Every now and then, when all the planets are in proper alignment, fate smiles on one lone warrior... Hope Earth is no longer able to support human life and trying to scratch out a meager existence is nearly impossible. Hope is reluctantly forced to sign up for the intergalactic brides program. Just as she’s getting desperate, she finds a tolerable species willing to purchase her contract... Because nothing is ever that easy, her ship gets hit by raiders and Hope can’t manage keep her big mouth shut when their alien captors begin tormenting one of the younger women. Jettisoned into space, her one and only chance at survival, is in the hands of a Draconian warrior... Larok Larok is a lone sentinel, standing guard for his mother ship. When he comes across a frail human queen, his world tilts out of alignment. Saving her means a nasty death if his vicious Draconian queen finds out he rescued her. Risking his own life is one thing, but risking the life of his entire family and small son is another! Snagging the beautiful human out of harm’s way results in battling against the Draconian fleet, destroying a planet and stealing a wormhole device that's their only chance at escape. Larok finds himself forced to reach his hand into the dragon’s mouth, desperate to pull victory from the jaws of defeat. By the time it’s all finished, he will either die in the glorious battle of a lifetime, or end up mated to the most attractive human female in the galaxy!

Being the only female on a ship full of hot dragon warriors would be a dream come true for most women. Stacy If it weren’t for all the wounded pouring into her med-center, Stacy might enjoy the novelty of being surrounded by so many admiring dragon males. Even a heads up when a battle was brewing would help. However their taciturn captain left much to be desired when it came to communication. Just when she was primed to give him a piece of her mind, he offered himself for scourging in punishment for his oversight. The poignant reminder of the abuse he’d suffered at the hands of his former queen melted away her anger. When her guard was down, she had to admit that big, scarred captain was attractive. Guarding her heart from him was going to be a nearly impossible task. Meric Draconian queens were deceitful, vicious and thought nothing of digging their claws into a warrior when least expected. Having been a breeder for ten long solars, Meric knew their ways well. Draconian females were hosts for parasites that fed on the pain of others. They’d lull a male into a false sense of security before unleashing horrible physical and emotional abuse. Humans were unlike the queens he’d known. They seemed open, outgoing and almost innocent compared to Draconian queens. There was no arguing that they were clever and intelligent beings, but Meric harbored reservations about their true motivations. He’d guard himself until he was sure they weren’t simply more skilled at deception. Especially the lovely healer who had insisted upon joining his crew. Meric knew that he spent far too much time thinking of the fair human female. It took all his discipline as a warrior not to follow her with his eyes and come running when she needed assistance. He refused to allow himself to become enamored with another cruel female, albeit it one wrapped in a beautiful package.

For the first time in my life I'm surrounded by attractive, eligible males. If only I could choose one. Kearney Draconian Warriors are not only drop dead gorgeous, they’re more accommodating than any other species. My younger sister and I have signed contracts with the Draconians and they’re waiting for us to choose a mate, but I can’t focus on that right now. Kendra and I joined the bride’s registry for the dowry, enough to feed our family for year. It’s good, but Earth is dying and I’ve got an idea to help them for a lot longer. I trust the Draconians, but not with my secret plan to get supplies to our family. There’s nothing in it for them. Our crafty Commander always has his eyes on me. I worry the handsome devil has figured out my plan. All my bad dreams have been replaced with erotic ones. I can’t look him in the eye because he’s been the star in every single one of them. Catching a glimpse of his sexy body clad only in his unders blows my mind. The dragon warrior has miles of muscles, an unbelieve wingspan and his hands are gigantic. It’s more than enough to keep me thinking dirty thoughts all day long. A distraction I don’t need right now. Tabor I’m dedicated to caring for the sister queens until they chose mates. I’m fascinated with them. Perhaps it’s because their closeness reminds me of my brother and I. He and I are close too. I’ve even taken him under my wing to complete the final phase of his transition into a full-fledged warrior. It’s important he not flounder with so many queens about. Few are fitting age mates for a young warrior, he must leave a good impression if he wants to be chosen. Queen Kearney and her sister are unlike the other human queens. The others crave luxury and delight in the exotic foods we offer, basking in the attention of our warriors. Kearney and her sister eat only ration bars, wear uniforms and sleep on the ground. They even toil in the gemstone mines. I am strangely attracted to Kearney's solemn disposition, dedication to her sister and desire to do something besides luxuriate. She has a strong spirit and a keen intellect. The more I get to know this queen, the more fiercely protective I am. I’ve determined none are fit to warm her bed except me. This lovely queen is becoming more precious to me with each passing day. Something about the look in her eyes tells me she’s been hurt. I’ll die before I allow anyone to harm her again. Worry eats away at my gut and I sense an unknown danger. Therefore I remain ever vigilant. Until she chooses me.

