Joy Smith is a correspondent for The Ensign and a contributor to SAIL, Latitudes and Attitudes, and other boating periodicals.

At my wedding, I was betrayed. My fiance made me into a laughingstock and left me to be mocked brutally by the guests. I was shocked, swamped and heartbroken when the Alpha of the enemy pack, the most powerful and desired man in the city came to me. “Are you here to humiliate me too?” I asked. “Amber Collins,” he replied softly, and his thumb gently caressed my cheek. “Will you take me as your husband?” However, not until a long time later, I found out that none of this was a coincidence. ** He lays me on my side. “I’ve wanted to mark you for as long as I've known you...” he murmurs as he presses himself harder against my body. “Wa... Wait...” I gasp. But it's impossible. There's no way to stop it. It's a force of nature. A nature that I’m all his, body and soul. Marriage First, Mate Second is created by Reina Bellevue, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

A love story, a modern escape fantasy and a funny, sharp, observant page-turner of a read. How is it that someone who gets seasick and loves her two showers a day attempted to sail across the Pacific in a small yacht with her new husband and baby? It can be summed up in two words. Love. Adventure. Yep, there is the love of adventure, which is pretty self explanatory. And then there is love with a capital L, which needs a little more explaining. In Mrs Blacksmith's (aka Angela Meyer) words: 'I should have known that a life on the high seas was on the cards when our wedding cake featured a cut out of a sailing ship. The old sea dog had spent 6 years circumnavigating the wild waters of NZ. Four years ago while sitting quietly at a bar minding his own business he was introduced to me, and like a mermaid, with my amazing singing voice (and probably my rack and witticisms) I lured him onto the land.' For a woman who ran a dance troupe called the Real Hot Bitches and a dating site called The Man Bank, the move to wife, mother and globe-trotting sailor has been a giant step! This is a love story, a modern escape fantasy and a funny, sharp, observant page-turner of a read. A popular blog turned memoir/adventure story - wonderful humour.

It was supposed to be a simple mission. Locate a kidnapper’s vessel. Rescue the woman. Return her home. Collect a reward. Instead, the First Mate of the Gypsy Moth finds himself married to a galactic crime lord’s daughter and fighting off those that would make her a widow. Busy watching his back, while keeping her safe, Damon misses the deadliest attack of all. The one on his heart. She’s taken it, and he’s got to decide whether giving up his freedom is worth the price of love. Genre: galactic romance, space romance, cyborg romance, alien romance, science fiction romance, science fiction action and adventure, sci-fi romance

A true story of newlyweds on a four-and-a-half year circumnavigation aboard a sailboat. Single for many years, with her children grown, Sharon Ragle found herself facing a solitary future. Little did she know that one step off her familiar path would lead to adventure, romance and a life at sea.

STEAMY HOT SCI-FI ALIEN ROMANCE COLLECTION 4 Standalone Romance Short Stories With No Cliffhanger More Than Human A thousand years into the future and Earth is still in a frenzied war between countries who wish to rule each other. Between the battles is Trevor Noble. Injured on the field, his life hangs in the balance as he’s flown to a local Navy hospital. Enter Dr. Lena Clark, a world-renowned scientist and surgeon, who brings him back from the brink of death and transforms his body into the greatest weapon known to humans. As he becomes accustomed to his cyborg body, he struggles with feelings for the sweet doctor, who has started to feel the same. Their attraction could be frowned upon, but that doesn’t concern them as a much darker threat looms just outside the atmosphere, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. The preoccupied Earth doesn’t notice until it’s too late, the proud countries distracted by war. How many men would it take to save the Earth? Perhaps only one. Hearts of Pelia When it’s time for Prince Kivan of Peilia, playboy of the galaxy, to take on his crown and all the duties that come along with it, he had no idea that his parents would be picking a mate for him. Fearing the thought of a lifelong bond to someone insufferable, he makes a deal with his parents to find his own bride. But what happens when the Earth girl he chooses proves to be more of a lover than his paid placeholder? Lydia Taggart was short on cash and even shorter on time as she faced eviction after losing her job, but running into an old friend brought her the opportunity of a lifetime. Getting paid to pretend to be some alien’s date should have been a walk in the park, but Lydia certainly bit off more than she could chew. Kivan and Lydia are in for the shock of their lives and their hearts, when the lines between business and pleasure become blurred with an unexpected passion. Love will blossom, but can it last when the contract that binds them threatens these hearts of Peilia? Cosmically Yours There's no way to escape the grip of fate, especially when the balance of the universe is at stake. Find out how Amelia and Ero'an make the greatest difference by using their love as a platform for peace! Some part of Amelia Stone is sure she was made for greater things. Her love for space and anything cosmically-related had always made her stand out, and it was no surprise when she dove into astronomy studies in college. Soon after she begins studying, a series of dreams leads her to a field where a beam of light shines down, rapidly pulling her up into the inky sky she had come to love. Appearing before her is the great prince of the universe, Ero'an Sol, who hails from the furthest reaches of the galaxy searching for a beautiful woman to be his wife – and confesses it was purely an accident picking up Amelia. Their personalities are at odds in the beginning, but that quickly gives way to fondness as their adventures take them all over the stretch of existence and to something that seems even more real than the cosmos itself – love and a family that would inspire peace within the galaxy. Out of This World Talia was only a child when it was revealed that aliens have been living among the human race for many years, and that they’ve always been planning a rebellion. She’s grown up in the war, and has become a badass, loner fighter because of that. But life in the middle of the war isn’t always easy, and soon she gets captured by the enemy. As she spends time with the people that she’s spent her entire life fighting against, she starts to notice a bond building, a common ground, but that quickly turns into something more scandalous, which might just threaten absolutely everything…

Written from a cook's perspective, this book helps you choose supplies and provisions to fit your cooking styles and teaches you to plan and execute workable menus at sea, and in harbour. It includes up-to-date information on water, stoves, refrigeration, nutrition, food safety, storage, menu planning and clean up, with a special feature on recipe development and a set of original recipes.

Caswell offers advice on everything from choosing the right cruising area, a good company to charter from and selecting a suitable boat, to dealing with common problems encountered on charters.