power for the unwanted and forgotten. Rats: Tori is a collection of three one-shot steampunk stories with a heroine in a reverse harem relationship.

In 2006, Earth faces an invasion by mythic aliens from the planet Cinder. Trained by a human-sympathizer and traitor to his own kind, Rayne and her unit of teenagers find themselves in a desperate struggle against the lethal invaders.

Even from darkness, love can bloom. Having escaped from captivity, Arwen wants to make the most of her second chance, even if that means watching over her unconscious friend. When newcomers arrive at Sanctuary, her life is turned upside down and she's finally faced with what she wants: A life of her own not plagued by her nightmares. But before she can move on, Arwen has some wounds to heal. And not just her own.... Elf Blessed is a paranormal apocalyptic reverse harem and Arwen's complete story. It is part of the Blessed series.

Perry has one goal: to find the best friend she lost when the world ended. Even after five years, she's not given up hope. But a sudden change in the weather finds her more than she bargained for. If only the end of the world wasn't so complicated.

The Shadow of the Moon: A Tale of Light and Dark is a captivating fantasy novel that weaves a rich tapestry of magic, mystery, and moral complexity. Set in a world where the balance between light and dark is maintained by ancient forces, the story follows two protagonists whose fates are intertwined by a celestial prophecy. The narrative unfolds in the kingdom of Luminara, a land bathed in eternal daylight, and its counterpart, Nocturna, shrouded in perpetual night.

As the unquestioned leader of the Happiness-Program, Laura is effectively the ruler of the entire world. The Unchipped rebels have been defeated, and all that’s left for her to do is to perfect the Chipping process so they can all be integrated into the new society.

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