The galaxy is a big place and the Thousand Worlds, though less than a tithe of its vastness, is still enormous beyond imagining, full of wonders and horrors, as well as expressions of good and manifestations of evil that almost defy description. The berezi of planet Jasan, destined soul-mates of triplet male sets of that world, have encountered evil in many forms, and have been its target again and again. But, never in the two decades since Lariah Daniels became Jasan’s first berezi in a millennium, have any of these extraordinary women faced the kind of monstrous evil that threatens to overwhelm and destroy Rikki Bearen. Rikki, an exuberantly sunny young woman studying art on a distant world, returns home unexpectedly and in obvious flight from some unknown and terrible threat, no one having heard from her for months. She is half-starved, exhausted, hunted, and carrying a tiny baby in her arms who is undoubtedly her child, yet who could not have been born and reached her present age in the time since Rikki was last seen by her parents. Once on Jasan, Rikki quickly encounters her Rami, the male set with whom she is fated to be joined. Kyrus, Kash, and Kasper Bearen have longed for a family for well over a century. They are excited the moment they realize Rikki is their berezi, then immediately fly into a rage when they see the child. Jealous of the man who they are certain has been with the woman destined for them, they terrify Rikki who takes the baby and runs, resolved to leave Jasan and make a life for herself and the child on another world. Why isn’t Rikki safely attending classes at art school instead of appearing on Jasan like a fugitive? How did the child even come into being? What happened to Rikki and her child? Why are they both so scared? From what evil does Rikki flee? As answers to these question are slowly revealed, Rikki and the Bearens struggle with the powerful attraction that draws them irresistibly into each other’s arms in the face of the fear and anger that drive them asunder. Further, as Rikki begins to tell her story, the outlines of a deeply malevolent scheme begin to take shape: one that demonstrates the unspeakable evil that lives in the hearts of some human beings, and that shows the hand of the greatest enemies to the peoples of the Thousand Worlds--a hand seeking the destruction or enslavement of all of its people. Rikki’s Star is a full-length 119,350 word reverse-harem novel--just what fans of Laura Jo Phillips ordered for the New Year. With a story as big as the galaxy and as intimate as a lover’s heart, Rikki’s Star delivers the goods that Laura Jo’s fans expect and, yes, even crave. It is the eighth installment of the “Hearts of Icarus” series and the first installment of a “trilogy within a series,” telling the story of the new generation of Bearen sisters, shifters from birth and each endowed with astonishing and unexpected psychic gifts, as well as profound gifts of courage, grit, and determination. Many readers will also be interested to know that, in this book Laura Jo cranks up the heat and turns on the kink, weaving into Rikki’s enthralling and compelling emotional journey a highly-charged eroticism that will get the heart pumping and blood flowing to all the right places, hearkening back to The Dracons’ Woman, Laura Jo’s first novel. Anyone who has enjoyed any of the works of Laura Jo Phillips, as well as any aficionado of reverse harem stories, will find Rikki’s Star to be an involving, exciting, heart-rending and--dare we say it--arousing read, fun and satisfying for long-time fans and readers who are new to Laura Jo’s work.

It’s been more than twenty years since Lariah Dracon became Clan Jasani’s first Arima, or destined soulmate to a male-set of triplets, in over 3000 years. Since then a great many more Arimas have been found, soul-linked, and, like Lariah, borne fully Clan Jasani daughters as well as sons. Those first children are now reaching adulthood, and the daughters all seem to have special gifts: psychic abilities, musical talent, capacities as teachers and healers, and many others. But, even among this extraordinary group, Varia Lobo, eldest daughter of Saige Lobo and the High Lord Protectors, stands apart in more ways than even she is aware. Her telepathic abilities forced her to live most of her life in almost complete isolation, apart even from her sisters. Even though a device was eventually created that allows her to live among others without their thoughts filling her mind and destroying her sanity, she still exists in a world of heart-breaking loneliness in which she is denied even the warmth of her parents’ loving touch. Vari, as she prefers to be called, has known for years that Declan, Jay, and Kai Dracon-Bat, the second-ranking male set of Clan Dracon, were supposed to become her Rami--the men with whom she would soul link. She knew that they were brave, strong, handsome, powerful and, let’s not forget, truly well-formed specimens of maleness. She also knew that she could never be with them. Ever. For ten years Vari’s plans to keep her distance from the Dracon-Bats went well. Enter the Doftle, diminutive blue aliens with flesh so dense as to make them virtually unkillable and hearts so black and full of evil that their gleeful sadism shocks even the most seasoned warriors. The Doftle don’t want much--just to destroy every being who lives within the Thousand Worlds. When the Doftle’s plans throw Vari and the Dracon-Bats together, the compelling sexual magnetism drawing them together proves too strong for anyone’s will to withstand. Unfortunately, it will trigger either a destiny more blissful than their wildest expectations, or one more horrible than their darkest nightmares, with the fate of the Thousand Worlds hanging in the balance. Vari’s Choice is the fifth novel in the “Hearts of Icarus” series, continuing the epic and sweeping story begun in The Dracon’s Woman, carried through the “Soul-Linked Saga,” which now extends into the next generation. Characters familiar from the prior series, as well as new ones we are coming to know, are thrown into a future full of adventure, danger, intrigue, passion, and romance. Vari’s Choices is a full-length 123,400 word novel, filled to the brim with the with the passion, emotional insight, excitement, and heart that Laura Jo’s readers have come to expect. **