Abducted from Earth and now I’m being sold… Cassandra... Stranded and alone in a sector of space ruled by vicious queens, I’m losing hope of ever finding freedom. After being abducted, all I wanted was to escape from the aquatic species trying to sell me on the open market. They feed me cold slop every day, rough me up when I don’t do what they want, and keep me in a cage with standing room only... One day, somehow, I’m going to turn the tables and I’ll put them in this same dirty cage. Making that happen is all I think about, because thinking about my life on Earth is too painful. They snatched me right when everything was going to hell in hand-basket! Humans had finally organized to fight against the environmental disasters making the planet uninhabitable. I was pulling core samples on a mountain top when the aliens came for me. As it is, Earth needs me much more than the horrible aquatics intent on using me to line their pockets! Mathadar... Being one of millions of warriors in the Draconian fleet makes me insignificant and dispensable. Our Queens don’t value our contributions and see us as expendable. I’ve lost my father and my brothers have been assigned throughout the fleet. I’m alone, another faceless warrior for the cause... All that changes when I see an alien Queen being auctioned in the city square. It makes my blood boil to see her with her hands tied above her head and her clothing ripped, exposing her pale, ripe body. When she struggles to escape, I imagine her moving on top of me in the same way. May the goddess forgive me for such deviant thoughts about the delicate and helpless Queen... When her eyes lock with mine and she calls to me, nothing in the verse will keep me from coming to her rescue. Not even the fury of my own chain of command will keep me from her! She is going to be mine!

When hope is dimmest, a ray of light breaks through... Daisy... Being abducted from Earth was terrifying. When the fish-headed, aquatic aliens took me I knew I was in trouble. Thankfully I was raised to be a fighter! I've struggled against my captors at every turn but how many times can a girl get beat down before coming to realize you can't win? It's wearing me down and I'm finally coming to realise there's no Prince Charming coming to rescue me! I can't give up though, not yet. In a desperate attempt I join up with another girl from Earth and this time I'm either getting free or else. There is no other option, I can't live like this! Then the floor shakes and winged demons from hell invade. At least they're fighting the aquatics but is this a rescue or am I trading one master for another? In this battle it's not just my life at stake, this time my heart is on the line too. Darnok... Another mission, one more battle. Maybe this will be my last, maybe not. I can't bring myself to care anymore... Being bigger than all the other warriors my entire life has been one lone string of abuse. The other males pick fights with me to prove how tough they are and the Queens abuse me because I'm so big I always stand out. All they see is the giant, none of them see the person I am! None of them see my dreams or my desire to be accepted. How I want someone to love me for me. Even my one friend barely sees, because in this world, I have to hide that part of me away... There is no compassion in my world. There is nothing to live for except to fight. Go to the next battle and see if this time it's my last. It doesn't matter; there is no other end for me. Sooner or later, it will happen and I've accepted it. At least then my suffering will end... Until this mission. Until I meet the human female Daisy. Then everything changes. I'll fight all of them to save her, to make her mine. She is the light in my universe and I'm not going to let it fade!

Sold from one species to another, isn't the dream I had when I signed up for an alien husband... The promise of being electronically matched with a wealthy, handsome alien husband and going from a dying Earth, to a new healthy world, seemed like an impossible dream. After securing a successful match, I left with my meagre possessions and dreams of starting over... Instead of a better life, our transport ship was raided and was abducted. Everyone else was sold off at various stops, until there was no one left but me. When my turn came, I fought to escape but failed miserably. Every species in the 'verse is bigger, stronger and more dominant than humans. I never stood a chance! Sold from one species to another, I finally managed to slip away and quickly learn that escaping was the easy part. Actually surviving, turns out to be much more challenging. Only one alien will help me, and we survive by watching each other’s backs! I attract the notice of a group of Draconian warriors. They speak my language and tell me, in no uncertain terms, what they want to do with me. Four drop dead gorgeous aliens, wanting a mate, would seem like a dream come true, except, each of them, is extremely dominant, and I’m not sure if this is just another way of being owned. I’ve had enough of being considered a possession, to last a lifetime. Bumping into me in the marketplace, doesn't make me a pretty trinket... The bigger problem is, I’ve got a soft spot for men who make me feel safe and I'm growing more enamoured of them with each interaction. When they call me their Queen, I can’t help fantasising about allowing them to properly worship me. Those thoughts make me a bad, bad girl. Between avoiding my abductors and teasing the Draconian warriors, it's been non-stop action. When the adrenaline rush finally wears off, I realise that I have to end this before I end up enslaved again!

