Tattooed Corpse Stories

Noir Kioko had only ever seen one human before his undercover work brought him to the diner at the Luna Terminal, and that was at a distance. Humans are rare, most of them disappear without a trace, and he hopes hanging around the restaurant will give him a lead on the smuggling ring he's investigating. There was no way he could've known the human would turn out to be his mate, and no way he can let it show without putting his mate in danger and possibly jeopardising his mission. Max Welch is the proud owner of the only restaurant within a light year's distance. He left Earth four years ago to create a better life for himself, but he hadn't considered the possibility of scary alien pirates making his restaurant their favourite hangout spot. As a measly human there isn't much he can do about it, but as one of the pirates starts coming by almost every day he has to come up with something before he loses all his customers. That the giant cat man is rather nice to look at changes nothing. When rumours of another human arriving at the space station start to circulate, Noir's species trafficking infiltrate and observe only mission may need a revamp. But will Noir be able to protect his mate and another one of his rare species?

Eldred Henstare is a not so powerful witch who's been left in charge of helping the city's lingering spirits to move on. He usually handles it pretty well, but something's wrong with the spirit leading him to the abandoned lighthouse. Mo Vin likes his quiet life in the cottage next to the lighthouse, at least it's quiet until one night when Eldred Henstare, young, beautiful, and crazy, arrives. After that night things aren't the same. A man is found dead on the beach outside Mo's cottage, and he's almost sure he's the one who killed him, except it doesn't make sense. Why would he kill anyone? Eldred needs to get rid of the ghost haunting Mo. If he doesn't Mo's life is in danger, but to do it he needs both Mo and his brother Lachtin to help out.