The Vulpiran brothers, three breathtakingly sexy near identical triplets who shape-shift into creatures much like giant foxes, have been waiting century after century for their Arima, their destined soul mate who will unite their divided souls, tremendously enhance their magic, give them children, and whom they will love and cherish for eternity. And, finally, they have found her, in the person of Honor, known as “Honey,” Davis, a beautiful human obstetrician with a psychic gift for communicating with and healing the unborn. There’s just one teensy little problem—Honey is married to the brilliant Terien scientist, Michael Davis, invited by the Vulpirans to their world to help unravel the mysteries of the enigmatic Xanti, evil spider-like beings from a nearby galaxy bent on the conquest and enslavement of every race in our own. And, Michael and Honey have a five year old child, the adorable and precocious Nica, who wins everyone’s hearts and who has psychic gifts of her own. While Michael races to unlock the puzzle of the Xanti, on which the fate of our own galaxy hinges, Honey and the Vulpirans struggle with the intractable situation in which they find themselves, all the while fighting the powerful emotional connection, not to mention the irresistible sexual magnetism, drawing them together. Their dilemma sends all four on a perilous emotional odyssey, through dangers of the heart and soul as well as dangers posed by Xanti machinations and sabotage and a deadly threat the rises from the ashes of Michael’s secret past to threaten their future together and the innocent life of little Nica. These destined lovers will use all of their magical and psychic gifts, all their wits, all their resolve, and all their courage as they struggle to overcome these challenges, but will they be enough? Will Honor become the Vulpirans' Honor? The Vulpirans' Honor is the sixth full length (107,000+ words) novel in the "Soul Linked Saga" an epic series set in a wonderful universe combining fantasy, romance, and science-fiction in a genre-busting blend praised for its realistic characters, enthralling love stories, outstanding world-building, and steamy sensuality. This offering has what Laura Jo Phillips' fans have come to look forward to in book after book--star spanning adventure, heart-melting love, and incandescent passion.

Book Description Series: Soul-Linked Saga | Publication Date: November 12, 2011 The Lobos’ HeartSong is a full-length 115,000 word novel The sexually-charged interstellar adventure begun in the best-selling The Dracons’ Woman ramps up the action in Book Two of the Soul-Linked Saga, The Lobos’ HeartSong. Lariah Daniels, newly-bonded Princess and pregnant soul-mate to the three Royal Princes of Jasan, has invited her best friend from Earth, library security guard and martial arts practitioner Saige Taylor, to visit her on that distant planet. What was planned as some pleasant girl-bonding time catapults Saige into a series of perilous adventures involving kidnappings, conspiracy, spaceship hijacking, galactic intrigue, a plot by the evil aliens known as the Xanti to destroy the peoples of the Thousand Worlds, and—not to mention—finding out that she may be fated to be joined spiritually and physically with the Lobo brothers, three incredibly gorgeous, nearly identical triplets who shape shift into enormous black and white striped wolves. Saige must call upon her wits, her skills as a fighter, and all the resources of her spirit and heart to meet these challenges and, perhaps, to fulfill her destiny as the Lobos’ HeartSong. The Lobos’ HeartSong is a full-length 115,000 word novel, a fitting follow-up to The Dracons’ Woman, and is chock-full of the drama, excitement, and erotic energy that fans of Laura Jo Phillips have come to expect. Show More Show Less

