Fifteen Authors. Fifteen Original Stories. One Out-of-This-World Collection. Fifteen best-selling, award-winning, and debut authors united by their love of romance, adventure, and HEAs present sweet and steamy short stories in this anthology. With spice levels ranging from tender to volcanic and settings including alien civilizations, distant terraformed planets, spaceships full of futuristic technology, a decadent nightclub, and a gangster’s interstellar casino, Tempted by Celestial Bodies offers tales for every taste. This inclusive collection also features LGBTQ and demi representation. Let yourself be tempted by stories of alien warriors, star-crossed lovers, fated mates, and futuristic adventures on this journey across the galaxy and into the vast wonders and passions of the human heart. Includes stories by Aurelie Bell, Charissa Weaks, Elisse Hay, Erin Fulmer, J. E. McDonald, jem zero, Kristin Jacques, Lily Riley, Lisa Edmonds, Lita Grey, Megan Van Dyke, Mindi Briar, S. C. Grayson, S. L. Choi, and Winter Elliott. Edited by Lisa Edmonds.
Authors
CHARISSA WEAKS is an award-winning author of romantic and historical fantasy. She crafts stories with time travel, myth, magick, and the occasional apocalyptic quest. Charissa resides just south of Nashville with her family, two wrinkly English Bulldogs, and the sweetest German Shepherd in existence. When she’s not writing, you can find Charissa lost in a good book or digging through four-hundred-year-old texts for research. To keep up with her writing endeavors and to gain access to writing freebies and book giveaways, join her newsletter, The Monthly Courant or join her facebook group, Rebel Readers.
S.L. Choi is an urban fantasy author with a deep love for humor, fast-paced action, and hit-you-in-the-heart feels. She grew up imagining goblins living in the rocks outside her bedroom window, while fairies flew through the flowers. Now she puts those stories to paper. When not writing, she is either photographing the beautiful New England area, hiking, gaming with her equally nerdy husband, or attending to the small furry overlord who rules them both. BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/s-l-choi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slchoi\_author/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@slchoi\_author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSLChoi ALL LINKS: https://linktr.ee/SLChoi
Mother of two, caffeine addict, sleep deprived book eater. Kristin Jacques writes primarily speculative fiction, dabbling with dark adventures, monsters, mayhem, and the occasional sarcastic zombie. When not at her computer spinning tales she is generally herding cats or snuggling with her gremlins. A Multi Award Winning Author of Fantastical YA & Adult Fiction.
Megan Van Dyke is a fantasy romance author with a love for all things that include magic and kissing. Many of her stories include themes of family (whether born into or found) and a sense of home and belonging, which are important aspects of her life as well. Megan also watched way too many Disney movies as a child, and adult, and has a deep love for fairytales and happily-ever-afters. Megan is a former IT risk and security executive and current stay-at-home mom. When not writing, Megan loves to cook, play video games, explore the great outdoors, and spend time with her family. A southerner by birth and at heart, Megan currently lives with her family in Colorado.
Mindi Briar's favorite book as a child was "Commander Toad in Space," an early sign that she was destined to become a gigantic nerd. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and three cats, two of whom are named after punctuation marks. She will be your friend if you offer tea, or if you want to talk about Star Wars. She is the author of Adrift in Starlight (May 2022) and Petrichor Blooms (November 2022) with City Owl Press.
