An alien trying to overcome the shame of his past. A woman lost on a distant planet. Will true love bring them together or drive them apart?

Maggie: After my twin sister and I are kidnapped from Earth, we’re separated. When the ship transporting me crashes on a distant planet, I’m captured and sold to a lizard alien. Now I’m trapped, forced to dance in a bar under the watchful gaze of a tyrant. I’ve resigned myself to never seeing my sister again when a blue-skinned Zuldruxian named Davon is hired as a bouncer at the bar. He’s fierce and kind, with teal-colored eyes that hold secrets, and he watches out for me. It doesn’t take me long to start falling in love. He says he’s been sent by my sister, that he’s going to help me escape. Can I trust him with my safety and my heart?

Davon: As the leader of my clan, Ive roamed the vast deserts of my world, seeking a purpose beyond the pain of my past. When I meet a human woman in search of her sister, I vow to find her. Maybe this will make up for the shame I caused my clan. I follow the trail of her ship and find her held captive in the Veerenad city. Shes not just a dancer in a bar, shes the mate the gods promised me. I vow to free her, and our attraction deepens. Can I protect her from the dangers of this world and earn her trust or will my inner darkness betray us?

Trapped with a Zuldruxian warrior, I must fight for love and freedom on an alien world.

Talia: Kidnapped from Earth with my beloved twin sister, Maggie, I’m thrust into the heart of a ruthless alien mining operation. I figure it’s over. I’ll die soon, and I’ll never see my sister again. I’m tossed into a cell with a blue-skinned warrior named Firion. He shows me a symbol on his hand and tells me this means I’m his fated mate. I’m not sure about that, but he’s kind and protective, and he tells me we’re going to escape. As we work side by side in the mine, our bond deepens, igniting a spark of hope in my heart. But with danger lurking, I must fight not only for a future with love but for the chance to find my sister.

Firion: As a Zuldruxian warrior, my duty is clear: protect my fated mate, Talia, from the sinister lizard guards who threaten us. Together, we navigate a treacherous existence, falling for each other as we plot a daring escape. But with every passing moment, the risks grow greater. Will our love survive beyond this wretched place, or will I risk losing my fated mate forever?

Will I be burned by the flames of Detective Dragon?

Hannah: The building I’m renovating to turn into a BB in the cozy coastal town of Mystic Harbor, where humans and monsters live in harmony, is either haunted or someone’s trying to sabotage me.

After someone rips up my flower beds for the third time, and the local law enforcement can’t find any clues, I head to Monsters, PI, where I hire a much-too-gorgeous dragon shifter to determine if I’m a victim of crime or paranormal activity. After someone creeps through my building late at night, Reylor moves in with me to further his investigation. Now that I’m bumping into him in the kitchen and snuggling up with him on the sofa, is it my fault if I’m falling in love?

Reylor: I don’t believe in ghosts, though I do believe that whoever’s sabotaging Hannah’s building renovations needs to be locked up for good. From the moment I meet Hannah, I know she’s my fated mate. I’ll do everything to protect her and solve this crime. If that means moving in with her and watching over her twenty-four-seven, then I’m the right dragon shifter for the job.

And when the case is closed? I’m going to make Hannah mine.

Can a single mom survive and find love in a new and exciting alien world?

Nancy: One moment, I’m a single mom picking up my four-year-old daughter from daycare, the next, we’re shooting toward an alien planet in a space pod, crashing far from Earth. So much for giving my little girl the Christmas she’s been dreaming of. At this rate, we’ll be lucky to survive the next twenty-four hours.

Then a big, blue-skinned alien scoops us up in his arms and takes us to a lush, tropical paradise where he settles us into his home. If I didn’t keep catching him gazing at me with longing, I’d think this stoic guy was a confirmed loner. When he helps us bring Christmas to this strange new world, all to please me and my daughter, I begin to wonder if life here might not be so bad after all. But I was burned in the past. Do I dare trust my heart to someone new?

Khol: My clan didn’t need to banish me. I did it myself, settling on an uninhabited island where I resigned myself to being alone for the rest of my days. But then a ship crashes near my home. I rush there to salvage what I can, only to rescue a woman and her child. As I help them settle into my home, I start wondering if a male such as me is deserving of a life full of love.

I’m falling for Nancy, but I must atone for my past. If I give her and her daughter the holiday they crave, will I be worthy of a new chance at joy?

Can a lonely woman build a new future with a fierce alien male on a world far from Earth?

