Ptorix Empire

Grand Admiral Chaka Saahren has the rewards of rank ...but he doesn't have Systems Engineer Allysha Marten. Determined to keep her safe, Saahren will go to any lengths to win back the woman he loves. Allysha agrees to temporary employment by the Fleet, hoping to avoid at all costs the man she believes responsible for the death of innocent civilians, including her estranged father. Sean O'Reilly has a plan... ...and it involves hijacking Allysha and convincing her, one way or another, to do just one more job-a job that would clear his debts and save his hide. Allysha Marten must come to terms with her feelings... ...in the face of a reality that suggests she is a pawn in a growing power struggle, one where she will need all her skills and cunning to outwit a heinous plot that could result in the loss of billions of human lives. When Allysha decides to tackle the conspirators on her own, she forces an impossible choice on... The Iron Admiral.

Freighter Captain Jess Sondijk has her life under control until the Confederacy's Admiral Hudson boards her ship in a search for contraband. Sondijk and Hudson have their own set of questions. For Jess, it's a matter of her husband's perhaps not so accidental death. For Hudson, it's that somebody's trading with the alien Ptorix - and offering them a large enough prize to induce them to part with their beloved starhearts, the jewels they call the windows of the soul. While Jess' interests are more personal - abducted friends and family - Hudson's are broader - the end of his career at best and interspecies war at worst - in a deadly game of political intrigue, murder, and greed. Which will win, following hearts' desires or chasing starhearts, with the stakes higher than either is willing to pay? This book contains sex scenes and strong language.

Newly-promoted Captain Brett Butcher is about to achieve his life-long ambition to command a battle cruiser. But before he takes up his new posting, he goes home on leave, hoping to perhaps catch a glimpse of his first love, the unattainable Lady Tarlyn. When the queen is assassinated in a terrorist attack, Tarlyn's life is thrown into turmoil when she, too, becomes a target. The last person she expects to rescue her is her childhood sweetheart, Brett Butcher. As Validor's Ptorix and human populations face off over a group of islands neither owns, the calls for war grow louder. Torn between love, duty and ambition, Butcher and Tarlyn struggle to prevent an inter-species conflict, while the ember of love that has smouldered for so long bursts into flame. But with planetary peace at stake, both will be forced to choose; love or duty.

When history professor Olivia Jhutta receives a distress call from her parents, she sets out into space with their business partner, her grandmother and injured Confederacy Admiral Jak Prentiss to find them. But she's not the only one interested in the Jhutta's whereabouts. The Helicronians believe Olivia's parents have found an ancient weapon which they can use to wage war on the Confederacy. Jak goes on the trip to fill in time while he's on enforced leave, helping Olivia follow cryptic clues in what he considers an interplanetary wild goose chase in search of a fairy story. But as the journey progresses and legend begins to merge with unsettling fact, Olivia and Jak must resolve their differences and work together if they are to survive. The two are poles apart... but it's said opposites attract. If they can manage to stay alive.

The Iron Admiral: Conspiracy and the Iron Admiral: Deception combined in one big volume. The Iron Admiral: Conspiracy On a remote planet a deadly virus is resurrected. If it is released, the Galaxy will be plunged into inter-species war. Thrust together in a race against time, ex-Admiral Chaka Saahren and Systems Engineer Allysha Marten, must resolve their differences to solve the political crisis which has brought the Galaxy to the brink. The Iron Admiral: Deception Despite Grand Admiral Saahren's best attempts to keep the woman he loves safe, Allysha is a pawn in a growing power struggle, one where she will need all her skills and cunning to outwit a heinous plot that could result in the loss of billions of human lives. When Allysha decides to tackle the conspirators on her own, Saahren is faced with an impossible choice. Love, or duty?

War-damaged veteran Darius Fletcher boards a luxury cruise looking for peace and anonymity. He finds neither when he crosses paths with Cilla Beckstein, her formidable jungle cat, Maahesand a kidnapping that changes everything.When a fellow passenger is snatched during a planetary stop, Cilla refuses to stand by while local authorities turn a blind eye. Reckless but determined, she drags Darius into a dangerous rescue mission he wants no part of. Forced into an uneasy alliance, they must navigate treacherous terrain, outwit ruthless kidnappers, and survive a world where everything wants them dead.But they're not alone. Maahes is much more than a pet and when all else fails, he's their last, best chance at survival.With time running out and enemies closing in, Darius and Cilla's reluctant partnership is tested at every turn. Can they pull off an impossible rescue before their enemies catch up with them? And will the attraction growing between them survive the dangeror be consumed by it?This story was first published in Pets in Space 9. If you're after steamy romance , you won't find it here.