Family Operas

A brutal war made her a legend. Peace might be the thing that breaks her. Captain Zara Holden thought the hardest part was over. The Syndicate War is officially history, her old battlecruiser is being cut up for scrap, and the United Galactic Nations have given her a sleek new flagship: the UNSS Nostromo, an “exploration partner” meant to carry soft power to the ragged edge of known space. But the frontier hasn’t forgotten what the coreworlds did in its name—and neither has Zara. Her crew is a tangle of old wounds and new secrets: A gifted young navigator whose instincts border on ...

Every Broken Arrow Universe novel is a complete standalone romance set in the same world. There is no required reading order. *** Perfect for fans of Firefly, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, and Mass Effect, this found-family space adventure delivers high-stakes, slow-burn romance and one mechanic fighting for her place in a world that left her behind. *** I was supposed to wake up and take my final mechanic's certification exam. Instead, I woke up two hundred years too late. Alone, forgotten and stranded in a future where I don't officially exist. I have nothing and no one. No one ...

Stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, a spy must survive and uncover a conspiracy in the first book of an epic space opera trilogy by an award‑winning author. She's a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they're found...

HUMANITY HAS FALLEN. ONLY ONE SHIP CAN SAVE US. After a disastrous encounter with an alien species, Captain Roc Masters finds himself exiled on a rundown station in the asteroid belt, commanding an ancient starship with a near-mutinous crew. Just as he finally resigns himself to his fate, the aliens return to attack Earth. With the inner worlds crumbling and most of the Earth and Martian navies sidelined or destroyed, it's up to Roc and his lone starship to hold the line. He knows he must gather together what little humanity there is beyond the asteroid belt and make a stand against the ...

They crossed the stars to build a new home. But by the time they arrived, humanity was already a ghost. After the harrowing journey of the Aurora across centuries and light-years, Captain Morrow and her mismatched crew hoped to find an untouched world ripe for hope and rebuilding. Instead, they awaken to a silent planet—its cities shattered, its stations derelict, and the only survivor a centuries-old, half-human being whose memories might be as dangerous as they are vital. Determined to understand their fate and claim a place in this impossible future, Morrow’s crew must navigate the ...

She’s a pirate captain fighting for freedom. She’s the scientist who built the empire’s deadliest weapon. To save the galaxy, they’ll have to trust each other. Captain Xylia is a legend and a ghost, a rogue pirate carving out a life of defiance in a galaxy choked by the tyrannical, patriarchal Commonwealth. With her loyal all-female crew aboard the formidable Stardust Siren, she strikes at the heart of the empire, liberating oppressed worlds and fighting for a future she’s not sure can exist. Dr. Adelia Reyes is a mind without equal, trapped by her own genius. The revolutionary ...

She screamed into the void. He answered. Tessa Chen has survived raiders, poverty, and the death of the husband she loved. But when slavers descend on her frontier colony, she faces the one thing she can't fight: losing her son. In her moment of absolute desperation, she sends a psychic cry for help—without knowing anyone could hear it. Three hundred years of silence. Shattered in an instant. Rhydian the Deathless hasn't felt hope since the war that destroyed his world and killed everyone he loved. He's spent centuries as a weapon without purpose—until a human woman's fierce love ...

On opening night, murder takes center stage. Savannah Stanton's perfect date night turns deadly when Spring Grove's dinner theater production ends with a real murder instead of a staged one. The murder weapon? Sweet Springs Bakery's engraved cake knife. The suspects? Nearly everyone in the theater company. As Savannah and Sheriff Cole Hensley navigate backstage drama, bitter rivalries, and opening night chaos, they'll discover that behind the curtain, someone has staged the perfect crime.

2025 Oprah’s Book Club Pick New York Times Bestseller “Fresh, wise, funny, and compassionate…Cinematic from the outset, Dream State opens (just as if a circular lens were unscrewing) upon a beloved old family homestead, site of a doomed wedding—descriptions so warm and attentive, a...

