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Captured by Giant Alien CatsJessica O'Neil prayed for a miracle that would allow her to pass her Spanish exam. Little did she know that it would come in the form of Earth's annihilation and her capture by mammoth-sized alien cats. Kept in isolation, can she remain sane, escape her captivity, and prove her sentience before it's too late? Or will she and the rest of humanity become nothing more than glorified house pets, or worse?A Perilous RescueCouncilor Jeran Chenzira prayed that their delegation would find a friendly sentient species on the distant world they approached, but they arrived only moments before an asteroid hit. Their diplomatic mission turned into a desperate attempt to try to save even a few of the endangered species of that now uninhabitable world. Can his partner, Senior Healer Myra Chenzira figure out a way to safely repopulate those species, find a way to cure their injuries and illnesses before they infect his own people, and figure out why all of their attempts at communication have failed before they go extinct? For that matter, did they even rescue a sentient species or has he doomed his own species to extinction by rescuing nothing more than a diseased animal?

Book two in the Tails of Little Flower series follows Jessica O'Neil (Little Flower) and the Chenzira family as they deal with the consequences of Jessica's rape while held in quarantine at the Agency, and help her to find justice and the rights and freedoms her people deserve. After two Earth years stuck in near isolation, Jessica is finally able to communicate with her captors, but she still needs answers. Why was her planet destroyed by giant alien cats, why was she held in captivity for so long, why is she being leashed, and why has she been forced to breed? What do they want with her and her unborn child, and what's happened to the rest of her people? Did any of her family survive the attack? For the first time in her life, Marsee Chenzira has a friend, the tiny biped cub in her family's care. More than anything she wants to help Little Flower recover from the trauma she's experienced, help her learn to speak again, and help to prove her sentience to the Council that believes the cub is nothing more than an animal. But the Council isn't the only one. Marsee's instinct sees Little Flower as yummy smelling prey too. Can Marsee figure out what's wrong with herself before she loses control completely and eats her best friend? Jeran Chenzira finds himself in an impossible position. The tiny bi-ped he's taken in as his ward wasn't just beaten by the male she was paired with, she was raped. Horrible enough on its own, her accusation and all of the evidence points to his partner, his partner's protege, and the entire Local Council as being complicit in that rape, by putting the two together and stopping the hormone blockers. He has no doubt that the cub is sentient, especially now that they are able to communicate, but to grant her and her species the rights and freedoms they deserve means convicting his friends and family, a conviction that could mean sanctions for his people, the death of his friends and partner, or far far worse, should the Senior Council goes with precedent. To honor his oath means killing those he loves, but to do otherwise would sentence an entire sentient species to life as nothing more than an animal.

Book three in the Tails of Little Flower series follows the Chenzira family after the unexpected and surprising results of Little Flower's sentience and rape trial as they build a new home for the survivors from Earth. Not even an adult, if she's done the math right, by her own species reconning, Jessica O'Neil suddenly finds herself with a new family, name, and title, and has successfully won freedom for her people, and proven their sentience. Now as Councilor Little Flower Chenzira, she must defend the decisions and actions she took to earn that freedom, help her people become better than their past, and prove that her people deserve the chance they were given, before the Council, or someone else, decides they're too dangerous of a species to keep around, and has very little time to do so. She must also decide if she's going to continue with the high-risk pregnancy that was forced upon her. With so few members of her species left, can she risk their very survival by not going through with the pregnancy, or will that just allow her rapists violent tendencies to be passed along in his genetic offspring. How much of their history was nature versus nurture? Who were the people rescued from Earth? She knows nothing about them or where they came from, their culture, religion, or beliefs. How many more rescued were like her rapist, and how can she protect people like herself and her grandfather from the crimes of their past?As the first person to have ever survived an advanced case of psychosis, Marsee Chenzira must now learn how to remain in balance with her hunter's instinct, while proving to the Council and Guard that she's safe enough to be allowed to live, and like the rest of the Consortium, come to grips with a Senior Council that has lost her trust by even considering to punish her for her mother's crimes. An introvert by nature, she now finds her home full of the last of humanity and thousands of others who want to visit and meet the newest species. Feeling overwhelmed with all of the changes and new responsibilities in her life, she has no way to express what she's feeling or experiencing with her instinct, because even the slightest hint of being out of control could be too much and mean her death.Myra Chenzira fully expected to die at the Trial, and would have gladly done so to pay for the crime she unwittingly committed, but she'd been terrified that the Council would go with precedent, and her children and grandchildren would have been killed for her crimes. Somehow her new daughter saved them all, and instead Myra's punishment is one she would gladly give, even without a council edict. She hopes that with time, the Hue-mans will forgive her for her actions, like her new daughter has, and prays that she will have enough time to become an expert in Hue-man care, so she will be able to save her daughter, should something go wrong with her pregnancy. Expecting to die at the Trial, prepared to commit treason to protect the Hue-mans from genocide, and terrified he'd have to execute his partner, Councilor Jeran Chenzira suddenly finds himself both a new father and elected Senior Councilor for what's left of the Hue-man species, without lifting a single claw. He must now build a home for his new people and prove that they can become honorable members of his society, but how can he counsel a species he barely understands, and earn their trust in only a few months? Should Little Flower decide to go through with her high-risk pregnancy and die from it, he will have no choice but to bring his partner before the Council again for resentencing. On top of that, no one knows for sure if Marsee's psychosis is truly cured, or if it's only a reprieve. Will he be able to fulfill his sworn oath to keep his new people safe, even if it means executing members of his own family?

Darkness Lurks in the DepthsMarsee Chenzira is excited for her first off-world trip with the Senior Guild Master, her new mentor. Her first sights of the Water World are nothing but color, light, and beauty, a world teeming with life, so very different from her desert home, but not everything is as it seems and not everyone is happy she's there. The darkness her sister spoke of at her trial has oozed out of the deep and infected the people of this world. Spurred on by jealousy and greed, and the power her family now holds, many fear that their world will be overrun by off-worlders and the demands of the Consortium, some will stop at nothing to break Saber's hold and prevent yet another Chenzira from taking power.