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Book Three in the Diaspora Worlds SeriesKyler, Heir to the Protectorate of New Prague, manages to rescue his brother and Sabralia but is stranded on a spacestation. He hides from Gorvas hunters by taking shelter in a Starwoman's Sanctuary with the forgotten poor. Starwoman Skyleen is unlike any woman he has ever known, and he finds he wants to stick around for a bit. He has responsibilities back home on New Prague, though. Then he receives and advanced warning that an invasion is coming. Skyleen suspected the man was trouble. Too young, too healthy and far too attractive. He did not belong in a Sanctuary. But they had the room, and she was interested in learning more about him, if there was time in her busy day. Then he tells her of the invasion. She needs to get five hundred vulnerable people off the spacestation. Kyler, with unlimited credit, is willing to hire a ship.It looks like she will get to know him better.

When Gema was released from prison to participate in a broadcast survival game, she knew she was the underdog and could die. Not a Puregen, a lame leg and no wilderness skills held her back. Still, she had a glimmer of hope for a future free from prison. This planet was beautiful, and so was her Puregen competitor. Kellac was kind, too. But there was definitely no future with him. He came from the highest tier of society, and she came from the lowest. She would enjoy his presence for now. Too bad they were always surrounded by flying cameras.

Adventures to Love- In Space!Plus a Bonus Short Story. Her Cyborg Awakes: A harem wife and her cyborg servant escape her warlord's secret planet during a violent coup. Her servant turns into a warrior and then shuts down. Who will save them now? Kaistril, (cyborg QY) and Sabralia.Alien Blood: The son of the planetary ruler of New Prague and a homeless lame woman compete in a broadcast survival contest on a soon-to-be colonized wilderness planet. Then the invasion happens, and survival is no longer a game. Kellac and Gema.Starwoman's Sanctuary: Heir to a planetary ruler and a charity worker running a space station sanctuary escape an invasion with a ship of orphans, elderly and vulnerable people. The ship's crew turn out to be pirates and slavers. Kyler and Skyleen. Escaping Poison: His civilized marriage is a fraud, and someone powerful wants to kill his ailing bride. The scientist and his society bride hide in an old science station in the wild, alien jungle of New Prague--but someone finds them. Karvar and Brielle Cyborg Security: Widow Aerria could end up in galactic prison due to her precocious daughter's action on a non-contact world. Family friend and former cyborg Domingo uses his position as Security Officer on their ship to help her out. They can't return the abused alien child her small daughter absconded with, so they hide as a family on a bustling independent planet with a rowdy reputation. Short story.

Morwenna, a widow with an infant son, agrees to hide and nurse a poisoned Orc as a service to the Queen. The Orc was human as a boy, turned by a bite into an Orc Warrior. For her help, the Queen will give her an estate in the North, not far from Morwenna's childhood home. As she gets to know Sherrow, she realizes he is a good man, not a monster. Sherrow heals enough to journey north before winter weather keeps them from traveling. The caravan they join is in the hands of rebels, and they must get away. Sherrow has secrets - He is not as weak as he pretends, he has Orc magic, and he is in love with Morwenna.