Out from under my brother’s thumb, I want only one thing: survive. Falling for my green protector? Definitely not part of the plan. Elyssa I’ve spent my life under my brother’s iron control. When I finally escape, my goal is simple: deliver the data I stole to the one person I can trust. But fate has other ideas. An explosion leaves me stranded and surrounded by my brother’s vengeful gang. Desperate, I have no choice but to trust the last male I should—a green-skinned, feral warrior who’s as deadly as he is tempting. Tass claims he’s here to protect me, but the look in his ...

He stole my freedom to save his honor. I’ll steal his heart to reclaim my future. Alexandra This is not how my story ends. I’m Alexandra Turner—Manhattan-born, Prada-bred, and impossible to break. Sure, my bank account might be empty, my credit cards maxed out, and now I’m abducted by some muscle-bound alien brute. He watches me like I’m his prize, but if he thinks I’ll play along, he’s delusional. Fine, he stole me. Big deal. I know how to survive, and I’m not above playing dirty to win. He’s all brawn and fury, but there’s something in his gaze that stirs me—a ...

The spellbinding series continues. Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley's epic saga of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters constellation. Read by Hattie Morahan (The Burning Chambers, Girl with a Pearl...

They came to train. They found a war that began 50,000 years ago. In the swirling crimson mists of the Carmine Nebula, what starts as a routine training mission for Crix Nakato and his navigator protégé, Izzy, turns into a nightmare. A haunting disturbance in the Vermillium network—what Izzy can only describe as screaming—triggers echoes of an ancient threat long thought vanquished. When Pixel, the strange fox-like companion linked to Izzy, begins to change, the danger becomes impossible to ignore. Called back to the heart of the Navigator Collective, Crix must confront a chilling ...

A betrayed political trophy wife falls for a much younger man and reconsiders her ideas of life and love in this fun, steamy novel—perfect for fans of Tia Williams and Shonda Rhimes. "The Art of Scandal hit every beat for me. This wildly steamy, utterly heartwarming novel is all about finding...

The galaxy isn’t saved by heroes—it’s saved by the stubborn, the broken, and the slightly unhinged. Across shattered star empires, forbidden timelines, and battlefields that burn brighter than suns, ordinary people keep picking up impossible weapons and doing extraordinary damage. In The Voidwalker Chronicles, fleet captains and outlaws fight wars where victory costs more than death. In The Crimson Deathbringer saga, alien forces attack Earth and discover humanity is far more dangerous than they predicted. And in The Scarlet Queen series, a seductive mercenary and a nerdy scientist ...

Discover a fantastical story inspired by The Phantom of the Opera, as musical magicians compete for the once-in-a-lifetime role as the King's Mage, but only if their magic—or fellow contestants—don't destroy them first—perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Erin Morgenstern. For as long as...

Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award‑winning author Megan E. O’Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have found a new home on Seventh Cradle. But the peace they’ve built is short-lived as mysterious assailants...

They can rip me apart, but they’ll never tear me from her. Tyrxie I didn’t know I was human until Xandor told me, promising to show me Earth after his mission. But aboard the Mutalisk's Hammer, Scythian drones attack. My fated mate saves me and the crew, but his reckless heroics crashes him onto Nebia—enemy territory. Through our bond, I feel his pain, his life slipping away, and I’ve spent too long running to lose him now. If the Nebians won’t listen, I’ll save him myself, no matter the cost. Xandor risked everything for me. I’ll do the same for him. Xandor Krogoth didn’t ...

When Charise Lee, a young Asian Canadian soprano, is found stabbed in the heart backstage during rehearsals, she suddenly goes from scarcely being seen as a star to taking center stage. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith thought he'd just be carrying a rapier in Tosca as a favor to his beloved Annabel, but now they're both being pressured by the panicked theater board to unmask a killer. Providing accompaniment will be former homicide detective, current P.I., and eternal opera fan Raymond Pawkins.

Lee's parents and their business partner, Gordon, found a class A habitable planet. They thought their quest as explorers was over and they'd live a life of ease. But before they could return and register their claim, Lee's parents died doing a survey of the surface. That left Lee two-thirds owner of the claim and their partner Gordon obligated by his word with her parents to raise Lee. She had grown up aboard the ship with her uncle Gordon and he was the only family she'd ever known. Him adopting her was an obvious arrangement to them.