Rebecca While fleeing a dying Earth I've endured cold, hunger and thirst. The one bright spot in my nightmare is my friend and fellow red-head, Willow. I've never had a friend like her before, one who I'd do anything for and she'd do the same for me. We're traveling to the Draconian home-world to accept an offer of sanctuary. Of course nothing in the universe is free. The price doesn't seem so bad, pick out a Draconian male to be your mate. It's better than starving to death, right? When we get to their planet the task seems like it should be easy. There are lots of warriors and every one of them is obsessed with us. They call us the fiery-haired queens and make a big deal of us. It's not going too bad until one day Willow disappears. I'm not going to let her go. I'll do whatever it takes to find her. Even go with a primitive, scarred Draconian warrior who'd be my last choice of mates. Except he knows where she is and without him, there's no hope. Argon I'm of the old blood. There is less humanoid mixed into my native dragon blood. The human queens tend to turn away from me. They mistake my high-strung manner for feral aggression. I've resigned myself to not having a queen of my own. I'm exiled from the city because of my aggressiveness, but still I love its beauty. So I fly over to a spot I've claimed in the nearby trees where I like to perch and admire the beautiful spirals. I sit and I dream of building my own spirals, that somehow I could have a queen of my own to build it for. When I arrive at my spot and find a fiery-haired queen there, I try to make her understand it is mine. The queens own everything, though, and she wants me to take her into the mountains. She tells me of her lost friend and how she must save her. Her loss makes my heart ache and I want to help her. Her lush form attracts me, igniting desire, and my dragon nature. Reluctantly I agree to take her on the journey. I'll have to remain alert and move fast if I am to keep her safe from the shadowy enemy stalking her. We have to save her friend but before this is done it's my heart that will need saved.

Willow I risked everything to escape Earth. As chance would have it I made it to a Draconian vessel. The Dragon warriors take on all comers, even women like me who are young, uneducated and unbeknownst to me, carrying a plague to their world. They say ignorance is bliss and in my case it’s the literal truth. Prior to finding out I’m infected, I was happily hunting for a compatible age mate and planning my happily ever after. No sooner do I find Mr. Right than I get my diagnosis and watch all my dreams blow away, like dandelion seeds scattering in the wind. Narcis When a beautiful young queen lays claim to me, I wish for things I never wondered about before. I crave her smiling face and her laughter. When she makes the human kiss with me, possessive instincts rise to the forefront of my consciousness. When we discover she is infected with a dangerous parasite, I’ll do whatever is necessary to see her healed, but my family and the healers aren’t doing nearly enough to save her life. I’ll go to any length to get what she needs. When word leaks out of her infection, an angry mob forms, furious that she has brought a plague to our world. If I can get her back to Stone Mountain, we’ll be safe. I’ve got to sit up, pay attention and make sure she’s safe because a world without her isn’t a place I want to be.

I do not desire death, but if that is my destiny to protect my Queen, then so be it... Eve After the fall, homeless folks like I became were shut out of the system. Not even my medical degree saved me from the fate so many experienced. Living rough with a group of women and children, we end up attached to a roving military unit when hostile aliens attack Earth. They’re taking women by force to use in medical experiments. I’m left with two goals. Stay alive and see that the eight year old girl I’ve adopted survives long enough for help to arrive. When women start falling ill to some unknown contagion which makes them irrationally aggressive, we have to move twice as fast to avoid contracting it. I don't even know where to turn for help. When a Draconian ship lands, and hundreds of warriors pour out, I can’t help being suspicious. Are they friend or foe? One or the other, I’m not taking any chances with my little girl counting on me to keep her safe. Rruk I left our home world looking for action and adventure. What I found was the Queen of my heart with a tiny queen of her own. Though I wished for battle scars to mark me as a warrior of worth, I got wounds to my heart as these two cleave their way into my affections. I am a foolish male to make myself their protector during times of war. Their world is under siege by vicious parasites and their Moltan handlers. Every day is filled with endless fighting, danger looms near the Queens of my heart as my comrades fall around me. I am the only thing that stands between my Queens and a fate worse than death. I don’t want to die but I will do whatever it takes to protect my Queens. If death is my destiny then so be it.

