I prefer to have my peace and quiet. My cabin is secluded from the others, I'm not exactly talkative, and I prefer to spend my time alone in the forest.A mate and children are pretty much the last thing...

Cinderella meets spaceI am not really happy with working in my father's house as a maid, but thanks to my stepmother I have no other choice.My sisters, however, don't think I should spend my existence...

While my friends have been forced to marry cyborgs, my father has prepared me to take the throne alone—no husband needed.Unfortunately, that quickly changes when my father falls victim to an assassination...

It was never my plan to get married. Not to mention that I certainly wouldn't have chosen a human bride. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to take Sara Asquith as my wife due to family commitments....

In hindsight, it wasn't my best idea to dress as a pleasure companion before leaving the spaceship I was held hostage on. To be fair, I thought it would help me blend in with the dubious crowd on the...

To protect my little brother, I plead guilty to three counts of theft. I have no prior convictions, so I should be safe, right? Wrong. The judge has had a bad day and orders me to leave the mining station...

I'm supposed to marry a proper human princess to secure the peace between cyborgs and humans on Asaverra. The innocent look on Princess Eden's face is no match for her sassy mouth and her fondness for...

My father is angry with me for having a brain and not wanting to marry the first man he introduces me to. When he finally has enough of me being difficult—his words, not mine—he chooses a husband for...

Things you learn while living on an alien planet:Aliens love sugar, so opening your own cupcake shop is a very good idea. Having a benefactor to introduce you to rich aliens eager to purchase absurd amounts...

Instead of admiring the snowy winter landscape through a slightly fogged window while listening to the fire crackling in the fireplace, my Christmas trip becomes a harsh struggle for survival. I have...

BrackonI'm not sure what led me into the seediest of clubs on the outlaw space station Leto 5, but then I see her. The prettiest little human female I have ever set my eyes on. She's gorgeous, and she's...

TeganSneaking through strange alien forests isn't my favorite pastime. But I'm looking for evidence that it wasn't the human delegation that had brought the deadly parasite from Jittania Prime to New...

I'm guarding a dark secret and don't have the slightest idea how to confess it to my friends. When we get lost in the middle of the snowy Colorado wilderness, I find the perfect solution to my dilemma—a...

I just wanted to celebrate Christmas in peace with my best girlfriends at a cabin we rented for the holidays in the middle of the snowy Colorado wilderness. But instead, I manage to fall down a mountain...

KateLeave Earth and move to New Terran, they said. It will be fun, they said. You know what isn't fun? Being abducted, displayed on an interstellar slave market, and sold to a strange alien guy who tries...

I have no problem wrapping men around my finger, but as it turns out, big red aliens fall into a different category. After Voxen saves me from freezing to death, I show my appreciation in the only way...

The shuttle I was in crashed on a remote island. Sounds bad already, doesn't it?But there's more: I am not alone. The only other survivor is a big, strong alien warrior named Kochol. He knows how to survive...

Working in a tavern is not the best job for a human woman living on a space station amongst thousands of aliens, but it's also not the worst. That is until my boss gets replaced by a bunch of debt collectors....

I thought I was using the space version of your standard hook-up app when I sent those filthy messages to my new online buddy Kaizo. Turns out that there is a whole section of terms and conditions I missed—like...

Sean has been my best friend as long as I can remember—benefits included. Even the apocalypse does not change that. We used to roam night clubs; now we roam the wastelands, scavenging.I'd never leave...

I need credits and I need them fast. That's why I'm responding to an obscure ad that offers a generous reward for what should be simple work. For the amount of credits offered, I would be willing to do...

The minute I board Captain Paterson's spaceship, I know there's going to be trouble. But leaving me with his ship in hostile territory with a cargo hold full of illegal weapons is a new low, even for...

I've read enough science fiction and fantasy novels to know that I'm in big trouble when I wake up in the cargo hold of a spaceship with several other women—and unfortunately, the aliens who abducted...

I'm tasked with analyzing a few rare mushrooms on a supposedly abandoned space station–a couple of soldiers being my only company.However, the captain and his crew aren't interested in mushrooms at all—they...

I need a protector who has no problem breaking a few interstellar laws for me. Since I'm smart enough not to hang around dubious space stations, I need to buy a prison inmate by paying the bounty that...

Just a while ago I was in my car in Nevada. Now I'm on another planet and sitting in a cage—in front of some aliens who are clearly eyeing me a little bit too curiously.Then another alien saves me. A...

How can I not even last one standard week in my new job? One wrongful accusation later, I find myself in a dungeon—right next to a Horgerian, to add insult to injury.The only thing giving me comfort is...

Just a moment ago I was on Earth with one foot in the grave—and all of a sudden I'm on a planet called Horgerion. I should probably be happy about it. Even though I didn't expect nor plan to be abducted...

It was only supposed to be a short trip to Leto 5 to run a few errands. Instead, I get involved in a bar brawl and a wild chase, and then I nearly fall to my death.Miraculously, I make it back to my spaceship—with...