"I found her, I saved her, and once I am Gahn, I will claim her. There will be no other tribe left for her but me..."JOCELYNI've identified an herb that acts as birth control for us humans on the alien planet we now call home. The only problem? We're running out. We need more, and apparently the one place you can get plenty of it is one of the most deadly regions on this whole planet – the Death Plains. I slot myself into a group of warriors travelling there to meet the new Gahn.Except everything falls apart as soon as we reach the Death Plains, and I'm separated from the men I came with. My only lifeline out in this hellscape is the arrogant, brooding warrior Razek who saves me from certain death.He claims he will become Gahn. It's all he's ever wanted. Well, all I want is to get out of here and see my friends again, hopefully bringing Razek back at the same time to join our alliance.But the more time I spend isolated with this proud warrior, the more complicated things become. And the more heated tension between us grows, the more it seems like becoming Gahn isn't the only thing he cares about...But he refuses to travel back to the settlement with me, trapping me in the Death Plains.No matter how much my feelings for him grow, I refuse to be his prisoner.I control my own fate. Even if, around Razek, I can't control my heart.RAZEKI have only ever worked to achieve one goal: become the strongest of my tribe and rule as Gahn. I had almost reached this destiny when a strange, loud woman crashes into my life, confounding everything I know. Jozelyn is a spur in my side and a tiny fist around my heart. The Lavrika has not called me, but the longer we are together, the less I can fight my desire for her. Suddenly, becoming Gahn does not seem like my only, or even my most important, destiny.But the stubborn Jozelyn refuses to stay in the Death Plains with my tribe. Infuriatingly, she wishes to return to the arms of my enemies. Even worse than that? She wants me to come with her and submit to their alliance.I would rather die than bow my head to the other Gahns.I need to convince Jozelyn that I am her only fate, her only future. The only one she needs.Even if it pushes her further from me than ever.

You're supposed to spend Christmas with the person you love most. But what if that person turns out to be the biggest, grumpiest alien you've ever met? SOPHIE When you find out your boyfriend is cheating on you and you get laid off all in the same week, something's gotta give. I need a change, and a seasonal work contract aboard the bustling Elora Station is just the ticket. I'll spend the holidays on the glittering, festive commerce station, make a little money, and clear my head before returning to my colony planet life. It's a perfect plan. One thing I'm not accounting for in that plan, though? My coworker. He's not human. In fact, he's one of the deadliest alien soldiers in the universe - a Chimera. Seven feet tall with black horns, heated yellow eyes, and an exceptionally grumpy disposition, I cannot for the life of me figure out why this genetically modified beast of a man is working in a tiny, human-owned coffee shop at Christmas...

 "I have trained, battled, and fought my whole life. But winning my mate's love is the greatest challenge I have ever faced..." MELANIEAfter getting dumped on an alien planet and left for dead by Earth's leaders, I'm learning to adapt and rebuild my life. It's what I'm good at. Keeping my head down. Surviving.But it turns out it's kind of hard to keep your head down when the brooding, scarred warlord of the new alien tribe follows you with his glinting golden eyes wherever you go.It gets even harder when you find out you're supposed to be his mate.Gahn Taliok makes a lot of promises, and I feel drawn to his hungry eyes and scarred body more than I want to admit. But experience has taught me be wary of things that seem too good to be true. I've been hurt one too many times. I couldn't even trust my own people, my own family, on my home planet.How am I supposed to trust an alien warlord from across the universe with my heart?  TALIOKWith so few women in my tribe, I never imagined a life with a mate. But fate, it seems, had other plans for me. The Lavrika has joined me with a strange and wondrous creature called Melanie. After losing my parents so young, the thought of a mate and a family is a sharp joy I never thought I'd feel.But Melanie does not feel the sacred mate bond for me as I do for her. Even more than that, she looks at me with distrust in her lovely dark eyes. She keeps space between us, and this space hurts more than any scar I've ever earned. It is no great matter. I am a diligent and patient Gahn. I will do everything in my power to win her love to me. But as Melanie avoids me at every turn, my doubt begins to grow. This human woman may turn out to be my undoing. I would wait for her forever.But what if no amount of waiting is enough?