Beauty and the Space Beast

It's her father's debt, but she'll have to pay the price.

When a notorious pirate captain comes to collect, Mara sees her chance—her past is a mystery, and she needs answers her father refuses to give. Offering to take her father's place in the ruthless alien's crew might be the craziest thing she's ever done, but with a can-do attitude and a knack for fixing things, she's sure she can handle anything that comes her way.

Torak can’t afford distractions. Stealing a man’s daughter to settle a debt should have been straightforward, but Mara is nothing like the captain expected. Clever, talented, and beautiful—she's got no business being stuck with a monster like him. She sees past his thorns. She thinks there's more to him.

And that's why she has to go.

When the truth of Mara's past surfaces and lives are on the line, Torak must choose between his loyalty and his love. Can he be the hero she sees in him, or is he destined to be the beast forever?

Beauty and the Space Beast is one of eight re-imagined stories in STAR-CROSSED FAIRYTALES, a collection of standalone books featuring spacey, science-fiction twists on your favorite classic tales. Read the series in any order for more exciting adventures of self-discovery, acceptance, and love in the farthest reaches of the universe.