Showing results for "Roses" in Science Fiction

They were born into a world remade—children of every bloodline, carrying song and magic in their bones. On the North Ridge, Rose and Lukas have watched a new generation rise: braver, stranger, and more powerful than even legend foretold. But as the moon-iron veins hum beneath the snow, ancient tests awaken, summoning both kin and rivals to their doorstep. When unity is shattered by betrayal and old magic stirs in the depths, it falls to the children to forge a pact that might outlast war, division, and the hunger of the world itself.

Cerani is supposed to die under the dust of Teria, a tired widow with soil-stained hands. Instead, she is stolen from the only home she knows and sent to a hellish mine on a red, burning moon where most people's lungs wither—except hers. Cerani grows stronger even as the others wilt, and she cannot ignore that. She confronts Stavian, the Controller, a Zaruxian male who should be her enemy. Instead, she is drawn to his guarded eyes.

Rose saved her werewolf lover with a chain of Moon-Iron. But the anchor that caged the beast also froze the man, and now they must risk everything to bring his heart back from the cold. Rose (Elara) finally has the life she fought for: a quiet sanctuary and a partner, Lukas (Cain), anchored by a revolutionary Moon-Iron Talisman. The Beast within is controlled, but the cost is devastating—Lukas is emotionally numb, a perfect machine without the fire that Rose loves. She won the war for his control, but she’s losing the man.

I was born blind. My genes are defective. Unsuitable for breeding. That’s the only reason I don’t claim the alluring human we rescued from a slave auction. I have no intention of mating her, especially since she’s meant for another. But when she calls me Master, I can’t help but take command. And command I will.

Collin is clever, calm, and kind; qualities that serve him well living under an oppressive regime. But after he meets Rose—the stunning symbol of the Utopian Shroud—he decides to fight for love while fighting for his life. As Rose, Collin, and the Utopian Shroud try to stop the tyrannical rule of the Complot, Collin realizes there's more to romantically-ever-after than he thought. If he wants to hold the heart of Rose, Collin has to give up knowing the truth—because Rose's true identity must remain a secret for the Shroud to save Canuckia.

When Jestine Darnell is rescued from her sabotaged starship by the crew of the Destiny, her only objective was to complete her mission and keep her promise to save a world from slavery. Love was the last thing on her mind. However, she did count on losing her heart to Kerry Marchant, the ship’s second in command, who makes his distrust of her painfully obvious, despite the chemistry between them.

Lady Amelia Brockett - Meels to her family - is having the worst. Christmas. Ever. Dumped by her boyfriend and rejected from graduate school, her parents deem her the failure of the family. But when her older brother tries to cheer her with a trip to the races, a chance meeting with Arthur, the widowed playboy prince of Wales, offers Amelia the opportunity to change her life - and Britain’s fortunes - forever.

On a humanitarian mission to the war-torn planet Jesel, Dr. Lara Simmons is used to dealing with lack of supplies, power outages and the constant earthquakes that afflict the planet. But when she's captured by the rebels who need her to perform a life-saving surgery, she finds herself in a situation her medical training didn't prepare her for.

Cavalry scout Judson Stone needs to warn Lawrence, Kansas, of the impending threat of Quantrill and his raiders. Shot and left for dead, he awakes in a strange new time and place. Guilt riddles him over his failed mission as the days pass and he struggles to find a way back to his own time – and overcome growing feelings for a woman who doesn't trust him.