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From indie sensation Ursa Dax, a reserved alien cowboy and a human woman on the run enter one very messy marriage of convenience in this out-of-this-world cowboy romance.Welcome to the cowboy colony planet, where men outnumber women ten to one and cattle outnumber them all...In debt and on the run from a crime lord, Cherry takes the first ticket off-world: an all-expenses-paid, one-way trip to an isolated ranching outpost. The only catch? She has to marry an alien cowboy. Once she lands on her new home planet, Cherry needs to convince her groom to stay married to her instead of sending her packing after the thirty-day trial period.Other than his eyes glowing bright white every time he looks at her, Cherry has no idea what's going on inside her new husband's head, or what secrets he's keeping from her. The alien cowboy Silar is quiet and guarded, choosing to spend more time with his animals than her and goes to offensively great lengths to avoid touching her. But the more time they spend stuck together on his ranch, Cherry realizes more than just her life is at risk if this marriage fails-her stupid human heart is, too.Brimming with humor and alien charm, Married to the Alien Cowboy is the first book in the sweet and steamy Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides series.

A surly alien rider, a human woman meant for someone else, and the family that was never supposed to form...All I want is to fall in love and get married. But my romantic hopes are dashed when I find out my alien groom, Oaken, is too injured to come meet me. The only way I can get to him in the mountains is if somebody else takes me.Enter Garrek. The biggest, grumpiest alien rider on the planet. He doesn't seem to like me much and he's got a lot on his plate caring for his convict-ward, a young boy named Killian. But he grudgingly agrees to let me tag along as they travel towards the mountains with their herd.The journey is dangerous and my guide is surly. But the longer I spend with Garrek, the more I uncover the rough tenderness that looms just beneath his hard exterior. He's ferociously protective of Killian...And of me.But while every night of quiet fireside moments and stolen looks draws me closer to Garrek, every day of travel pushes me closer to the man I'm actually supposed to marry.I have to resist this growing attraction.Because if I don't...I'll fall hopelessly in love with the wrong rider.And break everyone's hearts in the process.

A sweet alien rancher, a wary human woman, and the mail-order marriage that changes everything...I've been raised by my wealthy family to be one thing and one thing only: a wife. So when my parent-picked fiance turns out to be a total creep and my family disowns me for breaking off the engagement, I do the only thing I can. Even if it's the last thing I want.I get engaged to someone else.That someone else turns out to be an alien rancher named Fallon. He's everything the people I grew up with aren't. He's honest, patient, adorably dopey, and for some unfathomable reason, entirely devoted to me.It's almost terrifying, how much Fallon loves me. It's definitely terrifying, the way I want to let him.But when my past collides with my present, I'm forced to choose:Do I retreat to the cold safety of my old world?Or do I stand by the man who's changing absolutely everything?Even me?

The huge alien orc who runs the pub on Elora Station knows what he wants for Christmas: me.MAGGIESeeing my friend Sophie find happiness on the bustling Elora Station is just the kick in the pants I need to follow my dreams. I'm finally going to open my own bakery. When a coveted rental space opens up on the festive commerce station, I jump at the chance.I have my work cut out for me getting the bakery ready in time for Elora Station's busiest season: Christmas. I don't mind – I'm used to hard work.What I'm not used to?Having a flirtatious, grinning orc all up in my business. Literally. The absurdly-named Archibald runs the pub next to my bakery, and he spends more time in my shop than his own.Sure, he's attractive in a giant, muscly, boisterous sort of way. He's also funny and kind and shockingly generous. But I need to focus. A girl's gotta have priorities.And those priorities absolutely do not include falling head over heels in love with an alien orc at Christmas.

