Lush Galaxy

After the events on Arctis, and the whirlwind media circus that followed, Bella is adjusting her priorities and trying to get back to life after managing to start a relationship with not one, but two gorgeous and affectionate driad褭, a plantlike alien race. The driad褭, Gjylyo and Goje, encourage Bella to seek out new partners when the three of them can't be together. As Bella starts to come out of her shell, both with her lovers and the people around her, her work life begins to get very interesting.

LUSH GALAXY is a collection of the continued adventures of Bellatrix Tres, a short, curvy, bisexual xenoarcheologist with an appetite for all things alien. This book collects four novellas that explore distant ruins, new alien races, and deepening relationships.

CORAL SAND: Making good on the promises at the end of FROST FLOWER, Bella, Gjylyo, and Goje head to the pink sand beaches of Perimor? Open dating between species is a bit of a new concept, and Bella is still wrapping her head around the idea of anyone knowing so much about her, but the heart won't be denied. There are worse locations than a luxury resort in paradise to work through a few issues and get closer to her new lovers.

VIOLET FOG: Bellatrix Tres is heading back to work, investigating a downed spaceship on a swampy planet owned by the tentacled rylethians. It's not the best way to end a vacation, but Bella hopes a couple days on an easy job might clear her head. What awaits her on the foggy planet might have other plans.

GARDEN SNAKE: Heading to the tropical world of Hutan, a planet in Copron space, Bella's been contracted to lend her expertise on an overgrown temple a day's trip into the jungle. There's already a copron team on site, and the serpent-like scholars don't appreciate the Hutan government bringing in an outsider. Bella and the lead researcher class at first, but quickly form a mutual respect that rapidly escalates into the potential for something more.

TIMEWORN GLASS: A little over a year after the events on Arctis, Bella is heading into the Core Worlds to attend a gala and grand unveiling of the artifacts her team found on the icy planet. She's unsettled being back in the Core, and finds a distraction in one of the museum's patrons. But is another fling what Bella really wants, or is she starting to realize she needs something more?