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The SV Demeter Novella Series
The SV Demeter Novella series is a collection of fun, fast-paced sci-fi romances set aboard a science vessel, the SV Demeter. Each story follows a new couple and ends with a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Packed with classic tropes, messy characters, and space shenanigans, these stories aren’t meant to be deep, they’re just here for a good time. Think close quarters, flirtatious banter, and emotional baggage in orbit.
SV Demeter Novellas: The Complete Series (2nd edition)
SV Demeter Novellas: The Complete Series (2nd edition)
She is a botanist who loves lists and he is a systems engineer who's a mess.
When a series of back to back solar flares slam into the SV Demeter, Margaret's gravity simulator goes haywire, and Cal is assigned the engineering ticket to fix it. He is laid-back where she is uptight. She takes herself too seriously, and he doesn't mind when grease is on his forehead.
The forced proximity of Lab B-6 puts them in orbit of each other, and it is more than just gravity pulling them together.
A Sci-fi rom-com with classic tropes, chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA.
She is a botanist who loves recreational EVAs and Pilates. He is a systems engineer who spends his free time in the gym or playing poker.
She is quietly homesick. He is quietly grieving.
When their friends (who are dating) decide the besties need to meet, Stacy and Joe’s forced proximity turns into an easy friendship that deepens with every group lunch and game night.
Then, one sleepless night on the SV Demeter, they find themselves in The Cosmic Amphitheater. Drawn together under the red, ethereal light. The quiet pull between them begins to change everything.
A sci-fi rom-com with friendship, found family, slow-burn chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA.
She is the Chief Systems Engineer, and this is her final mission. He is the Chief Scientist and intends on taking a demotion upon reaching Ganaymeade. They have history.
During their four-year journey to Ganymede, they have intentionally maintained a distance from one another. However, by the commander's order, Sloane and Taylor are now required to collaborate on a project.
Their conversations, subtle looks, and banter bring back both positive and negative memories. Memories that highlight the depth and ease of their connection, and reasons why others may have failed.
A sci-fi rom-com where love has a second chance, easy chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA.
She is a Systems Engineer who goes with the flow. He is a Geologist who loves dad jokes and puns.
After a series of mishaps and a jammed door, Hazel and Amos get trapped in his quarters. He tries to cheer her up with his dad jokes, but she's not impressed. She finds some relief from her crazy day in his quarters, though.
This intense close quarters situation, plus their instant connection... Things get hot and the room crackles with energy as they keep flirting.
A Sci-fi rom-com with classic tropes, chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA.
The Messier Starhub - a Collection of Spicy Short Stories
The Interstellar Starhub of the Messier 101 Galaxy is a massive celestial crossroads. It is home to thousands of beings from countless species. Some say Starhub Messier feels like a small town; others swear it’s more like a chaotic reality show. When so many lives collide in one place, sparks fly fast…and things get steamy even faster.
There’s just something so simple about the forced proximity of Starhub living that gets folks into all kinds of spicy situations.
The Messier Starhub series is a collection of short, spicy standalone stories set aboard the Starhub. Each story follows a different connection and can be read in any order
Starhub Bistro
Starhub Bistro
Gemma and Tyber broke up on good terms, never expecting to see each other again. But fate, and the crossroads of the Messier Starhub, had different plans. Three years later, Tyber walks into the bistro Gemma manages, and it’s like no time has passed at all. Sparks fly, old chemistry reignites, and before they know it, they’re diving back into the passion and connection they never quite got over.
Starhub Trash Chute
Starhub Trash Chute
Stella has never met her neighbor. Doesn’t even know his name. But ever since that first glance he has fueled her art… and fantasies. What she doesn’t know, Jax’lis has been observing her too. He’s been too shy to approach her, intimidated by her humanness. Then Stella’s trash bag explodes in front of him. Her mortification at what he sees is actually what makes him even more curious about her. This trash chute meet-cute, finally forces an introduction, turning their boring neighbor relationship into something way hotter.
