{"title":"claimed in the colony","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Colony was built to prove that humans and Novians could share a future. Nobody said it would be easy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn the aftermath of the Nova Wars, The Colony stands as the galaxy's great experiment — one hundred thousand souls living under domed skies on a desert rock, trying to build peace out of wreckage. Some came to start over. Some came to hide. Some came because they had nowhere else left to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eNone of them planned to fall in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Claimed in the Colony series follows the women who find their lives — and their hearts — transformed in the most unlikely place in the galaxy. Warrior priestesses, fugitives, soldiers, and survivors. The men who see them clearly when everyone else looks away. And a fragile peace that keeps demanding more than anyone expected to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSome things can't be unclaimed. These are their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cyborgs-unclaimed","title":"Cyborgs Unclaimed","description":"\u003ch3\u003eShe spared him when she should have let him die. She's been living with the consequences ever since.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorrigan was a Novian warrior priestess — until a single act of mercy on a blood-soaked battlefield cost her everything. Her wings, clipped. Her home, gone. Her name erased from Nova and from the god she served. The soldier she couldn't bring herself to claim walked away from that battlefield and became the Butcher of Nova Wars — and every life he took in the years that followed is a wound she can't stop counting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow banished and grounded, she's learning to survive among the humans she once fought. Hiding her fading powers. Hiding her past. Trying not to think about the soldier whose future she saw — and chose to protect — when she should have let him fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe never expected to find her greatest mistake working a farm on the same colony planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuke Cadell — the Butcher of Nova Wars — came to The Colony to die quietly. His body is more machine than man, his reputation is a death sentence, and the terrorist organization pulling his strings isn't finished with him yet. The last thing he needs is a wingless Novian who looks at him like she already knows exactly what he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause she does. She made him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a premonition of catastrophe draws them into an impossible alliance, Morrigan must face the full weight of the choice she made — and decide what it will cost her to choose him again. Because this time, there are no orders. No gods watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust her. And the man she was never supposed to save.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eebook \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GPSDRCRF\/?tag=18wbmb-20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kindle link for Cyborg Unclaimed\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9931\/0242\/files\/kindle_logo_with_border.jpg?v=1656993362\" alt=\"kindle logo\" width=\"130\" height=\"52\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eA Kindle Unlimited exclusive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eexerpt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"Untitled_Section-2\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eLuke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e Cadell woke with a start.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eFire and light flashed outside the spaceship’s window. He shook his head, trying to make the visions go away. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eFuck.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThat damn nightmare again. The one he’d been having since he’d awakened in the hospital all those years ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe light, the girl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eFucking feathers…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe smell of war and death all around him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThey said it was a near death experience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eCadell disagreed. He’d already been much closer to death than those damn nightmares. And would likely be closer again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eWhy that one always haunted him, he didn’t know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe shuttle shook as it came in on approach to land on LC-426, breaking into the atmosphere. He adjusted his grip on his arm rest as he rode out the turbulence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe dry rock of a planet was desolate, as far as planets went. And hot. Even the atmosphere looked yellow and blistering. Unlike Earth, LC-426 wasn’t predominantly water, so there wasn’t a pretty blue sky. No, this one had one the same color as the hot ground. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eJust looking through the window, he could almost feel the heat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThen they hit atmo. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe flashing fire of entry strobed in the window, making him turn away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eHe wasn’t a fan of strobes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eHe gripped his seat belt tighter, the joints of his right arm hissing with the gesture. At least, he thought they hissed. The doctors said the replacement arm was as silent as any natural arm would be, but he swore he heard it hiss every now and again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eIt was getting old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eHe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e was getting old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eHe tightened his glove, the one that covered most of the markings on his hand. Linear scarring that tended to glow. Noticeable if someone looked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eAnd they always looked. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eSo, he kept it covered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThough why he bothered, he wasn’t sure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eIt wasn’t like he was going to make it out of here alive, anyway. They may have said he only had to be here for couple years, and then he’d be free, but Cadell knew the score. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eMen like him didn’t walk away from places like this. No matter what the shiny, pretty promo said. Regardless of the claims, The Colony wasn’t a politics-free zone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eWar may be over on paper, but that didn’t mean it was over for all the humans, or the Novians. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe landing was as smooth as could be expected on the barren rock. A bump, a jerk, and down. The planet wasn’t anything but a giant sunspot. Why the hell they’d decided to build The Colony here, Cadell would never know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eNot that anyone would ever ask his opinion. If they did, well…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThey might not like the answers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe rear cargo ramp began to lower, and immediately the planet’s heat poured into the ship. A warm wave compared to the cold, dark of space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eFor a second, Cadell liked the warmth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eBut only for a second, before it started to feel like it was trying to bake him. Cook him alive, in the convenient metal box of a ship. His adrenaline began to pump, and he caught himself before he reached for a weapon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis wasn’t a war zone he was landing in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eIt was a peace zone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eHow come it didn’t feel any different?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e“You’re clear,” the pilot said as he came down toward the ramp. “Where’s all the crowds? Thought there were supposed to be thousands of people here, signed up for this little colonization experiment.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eCadell shrugged. “They’ll be here in a few days. I’m maintenance.” He stood and grabbed his gear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e“Must be pretty special maintenance to get a private arrival.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eHe forced a smile. “Last minute change.” After he piled his one permitted bag on top of a cart of supplies, he started walking them down the ramp into the beating sun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e“Good flying with you,” the pilot muttered as he exited the ship. “Whoever the hell you are.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eUh huh, Cadell thought. You were paid well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eOff to begin his new life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eAs a damn farmer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eWhat a fucking joke.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candice Gilmer Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45051143323810,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9931\/0242\/files\/cyborgs-unclaimed-6365101.png?v=1771924272"},{"product_id":"beast-unbound","title":"Beast Unbound, An Alien Romance","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #444444;\"\u003eShe's spent years running from a monster she's never seen. She never expected the most dangerous man in her life to be wearing a badge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #444444;\"\u003eUla has one rule: keep moving. As an Aurani — a Novian whose luck, gold, and beast make her the most valuable asset a criminal operation could own — staying still means getting caught. Harlan Voss has been hunting her across half the galaxy, and she's done everything to stay one step ahead, including something desperate and irreversible to keep him from ever getting what he wants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #444444;\"\u003eThe Colony was supposed to be a fresh start. Anonymous. Safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #444444;\"\u003eThen a Transdot officer with sharp eyes and no business noticing her noticed her anyway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #444444;\"\u003eAustin isn't what Ula needs. He's law enforcement, he's already found the gaps in her file, and he keeps trying to warn her away from the one person on the station who actually feels like he understands her. The red-skinned Novian is charming, familiar, and exactly the kind of safe she's always wanted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #444444;\"\u003eMorrigan told her to look for attraction in black. She told her to stay away from red.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #444444;\"\u003eUla really should have listened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eebook \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9931\/0242\/files\/kindle_logo_with_border.jpg?v=1656993362\" alt=\"kindle logo\" width=\"130\" height=\"52\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eA Kindle Unlimited exclusive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eexerpt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"Untitled_Section-2\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candice Gilmer Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46617724780706,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9931\/0242\/files\/beast-unbound-1863592.png?v=1771924272"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9931\/0242\/collections\/claimed-in-the-colony-6182318.png?v=1771924152","url":"https:\/\/candicegilmerbooks.store\/collections\/claimed-by-the-colony.oembed","provider":"Candice Gilmer Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}