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New York Times best-selling author Kylie Scott presents two stand-alone novellas in this must-listen collection. Colonist's Wife: She'll run to the far corners of space to avoid her violent history, hide her true identity, and pass herself off as a mail-order bride. But no one can escape their past forever. And as for her new husband...well, he's nothing like she expected.

Vesta Colony has a problem: Aliens are snatching men until they disappear for good. Humanity's defensive forces are stretched too thin to help a distant outpost, and so, the desperate founders, as well as their investors, are given the bad option of recruiting the worst while bribing the rest.

After the journey to Emporium that was wrought with secrets and devastating alien attacks, Alex and his family hunger for more knowledge. He's desperate to find out more about his own people—the reclusive Atlanteans who were once chased off Earth by primitive humans. Alex and his family travel to the border planet of Crossroads, where they can begin their search for answers. Their arrival at Crossroads leads to turmoil from the very beginning. With danger around every corner, Alex must contend with deadly assassins and alien gangsters in his quest to reach Atlantis.

Vesta Colony has a problem, aliens are snatching men until they disappear for good. Humanity's defensive forces are stretched too thin to help a distant outpost, and so, the desperate founders, as well as their investors, are given the bad option of recruiting the worst while bribing the rest. When Alex's wife was murdered, he turned full vigilante. After years of having a sterling record, he found himself willingly incarcerated to exact his vengeance. His incarceration eats at his soul until an offer too good to refuse from Vesta Colony changes his fate.

На отдаленных планетах всегда требуются люди. Если ты не специалист и не хочешь стать пушечным мясом в войнах с чужими, то выбор прост: или прозябаешь на Земле, работая от заката до рассвета за копейки, либо летишь к новой планете. Там у тебя шансы 50 на 50. Не повезет—умрешь от клыков и когтей диких животных, или будешь убит более удачливыми коллегами. Ну а если повезет—станешь вполне себе респектабельным и уважаемым человеком в новом, строящемся мире. Мире, который строил в том числе и ты.