In The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley, the emperor of Annur is dead, slain by enemies unknown. His daughter and two sons, scattered across the world, do what they must to stay alive and unmask the assassins. But each of them also has a life-path on which their father set them, destinies entangled with both ancient enemies and inscrutable gods.Kaden, the heir to the Unhewn Throne, has spent eight years sequestered in a remote mountain monastery, learning the enigmatic discipline of monks devoted to the Blank God. Their rituals hold the key to an ancient power he must master before it's too late. An ocean away, Valyn endures the brutal training of the Kettral, elite soldiers who fly into battle on gigantic black hawks. But before he can set out to save Kaden, Valyn must survive one horrific final test. At the heart of the empire, Minister Adare, elevated to her station by one of the emperor's final acts,... Views: 63
She was just there to work, until she tangled with a man who smelled of sea and sunlight. Electricity and water get along surprisingly well.
Leda was at the Crossroads to do a job. She was hooking up the Wi-Fi and thinking about getting home. A special request from the guardians diverted her plans and had her working at the side of a lovely merman, but she still wanted to head home. She wasn’t seeking a mate and didn’t care that he was.
Altion was surprised by the strong and competent young woman that Teal directed him to, but Leda did what she had promised and helped him craft what he needed to make the site-to-site portal for the Isthmus.
A magical snafu links them together and finding a way through the changes is not as hard as finding neutral ground between the lake and the sea. Views: 63
One man. Three beautiful women. In a world where the human population has exceeded its resources, only a select few are permitted to breed and continue the species. They earn this honor by competing in the Maze, a massive structure of multiple levels with only one way out.
To win requires use of their strength, daring, and intelligence. The prize is enormous: a winning male receives the woman he captures and conquers. However, if he loses, he faces a life sentence of slavery in the mines located deep beneath the planet’s surface. For the women, bred for their beauty, cunning, and intelligence, to win means freedom. To lose means being enslaved in the Elders’ harem, given to the miners for relief, or, even worse, becoming the brood mare to the winning male.
The male wears the locked belt of a captive. He will be released into the maze to compete for the chance to become one of the few humans allowed to reproduce. He must capture and conquer one of his opponents before she escapes the massive structure. If he does, he wins the key that will unlock the uncomfortable leather binding that prevents him from experiencing pleasure
There’s a catch, though... No harm must befall the Trained Ones, the women he must seek to conquer. Only they know the verbal code to unlock the tethers that bind him. For him to win, he must make a Trained One mutter three secret words to declare his win to the world, and declare herself as his prize. Since he cannot harm her, he must find other ways to convince her to obey.
No one knows what waits for them inside of the maze, but everyone is watching. Views: 63
The Terranovum Brides Trilogy contains three best-selling sci-fi romance novels by Sara Fields, which tell the story of the passion, adventure, desire, and danger encountered by three feisty women when three handsome, dominant alien men claim them as their own and bring them to their world as it stands at the brink of war. This trilogy includes the following books:A Gift for the KingFor an ordinary twenty-two-year-old college student like Lana, the idea of being taken from Earth by aliens would have sounded absurd… until the day it happened. When her captors seek to tame her, however, her fiery defiance leads to a change in their plans for her.She is given as a gift to Dante, the region’s powerful king, who quickly makes it abundantly clear that he will expect absolute obedience and that any misbehavior will be dealt with sternly. Yet in spite of everything, Lana cannot help feeling safe and cared for in the handsome ruler’s arms, even when his strict punishments leave her with flaming cheeks and a sore bottom.But when she is captured by Dante’s most dangerous enemy, she is left to wonder if her master cares for her enough to come to her rescue. Will the king risk everything to reclaim what is his, and if he does bring his human girl home safe and sound, can he find a way to teach Lana once and for all that she belongs to him completely?A Gift for the DoctorAfter allowing herself to be taken captive in order to save her friends, Morgana awakens to find herself at the mercy of a handsome doctor named Kade. She cannot hide her helpless arousal as the huge, handsome alien medic takes his time thoroughly examining her, but when she disobeys him she quickly discovers that defiance will earn her a sound spanking.His stern chastisement and bold dominance awaken desires within her that she never knew existed, but Morgana is shocked when she learns the truth about Kade. As a powerful shifter and the alpha of his pack, he has been ordered by the evil lord who took Morgana prisoner to claim her and sire children with her in order to combine the strength of their two bloodlines.Kade’s true loyalties lie with the rebels seeking to overthrow the tyrant, however, and he has his own reasons for desiring Morgana as his mate. Though submitting to a dominant alpha does not come easily to a woman who was once her kingdom’s most powerful sorceress, Kade’s masterful lovemaking is unlike anything she has experienced before, and soon enough she is aching for his touch. But with civil war on the verge of engulfing the capital, will Morgana be torn from the arms of the man she loves or will she stand and fight at his side no matter the cost?A Gift for the CommanderWith war brewing on Terranovum, Wes knows that as the commander of the king’s army he will soon have to lead his men into battle against the vile Lord Nero and his allies. But in the meantime, there is a beautiful, feisty human girl in need of taming that he can’t get off his mind.Try as she might to hate the gruff, handsome alien warrior who demands her obedience, Olivia cannot help longing for Wes to claim her completely. But with the threat posed by Lord Nero growing ever more dire, will she be prepared to fight beside her new master to defend a world that is not her own?Publisher’s Note: The Terranovum Brides Trilogy includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book. Views: 63
-a Future Night Stalkers romance story- Mission: Canmerica (East and West) have long since fallen. China and Russia, well, the less said the better. The UK's vast habitats float safely above the far side of the Moon—and Canmerica's Delta Force and Night Stalkers have joined them there. No one knows quite what the Australians and Kiwis have done. But the India Particle Beam tyrannizes the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere and must be stopped. Team: Royal Delta Marine Syra Clairbourne, a third generation Spec Ops pilot. Royal Engineer Lucius Markham, an Earther who has climbed the gravity well to space for the first time in his life, to fulfill a dream. (Syra instantly labels him "Roodee" for Royal Dweeb Engineer.) The key to India's Particle Beam is the massive—and heavily protected—mirror launched into orbit. Using it as a reflector, India has literally burned... Views: 63
Denver detective Win Bear, on the trail of a murderer, discovers much more than a killer. He accidentally stumbles upon the probability broach, a portal to a myriad of worlds--some wildly different from, others disconcertingly similar to our own. Win finds himself transported to an alternate Earth where Congress is in Colorado, everyone carries a gun, there are gorillas in the Senate, and public services are controlled by private businesses.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.Review"Contained ideas I wish could be shouted to the world, ideas that come from the American heritage of freedom and which could bring still greater individual liberty, greater technical progress."--Vernor Vinge, author of A Deepness in the Sky"Pick up a new copy of the book and rediscover this exciting world, and reserve me a table at Meep's Texas Barbecue."--PrometheusAbout the AuthorL. Neil Smith is the two time winner of the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian Fiction for his novels Pallas (1993) and The Probability Broach (1980). As founder and National Coordinator of the Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus, publisher of the on-line magazine The Libertarian Enterprise, and a Life member of the National Rifle Association, Smith is renowned for his prominence in the Libertarian movement, of which he has been a part of for more than thirty-five years. Author of more than twenty books, Smith has been hailed for his ability to combine adventure, humor, and rivetingly original political concepts to create more compellingly than any other writer, novels that embody Libertarian concepts. He currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife and daughter. Views: 63