Kerry: After I’m taken from Earth and dropped in an alien forest on a distant planet, I resign myself to never going home. There went my dream of finding someone to love. Then a gorgeous, blue-skinned and severely wounded alien stumbles into my campsite and collapses on the ground beside me. As I nurse him back to health, I start wondering if this seven-foot-tall, muscle-bound guy with shadows flickering in his teal eyes could be the one.

Nevarn tells me he was traveling to the clan he grew up in, that he was banished for a crime he didn’t commit, and that he’s going to prove his innocence.

When he asks me to help him, I realize theres no place Id rather be than at his side.

Nevarn: After I was banished from my birth clan, I created a new life for myself in the forest far from home. But my banishment is over, and I’m determined to find out who framed me and find justice. On the way, I’m attacked and left for dead, and a beautiful human woman, Kerry, saves my life. When a symbol appears on my wrist, I know she’s my fated mate. She agrees to travel with me, and I see this as my chance to show her all a Zuldruxian male has to offer.

But someone is following us, and it’s clear they’ll do anything to keep us from reaching our destination. I’d burn the world down to protect Kerry, but will we survive long enough to fall in love?

Will true love thaw the heart of Ice Lord Incognito?

Melly: When my grandmother is arrested for poisoning the members of her social club, I hire Monsters, PI to help clear her name. My case is assigned to an ice lord, Elrik, the guy I met a week ago at a wedding and haven't been able to stop thinking about. As we track down clues and discover there's a lot more going on at Grannie's social club than potluck suppers, I start hoping I can thaw this ice lord's heart. But he was recently burned, and he's not sure if he's ready to try again. Can I convince Elrik to give love another chance?

Elrik: After the woman I thought I loved cheated on me with my brother, I swore off relationships for good. I planned to settle in Mystic Harbor and focus on my new job as an investigator at Monsters, PI. No relationships. No falling in love. But my vow is tested when I meet Melly. She's cute and funny, and I ache to back her against a wall and kiss her.

After I clear her grandmother's name, do I dare claim Melly as an ice lord's bride?

A genie has offered me three wishes, but what if I only want him?

Jasmine

Forest Fable is enchanted, but the town's magic can't cure my little sister's illness. When the royal family announces a ball and I'm invited, it's my chance to beg the palace healer for help. I have nothing to wear until my conniving boss offers to outfit me, with one condition: steal an antique lamp from the palace treasure room. Getting into the room proves easy, but when I polish the beat-up lamp before delivery, a big, green-skinned guy named Boshun appears, offering me three wishes.

Unsure what to ask for (he can't cure my sister), I take time to think. The more time I spend with Boshun, the more I fall for this sweet genie with a tragic past. But when my wishes are gone, he'll return to the lamp, and I'll never see him again.

Boshun

Ages ago, an evil witch trapped me inside a magical lamp, and now I'm cursed to spend my life as a genie granting wishes. But when Jasmine summons me, something unexpected happens. I fall in love. I'll do anything to remain by her side, but the witch is determined to keep me in her golden cage . . . Unless Jasmine and I can find a way to break the curse.

She doesn't do anything spontaneous or wild . . . until a hot orc dares her to try something new.

Bailey: As head librarian in my small town, I take my job seriously. So when I hear a sound in the library's attic while I'm working late and alone, and then a big, green, muscular orc creeps up behind me, I smack him in the head with a stapler. After the theft of an ancient orc book on loan to the library, is it any wonder I'm skittish?

Katar explains he heard me scream and only wanted to help. He's . . . upset, and I guess I can't blame him.

He offers to help me discover who stole the book, and we track down one clue after another. But when he dares me to give into my wild side, I start falling in love.

Katar: Being hit in the head with a stapler is an interesting way to meet my fated mate. That's who this prim and proper, incredibly gorgeous librarian is. I only came to town to discover who stole the ancient orc manuscript. Then I'll return to the orc kingdom forever. But the thought of leaving this curvy, delectable woman makes me want to snarl.

So I'm going to crack this case. I'm going to show Bailey how to let loose. And then I'm claiming her as my bride.

I want to begin a new life far from my village. Will that life include an orc who vows to adore me?

Kaila

When a man in my village makes demands I'm not willing to give into, my younger brother and I flee into the forest. It's the night of the Monster Mate Hunt, but the orcs who are gifted with brides in exchange for protecting the village will be too busy with the other woman to notice me.