Pern I’ve killed a queen. She was a vicious Draconian queen bent on death and destruction but she was my queen none the less. And I gunned her down in cold blood. No male has ever killed a queen and lived to tell the tale. Queen Cassandra granted me a pardon and took me into her favor for siding when her when the war was all but lost. I try to act normal but nightmares plague my sleep and the other warriors look at me as broken. When times of war called me to action again, I answered for I have nothing else to lose. Being forced to cover a human queen does strange things to my mind and body. I begin to covet things I know the other warriors will never permit me to have. Jade Being exiled from the bio-domes on Earth is a death sentence. I roam in a group of five looking for water, scavenging food where we can find it. When we’re turned away from the last human city and are on the verge of death we stumble upon a Draconian emergency station. When I ask for sanctuary the male assigned to speak me with is stunning. He puts himself between me and the enemy, saves my life and offers me sanctuary. The thing is, I want more. He might be standoffish and cold at times but once we touch all the ice melts away leaving only searing hot passion. That’s what keeps me coming back.

The higher you reach the more humiliating the defeat. Being the most primitive of the old bloods, Borak is no pleasure to look upon but he's got his sights set on a high status human queen. Nothing will keep him from pursuing the queen of his heart. Not war, not vicious enemies nor his chain of command. Juliet On a dystopian Earth dominated by women, men are rarity. Juliet is the general tasked with eradicating the Vithican parasites and their Moltan handlers from earth. In a world where the last of humanity is being preyed upon by aliens, she turns to a race of dragon warriors for help. They're taking the fight seriously and have all the advanced weaponry to get the job done. The thing she didn't count on was fending off hardcore pursuit by her battle buddy. He's an old blood draconian warrior and a member of their elite fighting forces. Unfortunately, he's got mating on his mind when he should have warring on his mind. Borak Borak is fascinated with the Earth general. She is a dark beauty with a bold, commanding presence. Where the other humans cower and cry, this one fights with the heart of a true warrior. She is a queen among queens and Borak is all too aware that he's no pleasure to look upon. He's large, terrifying and too rowdy for a human queen. That's what he's been told but now he's beginning to think that lot of what he was told were lies. Luring this queen becomes his life's all consuming passion, but one misstep costs him everything.

Vanessa I’ve been owned by aliens for longer than most humans have been alive but haven’t given up on the one thing I want. Freedom. Spirited away from Earth at fourteen, sold from one species to another and pumped full of antiaging hormones to ensure I stayed in prime condition, my mind ages but my body never does. When whatever ship I’m on gets raided, I get new owners. I’ve never seen anything like the dragon warriors storming through the door today. They’re fierce and claim to be our rescuers, but I’ve been owned by aliens far too long to take them at their word. If they give me an inch, I’ll take a mile because I’ve got to get home or die trying. Kryos A special mission from my chain of command sends me right back in the last place I want to be. Dracon space. Once more I’m surrounded by Draconian queens who are all infected with vicious parasites. Somehow, I’m to instigate a rebellion and scourge them from this sector of space. Then I rescue a human queen. She is nothing like the sweet humans who mated my sons. This woman is intent on claiming me to get control of my ship. Yet I can hardly breathe when her fingers ghost across my cheek. I have to pull together an alliance and keep this woman from breaking it. If I can then we might make it out of this war alive.

Crystal Truth be told I’ve always been a little jumpy but being kidnapped by aliens shoved my anxiety into high gear. They buy and sell us Earth girls like chattel. Stealing us from our dying planet and keeping us on lockdown until they’re ready to trade us away. When my fellow humans and I are rescued by the savage Draconian Warriors things get better, but we’re not free. So the other women leverage me into mating one of the Draconians in a grand scheme to take over the ship. I’m nothing if not a team player but why did it have to be the huge scarred one who’s as socially awkward as I am? Deceiving these brutal warriors seems like a really bad idea, the kind that could cause a small human like me to wind up dead, or worse, desperately in love with a massive, winged, and tailed alien. Drake I live for nothing more than starting a revolution among my Draconian brethren. I will set us free, at long last, from the misery of our Draconian Queens who have been driven insane by a parasite. I don’t have time or desire to rescue the human Queens, but my brother insists. When one of them lays claim to me, I’m suspicious. She panicked at the mere sight of me during the rescue and only hours later she selected me for her mate? I’m no fool. She’s a wily one, talking and squirming her way past my defenses. She’s soft, beautiful and scents like a goddess but I can’t let her ruin my people’s only chance at freedom. Somehow, I have to make her my Queen and set my people free.