Starhub Speakeasy
Starhub Speakeasy
Marin never met her brother's best friend, and yet somehow, in the middle of a dark, crowded speakeasy, she ends up sitting on his lap. The accidental encounter leaves them both undeniably turned on. Zarek knows he’s not supposed to be into her, his best friend said no—he doesn’t listen. Her brother said he’s off limits—she doesn’t care. What starts as a sizzling moment quickly sparks a forbidden romance neither can ignore.
Starhub Saloon
Starhub Saloon
Runa and Nico walked into the Starhub Saloon looking for the same thing: a one-night fling. But they didn’t just click. No, they combusted. Between their addictive mind-link and Nico’s very human talents, one night quickly turns into sneaking off to the saloon storage room for more. And more. And… guess what? More. What was supposed to be a casual one night flig gets harder to ignore with every stolen moment.
Starhub Airlock
Starhub Airlock
Kiraxia never expected her frenemy to kiss her… and Shepard definitely never meant to. But when she wouldn’t stop yelling, it felt like the only option. When they first met, he thought she was the most beautiful female he had ever seen, then she smack-talked him immediately, and that thought went up in smoke. Now, years later, they’re stuck in an airlock because he can’t enter the passcode correctly…and she’s livid. While they wait for the timeout sequence to end, they play a game that turns heated fast… and suddenly, all that fighting detonates into something neither of them saw coming.
Starhub Garden
Starhub Garden
Mi’Mira friend-zoned Stamm long ago, and he made peace with never calling her his. But when she’s back at the Starhub for a week and asks to stay over, everything shifts. In his quarters, he finally reveals the truth… a secret tattoo he’s kept hidden. Then later in the garden, she matches him with one of her own to prove she finally sees him. Friends don’t look at each other like that, they don’t touch like that. They crossed the line… and there is no going back.
Amid the Stars - a Collection of Cheesy Holiday Rom-coms
Amid the Stars is a cozy sci-fi romance series filled with holiday magic, found family, and love stories full of heart. Set aboard the Colony Ship Aibes and within the growing colony of Leoterra, these stories are cheesy holiday romcoms at their core. Think small-town romance vibes... in space.
From Christmas festivals, New Year’s celebrations, and Valentine’s Day aboard a colony ship to Halloween parties and Founder’s Day festivals on an alien world, the colonists of the CS Aibes carry humanity’s traditions with them across the galaxy. Through the stars... and people just might fall in love along the way.
Christmas Amid the Stars - A Cheesy Holiday Rom-Com... In Space
Christmas Amid the Stars - A Cheesy Holiday Rom-Com... In Space
A holiday celebration like no other. Set not on Earth but aboard the Colony Ship Abies.
After ~124 years in Cryo, the colonists aboard the CS Abies are finally awakened, six months before they reach their new home of Leoterra. The timing is perfect, December 1st, the start of the holiday season. But when Senior Arborist Lily Scott discovers Ship Command has not scheduled any festivities, she takes matters into her own hands.
Lily is determined to bring holiday cheer to the CS Abies, she does the most logical thing. She drafts a proposal for a holiday celebration! She rallies fellow colonists to her cause, and each is eager to contribute... Except for Master Electrician Maddox Allen. Maddox isn't interested in a side project. No he would rather work on his tasks at hand. But Lily has other plans. She enlists Maddox's skills to fabricate string lights to brighten the ship for the celebration. Something she considers as essential to the tree.
Lily's warmth and festive spirit may clash with Maddox's scrooge of a personality. But that resistance, mixed with playful banter, flirting, and longing quickly turns into an undeniable connection.As they work side by side the forced proximity turns their initial friction into something so much more!
New Year's Amid the Stars - A Cheesy Holiday Rom-Com... In Space
New Year's Amid the Stars - A Cheesy Holiday Rom-Com... In Space
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Valentine's Amid the Stars - A Cheesy Holiday Rom-Com... In Space
Valentine's Amid the Stars - A Cheesy Holiday Rom-Com... In Space
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