Hey there, dear readers! In case you haven't heard, I have a novella in this new anthology! I'm privileged to appear in the company of such accomplished writers. Read about our stories below, and get your copy here.

Outer-Rim Rescue by Libby Doyle
When ex-cop Jane Mwanda is hired by a powerful woman to retrieve her runaway daughter, she tracks the girl to a planet controlled by the notorious Rell Syndicate, where she’s promptly locked up by sexy strongman Tian Wei. The good news? Jane’s pretty sure the girl she’s been sent to rescue is in the same facility. The bad news? They’re both a hair’s breadth away from being sex-trafficked. Jane doesn’t know what to think when Tian Wei liberates them, considering she’d written him off as scum despite her powerful attraction. She’ll need his help if she expects to keep the girl safe and escape the Outer Rim, where violence is currency and everyone is on the take. Problem is, she has no idea if she can trust him.

An Unforgiving Desert  by S. J. Pajonas
When their class ship is hijacked during the final exam, and Skylar and Kalvin are marooned in the desert, they have a long way to go to make it to safety, if they don't kill each other first. Will they make it out of the unforgiving desert in one piece?
 
Pirate Spark by Carysa Locke
Vashti has spent her entire life trying to prevent the war she foresaw in her nightmares. Having failed, she must now find an advantage for her people, or watch as it rips the galaxy, and her people, apart.
 
The Rogue's Heart by Erin Hayes
Faced with a failing heart, space pirate Clementine Jones and her crew must come up with the cash to buy her a new one in a brutal, unforgiving galaxy.
 
Spacer's Third Law by Christina Westcott
Stranded at an isolated space station, Bru Thorsson must hire a second licensed pilot for her salvage ship before she's allowed to undock, but the only candidate for the job is a burned out ex-marine who is still reliving the horrors of the war and doesn't want the job, leaving Bru one last desperate option—shanghai him.