Dawn There is no such thing as meeting a guy and falling in love. Yet when I’m rescued from pirates by Draconian warriors, I’m crushing on one particularly roguish warrior in the group. He seems all kinds of shifty and I don’t know why, but it turns me on. When he almost dies, I rush to his bedside fast enough, ready to make my move. Except his smoking hot bestie wants me too. They’re both sexier than the sinful thoughts filling my head and one thing is clear. I’m in trouble. Malvoc I believe in fated mates. The moment I see the frail human queen, my dragon goes feral. This queen with dark hair and eyes must be mine. When I’m lured into a trap and wounded, she comes to my side. I think all my problems are solved only to find there is even more danger. Someone is trying to abduct our queens while my body is morphing into a primitive form I barely recognize. As if this isn’t enough, my best friend is casting a lusty eye over my fated mate. If I can’t keep my dragon from slipping my grasp, the mayhem he would wreak will put all of our war to shame. Hian I don’t believe in fated mates, no matter what Malvoc says. I have enough hatchlings and my attention is on caring for them, commanding my ship and winning the war. But when I see Dawn, my greedy dragon doesn’t care what I believe or that she’s his. I must have her. I want her to notice me, to make the human kess with me and so much more. Somehow I will have her. No matter what it takes.

Luna I’ve spent the last year serving rotten meat to a species of snouted aliens that remind me of alligators. The vicious little beasts love to use their claws when they don’t get their way. My first mistake was clocking one with a metal food tray when he tore a hole in my best friend’s wings. He ended up demoted, humiliated and a laughingstock among his people. I can tell by the look in those beady black eyes that he’s just waiting for an opportunity to get a little payback. My second mistake was stirring up a mutiny among the crew of the nice dragon warrior who rescued me. I wanted him to go back and rescue my friends. Unfortunately, he’s a pirate and didn’t want to risk his ship and crew when there no profit to be made. I know I shouldn’t have turned his crew against him. He’s all kinds of furious and, he wants to throw me off his ship. I won’t last a day on some alien planet with no protector. I’m desperate enough to promise anything if only he’ll let me stay. Warvoc I spent my entire life trapped under the claw of a vicious Draconian queen. After years scheming ways to escape, I’m finally free and not only the captain of my own destiny but Captain of the junkiest ship flying, The Decrepit. She might not be much to look at, but she’s all mine. I don’t know what got into me when I saw the small, pale, childlike alien females being sold. It was impossible to look away from their bruised faces and the hurt in their eyes. Closing in, I see they’re not children, but fully grown queens. When one of them attacks her captor, I can’t stand by. I manage to save two of them. I’m proud of my very first benevolent act for all of ten microns. That’s when the trouble starts. The mouthy one instigates a mutiny on my ship. She convinces my crew to fly my bucket of bolts back into the heart of darkness to face an enemy we have no hope of defeating. I want to hate the feisty queen. I want to despise her. But I can’t. I understand her. Her drive, her passion, and instead of hating her, I want her. When she offers herself, I jump at the chance. I don’t know why I’m surprised when she double crosses me and steals my ship along with half my crew. I’m going to track this wretched female to the ends of the galaxy but what I’ll do when I find her is anyone’s guess.

When things get dangerous, your backs against the wall, and the only person who’s willing to help is a massive dragon warrior with gleaming scales, sharp fangs and huge talon tipped wings… Drakon I’m an outcast, a scavenger, a lone trader making meager runs between isolated planets on the outer rim. It’s quiet, outside the occasional pirate, and I like it. My desire for fortune, wealth and glory are a far away dream until I stumble upon a beautiful human queen. One look at her and I will move worlds to make her mine. She doesn’t trust me because she’s been hurt and that has left her untrusting of all aliens. I’m intent on earning her trust, but right when I think I’m making progress, we’re attacked by a pirate seeking revenge. Instead, he and his crew take her. I'll save her even if it means sacrificing my own life. Betsie First contact with the cat faced aliens went badly. They abducted me and I became an object of their abuses. When I’m ‘rescued’ by a large, scaly green alien with claws, fangs and huge talon tipped wings, I’m not feeling hopeful about trading alien masters. Stranded on an uninhabited planet after his rescue, I’m slowly accepting the fact that he’s different than my former masters. When I’m noticing how insanely handsome the dragon looking alien is, and how hot he looks without a shirt on, all hell breaks loose. I had no idea that we were being hunted or that a group of pirates is intent on getting revenge against Drakon. Or that their plans include selling me back into slavery. When they attack, Drakon and I are forced to work together in order to survive. The pirates have us outgunned at every turn and when they capture me, I’m forced to accept that this time there will be no rescue. My one hope is the Draconian warrior who might or might not be coming.