Product Description Those who are destined for love must still struggle to win it.The Bearens’ Hope is an extra full-length, 159,700 word, novel and is the fourth book in “The Soul-Linked Saga”. Beautiful artist Hope Strigeda, whose genetic legacy makes her precious both to the people of planet Jasan and the part reptilian, part human Brethren, is kidnapped by the Brethren and imprisoned in a remote desert compound. Sent to Earth to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other women like Hope, the Jasani Bearen brothers—shape shifters who transform into gigantic bears--discover that Hope is their Arima, their destined, eternal soul-mate. The Bearens team up with psychic Agent Ellicia Daniels to rescue Hope and the other missing women. When Hope and two other imprisoned women escape into the trackless desert that surrounds their prison, Ellicia and the Bearens must race to find her before she can be recaptured by the Brethren and transported off world by the enigmatic Xanti, aliens whose ultimate goal is nothing short of the destruction of Earth and Jasan. Hope and Ellicia must both call upon their psychic gifts and their human courage to save, not only Hope, but Ellicia’s babies who may themselves be a prophesied treasure of the Jasani race. Even if the Bearens and Hope can be brought together, and even given the volcanic sexual attraction they feel for each other, can these destined lovers overcome the light years of differences of biology and custom that separate their two planets, and their mutual resistance to compromising some of their most basic beliefs, to join in an endless love that reaches across The Thousand Worlds?The Bearens’ Hope is full of everything that has brought thousands of readers to the novels of Laura Jo Phillips: heart-stirring emotion and romance, thrilling adventure, tangled webs of intrigue, and incandescent passion. This book is not only a satisfying continuation of “The Soul-Linked Saga” for current fans, but also an addictive entre to the series for new readers. 

What's a girl to do when your destined soul mates turn their backs on you, leaving you with no idea what to do with your life and afraid that they were driven away by a part of your inner self that you kept hidden from them? That's easy. Step one, power bond with a golden dragon who has chosen you, personally, to wipe out the galaxy's greatest force for evil. Step two, get your favorite ex-bounty hunter aunt to teach you how to kick Doftle butt. Step three, take the family space yacht for a cruise among the stars with a tiny 8 inch humanoid who happens to have the ability to shape-shift into an enormous feline creature with poison-tipped fur, riding your shoulder for company. What's a girl to do when the yacht collides with an invisible Doftle space station? That's easy. Step one, grab your personal, matched set of the deadliest edged weapons in the Thousand Worlds and hop into the nearest life pod. Step two, crash land on a snow covered mountain on an unknown and hidden world that the Doftles are using for their sinister purposes. Step three, save the lives of a giant sentient wolf and two orphan children who join you on a quest to break the Doftles' evil hold on the planet and its people. What's a girl to do when the men she thought never to see again suddenly show up out of nowhere, tell you they love you, throw a few dozen wrenches into your plans, and bring to a head the issue of your greatest secret--a secret that could be either the glue that binds you and your soul mates in an unbreakable bond . . . or the wedge that drives you apart forever? Not a clue in the cosmos. Sometimes, a girl just has to wing it.

Planet Jasan is mobilizing for war against the evil Xanti, enemies of all. As the warriors of Jasan prepare to strike across the immense void that separates the galaxies to end thousands of years of bloody conflict, into the gathering storm comes Warrior Princess, Gloriani of Ramouri, known as “Glory.” Stripped of her birthright for refusing to marry a brutal man who believes that a husband’s job is to break his wife through humiliating subjugation, Glory has fled to Jasan seeking not sanctuary, but information. Within the recesses of her mind, Glory, a powerful Dream Walker, holds the key to recovering the Lost Clan of the Tigren, without whom the Jasani will eventually perish regardless of their efforts against the Xanti. The problem is, they’re trapped in a dream world, and not even Glory knows where they are or how to find them. Even as the Tigren introduce her to feelings of increasing passion and eroticism, Glory becomes more and more convinced that time is running out. She must solve the mystery of where they are, why they’re trapped, and how to wake them up so that they can be rescued. If she fails, they will die. If they die, so will all Clan Jasani. The threads of the story begun in The Dracons’ Woman and developed throughout the volumes of the “Soul-Linked Saga” come together in this exciting conclusion to the saga. It will take the mystical gifts of all the Arimas from the previous volumes, the power of the Jasani Clans working together, and the unlocking of the secrets buried deep within Glory’s mind to save the Tigrens and, beyond all hope, for Glory to find the love she has dreamed of all her life. This is the time foretold. The Jasani, the Tigrens, and Glory have a rendezvous with Destiny. The Tigrens’ Glory is a full-length, 124,550 word novel, and is the concluding volume of the “Soul-Linked Saga” a million-word plus epic work of fantasy/science fiction/romance set in the 26th Century. Full of adventure, searing passion, aching emotion, and heart-felt romance, The Tigrens’ Glory brings the series to a thrilling and satisfying conclusion.**