Jaen joins a band of misfit pirates on one last salvage mission. She’s here to make a quick buck and get out. Fast. Falling in love is the last thing on her mind. She comes from a world and time where romance always comes with a steep price. Jaen can’t lose more than she already has in the war that devastated her colony. Then she meets him… The brooding, horned alien male, Gavriel, is exactly like every other space pirate. Cold. Dark. Seductive. He’s got a chiseled body from fighting his way across the galaxy and a warrior’s heart to match. But he’s the last alien in the universe Jaen should ever end up with… Pirates are too dangerous and she’s been burned too many times to count. What makes Gavriel so different from the rest?

A standalone instalove alien romance from author Ashlyn Hawkes. Layla Houghton just wants to get ahead in life for once. She’s been fired from too many jobs to count, gone through far too many duds as boyfriends, and she’s ready to just have things go her way. When she’s seized by an alien, Layla can only throw up her hands and laugh, but that stops quickly after he uses the words “mate” and “marriage.” ​​​​​​​No way, no how, but this alien is not only persistent. He’s also the hottest man she’s ever met… Trigger warning: this book includes some dark themes like consent and assault, but love will always win. No cliffhanger. Keywords: alien abduction romance, science fiction romance, scifi romance, paranormal romance, science fiction, standalone, happy end, happy ending, alpha male, fantasy romance, urban fantasy, steamy romance, happily ever after, romance, ebooks to read and download, scifi romance, alien abduction, alien romance, collection, box set, boxed set, Zenobia Renquist, Kate Rudolph, Starr Huntress, Sedona Venez, Regine Abel, Roxie Ray, Lee Savino, Renee Rose, Milly Taiden, Ava Hunter, Ruby Dixon, Jenny Foster, Elizabeth Stephens, Margo Bond Collins, Stasia Black, Lisa Lace

Slow to rise in the literary world, Octavia Estelle Butler cultivated musings on earth's future, reaching massive critical acclaim in the process. This companion will complement book club discussions and classroom lessons for the closest possible readings of Butler's science fiction and her texts on racism and pollution. A maven of speculative fiction so prescient that it hovers between tocsin and prophecy, Butler survives through her print stories, essays, novels and musings on individualism and compromise. This book guides the reader on a variety of Butler pieces, from her most obscure titles to her historical entries and pieces that speculate upon science, metaphysics, linguistics, psychology, writing and religion. The text serves as a guide through the depths of Octavia Butler's works and reinforces the reasons for which her name so often appears on reading lists for higher learning.

Recent films are increasingly using themes and conventions of science fiction such as dystopian societies, catastrophic environmental disasters, apocalyptic scenarios, aliens, monsters, time travel, teleportation, and supernatural abilities to address cosmopolitan concerns such as human rights, climate change, economic precarity, and mobility. This book identifies and analyses the new transnational turn towards cosmopolitanism in science fiction cinema since the beginning of the twenty-first century. The book considers a wide selection of examples, including case studies of films such as Elysium, In Time, 2012, Andrew Niccol’s The Host, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, and Cloud Atlas. It also questions the seeming cosmopolitanism of these narratives and exposes how they sometimes reproduce social hierarchies and exploitative practices. Dealing with diverse, interdisciplinary concerns represented in cinema, this book in the Studies in Global Genre Fiction series will be of interest to readers and scholars working in the fields of science fiction, film and media studies, cosmopolitanism, border theory, popular culture, and cultural studies. It will also appeal to fans of science fiction cinema and literature.

When a life-threatening accident nearly kills Izzorah, the thought of losing him is too much to bear. Luc breaks the highest law among immortals and saves him by a transfusion of blood. But instead of a simple cure, Luc's blood triggers a latent power, and an ability no one expected. Could his precious Izzorah be Luc's forever love? One thing is certain. Once Luc sets his mind to a thing, what Luc wants, Luc gets. But to claim Izzorah's full surrender, Luc must first offer his own... ♥If you'd like a cuddly cinnamon roll hero who purrs, and an alpha male who has met his emotional match, these MM Sci-Fi Romance books are just what you've been looking for. Extra points if you prefer your love scenes with sensuality than steam.

Collects Sigil #1-4. In the war for forever, time is only an obstacle. Warriors jump from century to century; their battlefields span all of history, but have led them to a stalemate. But now, a 16-year-old girl from present-day South Carolina will turn the tide. The symbol on her chest makes her part of this war, but will she save us - or damn all creation?

"A complete and detailed guide to crime on film: prison dramas, film noir, heist movies, juvenile delinquents, serial killers, bank robbers, and many other subgenres and motifs. The historical and social background to movie crime is covered by articles on the FBI, the Mafia, the Japanese yakuza, prohibition, boxing, union rackets, drugs, poisoning, prostitution, and many other topics."--Cover.