Showing results by publisher "Tantor Media" in Science Fiction

As I walk across the parking lot, my mind on another day of teaching third-graders, I'm taken. Abducted by nonhumans. Aliens. Monsters, one might call them. I certainly do. When I'm taken again - from aliens by aliens - my dire circumstances are worsened by an immensely irritating male named Jax. He is brutal, crude, arrogant, and obnoxious. Everything I dislike in a man. Apparently, he is also quite broken, and he thinks I'm beautiful. Me. How on earth am I supposed to resist him? I suppose on earth, I could. But we're not on earth anymore, and all bets are off.

There are worse ways to make a living than traveling the worlds killing men. Especially if you're a woman with a grudge and a gift. Like me. I am part of the Zyrnx, but apart from them, as well. They believe in rescuing slaves. I believe in killing slave masters. I am not a savior of helpless victims - I am a killer of monsters. But as Taal says, sometimes I see a monster where a man stands. And the monster I have come to kill, he believes we are fated mates. Lifemates. Born for each other. I do not believe in such things. I believe in sex, fighting, and death - not love.

Priscilla has spent her life fighting for freedom. Surviving captivity made her strong, but escaping it made her dangerous. The last thing she needs is another dominant, overbearing warrior trying to control her—even if he is the fiercest Niri Warlord to ever grace the planet. Niri Warlord Andear has spent years carving out his legacy, defending a kingdom with discipline and blood. He doesn't lose battles. He doesn't take risks. And he definitely doesn't fall for stubborn, sharp-tongued human females who challenge him at every turn.

Human slave Mila's survival depended on obedience—until she uncovered a secret that made her a target. Beaten, imprisoned, and left with no way out, she never expected a Naga warrior to destroy her chains. Niri General Brivul had no reason to risk everything for a human. But the moment he saw Mila, defiant even in chains, he knew . . . She was his.

In the game, I've become the right hand of the Goddess of Death, and in real life, a board member of a major Corporation. Sounds cool, right? Except now there's a bounty on my head, while in the game, the AI is devouring players' minds. If I don't solve this mystery soon, I'll be next. To win...

I don't dream. I don't desire. At least, I didn't . . . Until they brought her to me. She was human. Fragile. Flawed. And the key to stopping the virus eating my people alive. Dr. Alora Bridges wrote the neural systems that made us weapons. Now, that same code is unraveling us from the inside...

Private Angela McBride stands accused of treason after a diplomatic ceremony goes horribly wrong. Trapped in a military detention center with deadly programming in her brain that activates when she gets too close to the truth, her only hope lies with Zoric—a lizardman warrior sent to observe her interrogation. But Zoric has his own demons to battle, including the loss of a previous mate that nearly destroyed him.

Madrian is one of the twelve ruthless members of the Axis elite. The little Terian female brought to work the lands surrounding his stronghold should be nothing. Invisible. A faceless worker who will never escape imprisonment. But once he sees her, he knows in his dragon heart that she is his...

It's been two months since Sadie O'Dell and her friends discovered the existence of the Wall and took over the Eden Facility, and two months since she and Kimberly Gellar followed Ethan Bennett south to track down and evacuate survivors, and Sadie has finally begun to find some measure of happiness and family after the loss of her brother. But her little family's routine is shattered after they rescue a lone survivor outside of the Demopolis community in Alabama. A fellow survivor and acquaintance from Sadie's past, Dez Ikeda, reveals a potentially devastating discovery he’s made.

When Zora finds a metal orb that she can't identify, despite her experience as a welder and metallurgist, she posts about it online. Big mistake, as she, and the mysterious sphere, end up being abducted in the middle of the night and relocated to an underground cell in Area 51. There she meets Capricorn; hot dude, also a captive, and supposedly some kind of astral warrior. Laughable, right? That's what she thought, until they busted out and teleport to a tower halfway across the world!

When Elena packed up her Earth life to join her sister on the alien planet Thryal, she expected some culture shock. But these aliens treated her like she still believed in flat planets and magic potions! When a crisis hits Thryal's moon colony, suddenly her "primitive" Earth perspective doesn't seem so worthless. Now she's stuck on a failing agricultural station with Rylan, the frustratingly brilliant—and gorgeous—alien lead scientist who actually listens to her ideas.

SAGE The ultimate betrayal on his face when he sees that plug in my hand shatters my cybernetic heart. Helpless, my world turns to chaos, and I spiral downward, crushed by my very own actions. SCOUT Trying to be the hero, I lost it all without even knowing it. The world went on without me...

While exploring ancient catacombs on the alien planet Thryal, Sofia crosses paths with Zaraq, an alien fugitive hiding in the depths. While their meeting might have been odd . . . it also seemed like fate, especially when sparks instantly flew between them. When Zaraq is accused of a murder he didn't commit, Sofia puts her own life at risk to prove his innocence. She's willing to do anything to prove Zaraq is innocent—no matter the cost.

I am Lady Assassin Krunch. Okay, not really. But I'm dressed like her at the CosPlay Con I waited forever to attend. And I play her in the live action role play group I belong to. It's nerdy. I'm aware. But there's not a lot to do for a socially awkward pharmacy technician from Fargo, North Dakota. My life is lonely and boring . . . until I get sucked into a portal through my phone at the Con and tossed into an alternate time on an alien planet. Turns out I am Assassin Krunch after all because this planet makes all your desires come true.

Carmen thought her grandparents left her a house, but instead she finds Arccoo, an alien prince, hiding in the attic. Trapped on Earth, he has no way home until rescue arrives. Except he's on Earth just long enough for romance to spark between him and Carmen. When Arccoo leaves for his home planet of Thryal, Carmen decides she's not ready to let the sinfully seductive alien go. With her sisters' help, they repair the damage to the ship he left behind and race after the alluring alien.

Leo's life is a living hell. He lost his wife and baby to a monster and blames himself. He's spent years trying to overcome the guilt, but it turns out heavy drinking isn't a solution. When the boss of the Zodiac Warriors orders him to seek help, he ends up spilling his guts in a shrink's office. However, the attractive woman isn't falling for his pity party—and knows he's hiding something.

As a pirate, Willow Jackson has stolen hundreds of ships, if not thousands, but this ship is the first with someone on board. Trigg Lorrz, brother of the ship's owner and son of the king of Lorr, a powerful alien race, is . . . her hostage? He also happens to be Willow's one-night stand from the night before, the hottest lay she's ever had, and pretty much the epitome of her type. But they're both about to become hostages of Jorvlen attackers, who have a grudge against them both.

On a ruined world, I fell in love with a monster. And now he's back. Not that it matters. He is an orc warrior. I am a human woman. Amid a blasted Earth ruined by invasion, Yggy was always kind to me. His handsome face caused me to fall in love. Until one night, when I realized his love for me would lead to my death. Against all protests from my heart, I had to leave Yggy. But my orc never stopped searching for me. He never gave up. He always loved me. But when he found me, he found someone else that shocked him to his core. Our child.