Until Turren claims me as his mate. I'm not interested in marrying, and orcs scare me. But there's something sweet and endearing about this one. My brother and I planned to make a new life far from our village. Could that new life be with Turren?

Turren

Kaila's fierce and strong-willed, and in no time, I can't imagine a world without her. In exchange for taking her and her brother to the new village on the edge of the forest, she agrees to let me woo her during our journey. And me, a male of very few words, has talked her into giving me three kisses. I'm going to do all I can to convince her we're destined to be together, even if that means speaking of feelings and my past, things I've shared with no one.

When we reach the village, will Kaila leave me, or will she agree to be my mate?

I've fallen for an alien, but the government is determined to tear us apart.

I'm walking along a dark country road, on my way to a costume party, dressed like a romance cover model. My torturous high heels are killing me, and I'm about to ditch them when a thick, mysterious mist engulfs me. The fog lifts, and a star streaks across the sky right overhead. It lands with a heavy bang in an open field nearby. Curiosity killed the cat, right? Well, consider this me having only eight lives left. My heart racing, I rush to the scene, where I nearly smack into a crashed alien spacecraft.

The hatch opens and a gorgeous, horribly wounded alien groans inside. He reaches toward me, and when we touch, sparks flare across my skin. Okay, so now I have seven cat lives left. While I should run in the opposite direction, I can't. There's something magnetic about this green-skinned guy, and I'm going to rescue him. At my farmhouse, I put him in my bed and nurse him back to health.

His name's Lordek, and the more time we spend together, the more I fall in love. But the government's determined to capture him and lock him inside a lab for eternity.

Can I keep him hidden, or will I lose my star man forever?

I was stolen from Earth and gifted to an alien warrior. Will I find a new home with Aizor?

Vanessa: One minute, I'm working as a cook, the next, I've been abducted by robocops and sent to a distant planet where I'm attacked by a ferocious beast. Then a seven-foot-tall, blue-skinned alien rescues me with crystal spears slashing. He cuddles me in his arms, and I feel safe for the first time since fleeing my stalker ex.

Until he tosses me over his shoulder and takes me back to his clan where he announces I'm his new bride.

I'm determined to return home, but there's something about Aizor I can't resist. Am I falling for this musclebound alien with a killer smile?

Aizor: The crystal gods gifted me with Vanessa, and she's the prettiest being I've ever seen.

She's tiny.

Surprisingly snarly.

And she insists on returning to her home planet.

I have seven days to convince her to stay. I'll worship her. Massage her feet. And at night, I'll show her the gifts bestowed upon a Zuldrux warrior.

Then she'll accept she's my fated bride.

Do I dare trust my heart to Secret Agent Gargoyle?

Angie: When my specialty beer kegs turn up missing days before a big brew-off event, I hire Monsters, PI to track down my beer. Who's assigned to my case? Tuvid Elresh, the gargoyle who wrongfully accused me of gnome-theft a few short weeks ago.

Tuvid's seven feet of bulging gargoyle muscles with a killer—fang-filled—smile. So, when our not-one-night-stand inside a beer cooler results in a spontaneous marriage proposal—solely to save his gargoyle rep—I know I'm in deep trouble. My business plans don't include marrying a gargoyle, but Tuvid's impossible to resist. Will I lose my heart to a gargoyle secret agent?

Tuvid: I met Angie while I was wrapping up a local investigation involving stolen gnomes. Yeah, I was given the wrong address, and I accused her of stealing the little guys. I was determined to make amends. Plus ask her out, because she was cute. But she didn't return my calls.

Stolen from Earth, I was sent to a distant planet to become the bride of a big blue alien. Do I dare let this gruff guy inside my heart?

Amanda: With my boss out to kill me, I run, only to be abducted by robocops. They knock me out and the next thing I know, the tiny pod I'm riding in crashes into a purple lake and a loincloth-wearing alien with lots of muscles, tusks, and a sardonic smile rescues me. Xax takes me home to his clan and announces I'm his new mate. There goes my dream of opening a tea shop in a cute little coastal Earth town.

But between building me a tea shop and protecting me from every scary thing that comes near, I'm finding Xax hard to resist.

Xax: Our plant god has gifted me with a mate, and I'm going to do all I can to satisfy her in every way possible. I'll pluck leaves in the forest to make tea. I'll call vines to construct a structure to house her new business. And I'll tame a wild creature if it will make her smile. But all of this may not be enough.

Can I convince Amanda to remain on Zuldrux as my bride?