"e;I will be her keeper, her guardian, her guide. And I will keep her safe no matter the cost..."e;VALERIASo it turns out I'm on the bad guys' side. I didn't actually know that until my superior officer started waving his gun around got himself killed on our alien recon mission. My orders are changing by the minute, and I quickly realize I have absolutely no interest in following any of them. But I don't think I can just say "e;sorry"e; and convince the women and aliens on this planet of my good intentions.So I run. I hide.But one alien in particular is hell-bent on catching me. He's ten feet of scaly, red, alien muscle, with black claws as long as my fingers and teeth that glint like knives. He terrifies me, and when he finally does catch me, I know that I'm a goner.He's a natural predator and I've become his prey.So how come when he catches me, it seems like he wants to... Protect me?GRIMI saw the vision of my fated mate before I left my homeland of the Bitter Seas. She is one of the mysterious new women who live with the desert men. But when I arrive in the desert with my king and the rest of our army, she is nowhere to be found.Because she is not part of the alliance. And when I finally do find her, I realize why.She is the enemy we have been hunting.My king, the desert men, the new women... Everyone wants her detained and questioned.But they killed the male warrior she came with. And I will not allow her to be harmed.So deep in the night, I take her. I protect her and abandon my own people in the process.But earning her trust proves difficult, especially since we do not speak the same language. As the days together pass, two questions plague me:Why does she not recognize me as her mate?And with every warrior of sea and sand searching for her now, how can I possibly keep her safe?

"e;Now that I have found her, I refuse to lose her..."e;THERESAOne by one, I've seen my friends fall in love with the alien warriors on this planet. I'm so happy for them, but I can't help but feel jealous. More than any other single girl on this planet, I want what they have – a mate. After a childhood in foster care and an adulthood littered with crappy boyfriends, I just want to find my place. My home. Love. I want it more than anything, and I'm ready for it.What I'm not ready for? An enemy Gahn from beyond the mountains attacking our settlement in the dead of night. And even more than that? This bleeding Gahn with glinting silver eyes and brutal blades claims that I'm his mate.Baldor seeks to claim me. I'd waited for this moment. Craved it. But now that it's here, I'm not so sure I'm ready anymore.Baldor is hardened, fierce, and stubborn. Beneath his tough exterior, a dark pain looms inside him.And even as my feelings for this enemy Gahn grow, I'm not sure that I'm strong enough to let in the light.BALDORI never thought I'd be granted a second mate after losing my first. I do not even know if I deserve another chance at happiness. Deserving or not, I will find her. I will fight for her. And I will claim her.But my attack against the other tribes to claim my mate does not go as planned. The other Gahns have new allies and are stronger than ever before. Having my blades forced down is bad enough. What's even worse is the fact that my mate, the lovely, sun-haired Thereeza, does not seem to want me.She is the light in a world gone dark. A future I'd never hoped to earn. I will not lose her.To win her love, I will have to go further than I've ever gone before.And I'll have to sacrifice more than I'd ever thought possible.

"e;They call me the Mad Gahn. But I never felt truly mad until I saw her face..."e;CHAPMANSo, our mission on an alien planet fell apart before it even got started. Great. Now I'm the only surviving military crew member, leading a gaggle of civilian women in unfamiliar terrain.But it turns out one soldier isn't enough to protect them from the monsters of this planet. Soon enough we're all scooped up by a bunch of alien barbarian warriors with tails. When I meet their huge, red-eyed leader, he wraps his claws around my throat and looks like he wants to crush me. I can only think of one name for him: The Enemy.He's crazy, moody, and his ego is bigger than his whole planet. Everything about him rubs me the wrong way. My defiance is just as big a thorn in his side, if his glares and snarls are anything to go by.We can't stand each other, but for some reason we keep falling towards each other, over and over again. If I hate him so much, why can't I seem to stay away?And when he claims that I'm his mate, why don't I want to run?FALLOThere are few women of the Sea Sands now, so the unfamiliar females who appear in the desert are a great boon to my tribe. But their leader, the one with the flame-coloured hair, challenges me at every step, her insolence a hot irritation. I do not understand her nonsense words, but I recognize the hateful defiance in her strange, lovely eyes.It makes me want to punish her. It makes me want to make her mine.She is fire in my veins. A thirst I cannot quench. A beautiful torture. Madness. She makes me feel like I am losing control. She makes me question everything, even my own sanity.Will she finally submit, acknowledge me as her mate, and end my suffering? Or will she throw me headfirst into madness?

"e;I have trained, battled, and fought my whole life. But winning my mate's love is the greatest challenge I have ever faced..."e;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?