Alien Encounters
by Dominique Tomas, Jane Toombs, Ashley Ladd, Joy Nash

In this quartet of novellas, four women discover love they never hoped to find, with a lover from beyond the stars....

Stolen Brides by Ashley Ladd:
Boeing 747 pilot Kat Craven knows she's in deep trouble when two terrorists barge into her cockpit. When she's sucked into a vortex , she only wishes they were terrorists. No Navy Seals or Green Beret will come to her rescue ... across the galaxy, 400 years into the future.

Dream Guardian by Joy Nash:
Jewel's new neighbor claims he's a fugitive from outer space. She thinks he's kidding, but for a guy with a body like Dar's, Jewel is willing to overlook a bad joke. Dar's escape from slavery on another planet has left him stranded on Earth at the worst possible time--without a psychic lover to protect him during a harrowing mental trial known as the Dream Journey, he will go insane. In Jewel, Dar recognizes his salvation. Only one question haunts him: will the passionate Earth woman survive her role as Dream Guardian?

Some Assembly Required by Dominique Tomas:
Rahzel was a Mind Diver, living in physical isolation while linking her brain directly to the planetary computer system to keep everything running. Then a block of alien data infiltrated the system and she began to experience some extremely vivid and disturbing hallucinations. When La'rus stole into her system, she discovered a totally new meaning to "virtual reality."

The Loveland Curse by Jane Toombs:
Misfit Zenna is thrilled to meet a sexy stranger at the Burning Man Festival. Despite the incredible passion they share, he turns out to be far stranger than she ever imagined, so strange her only alternative may be to kill him....

Rating: Contains graphic sex and potentially offensive language as well as mild violence and adult themes.

Other Books by Dominique Tomas

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Dominique Tomas' Bio

Dominique Tomas has been writing since high school, taking many side trips into science fiction and fantasy as well as screenwriting, before landing in romance. "Some Assembly Required" has its roots in a story that Analog rejected quite a few years ago, but with all that experience since then and a healthy dash of romance thrown in, the story finally works!

Please visit her web site, or let her know you loved the story (ok, you can write if you only liked it) by writing to her at: [email protected].