How do you pretend to be mates with someone you don't even like?
Bethany
My cooking showâs ratings are the pits, and my producers are threatening to take it off the air. When my sister wins tickets to an alien space cruise, I think Iâve found the solution: the world is in love with aliens right now, so why not use alien chefs as guests? Except when I set up my first interview, the frustratingly handsome alien chef canât even get my birthday cake right. Izhima
Iâm not a people person. Iâm a food person. And I just want to be left alone to cook. But when a human female barges into my kitchen and tries to sabotage my latest recipe, she ends up ejecting us both out of the airlock. Now I have to risk my own life to get the unconscious woman to safety.
But when the human wakes up with amnesia and the dirtbag crew of a salvage ship starts eyeing her in unsavory ways, I have to convince everyoneâincluding the female herselfâthat sheâs my mate. And the once-abrasive female is becoming more tempting by the minuteâŚ
This forced proximity, enemies to lovers romance is full of "touch her and you die" moments with a grumpy alien chef who saves a human female with amnesia. Survive thrilling adventures on a hostile space ship, laugh over cute and funny comedy moments, and fall in love with a unique paranormal fantasy shapeshifter who will be a warrior for his fated mate.
(Izhima was an abridged story in the Claimed Among the Stars charity anthology in July 2022. This is the full version with almost double the content, including the hero's point of view, an epilogue for the couple, and a series wrap-up on board the Romantasy. Enjoy!)
How do you pretend to be mates with someone you don't even like?
Bethany
My cooking showâs ratings are the pits, and my producers are threatening to take it off the air. When my sister wins tickets to an alien space cruise, I think Iâve found the solution: the world is in love with aliens right now, so why not use alien chefs as guests? Except when I set up my first interview, the frustratingly handsome alien chef canât even get my birthday cake right. Izhima
Iâm not a people person. Iâm a food person. And I just want to be left alone to cook. But when a human female barges into my kitchen and tries to sabotage my latest recipe, she ends up ejecting us both out of the airlock. Now I have to risk my own life to get the unconscious woman to safety.
But when the human wakes up with amnesia and the dirtbag crew of a salvage ship starts eyeing her in unsavory ways, I have to convince everyoneâincluding the female herselfâthat sheâs my mate. And the once-abrasive female is becoming more tempting by the minuteâŚ
This forced proximity, enemies to lovers romance is full of "touch her and you die" moments with a grumpy alien chef who saves a human female with amnesia. Survive thrilling adventures on a hostile space ship, laugh over cute and funny comedy moments, and fall in love with a unique paranormal fantasy shapeshifter who will be a warrior for his fated mate.
(Izhima was an abridged story in the Claimed Among the Stars charity anthology in July 2022. This is the full version with almost double the content, including the hero's point of view, an epilogue for the couple, and a series wrap-up on board the Romantasy. Enjoy!)